So, at the moment I actually feel like I'm striking an Ok balance between work and play. For the third time my supervisor gave me back the manuscript to add more text (i.e. pages and pages of it (9 am)), and for the third time I spent most of the day hunched over the computer losing my eyesight until I had it done at 4 pm. At lunch time I went into town and made a doctors appointment. I want to get a full blood test since it's been a year since my last one, and I'd like to make sure my liver isn't about to explode. I also had a quick look in Lincraft and found some black pannae velvet. Why I couldn't find it last time is a mystery, I also picked up my new boots. They had taken a chunk of leather out along the back seam, and they should fit nicely when it gets cold enough to wear long socks.
I also prepared some samples for microanalysis and put on two reactions. I also got an email from Ally which was really nice. I came home, ate, slept and have been working on the black version of the pannae velvet dress. Yesterday I booked a bus ticket to go home Friday and come back on Saturday, so if I take these two dresses home, I can get help from Mum to finish them, and therefore actually have something to wear to the Festival. Sure it's not exactly medieval, but screw them if they've got a problem. Wednesday is fighter training at noon so I guess I'll drop by. Illara used to be a member of NERO (a slightly similar organization to the SCA) and mentioned in an email how it is useful "socialization", since the SCA are the first major group of people I've interacted with only as "Steph". I need this, since it's hard to get classes that tell you how to interact successfully in society as a girl.
I'm starting to like the new bra, I think my old forms were possibly overly large, and I know I used them as a prop. I explained it to Auntie Jen as "They're not trying to figure out what's strange about my face when they're looking down my cleavage". Using them was a crutch, and now I can put it to one side and just be myself. I'm growing, I'm learning, and that's what puberty is all about.