If by "ready..."

[soldiergrrrl]

You mean "about to throw up," I'm good to hook!  (This entry is brought to you by the letter O, M and G, and by the words "TOTALLY FREAKIN' RANDOM.")

God...our first (VERY FIRST) event as a group is on Saturday, and I'm...well, I'm not the autocrat, thank God, but still...I'm worried SOOOO much. 

This is a big, big deal.  It's the Laurels Prize Tourney, and so far, we're on track to have a great event, but still....EEEEEEE! 

What if people get lost?  Or don't want to pay the entry fee to the park?  Or the building burns down?  Or I fall into the lake?  With my portfolio???  It's a good think I'm *not* the autocrat, or I'd be eating Tums like candy.  (I already am, but that's pretty normal, actually.)

Everyone has worked really hard to get to this point, and if I get stupid teary, please forgive me.  This group has amazed me.  They've just been...amazing.  Honestly, we've had some bumps along the way, but...it's just been amazing.  Wonderful and amazing and the amount of support we've gotten floors me.

Please note, I am displaying at LPT, and since I've never done that before, I'm considering "getting lost" on my way to the event. or being held up at pen-point for my portfolios...*whistles innocently*

This week is getting back into the swing of things at work, and starting in on the Dispatch.  :-D

Comments

[soldiergrrrl.livejournal.com]

Basically, this is a chance for the artisans to show their body of work, (any and all of it) and talk to Laurels that are experts. To me, it's a lot less stressful than competing, because, well...there are no prizes? :-D I guess it's more like "show and tell" instead of a contest.

And I'm just excited to be doing okay at this stuff!

[hlwoods.livejournal.com]

If there's no competing, there's also no bad scores. :)

I ... well, I like to compete. But then again, I've scored decent in every piece I've entered, when judged by Laurels. (In populace vote, we had some ballot box stuffing by young 'uns.) The points I've lost, in every case, were anticipated, but sometimes it's not worth rewarping and reweaving. Especially when the contest is less than two weeks away. (And I know I get nervous when singing, so I need to get over that. Which I do by entering every singing contest I can find. Hmmm.)

And when we compete here in a regional, the judges are typically laurels and/or subject specialists, so their comments have been very useful.

[shonao.livejournal.com]

and you get GREAT feedback for improvement to you work!