2 Years in Armour

2 Years ago today, I was putting on loaner armour...

2 years ago today, I was thought how to stand my grown. How to put an armour on. How armour bits are really armour kisses and how bruises are teaching points.

Haustblót

It's that time again, where the world takes the colours of fire, and the fields are veiled by a cloth in its tones; dark yellow, red and orange, the skies at dusk emit a red light that resembles blood, a warning that the days ahead will be hard, the forests and the mountains become silent. This is a time where everyting becomes more magical and mysterious.
This is the time to pray and to thank, to the Landvaettir, spirits of the world, to pray to the ancestors who still look over us and guide us. At dusk I will sound my horn, and offer to Freyr and Freya.

This Shield Maiden in broken..... Temporarily

I'm out of helm for a while...
I can start having fun again between November 10 and November 24 but can’t really have a life until December 15th and January 15th.

 Doctor said I have second grade tears in the gastrocnemius and the soleus and a third grade in the plantaris muscle. When I asked him if it was serious, he said it was serious enough to not mess around but not serious enough to think about surgery just yet but that the plantaris worries him the most. I really really didn’t like the “just yet” and that he’s worried about my plantaris.


He said to wrap it if I go for longer walks like grocery shopping or when I’m in the kitchen. He told me what to use to wrap it but I can’t remember the name, he said that I can find that at a pharmacy. What’s the best wrapper? He told me to use a cane if I feel the need (I don’t want to…).

He doesn’t want to see me doing any sports for 8-10 weeks, he said the grade 3 worries him a bit (and by saying that, he worried me a lot). I can start slow work in 8-10 weeks but I can’t fight at normal speed until 3-4 months. Diagnostic works for both heavy and rapier since he said that the weight of the armour wasn’t the issue, it’s the movements. After explaining to him the drills, he said that if I wrap/brace my leg, I could still do some pell work, but stay gentle on the leg and if there’s some drill I can do sitting down, that it’s good to. After seeing the bruises on my legs, he wants me to avoid getting hit until I stop walking with a limp.

Odin's 2015

Still broken.
I thought I was okay since the pain was gone, but I wasn't.
I can fight trough the pain, but I can't fight with a limb not responding. I'm usually able to ignore the pain but when I want to take a step and my leg won't move, it's a bit more challenging.
I'm going back to the doctor in the morning.
I'm worried.
My second anniversary in armour is in a couple of days, I don't want my fighting career to be over already. I can't see myself not fighting.
I'll find a way to work around it. If doctor says to take a break, I will. I won't like it, but I will. If he tells me that fighting is not a possibility for me anymore, I'm gonna make it my goal to turn his diagnostic into a lie.
I'm not done.

Overall it was a great event.
Got to hang out with great people. Saw old friends and made new ones. It's always awesome to connect with some of them, feels like coming home to family.

We were able to camp as a family since my husband was able to make it!  Had The Berserker and my brother. It was nice to get hubby to an event. He rarely gets to come. We rarely get to see him these days too.

I'll try to find some positive in my injury. I'll take my down time to practice my weaving. Got some new threads and I really want to warp my loom.
I'll also take the time to organize my thoughts. I need to reconnect. My daughter is starting to show great interest in our Gods, this is the time to share with her. She's always been somewhat intune since we've been raising her with the Heathen faith, but now she what's her part in our blóts and insist on having her horn and make her own offerings. She asks questions and shows interest. She will get answers.

It was a good weekend. Good people, good time.