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Double-D&D Weekend
May 17, 2024 by Adam in Family
It's back-to-back D&D days this weekend after a fairly long delay. Hopefully I'm prepared enough and if not I'll just keep breaking out funny voices and show off some more minis. Continuing the nerdy news, my new DM screen with a monitor built-in continues to be constructed. The gluing steps are slow-going and trying to get everything nicely lined up and perfect is a little tricky. Hopefully the end result is cool.
Work continues to be weird and wacky, pulled away to a secret project again. It's fun, as I get to do a lot of different things, but the whiplash is occasionally exhausting.
The rest of the fam seems to be doing well. Ben had two days of IB economy tests, which he weirdly enjoyed even though it was a bit of a slog. Duncan is winding down his first year of school, earning a bit of cash with his side gigs at school and making intro videos for other YouTubers. Emma's also winding things down - she signed up for her driver's test, though the first available slot was in July. Jo's getting ready for their MFA program, feeling too busy at work, and getting our seedlings moved from the greenhouse to the new garden beds.
I'm loving the warm weather, well into the shorts-and-t-shirt phase of the year. I took down the air conditioner from my shed storage area, but have yet to set it up. Looking forward to getting in some hiking or kayaking in the weeks ahead.
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Mother's Day and Aurora Borealis
May 13, 2024 by Adam in Family
Having never seen the northern lights, I was bummed out I missed them on Friday. I think I caught a glimmer Saturday night, mostly just a greenish purple tint to the north, but my camera seemed to pick it up on a long exposure.
It was a generally quiet weekend. Emma and I did a library run on Saturday and worked on various projects throughout the day. I'm working on a new DM screen with a monitor built in and cut out most of the pieces. Now it's on to the tedious gluing and making sure things fit phase. Hopefully I didn't mess up the measurements too badly.
Jo put in a bunch of work on the garden. We had a post-breakfast team assembled to lift the garden bed into place on top of the blocks. I shoved a bunch of soil. Ben helped plant flowers and clean up the new part of the garden. It was nice having such great weather after the dreary months.
Sunday was the mother's day tour, visiting with my mom and Yayoe and delivering little presents. It was nice to catch up.
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Sunny Days Are Here Again
May 10, 2024 by Adam in Family
It looks like we have a week of sunny, warm weather. The garden is growing enthusiastically, one of the beds being taken over by greens. Already my lunchtime salads are getting tasty radishes and greens that we grew.
Work is moving along. Though the thing I'm building feels overly complicated, it's been educational and I'm slowly figuring it out.
I decided on a whim to treat myself to a new DM screen for my D&D games. Someone made one with a built-in monitor, so that may be my weekend project. Emma said she'd give me a hand.
Mothers' Day is around the corner. Hopefully I can find a way to say hello to all the various moms in my life.
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Easter Weekend
May 08, 2024 by Adam in Family
It's a belated posting of the weekend festivities. Perhaps it was that annual shot of vodka that caused the delay.
Easter was fun - the company was good and the food was delicious. Kudos to Seraph for making it happen, along with all her helpers. I went over early in the day but mostly stood around looking pretty. My reward was my own potato chocolate cake that I've been slowly eating as snacks all week. I'm reminded once again why it's my favorite cake ever.
Sunday was very low-key, rainy with Emma in a very worn-out state. We had a nice call with the wayward boy in Albuquerque. He's gainfully employed doing residential construction, checking out local music shows, climbing with his gym buddies and looking to buy some plants for his apartment.
As for the week so far, it's been slogging away. Some of the work weirdness has faded a bit. The rain has eased up and it's bright and sunny at the moment. The new D&D campaign book is out and I'm frantically printing miniatures in hopes to get things ready. Emma found a cozy fantasy book at the school - I picked up the audiobook awhile back, so we're doing an accidental book club.
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Wacky Work Time
May 03, 2024 by Adam in Family
I seem to be riling people up at work lately. Hopefully I can find some sort of Buddist-like detachment from outcomes. At least it's been educational. And today is a mocha day, which is always nice.
Tomorrow is Russian Orthodox Easter. When I stopped by to get mom for tea this week, I ran into Seraph and Emma working away. Seraph forced me to eat some delicious potato chocolate cake, promising me more to take home after Easter. I'm excited to see everyone, especially Jenny who I haven't seen in far too long.
Emma got herself a thesis advisor yesterday. She'd been nervous about imposing on anyone and has put it off for awhile. Fortunately she has a good forest biology professor and after chatting with him about the farm for a long while, popped the question and he said yes.
Otherwise the week has been pretty low-key, a little dreary with occasional bursts of sunshine. Hopefully the loggers will finally be done at the farm sometime this month. D&D starts up in a couple weeks - I've been printing minis in preparation for future games. Jo and I had fun playing Cat Quest 2 after returning from our date night. I'm sure Emma and I will hit up the library later today.
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