11:30pm? really?
So I had a really great weekend for the most part, just home with the family. The kids were fun as we went to a farm-like store, the playground/pond, and the pool. Laura and I had some awesome quality time at night and even played a somewhat hysterical game of Trivial Pursuit, circa 1997. We had a blast. We are wonderfully suited for one another, it seems.
Predictably, I was a little lost without her last night. It was my erstwhile little sister's wedding, which was on a freakin' Sunday night. Not Sunday evening, Sunday NIGHT. She even lied on the invitations and said it started at 7, when all along those in the wedding knew it was at 7:30. Dinner got served at 11:30. The band, an excellent one known as the Nerds, started their last set at 12:30, and after I listened to Bohemian Rhapsody (because what else would you expect at a wedding?) I cut out. Long day. Good to spend time with my other family (I am an honorary Greengrass). Also, 'black tie requested' evidently doesn't carry much weight, as I was pretty much the only guy under 70 not in the wedding party wearing a tux. But I looked spiffy.
My planned 4e session Thursday is shaping up nicely. The couple we've been trying to get in touch with for the Pathfinder game (I dropped them a note Sunday, waltzing into the gaming store in my tux) has signed up as well, so that'll let Laura meet them. My darling wife got me a HUGE battlemat to replace the one I ruined with a Sharpie at Pegcon but I was smart enough to read the instructions this time (I totally would have drawn up the battle spots Tuesday night and let them sit until Thursday, which turns out is not such a great idea). I'm nervous, but not overly so. Laura will be playing a dwarven battlerage fighter and holy crap fighters have some nice quirks. The combat challenge thing is insane. 'Okay, I shift and- ' WHACK! Take that and STOP MOVING!' 'But, I shifted!' 'Don't care. Oh, and I'll get 2 temps for hitting you. Thanks.'
The other roles were pretty much filled, so putting her as the lone defender was an easy choice. I also named her Inabobo, which is a long-running in joke between us and will make me smile every time I hear it. I'm leaning toward index cards over the combat magnet thingie for combat order and whatnot - it just seems easier for writing down conditions and whatnot. We shall see.
Seriously, Trivial Pursuit, was there no quality control? Laura's first question - What does CD-ROM stand for? Next question - What revolution caused an unprecedented surge in paper usage during the 80's and 90's? The COMPUTER revolution!
Predictably, I was a little lost without her last night. It was my erstwhile little sister's wedding, which was on a freakin' Sunday night. Not Sunday evening, Sunday NIGHT. She even lied on the invitations and said it started at 7, when all along those in the wedding knew it was at 7:30. Dinner got served at 11:30. The band, an excellent one known as the Nerds, started their last set at 12:30, and after I listened to Bohemian Rhapsody (because what else would you expect at a wedding?) I cut out. Long day. Good to spend time with my other family (I am an honorary Greengrass). Also, 'black tie requested' evidently doesn't carry much weight, as I was pretty much the only guy under 70 not in the wedding party wearing a tux. But I looked spiffy.
My planned 4e session Thursday is shaping up nicely. The couple we've been trying to get in touch with for the Pathfinder game (I dropped them a note Sunday, waltzing into the gaming store in my tux) has signed up as well, so that'll let Laura meet them. My darling wife got me a HUGE battlemat to replace the one I ruined with a Sharpie at Pegcon but I was smart enough to read the instructions this time (I totally would have drawn up the battle spots Tuesday night and let them sit until Thursday, which turns out is not such a great idea). I'm nervous, but not overly so. Laura will be playing a dwarven battlerage fighter and holy crap fighters have some nice quirks. The combat challenge thing is insane. 'Okay, I shift and- ' WHACK! Take that and STOP MOVING!' 'But, I shifted!' 'Don't care. Oh, and I'll get 2 temps for hitting you. Thanks.'
The other roles were pretty much filled, so putting her as the lone defender was an easy choice. I also named her Inabobo, which is a long-running in joke between us and will make me smile every time I hear it. I'm leaning toward index cards over the combat magnet thingie for combat order and whatnot - it just seems easier for writing down conditions and whatnot. We shall see.
Seriously, Trivial Pursuit, was there no quality control? Laura's first question - What does CD-ROM stand for? Next question - What revolution caused an unprecedented surge in paper usage during the 80's and 90's? The COMPUTER revolution!