Getting to know you!

Did you know that the SCA is full of awesome people? It really is, and I feel like I only know a small portion of them, and only in passing at that.

When I went to Wilhelm and Vienna's coronation I spent most of the time with the friends I drove in with. I do love them, they're my closest friends. I spent a small amount of time also with other friends that I see less often, but I still  know them fairly well.

It occurred to me a week or so later that I want to meet more people. And I want to get to know them. Because if I meet somebody once, it's likely that I won't remember them, my memory for people is so horrible. But if I have actual conversations with them then I'll remember them and be happy to see them at future events.

I decided the best way to do this is volunteer. I can read scrolls in court, but that doesn't get me to actually know people. And I don't get to many events outside my own barony. The frustrations of living on Long Island! So when I do go to other events I'm going to find something to volunteer at. Kitchen. Troll. Maybe even retaining. Who knows? I want to find something and meet people and see what new friends I can make. And hey, if that gets me seen by more people in doing more things, than that's just bonus.