Days of Shades

One of the key benefits of poncey-French-press coffee culture is that you never find yourself trying to operate the twenty-three buttons of your host's Fifth-gen Neutron Micro-ray Javalizer with Addded Settings for Your Convenience (tm) before you've had your morning coffee.

Grind. Wait. Plunge. Pour.

This, I can deal with.

All the guys and my mother are out at a pretty-waterfall place with cameras. They left about seven, and I'm regretting that I stayed. I was afraid my feet would freeze numb and I'd be a drag, and I'm trying to preserve some energy for contra-dancing tonight. Part of that plan was sleeping in, but that was nixed when mom woke me up to give me car keys (not her fault - I was freezing and sleeping lightly). I'm glad she did, because I had her take my camera. All the boys get cameras to play with, she should too.

Now I have at least a good hour before the rest of the household starts to wake up, my second cup of coffee, and a fire in the fireplace that started on the second try with only minimal prayers to Varzi.

Hmmm...I should paint Varzi, but then I'd have to leave the fire. Playing computer games in front of the fire sounds much better than painting in the kitchen.

Oop, Jono's up earlier than expected. Morning, world.

I have a new couch! I went into a store and bought it new just like a grown-up! Even my mom's only done that once or twice. Everyone must visit me to sit on my new couch.

D&D last night was considerably better than the week before - less hack'n'slash and more actual thought, topped off by an exploding dwarf. Can't beat that! Now I must eagerly await our XP handouts via e-mail (I better get something for being the peacenik).

The Zilks are coming up from Portland today, coming to the session. emony42 should be back in town for the week (hooray!). Beth'n'Dennis will come down from Vancouver thursday morning - the Turkey-day fest starts to swing into gear.

Excuse my bubbliness, pray. A chehalis librarian brought Leanne and I amazing chocolaty treats as thanks for a project, and I'm taking tomorrow off - two day work week, five day weekend - that sound about right to you?