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beansideAnd somehow, after what seemed like a very short weekend, we're back to Monday.
I don't have a ton planned today, just a visit to the psych doctor at 5pm to get my meds. It'll be a quick appointment, but I definitely need my meds. I'll pick them all up tomorrow after Yoda's appointment with the vet. Tuesday is definitely the busy day. I'll have work, Yoda's appointment, then pharmacy. It's a lot, but we'll get it done. Wednesday is a mostly quiet day, though we have our Brindlewood Bay game. Then, unless movement happens with the radiology job, I'll be off for my interview on Thursday, as well as Jess having their 6 month post op. Friday is wide open, Saturday, we have Arvandor. We're getting to the end of that game.
Yesterday was quiet, but nice. We were going to go to the pancake breakfast, but my knee was a little bit peeved--not terrible just twinges of discomfort. The grounds around the nature center it was being held at are a little hilly and a bit of a walk so we decided to just go get breakfast somewhere that we could park close. We decided on the Original Pancake House which was...okay. The Dutch Baby pancake was all wrong. Instead of a thin, somewhat crispy pancake, it was an inch thick and very eggy. It was tasty, but not a dutch baby. I will have to make one soon. Maybe Sunday.
Then, we came home and had our Arvandor game. It was awesome as usual, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Afterwards, I told my players to start thinking about what their epilogue will be. I'm figuring we have maybe 2 games left, and then we'll be done. I've got one more big reveal, and then I will be done except for the final battle and the epilogue.
It's funny, the game has been going for a while. We played Dragon Heist, then Mad Mage with these characters, so it's been going since at October of 2022, so heading on three and a half years, but I feel like the characters and game really came alive with this last arc. It was fun before, don't get me wrong. I loved everything we did before. But, with Arvandor, I asked for backstories, and I pulled them in, and let the characters get closure for their pasts, and homebrewed an entire world. I'm looking forward to doing that for the next campaign, Marchen.
It's set in a fairy tale land, where the briars around sleeping beauty's kingdom has begun to fail, and the sleeping sickness is poised to return and take over the land. A ragtag bunch of "heroes" (some recruited from the prison) will go to find the problem and solve it. Along the way, they're going to interact with some fairy tale narratives and help those people to finish or avert their stories. It should be a lot of fun, because most fairy tales are fucked up..
My players have started making awesome characters, and I'm looking forward to seeing how they play out. I'm nervous about it, because it's again all homebrew, which means if it doesn't work well, it's on me. On the other hand, if it does, it's a fucking amazing feeling.
By the time the game was done, my sister had left for her NY trip, so the evening was very quiet. We relaxed in the living room. I watched YouTube Videos about eating like the locals in Waikiki. I want to find the good local places, so that I'm not giving chains or non-Hawaiian businesses my money while we're there. I found a pair of locals who have a food channel and watched that for a while. Later, when we're closer to the trip, I'll go in and compile the restaurants/food trucks that looked good into a list, which we can use while we're there.
The Alaska trip is only 67 days away, but I've got that planned. I know pretty much everything there is to do on the ship and in port. Our excursions are booked, we're checked in with all our passport info, our transportation is booked and paid for, so we're ready to go.
I'm only 38 days out from college starting, which should be interesting. I'm going to start with one class, especially since we're going on the cruise during the first term. It'll probably be mostly an onboarding class, which is good. I need refreshers on AP style and all that.
Today is sure to be an annoyingly busy day, probably mostly on the phone. I will be tired when I'm done. I seem to have a bit of a cough the last few days, so hopefully that has settled down so I can talk.
Time for me to get myself together. Maybe grab a shower to get ready to start the day, or I may wait til tomorrow. During the winter, I have to be careful how frequently I shower, because my skin gets super dry, even with moisturizer. I definitely can't do it every day, so I aim for every 3rd day. Today would be two, but I'm feeling a little grungy. Both restaurants we went to were kind of warm, so I guess there was some minor sweating. Anyhow, everyone have a wonderful Monday!
