Time for a rare real-life post! Warning: definitely going to be long.

( Trip to NJ... )

Holidays were busy, as they usually are. I was somewhat less prepared overall than I normally am, due to the crazy larping schedule that happened in the weeks leading up to the holidays.

( random holiday stuff )

The Aralis event was pretty awesome, and I am saying that despite there being utterly miserable weather for all of Saturday (until about 2:30 in the morning Sunday morning, when it randomly became kinda amazingly awesome and warm), and the fact that I managed to twist my ankle pretty good going up and down the stairs. Way to go, staff.

( cut for long )

Long update here.

( Thanksgiving )

Interesting (if hot) weekend, full of family togetherness.

( Long and rambling, with slight spoilers for Iron Man in the middle. )

Good fun weekend ( Read more... )

( NH )

My dad had knee replacement surgery this morning. It went really well, the surgery only took an hour and a half, it was so fast that my mother (who had assumed it would take longer and was thus outside in the hallway making phone calls) actually missed them bringing him out and had to chase down the doctor to get an update. I actually got to talk ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving was much as it always is, both a lot of fun and somewhat stressful. Fun comes from seeing my family, and the stress comes from the same place, too many people in too small a space, mostly, with some odd personality quirks thrown in for good measure. Oh, and this year had the drugged-up-and-in-pain father, too ( Read more... )