The weekend in a nutshell
The bad completely totally overshadowed the good. Unfortunately, there’s no way I can talk about the bad here, and it was only one bad, so we’ll talk good instead!
* Friday night we finally got to see fellow Manch-Vegans Jackie and Mattieu, who we haven’t seen in AGES. Spend a couple hours at Murphy’s Taproom catching up on life and getting $2 drafts and getting a much needed escape from the stresses of life in general. Considering the drama surrounding me lately, I felt a million times better afterward. Excellent stuff.
* The majority of the weekend was spent in Massachusetts. First stop was to see my old high school friend Kim and her newish fiancé who we hadn’t met yet. It was so good to see her, since I never see her anymore and it’s good to see she’s found a good, solid guy. Plus, we had 4 meals at Finder’s Pub for $21. How sweet is that?
* Following that was a cookout at Julia’s. Certain things brought the mood down a bit, but it was still good to see who we got to see, and there was good food and good times and a nice chance to catch up again. Very nice.
* We left the cookout around 9, and crashed at my parent’s. Both were up, and then my brother swung by, which was nice. We probably just sat around the table for 2 hours just catching up and joking around, which was just what I needed at that point. My dad made breakfast the next morning, I got to see my Memere, and it was like yet another added bonus to an already pretty busy weekend.
* D&D followed breakfast - one of the best sessions yet, in my opinion. Some kobold ass-kicking gave way to a diplomatic truce and some D&D-style race war/genocide discussion. I love D&D, I really do. And it’s only getting better, which is awesome. The cracks are starting to show, and there are significant choices and consequences which just make things more crazy. I didn’t know it could improve more, but there you have it.
* So this week is a short work week for me workwise - Rick and Mark are coming up for the weekend. It’s the first time I’ve seen Rick since the wedding, and the first time the three of us have gotten together since then. We’ll be hitting Anna Maria’s pub night for alumni weekend Friday, and then just hanging in Manchester the rest of the time. AMC folks, let me know if you’ll be there.
It’s been 5 years since I graduated college? Wow.
* Oh, Friday was Talk Like a Pirate Day, and Ann noted to many that it was 5 years to the day she fell for me. Why? I did a Tatnuck shift report entirely in pirate-speak. If that’s not further evidence I found the perfect person for me, I don’t know what else to tell you.