When the lights go out in the city, and the sun shines on the bay
It's Monday again! Today is Martin Luther King day, which is technically a day off for me. Buuut,the call center is open. We had the option to work or not. The benefits for working are pretty steep, though. First up, we get paid time and a half for any hours worked. Second we get the 8 hours of holiday pay as PTO. Which, when you add it up makes the day more like Double time and a half. Plus it's usually pretty chill. I enjoy working it, honestly. I like having a jump in my PTO right away, and time an a half is always nice. Which reminds me, I need to put in another vacation day using it for the cruise.
I'm going to be so close on the number of vacation days I have. I will have like 7 days,and I need 6. I'm spending most of my spring doing my best to stay healthy. We do have the broadway play in April, but we're masking and renting a driver up and back to minimize contact with people.
This was such a lovely weekend. I told you about Saturday's game, which ended with the players racing the clock (from the weapon that they rigged to explode) and in a fight against a high level cleric, thief and a demi-god. They're carrying along the king that they knocked unconscious who has a dead-man's switch that will do...something. He was pretty vague about the actual consequences, just that it would be bad for Arvandor. It was awesome, and so much fun. The players are really sweating it. After that, it was a day of rest, where I did exactly nothing.
Then, Boodle let me sleep til 6 yesterday! A whole hour late! I chilled, got McDonald's breakfast and did my thing until it was time to get the crab feast together. I threw three pans of crab into the oven, set up the table with crab accoutrements. Got drinks, and everyone settled in to eat.
I am on a GLP-1, so my abilities were minimal. I managed two clusters. I think everyone else managed at least three.
Just as last time, the Dungeness did not disappoint. My brother in law declared that he liked Dungeness crabs better than lobster. I would get three bags next time, I think. Or have enough space in the freezer for some. All in all, though, the taste is sweet and buttery with just a hint of the sea, and the shells are more like a snow crab, where it's very easy to crack them. We got a "deluxe crab picking kit." It's awesome. It has the hinged cracker which easily breaks even the toughest claw, plus the zipper type cracker, plus a little metal stick. On one end is a little fork, for stabbing meat. The other is a flattened and lightly curved thing that looks like a coke spoon. It's perfect for getting into those ends and getting all the meat out. The BIL seemed to really enjoy himself.
Afterwards, we talked a bit about the cruise. I printed out our itinerary. so he knows what's going on, and we discussed that a bit. I told him about our upgrade at the hotel, which he was wary about. He looked at the hotel's website and saw what their prices were, so he's concerned about how much it's costing. I let him know that I got a deal (Which I did) and that it was not $600. But we're going to start our trip out in luxury, dammit.
I had a full list of our vendors and where we would be and when as well as any landmarks we were planning on seeing, and what our transportation for the day would be for each land day. We talked about food onboard, and the various venues.
I will probably add to it over the next few months as I come up with other things to do. I'm still debating on Mendehal Glacier. On one hand, glacier. On the other, it's officially receeded enough that it no longer touches the water, which is sad, so I'm not sure. Probably will, but we'll see.
After the BIL left, I took a little nap, and then we got Lebanese food. I had chicken schwarma, which was excellent. Then, it was time to go forth and play our Prophecy of the Nine Omens game. The game was entirely made up of one battle, because![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
poisontaster did not go easy on us. At one point, my bladesinger was down to 38 hit points, which was alarming since we were outnumbered. Still, we were victorious, and my wizard got to wreck shit. We're 11th level now, wich means a 6th level and two 5th level spellslots. I used them all, dealing a shit ton of damage. Steel Wind Strike is an awesome spell that lets you hit up to five people with decent amounts of damage. It's quickly becoming Irsu's signature. Which is thematically appropriate, since he is a bladesinger, which is a wizard who can use a sword. But with 6 level, now have Disintegrate, which I'm looking forward to using.
When I took my spells, I wanted to make him mostly offensive spells. Bladesingers live to deal damage, be it by their blade or by their magic. The character sheet came first. Then, much later, after playing him for at least a year and a half, the background and his reasons for being like he is came. Granted, his backstory is very close to that of William Laurence from the Temeraire series. (great books if you've never read them.) Before that, his backstory was that he was a bounty hunter, but not good at it. Later, his full story came out. Second son of a duke, bound for wizard school from the day he was born, so that he could serve as his brother's personal pet wizard and diviner. He got to school and found that he couldn't do divination to save his life. But offiensive magic, yes. Then, he found out what a bladesinger was, and that was that. Then, he left school to become a bounty hunter, and instead stumbled into adventuring.
