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Weekend update
Friday night was really no different from every other night last week. I got home from work late and crashed.
Saturday we slept in until 7:30 and then got to work doing the prep for our guests. Chris, Monique and I split up the list of tasks and got to work cleaning, setting up and prepping food.
Our guests consisted of NERO players whose characters are members of the Ravenholt Healers' Guild and Mages' Guild and the gypsies that stay in the guild building. All told we were 15 people. We spent a bit of time chatting out of game and then moved to getting in costume and going in-game. This is our third annual mid-Winter gather at my house. We usually do a guild meeting where we catch each other up on all the plots that we've all been working on, as this tends to fall by the wayside during events. It's kind of nice to start off the year all knowing what should be known about everything. Then we have an IG feast, prepared by the hostess of the inn (Monique). As is typical, this year there was again way too much delicious food.
The two guildmistresses decided to throw in an extra feature this year. We did an IG gift exchange in the style of a Secret Santa swap. Each of us was randomly assigned another member to give a gift. Omi got Kumir's name and she made this really cool over the shoulder pouch with some hand sticthing. There are two Celtic knots on either side of an RH going across in one color with a HG going down in another color. The two H's are overlapping but slightly offset. It stand for Ravenholt Healers' Guild, in case you're wondering. Thre reason this is so cool is that Kumir's costume does not allow for a belt and therefore any kind of pouches. It also has very limited pocket space. This is an awesome IG gift. I was most pleased.
I actually participated in the giving of two gifts, though one of them indirectly. Randy's gypsy, Zybediah, is capable of speaking to spirits. He was given Omi's name. As his gift, Zybediah contacted the spirit of Jericho (Omi's dead lover) and asked for a message to deliver to Omi. Of course, Randy turned to me to fill out the present, as I played Jericho. I wrote her a fairly brief note relative to Jericho's last gift to her.
The second gift was Kumir's gift to his former master, Guildmistress Lilaiethyn (Lilli to everyone else). I have these really cool journals that are made with a really nice earthy looking cover with leave patterns and even have a small branch built into the spine. It's very period looking. I titled the inside cover "Journal of Memories, Musings and Meditations and hand drew a lily underneath. I was quite pleased with the drawing as I have no drawing skills and it came out looking really good (for me). Then Kumir wrote the first memory entry. It contained all the things Kumir remembered since coming to Ravenholt as they pertained to him and Lilaiethyn, good and bad, ending with Kumir's sentiments towards her. While she read it, which she did aloud to the room, I played a piece called "The Lily" on the flute as background. It was all very touching and ended in a beautiful IG exchange between me and her.
We spent a good 7 hours of in-game time and I think fun was had by all. I know I had a lot of fun.
Sunday morning Moique did her usual job of outdoing herself with a big breakfast leaving all stuffed, and on her birthday no less. Yes, Monique agreed to a houseful of guests on her birthday weekend and worked like a slave prepping for my friends. Is it any wonder I love this woman so?
Everyone left around noon (those who had slept over) with lots of leftover food. Monique went out to get her nails done and I tackled laundry and kitchen cleanup. I even had enough time before she got back to put my in-game music book back in order and put all sorts of new pieces in it. I tried out the new character makeup job for Madrigal and with Chris' help got pictures. I sent these off to Rob for his approval since there are no others of my kind, so I wanted to make sure I got it right before the revel in a couple weeks.
Then we watched the two games. Both our teams lost. I'm not going there.
This morning I had a dentis appointment so I'm hear late, but I wanted to get this all down before I forget any of it.
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I am so psyched to be coming to play Madrigal.
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(One of my characters favorite things)
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Thank Monique again for me, food was amazing. She looks great, too. (Meant to say something about that but it totally slipped my mind the four or five times I thought it during the course of the weekend.)
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Hrm.....
What are you and Monique doing the weekend after Valentines day?
::Plotting~scheming look...::
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Randy has asked us if we wish to come to an Ochoda clan gathering. I won't say we've dodged answering him, but Monique has seen the invitiation twice in her email and said nothing. It is not really her cup of tea.
okie :)
The event is at Ye Olde Commons. It is a weekend long
in costume schmooze and hang out party. The food is always
excellent, and there is generally live music, games, entertainments
and libations of various sorts to be had. We have plenty of folks who
cook, so you and Monique could enjoy the event and relax!!
You would know a great many of the folks there, as Keyla and Lili have attended lately,and many of the gypsy folk come from this group.
(They like to kid me in clann about being the family recruiter, because I bring cool folk in that I have met in other similar hobbies. Crossover is getting to be huge, and lots of fun!)
Gwyneth and Kendrick are also planning on coming just for saturday
evening's dinner.
I thought you might enjoy it, and wanted to make sure you had an invite.
:)