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beansideY'know what's an awesome start to a Monday? Your phone being unplugged and draining completely, so the alarm doesn't go off. I woke up a half an hour late when my sister dropped something in the shower. Now I feel rushed and off, and of course, my sister is chatty. Immediate overstim.
And I have no pills to take, since today is my psych appt, and I took my last two pills last night. I'm just going to have to tough it out and wait for the Vyvanse to kick in.
Yesterday was a lovely day full of cooking and baking. First, I made a spinach and bacon fry up with mushrooms and garlic. It wasn't quite enough for lunch, but it made a good snack. Second, I wanted something sweet, and bread and jam sounded amazing. Unfortunately the only jam we had was strawberry, and that didn't sound good. So, I made a small bit of jam from a lone orange and some spices and a cup of sugar. It took forever. I stirred until my arm nearly fell off, but I was persistent, and ended up with a surprisingly tasty jam/sauce. It's not quite jam, but really too thick to be sauce, but it tastes good. Then, later, I decided to make cake. I adapted the recipe, and made a ginger and clove cake and put some jam between the layers. It turned out very well.
Then came dinner. We'd been planning to do grilled cheese sandwiches, only to discover that there was only like 5 slices of cheese. Instead I made pasta with bacon. Whoo. It was pretty good, but nothing special. I need to get some staples in, so I can have things for emergency dinners.
Tonight will be bastardized Chicken paprikash. I've seen about a million different recipies, so I'm not terribly worried about changing it slightly. I may make some mashed potatoes with it.
Can I just mention how very much butter I go through? It's pretty impressive.
I spent last night working on the new adventure for the Mad Mage crew. This is what I came up with: "Since the lost kingdom of Arvandor rose from the depths just over a year ago, there has been a race to curry favor with them and to delve the secrets of the capital city, Tir Thaiolin. Word has spread of advanced technology and a cold, aloof people.
Over the last few months, word has spread that the ruler, Queen Neried has taken ill, her advisor Kalanni taking over most of the duties of the throne.
With the Merrow Queen fading and the heirs jockeying for position, the nation of Olleather is poised at the border, preparing to redraw the very map of Faerun.
Seeing an opportunity for an advantage for Waterdeep, Lady Nevermember has sent a request to your residence. She proposes a diplomatic mission to Arvandor, to offer the potion created from the crystals you retrieved to bolster the Queen's health.
You are to accompany Muriel, Lady Nevermember's trusted chemist who will formulate the potion to match the Queen's unique physiology.
While there, you are to gather information on Oleather and broker diplomatic alliances with Arvandor.".
Hopefully, I'm able to work a nice campaign out of this. I have some ideas for scenes, but as usual, a lot of it will be down to my players. Depending on how they react, I'll be going with it.
I'm thinking for this one, I may use Trello, or a personal knowlege management system to keep track of it. I've got a lot of characters, and a lot of backstory that I need to keep track of. There's actually a really cool app that's about to launch a kickstarter, but I don't think it'll be in time to use for this.
Okay, time for me to go forth and get myself ready for work. I hope everyone has a quick and painless Monday!
And I have no pills to take, since today is my psych appt, and I took my last two pills last night. I'm just going to have to tough it out and wait for the Vyvanse to kick in.
Yesterday was a lovely day full of cooking and baking. First, I made a spinach and bacon fry up with mushrooms and garlic. It wasn't quite enough for lunch, but it made a good snack. Second, I wanted something sweet, and bread and jam sounded amazing. Unfortunately the only jam we had was strawberry, and that didn't sound good. So, I made a small bit of jam from a lone orange and some spices and a cup of sugar. It took forever. I stirred until my arm nearly fell off, but I was persistent, and ended up with a surprisingly tasty jam/sauce. It's not quite jam, but really too thick to be sauce, but it tastes good. Then, later, I decided to make cake. I adapted the recipe, and made a ginger and clove cake and put some jam between the layers. It turned out very well.
Then came dinner. We'd been planning to do grilled cheese sandwiches, only to discover that there was only like 5 slices of cheese. Instead I made pasta with bacon. Whoo. It was pretty good, but nothing special. I need to get some staples in, so I can have things for emergency dinners.
Tonight will be bastardized Chicken paprikash. I've seen about a million different recipies, so I'm not terribly worried about changing it slightly. I may make some mashed potatoes with it.
Can I just mention how very much butter I go through? It's pretty impressive.
I spent last night working on the new adventure for the Mad Mage crew. This is what I came up with: "Since the lost kingdom of Arvandor rose from the depths just over a year ago, there has been a race to curry favor with them and to delve the secrets of the capital city, Tir Thaiolin. Word has spread of advanced technology and a cold, aloof people.
Over the last few months, word has spread that the ruler, Queen Neried has taken ill, her advisor Kalanni taking over most of the duties of the throne.
With the Merrow Queen fading and the heirs jockeying for position, the nation of Olleather is poised at the border, preparing to redraw the very map of Faerun.
Seeing an opportunity for an advantage for Waterdeep, Lady Nevermember has sent a request to your residence. She proposes a diplomatic mission to Arvandor, to offer the potion created from the crystals you retrieved to bolster the Queen's health.
You are to accompany Muriel, Lady Nevermember's trusted chemist who will formulate the potion to match the Queen's unique physiology.
While there, you are to gather information on Oleather and broker diplomatic alliances with Arvandor.".
Hopefully, I'm able to work a nice campaign out of this. I have some ideas for scenes, but as usual, a lot of it will be down to my players. Depending on how they react, I'll be going with it.
I'm thinking for this one, I may use Trello, or a personal knowlege management system to keep track of it. I've got a lot of characters, and a lot of backstory that I need to keep track of. There's actually a really cool app that's about to launch a kickstarter, but I don't think it'll be in time to use for this.
Okay, time for me to go forth and get myself ready for work. I hope everyone has a quick and painless Monday!