Now, I have MLK day and then, I shall cook dinner. But for now, it's time to start getting myself together. Everyone have an amazing Monday!
I'm going to be so close on the number of vacation days I have. I will have like 7 days,and I need 6. I'm spending most of my spring doing my best to stay healthy. We do have the broadway play in April, but we're masking and renting a driver up and back to minimize contact with people.
This was such a lovely weekend. I told you about Saturday's game, which ended with the players racing the clock (from the weapon that they rigged to explode) and in a fight against a high level cleric, thief and a demi-god. They're carrying along the king that they knocked unconscious who has a dead-man's switch that will do...something. He was pretty vague about the actual consequences, just that it would be bad for Arvandor. It was awesome, and so much fun. The players are really sweating it. After that, it was a day of rest, where I did exactly nothing.
Then, Boodle let me sleep til 6 yesterday! A whole hour late! I chilled, got McDonald's breakfast and did my thing until it was time to get the crab feast together. I threw three pans of crab into the oven, set up the table with crab accoutrements. Got drinks, and everyone settled in to eat.
I am on a GLP-1, so my abilities were minimal. I managed two clusters. I think everyone else managed at least three.
Just as last time, the Dungeness did not disappoint. My brother in law declared that he liked Dungeness crabs better than lobster. I would get three bags next time, I think. Or have enough space in the freezer for some. All in all, though, the taste is sweet and buttery with just a hint of the sea, and the shells are more like a snow crab, where it's very easy to crack them. We got a "deluxe crab picking kit." It's awesome. It has the hinged cracker which easily breaks even the toughest claw, plus the zipper type cracker, plus a little metal stick. On one end is a little fork, for stabbing meat. The other is a flattened and lightly curved thing that looks like a coke spoon. It's perfect for getting into those ends and getting all the meat out. The BIL seemed to really enjoy himself.
Afterwards, we talked a bit about the cruise. I printed out our itinerary. so he knows what's going on, and we discussed that a bit. I told him about our upgrade at the hotel, which he was wary about. He looked at the hotel's website and saw what their prices were, so he's concerned about how much it's costing. I let him know that I got a deal (Which I did) and that it was not $600. But we're going to start our trip out in luxury, dammit.
I had a full list of our vendors and where we would be and when as well as any landmarks we were planning on seeing, and what our transportation for the day would be for each land day. We talked about food onboard, and the various venues.
I will probably add to it over the next few months as I come up with other things to do. I'm still debating on Mendehal Glacier. On one hand, glacier. On the other, it's officially receeded enough that it no longer touches the water, which is sad, so I'm not sure. Probably will, but we'll see.
After the BIL left, I took a little nap, and then we got Lebanese food. I had chicken schwarma, which was excellent. Then, it was time to go forth and play our Prophecy of the Nine Omens game. The game was entirely made up of one battle, because
poisontaster did not go easy on us. At one point, my bladesinger was down to 38 hit points, which was alarming since we were outnumbered. Still, we were victorious, and my wizard got to wreck shit. We're 11th level now, wich means a 6th level and two 5th level spellslots. I used them all, dealing a shit ton of damage. Steel Wind Strike is an awesome spell that lets you hit up to five people with decent amounts of damage. It's quickly becoming Irsu's signature. Which is thematically appropriate, since he is a bladesinger, which is a wizard who can use a sword. But with 6 level, now have Disintegrate, which I'm looking forward to using. When I took my spells, I wanted to make him mostly offensive spells. Bladesingers live to deal damage, be it by their blade or by their magic. The character sheet came first. Then, much later, after playing him for at least a year and a half, the background and his reasons for being like he is came. Granted, his backstory is very close to that of William Laurence from the Temeraire series. (great books if you've never read them.) Before that, his backstory was that he was a bounty hunter, but not good at it. Later, his full story came out. Second son of a duke, bound for wizard school from the day he was born, so that he could serve as his brother's personal pet wizard and diviner. He got to school and found that he couldn't do divination to save his life. But offiensive magic, yes. Then, he found out what a bladesinger was, and that was that. Then, he left school to become a bounty hunter, and instead stumbled into adventuring.
Now, I have MLK day and then, I shall cook dinner. But for now, it's time to start getting myself together. Everyone have an amazing Monday!
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