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How do I get myself into these things? I wonder sometimes. Anyway, here I am Head Lady In Waiting to Princess Svava. Thank God I'm naturally organized, since this will be a learn-as-you-go position. I've "retained" for other royalty, but suddenly everything I thought I knew has evacuated from my brain.

Mass. Grand Chapter of Eastern Star this weekend. What a snafu that is! I hear they double-booked the Lowell Auditorium and we have to take down all our decorations and booths in between Friday's business meeting and Saturday's. Yes, indeedy, this is a good reason to be glad I'm not on the Hall Committee - grapevine says they'll be doing setup at 4 a.m. on Saturday. (Presumably so they'll be done before the 7:00 a.m. photographer's call.)

Naturally, my Assistant Grand Warder (that's "usher" to anybody else) gown has not arrived from the manufacturer. Will it be here for Thursday? Fine with me if it isn't, then I can't be an usher.

Didn't plant my geraniums on Saturday, because the day was so hot and sticky. Didn't plant them yesterday because it was rainy. Better plant them soon!

Must come up with chore list for Justin for the three weekends I'll be away. He says he'll do one chore each weekend, I'm kind of hoping he manages more than 3 in 3 weeks. :)

Playing catch-up here at work, finally paying for the week+ of blah inertia during the peak of the fibroids' inflammation. The new drug seems to be working, hurray! Still, I SO don't want to be here.

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[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

I'm not likely to be Royalty, but if I had issues (and I do, actually) I'd bring my own back-up food. Ah, well, different styles/personalities.

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

We did offer to bring our own food, but most groups were of the opinion that they should be able to help with the royalty. I'm going to go on more about this in my own journal. No need to clutter up msmemeory's stuff. ::Grins::

[jducoeur]

Actually, I'm not wholly sure I agree. This is one of those "modern brain / period brain" things. The modern brain says that it's unreasonable to warp the feast around any individual's needs, but the period brain says that This Is The Royalty, Dammit!, and They should get what they want. The Royalty's desires aside, most *cooks* strongly prefer to cook something the Royals can eat -- like any artisans, they want their stuff to be seen and appreciated by the people in charge.

See siderea's recent notes. One of the points she makes, quite correctly IMO, is that people like to be *useful*. And in a club like ours, utility to the Royalty is quite intentionally emphasized. It's part of the game. As such, I think that the Royalty actually have a *responsibility* to eat the feast if possible: it's an implicit part of the social contract. So it makes sense for them to publicize their limitations as much as possible...

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

Publicize, yes. Demand, no. Fortunately it sounds like the types who demand are few and far between.