It's Sunday, and I survived my long days the last three days! I slept in til 7am this morning, which was very nice of my body and my cat. Today is only one game, that I don't have to DM, and the rest of the afternoon will be resting.
Work yesterday wasn't bad. It wasn't too busy, though my boss had left me a to-do list, so I did that, took a few calls, and got out at 12 on the dot. Then it was off to grab my prescriptions and lunch.
We took a risk on timing, but decided to try a new restaurant, the Kenilworth Gourmet. It was actually pretty good. I'll definitely go back for something other than brunch, but my crab benedict was lovely and Jess' strawberry french toast was delicious. Bonus fries, we were home with over half an hour to spare before our first game.
The first game was fun, with a battle against an opponent that vastly outclassed them. Still, they persevered and won!
Then, we relaxed for a couple of hours, ordered dinner, and spent some time with the brother in law. He informed us that he's mostly packed for Alaska. We still have 88 days til we leave! But he is very excited, and it's really cute. We discussed some of our dining options, and decided that we don't really need Tracy's Crab Shack in Juneau. We've got a Dungeness crab feast to go to in Ketchikan and a seafood boil on the ship, so we're probably pretty good on shellfish. I would like to get a king crab leg while I'm in Alaska just to see if there's a difference between that and the one I can get here in MD. (I'm sure there will be.) The excitement is slowly starting to build again after the valley between planning & booking and research to under 90 days. We meet with the dogsitter in 2 weeks. Hopefully Yoda's not an asshole to her.
After that, it was dinner and game two, where we boarded the trauma train. I love the Crooked Moon so far. It's got a good story, but it leaves space for the players to do their thing too. There's places to pull in the players backstory, and it's great. The artwork is gorgeous. We were joking that last night's session was the Trauma Train. You're on a train to the afterlife, and you're trying to help corrupted haints move on. You can kill them, you can talk to them, whatever you want. The players were really creative and helped all the haints with their unfinished business and sent them to their reward. There was also a mail room with letters from the living to the newly departed, and from the departed to the living. Good lord, the angst and trauma. It was great.
Then they fought the creature that lived in the burner of the train. The train still sadly crashed, and now they're fighting the actual corrupted engine of the Ghostlight Express.![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
poisontaster is going to get to fistfight a train with her monk character. It'll be great.
I slept pretty well, aside from a couple bouts of leg spasms. I don't know why my body hates me so much, but I got bananas and will be stuffing them in my face and increasing my water intake. Maybe have a gatorade before bed, because ow.
Today, I get to play a little goth bard, which should be fun. I love my character a lot, and I have a good time playing her. It is funny that both of the characters I play are little rich kids with questionable parents. They're wildly different, but the overarching theme is there. Go figure, I may have some parental issues that I'm using D&D to work through?
This afternoon, post game will be nap time. I am going to take it easy and just relax and enjoy the rest of my day. I think cooking will wait til tomorrow, but we'll see.
Okay, time for me to hop off and contemplate whether I want to put pants on. Everyone have an outstanding Sunday!
Work yesterday wasn't bad. It wasn't too busy, though my boss had left me a to-do list, so I did that, took a few calls, and got out at 12 on the dot. Then it was off to grab my prescriptions and lunch.
We took a risk on timing, but decided to try a new restaurant, the Kenilworth Gourmet. It was actually pretty good. I'll definitely go back for something other than brunch, but my crab benedict was lovely and Jess' strawberry french toast was delicious. Bonus fries, we were home with over half an hour to spare before our first game.
The first game was fun, with a battle against an opponent that vastly outclassed them. Still, they persevered and won!
Then, we relaxed for a couple of hours, ordered dinner, and spent some time with the brother in law. He informed us that he's mostly packed for Alaska. We still have 88 days til we leave! But he is very excited, and it's really cute. We discussed some of our dining options, and decided that we don't really need Tracy's Crab Shack in Juneau. We've got a Dungeness crab feast to go to in Ketchikan and a seafood boil on the ship, so we're probably pretty good on shellfish. I would like to get a king crab leg while I'm in Alaska just to see if there's a difference between that and the one I can get here in MD. (I'm sure there will be.) The excitement is slowly starting to build again after the valley between planning & booking and research to under 90 days. We meet with the dogsitter in 2 weeks. Hopefully Yoda's not an asshole to her.
After that, it was dinner and game two, where we boarded the trauma train. I love the Crooked Moon so far. It's got a good story, but it leaves space for the players to do their thing too. There's places to pull in the players backstory, and it's great. The artwork is gorgeous. We were joking that last night's session was the Trauma Train. You're on a train to the afterlife, and you're trying to help corrupted haints move on. You can kill them, you can talk to them, whatever you want. The players were really creative and helped all the haints with their unfinished business and sent them to their reward. There was also a mail room with letters from the living to the newly departed, and from the departed to the living. Good lord, the angst and trauma. It was great.
Then they fought the creature that lived in the burner of the train. The train still sadly crashed, and now they're fighting the actual corrupted engine of the Ghostlight Express.
poisontaster is going to get to fistfight a train with her monk character. It'll be great.I slept pretty well, aside from a couple bouts of leg spasms. I don't know why my body hates me so much, but I got bananas and will be stuffing them in my face and increasing my water intake. Maybe have a gatorade before bed, because ow.
Today, I get to play a little goth bard, which should be fun. I love my character a lot, and I have a good time playing her. It is funny that both of the characters I play are little rich kids with questionable parents. They're wildly different, but the overarching theme is there. Go figure, I may have some parental issues that I'm using D&D to work through?
This afternoon, post game will be nap time. I am going to take it easy and just relax and enjoy the rest of my day. I think cooking will wait til tomorrow, but we'll see.
Okay, time for me to hop off and contemplate whether I want to put pants on. Everyone have an outstanding Sunday!
