What's happening in your world?

[Farseer]

I'm an instructor at a Sea Cadet corps. (A seamanship instructor, in fact.) In this context, cadets are teenagers that we dress up in strange hats and teach naval knowledge to.

I thought it would have been something like that but, after my 'gym' thing, I thought I'd better check ! Like Nuytsia, I immediately thought, "Oh, Lord Punctual would have been able to fully appreciate the Liveship Traders books then!"

'Cadet' jumped out at me as my eldest son is a Cadet Under Officer in Army Cadets. He is always off doing something on a local, state or national level....in fact, he partnered his girlfriend at a debutante ball tonight so had to miss the beginning of this weekend's bivouac BUT I will be driving him to the site by 0600 tomorrow morning.

My other son was in Cadets for quite a while also but it eventually conflicted too much with his number one love, rugby league. If I’d been able, I would have loved to have been an Officer of Cadets (lucky you!) but it is too difficult in my current location/situation. I am the Leader of a Lone Guide Unit for isolated girls though (like Girl Guides but for those who are unable to participate as a regular member), and this is something fun (though time-consuming!) that I can do pretty much from home the majority of the time.

Oooh this one's for Farseer - it is now officially winter no matter what the calendar says. Our max today was 8.4 C, it was 2.8 C at 7.30pm tonight and it has got down to 1.3 C between then and now ..... so I suspect it will be a white morning out there tomorrow!

!!!! Well, there goes my little dream of a Tasmanian * tiny Farseer/Tawny Man spoiler *

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Fitz-like

cabin in the snow (not to mention a holiday to see the beauty of either New Zealand or Canada in the winter!). The sheer reality of the figures from you all has now permanently put paid to the complete romanticism of those fancies! Have I mentioned I have never even seen snow ?!

I don't even understand how you're managing to type (aren't your fingers freezing?!) let alone go outside and grow anything in your garden OR get bitten by intruding creepy crawlies! Brrr! How many layers do you wear to be warm?! Lord Punctual, that you (or your sister and brother-in-law!!!!) are able to survive at alljust shocks me...

Funny how our life experiences limit us in or help us appreciate/make a truth of what we read...I read Robin's books but big ships and blankets of snow are as ficticious to me as * a sort-of Realm of the Elderling spoiler *

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the Skill or the Wit, or serpents, dragons, Elderlings and Others!!