Because clearly I’m finding it hard to get back in the groove… a retrospective compiled from various places:

Saturday 11

• Dan: made sure they had all their stuff packed for camp so we can leave early tomorrow
• Dan: sent them the link to the FB event for Rainbow Prom (1 Feb), also noted date for TasPride Parade (8 Feb)
• Dan: went to Cygnet Folk Festival – made some money busking as The Immortal Miss Victoria, also unexpectedly performed in the Young Performer Awards after Eric (who was MCing) co-opted them because he only had three performers signed up

Sunday 12

• Dan: drove to Launceston (Mum); picked up remainder of stuff needed for camp on the way
• Hugh: spent the day at Philip’s
• Dan: Daedalum Luminarium
• Dan: first day of Summer Camp (dropped off 6:40pm)

Monday 13

• Dan: second day of Summer Camp

Tuesday 14

• Dan: third day of Summer Camp

Wednesday 15

• Dan: fourth day of Summer Camp

Thursday 16

• Dan: fifth day of Summer Camp
• family: with dylen, started organising accommodation near Sheffield for our trip to SteamFest

Friday 17

• Dan: sixth and last day of Summer Camp; drove home (Eric)
• Dan: received their postcard from the band Steam-Powered Giraffe (Patreon reward)
• Hugh: read through the camp booklet so he would know what to expect
• Hugh and Dan: sent them the link to a steampunk roleplaying Discord server
• family: finished organising accommodation near Sheffield for SteamFest – booked Sat/Sun nights, dylen will go up on the Saturday and check in, then we will head up straight after the formal parts of the Investiture are done, so we can be there all day Sunday and head home on Monday afternoon
• family: started planning for Rowany Festival – both kids want to come this year; also spending a couple of days in Canberra with Nan and Pa, and possibly a day/night in Melbourne with Beth and Harry

Saturday 18

• Hugh: made it to “General” rank on the Unturned server he plays for – gives him a great deal of administrative power in approving/training new members for the Axis forces in any “division” (eg. air, land, special forces etc), in promoting/demoting officers, running briefings/debriefings etc
• Dan: exhausted after camp, did not come to SCA event but spent most of the day catching up on sleep
• Hugh: packed most of his stuff for camp
• Hugh: came to SCA event, served as page to Anna and myself, helped in kitchen
• Hugh: discussed with Eric and myself in the car on the way home his desire to learn how to run SCA events, we discussed plans to run small events (E steward, me feast cook) so he can get experience before he’s old enough to run his own; also promised to recommend him as kitchen hand to other feast cooks in Barony at upcoming events
• family: discussing possible options for starting a Hobart steampunk meet-up at the Railway Museum (steam train!), need to go up and reconnoitre (but not this month, the open day is tomorrow and we’re already booked)

Sunday 19

• Hugh: drove to Launceston (Mum)
• Hugh: Daedalum Luminarium
• Hugh: Cataract Gorge – did chairlift
• Dan: started organising local catch-up with southern camp friends
• Hugh&Dan: discussing with Beth an idea for her having the kids to stay for a few days in Melbourne as an “experiences” present – one suggestion was to give them a budget and get them to plan an itinerary of things they are interested in, which seems like a good plan

Monday 20

• Hugh: first day of summer camp (sleeping over)
• Dan: sent Dan a link to a FB event for a talk by Sophie Labelle, author of Assigned Male Comics
• Dan: sick

Tuesday 21

• Hugh: second and final day of Summer Camp; drove home (Mum)
• Hugh: I bought him a BBQ cookbook at an op shop after he expressed the desire at the Summer Solstice to do more BBQ cooking, he spent half the drive home going through the recipes
• Dan: sick, losing their voice (partly lurgi, partly singing too much while they were lurgified)

Wednesday 22

• Hugh: planned a BBQ meal with a selection of recipes from his book to cater for vegans/vegos/omnivores
• Dan: sick, has lost their voice entirely – too sick to do much but watch videos etc

Thursday 23

• Hugh: helped in menu planning – made me a list of ingredients for his BBQ meal (Sunday)
• Hugh: building a huge base in Ark: Survival Evolved which required him to overcome a number of engineering challenges
• Dan: sick, has lost their voice entirely
• Dan: finished organising the catch-up with a couple of southern-based camp friends – they are spending a couple of days camping on a friend’s property in Geeveston, from Sunday morning

Friday 24

• Hugh: made a running sheet for his BBQ meal (now on Saturday as Dan will be out Sunday)
• Hugh: as trial moderator on his Unturned server, involved in the process of disciplining another staff member who had done something wrong
• Dan: has their voice back