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I had a weekend of events
Feb. 20th, 2018 11:14 amMy weekends are usually hodgepodge of chores and this-and-that and I think they're boring myself and shouldn't inflict that on anyone else. But this weekend we Did Things so here are some things I did.
Party prep and shopping, with Thing 2. Kind of interesting in that we're tentatively trying to reconnect after Thing 2 did a thing that upset me past speaking coherently (no, I'm not going to write about it; I'm not even sure I can talk to people privately about it).
We had a party. It was small and cozy and nice. Pygment and I made (too much of) the chicken-cheesy dip thing I made for dinner one night a while back, on a lark. We ate leftovers, then fed more leftovers to the gamers and more leftovers to people Sunday. Then I ate the last of it myself Monday. No more double batches, eh?
Saturday night I decided to pass on both things I'd wanted to do. Between tired and the weather I just didn't have the spoons.
Sunday was clean-up and game (D&D tabletop) which involved some more heavy roleplay. It's a challenge for me to switch minds and speech patterns and behaviors across the various NPCs that the party are interacting with. This one is a lost civilian with a good heart trying to barter his way back up from misfortune. That one is a minor con artist looking for easy marks. This other one is a well-experienced traveler looking to make good money from what he knows, without getting himself killed.
The players seem to be enjoying themselves, so that's good.
We ended game early so we could have people over (Pygment's GF and husband) for food before movie. I used to like going out to dinner before movies but I found that too often I was feeling rushed and stressed because I couldn't control when things ended and I hate being late to things, particularly movies, even when I have reserved seats. Having food at home was less elegant (party leftovers!) but it was on our schedule and we got to socialize with people I like whom I don't speak with often enough. And it guaranteed that six of us could get done and out the door in time for Black Panther.
I'll write a full review of the movie Real Soon Now, but let me say that this movie is in my top 3 or 4 of all Marvel movies ever. (Winter Soldier, Iron Man 1, and this movie _might_ be better than Avengers 1 or might be tied with it.) If you haven't seen it, and you like this genre of film, go see this.
Monday I did very little most of the day while Pygment was out doing her things, then went out for Arisia things. Dinner-meeting followed by brainstorm-meeting. Both were good and productive but being in Dedham meant I got an hour less downtime than I usually do, which meant my brain was still racing and sleep last night was restless while I processed through many of the things we'd discussed.
It's interesting to review how I'm learning to work within my limits and where my limits are ... well, limiting me in some really bad and annoying ways.
Party prep and shopping, with Thing 2. Kind of interesting in that we're tentatively trying to reconnect after Thing 2 did a thing that upset me past speaking coherently (no, I'm not going to write about it; I'm not even sure I can talk to people privately about it).
We had a party. It was small and cozy and nice. Pygment and I made (too much of) the chicken-cheesy dip thing I made for dinner one night a while back, on a lark. We ate leftovers, then fed more leftovers to the gamers and more leftovers to people Sunday. Then I ate the last of it myself Monday. No more double batches, eh?
Saturday night I decided to pass on both things I'd wanted to do. Between tired and the weather I just didn't have the spoons.
Sunday was clean-up and game (D&D tabletop) which involved some more heavy roleplay. It's a challenge for me to switch minds and speech patterns and behaviors across the various NPCs that the party are interacting with. This one is a lost civilian with a good heart trying to barter his way back up from misfortune. That one is a minor con artist looking for easy marks. This other one is a well-experienced traveler looking to make good money from what he knows, without getting himself killed.
The players seem to be enjoying themselves, so that's good.
We ended game early so we could have people over (Pygment's GF and husband) for food before movie. I used to like going out to dinner before movies but I found that too often I was feeling rushed and stressed because I couldn't control when things ended and I hate being late to things, particularly movies, even when I have reserved seats. Having food at home was less elegant (party leftovers!) but it was on our schedule and we got to socialize with people I like whom I don't speak with often enough. And it guaranteed that six of us could get done and out the door in time for Black Panther.
I'll write a full review of the movie Real Soon Now, but let me say that this movie is in my top 3 or 4 of all Marvel movies ever. (Winter Soldier, Iron Man 1, and this movie _might_ be better than Avengers 1 or might be tied with it.) If you haven't seen it, and you like this genre of film, go see this.
Monday I did very little most of the day while Pygment was out doing her things, then went out for Arisia things. Dinner-meeting followed by brainstorm-meeting. Both were good and productive but being in Dedham meant I got an hour less downtime than I usually do, which meant my brain was still racing and sleep last night was restless while I processed through many of the things we'd discussed.
It's interesting to review how I'm learning to work within my limits and where my limits are ... well, limiting me in some really bad and annoying ways.
