I have this thing about lists, it gets me organized and a bit focused about accomplishing things on them in general. I have not had one concerning this kind of stuff and it shows. So, I decided to put one together. There are three major points looking forward that have things I need to get done during and/or for. So I am trying to break it down that way and I plan to come back and do check marks or color coding or something when I get things done and make some additional notes of it. May even do a few blogs of somethings with photos as progress occurs. Do keep in mind it is my list, for my feeble mind so some of these are like well duh – go do it and it would be done, but sometimes I just got to do things my way. Anyway, this is the current list I am working from for Gulf Wars – though I will likely increase it as it time goes along for the next few weeks and I think of other things.1
Apr
IJA in the USA
First off, I am doing a post a day on the blog this month. This one is going to be short an sweet as I am starting to close to the deadline of finishing this by the end of the day for the first day. As I have noted elsewhere, I have jousted with a group call the International Jousting Association. They are a great group, very authentic, safety aware, and yet willing to actually hit with a piece of wood. It truly is an international group and has had a few stop and goes here in the United States. That is currently in the process of changing as the organization is, well getting organized here in the U.S.
As I continue my discussion of answers to common questions that I get in regards to the who, where, and how of jousting, I am going to turn to the International Jousting Association. The IJA, as it is often referred to is just what is sounds like. It is an international organization of like minded jousters from around the world. The membership numbers are much smaller then that of the SCA (see my previous post in this series for more information). It is also, especially when compared to the SCA, much harder to become a member. 