I don't have a ton planned today, just a visit to the psych doctor at 5pm to get my meds. It'll be a quick appointment, but I definitely need my meds. I'll pick them all up tomorrow after Yoda's appointment with the vet. Tuesday is definitely the busy day. I'll have work, Yoda's appointment, then pharmacy. It's a lot, but we'll get it done. Wednesday is a mostly quiet day, though we have our Brindlewood Bay game. Then, unless movement happens with the radiology job, I'll be off for my interview on Thursday, as well as Jess having their 6 month post op. Friday is wide open, Saturday, we have Arvandor. We're getting to the end of that game.
Yesterday was quiet, but nice. We were going to go to the pancake breakfast, but my knee was a little bit peeved--not terrible just twinges of discomfort. The grounds around the nature center it was being held at are a little hilly and a bit of a walk so we decided to just go get breakfast somewhere that we could park close. We decided on the Original Pancake House which was...okay. The Dutch Baby pancake was all wrong. Instead of a thin, somewhat crispy pancake, it was an inch thick and very eggy. It was tasty, but not a dutch baby. I will have to make one soon. Maybe Sunday.
Then, we came home and had our Arvandor game. It was awesome as usual, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Afterwards, I told my players to start thinking about what their epilogue will be. I'm figuring we have maybe 2 games left, and then we'll be done. I've got one more big reveal, and then I will be done except for the final battle and the epilogue.
It's funny, the game has been going for a while. We played Dragon Heist, then Mad Mage with these characters, so it's been going since at October of 2022, so heading on three and a half years, but I feel like the characters and game really came alive with this last arc. It was fun before, don't get me wrong. I loved everything we did before. But, with Arvandor, I asked for backstories, and I pulled them in, and let the characters get closure for their pasts, and homebrewed an entire world. I'm looking forward to doing that for the next campaign, Marchen.
It's set in a fairy tale land, where the briars around sleeping beauty's kingdom has begun to fail, and the sleeping sickness is poised to return and take over the land. A ragtag bunch of "heroes" (some recruited from the prison) will go to find the problem and solve it. Along the way, they're going to interact with some fairy tale narratives and help those people to finish or avert their stories. It should be a lot of fun, because most fairy tales are fucked up..
My players have started making awesome characters, and I'm looking forward to seeing how they play out. I'm nervous about it, because it's again all homebrew, which means if it doesn't work well, it's on me. On the other hand, if it does, it's a fucking amazing feeling.
By the time the game was done, my sister had left for her NY trip, so the evening was very quiet. We relaxed in the living room. I watched YouTube Videos about eating like the locals in Waikiki. I want to find the good local places, so that I'm not giving chains or non-Hawaiian businesses my money while we're there. I found a pair of locals who have a food channel and watched that for a while. Later, when we're closer to the trip, I'll go in and compile the restaurants/food trucks that looked good into a list, which we can use while we're there.
The Alaska trip is only 67 days away, but I've got that planned. I know pretty much everything there is to do on the ship and in port. Our excursions are booked, we're checked in with all our passport info, our transportation is booked and paid for, so we're ready to go.
I'm only 38 days out from college starting, which should be interesting. I'm going to start with one class, especially since we're going on the cruise during the first term. It'll probably be mostly an onboarding class, which is good. I need refreshers on AP style and all that.
Today is sure to be an annoyingly busy day, probably mostly on the phone. I will be tired when I'm done. I seem to have a bit of a cough the last few days, so hopefully that has settled down so I can talk.
Time for me to get myself together. Maybe grab a shower to get ready to start the day, or I may wait til tomorrow. During the winter, I have to be careful how frequently I shower, because my skin gets super dry, even with moisturizer. I definitely can't do it every day, so I aim for every 3rd day. Today would be two, but I'm feeling a little grungy. Both restaurants we went to were kind of warm, so I guess there was some minor sweating. Anyhow, everyone have a wonderful Monday!
