The Secret for Me to Enjoy D&D is Bringing Toys.
Matt came over late night to run a D&D adventure. He had our characters already rolled up and he had a hand painted metal figure of mine and Hilary's character. Unlike the other roleplaying games I've played, we had a board for many of the encounters and each special power my character had was printed on a little card. So this roleplaying experience was not much different than boardgaming and I really really enjoy that and I am looking forward to the next adventure.
The over arching plot is really cool too. Tamora, a human avenger, and Tyra Nor, a Drow warlord, have been hired to protect a city which has been built around a destructive regenerating creature that has to be killed every 30 minutes in order to the town to prosper and the people to stay alive. Tamora and Tyra have to clean the sewers in case the blood from the creature starts creating new creatures. However, we just discovered that the goblins and bugbears believe their race was created from this creature's blood, and they are marching in to start a war with the town to rescue their "father."
And, did I mention I love my Tamora figure!?!