Wow. It's October Already

[callistra]

Goodness.

How did that happen?

Today I had my 2 hour sugar test. I took in the next Traci Harding novel, and also grabbed out my Money by Paul Clitheroe book on the way in... and ended up reading about investments for most of the time. I read the first page of the Harding book, and it annoyed me three times already. Ah, you get that. :-) But I have been spending a lot of time thinking about investments and managed funds lately.

Today was a bit crazy, but Vinnie is asleep, and Chesh is out roleplaying, so it seems oddly calm. I didn't know what to do, so I did the monthly accounts, and then did some femmeconne accounts. I think we may have made money. I was starting to wonder LOL.

I'm still kind of weirded out by the fact every one seems to assume I'm running a feminist bootcamp or something. Cos, like, I'm not. We run a women's camp, and the discussion topics are stuff brought up by women, and some of it happens to be feminist in nature, or have the F word in the title. I mean, I don't mind. It just completely surprised me when I realised. As long as people have fun and have a great time and want me to run more, then I'll do it. I love running them! I love attending them, and I love the company and the food, and the sense of community, and the sheer potential makes me breathless. I love hearing about every one's passions and interests and when two or three new friends are made, or a new community forms off, or a mailing list... it's like Christmas! I feel like femmeconne is a place I can fall into when I need to, and take charge of when I'm feeling whole, a place of healing and challenges and companionship like no other. I've felt so supported by all the femmeconne women, Chesh, the femmeconne partners, and I'm just so glad it's popular enough that we're running for a few more years yet. It gives me something magic to work towards during the quieter parts of the year. There were things I was unhappy with this year... well, two things... one of which poor Baby_babalon being too sick to come over! But if that's it, then I think I'm in the black still.
:-)

I'm getting more and more awkward. I'm at 33 weeks and a few days... um... 46 days to due date by my ticker. Gods. It's coming up awfully fast, My mum is betting about the 3/4th of November, or Melbourne Cup Day, and I'm betting the 12/13th of November. S/he is due on the 18th of November. The 3/4th of November is like .... four weeksish away... sh*t...

Um.
:-)

I was thinking of inviting people over to help move books and stuff out of Pikelet's room. I can seduce people with double chocolate and strawberry cake and coffee. But anyway, more on that later. I still want to have a BBQ for Melbourne Cup Day, so expect a post about that soon!

Comments

[amarillion.livejournal.com]

I'm easy. Hell I'd come over just for the company.
Hmm, how about another dinner night. We can have it at your place again, so you don't need to drive. But we can bring the food... and possibly paper plates so No cleaning...and Ju can't break em ;>

[callistra.livejournal.com]

LOL
But I *neeeeeeeed* a new dinner set! If she doesn't break them, how am I going to get it??
Cool, will send you email invites.
But after the roof is sorted.

[mynxii.livejournal.com]

I can either break or not break things as needed?

*looks helpful*

*love*

*noses Tori*

[lauredhel.livejournal.com]

Wow, did someone actually use the term "bootcamp"? If there's one thing feminism isn't, in my experience, it's militaristic and violent. On the contrary, feminism and feminist groups are very strongly associated with anti-war and anti-violence movements.

'Cos a bunch of women hanging around making clay and conversation is all threatening and dangerous. To some.

Yet another strawfeminist, in other words. Yawn.

[callistra.livejournal.com]

No, no one really used it... it just seemed to crop up! We were militarily on time for meals... kinda ... ok... maybe not...

I just find it so weird that femmeconne jumped from a women's camp straight to feminist camp with nothing in between, and yes, that a bunch of women playing with clay was somehow threatening. We chose femmeconne because it was a women's camp, and femme means girl or woman in french... not because it was related to feminist. But as I said, I don't mind. I expected we'd get a more feminist slant as time went on, I just didn't expect it to happen so quickly

And yet the name has been enough to scare off some prospective attendees.

I told Chesh about our meet and greet explaining of our LJ usernames, and how often the words "I'm a roleplayer and there was this character..." came up as well as "It's spelled this way because it was already taken..." hee hee hee

[lauredhel.livejournal.com]

The feminism part of the programming has also kept at least one person (maybe more) coming who wouldn't come if it was a purely a crafting/cooking/running about in the bush camp, so I guess you win some you lose some?

Since feminism is just "the radical notion that women are people", and there's no chance you could get your particular network of women together in a women's space and STOP them talking feminism, i don't find the slow, partial move toward some explicitly feminist programming surprising at all :) I think perhaps it also shows that there's been an unfilled niche here.

[callistra.livejournal.com]

Yup, yup, and yup.

I just thought it would take a little longer to become quite so overt.

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

I explained it to colleagues as either a "feminist retreat", "womens retreat", or "girls-only bush camp". I still don't know what to call it ;-)

Come to think of it, I think I once described it to someone as "definitely not a feminist bootcamp".

[callistra.livejournal.com]

LOL
Cool!
:-)

I also never once used the word "feminist" in the user profile. Cos it's not. We just happen to like to discuss feminist things sometimes.

[emma-in-oz.livejournal.com]

I described it as a feminist sf convention. Which still confused my coworkers.

[meljane.livejournal.com]

I'm with Tori , we don't need to be feed with sweet stuff just to come over , plus I need to give you back your book , which I would have done on Sunday but I thought you weren't turning up to Spring camp and we forgot to pick up from Tracey's place as well .

Ahh a Scorpio baby girl , how cool and so much trouble as well , I'm hoping for early Nov cos then she'll have a b'day near mine ;)

[callistra.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was a spur of the moment kind of thing, mostly kicked off by you asking me!
:-)

[linstar.livejournal.com]

Count us in for food too! :)

[callistra.livejournal.com]

Yay food! You just want to come over and rub my tummy.
:-)

[linstar.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

You make it sound like such a bad thing when you know you're just wanting me to rub your tummy as well! :)

[callistra.livejournal.com]

Hee hee hee
Also, just to let you know, I left your left over SARC fliers at the pagan camp, so they would get to more people.

[linstar.livejournal.com]

You are a legend!

You know, I've just realised I've offered to help move stuff. I have no idea when you plan to do this... or whether it will be possible to fit it in, in the next seven weeks, but we'll give it a go seeing as I doubt me you have 7 weeks left :)

Have you seen my list of things to do lately? :) I have three weddings in the space of three weeks and then corsages and buttonholes for an awards night. That's a lot of flowers :)

I don't plan on seeing my husband for the next seven weeks.... he'll probably forget about me after the first couple of weeks! :)

[baby-elvis.livejournal.com]

argh! i still owe you femmeconne money! It slipped my mind completely. will get it to you asap.

[callistra.livejournal.com]

Don't stress! I can't even remember how much it was.
:-)