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beansideDespite my determination to get up at 5, I hit snooze and finally dragged out of bed at 5:45. I just couldn't quite do it. Even now, that I'm up, it's a struggle. I kind of want to crawl back down the stairs and take another hour. It doesn't help that we had our AC on yesterday, and it got fucking cold last night, so now it's chilly in the house. Makes me want to burrow in with Jess under the weighted blanket. I put the heat on and am wearing a sweater, so between the two, things should improve.
The weekend of games has come to a close. We played five games over four days. I'm a little bit wiped out, I have to admit. I might need to remember to hold it to 3-4 games per 4 day cycle. The last one was a bit of a struggle. They all wen't pretty well, though. The one I was most worried about was the Saturday game, and that went really well. We got through some plot, and more importantly, people were role playing the hell out of it. It was awesome. So many bits of backstory revealed! Everyone learning how the characters are going to be. Because no matter how you write them, when you come to the table, you might find that they play a little differently than you expected. Some characters, it's a bit of a journey to get them where you expected them to be. Which is one of the really cool things about this kind of collaborative storytelling--whatching the characters come to life and seeing how they're going to mesh with the other characters.
Yesterday were two of the longer running games, so there's minimal prep or heavy lifting. First up was Monster of the Week, which was as always a blast. The party has now made friends with the Greek Gods (And have taught them how to be influencers) and the Court of Vampires. This in addition to making a deal with a demon (whom they later killed) and getting the veil over the supernatural ripped back.
Dad was very fussy and squirmy yesterday, which occasionally made it difficult to focus, but I think I did okay. Fortunately, he'd settled down by dinner time, so we were good for Mine Finders.
Today, I shall relax and take calls, and see how I do with my own software. It needs to be set up, but it's waiting for me when I log in.
After much consideration, on Saturday, I set up an appointment for accupuncture. I looked, and our insurance covers it, so I figured I'd give it a try and see if I could get any pain relief out of it. Jess felt like it helped their head when they tried it. We haven't really been able to afford anything like PT or accupuncture for a few years, but at 90% coverage, we'll give it a go. Jess decided to schedule for the appointment after me, so we'll have a wall of consultation the morning of the 11th. Sadlly, because of my late day schedule, we had to wait a little while for our appointments. I figure that gives me time to go get the MRI of my shoulder and my neck done in the meantime, so I know what's actually wrong with them. I mean, the neck I'm assuming is just a flare up of my spinal stenosis. The shoulder? Who the fuck knows. Maybe a tear in my rotator cuff? Maybe just degeneration? I honestly have no idea.
As I pointed out to my family, if it's torn or otherwise fucked up in a way that would require surgery, I'm going to just have to butch it out, because I can't take time off work right now, nor time off taking care of dad. It'll be a least 6-8 months before I'll have the kind of PTO I'd need for that.
Okay, time for me to consider the merits of pants. Everyone have a wonderful Monday!
The weekend of games has come to a close. We played five games over four days. I'm a little bit wiped out, I have to admit. I might need to remember to hold it to 3-4 games per 4 day cycle. The last one was a bit of a struggle. They all wen't pretty well, though. The one I was most worried about was the Saturday game, and that went really well. We got through some plot, and more importantly, people were role playing the hell out of it. It was awesome. So many bits of backstory revealed! Everyone learning how the characters are going to be. Because no matter how you write them, when you come to the table, you might find that they play a little differently than you expected. Some characters, it's a bit of a journey to get them where you expected them to be. Which is one of the really cool things about this kind of collaborative storytelling--whatching the characters come to life and seeing how they're going to mesh with the other characters.
Yesterday were two of the longer running games, so there's minimal prep or heavy lifting. First up was Monster of the Week, which was as always a blast. The party has now made friends with the Greek Gods (And have taught them how to be influencers) and the Court of Vampires. This in addition to making a deal with a demon (whom they later killed) and getting the veil over the supernatural ripped back.
Dad was very fussy and squirmy yesterday, which occasionally made it difficult to focus, but I think I did okay. Fortunately, he'd settled down by dinner time, so we were good for Mine Finders.
Today, I shall relax and take calls, and see how I do with my own software. It needs to be set up, but it's waiting for me when I log in.
After much consideration, on Saturday, I set up an appointment for accupuncture. I looked, and our insurance covers it, so I figured I'd give it a try and see if I could get any pain relief out of it. Jess felt like it helped their head when they tried it. We haven't really been able to afford anything like PT or accupuncture for a few years, but at 90% coverage, we'll give it a go. Jess decided to schedule for the appointment after me, so we'll have a wall of consultation the morning of the 11th. Sadlly, because of my late day schedule, we had to wait a little while for our appointments. I figure that gives me time to go get the MRI of my shoulder and my neck done in the meantime, so I know what's actually wrong with them. I mean, the neck I'm assuming is just a flare up of my spinal stenosis. The shoulder? Who the fuck knows. Maybe a tear in my rotator cuff? Maybe just degeneration? I honestly have no idea.
As I pointed out to my family, if it's torn or otherwise fucked up in a way that would require surgery, I'm going to just have to butch it out, because I can't take time off work right now, nor time off taking care of dad. It'll be a least 6-8 months before I'll have the kind of PTO I'd need for that.
Okay, time for me to consider the merits of pants. Everyone have a wonderful Monday!
