good weekend

[winterbadger]

Saturday was consuming in the most decadent laziness. I got up at 8 to feed the cats (having finally gone to bed around 3), then went back to sleep until 11, pottered until 1 when I made breakfast :-). Talked to my folks, did some assembly of models for the Warhammer 40K tournament I was playing in on Sunday, and watched various bits of telly. *Didn't* do laundry (tonight I must, or at least really ought to), but I cleaned up the kitchen a bit.

Sunday I trundled off to Chantilly and played in the aforementioned tournament. My army of Eldar (think "elves in space") went 0-2-1, but I was there more for the experience and the chance to meet new opponents (which I did; my three games were with three complete strangers). Over lunch I realized I had downtime and nothing to read (!!) so I stopped at the closest thign the shopping center has to a bookstore (all books 50% off, but a huge selection of, ahem, adult magazines) and bought a copy of Lloyd Alexander's The Castle of Llyr, which I remembered enjoying tremendously as a kid. It's still wonderful. :-)

After the tournament was over, I went on to my next engagement, dinner with the lovely and charming sharrainchains. We had a delicious dinner, then hung out at her place and talked about books and movies until she detected a yawn or two and sent me on my way so I would be fresh for work the next day. What a simply wonderful lady she is! I'm terrifically smitten.

Comments

Heaven?

[bright-serpent.livejournal.com]

*BEAMS* for you. Lazy days...mmm. They're always among the best. Not lazy days you can't afford, of course, but those rare days where you can really just...relax.

Re: Heaven?

[winterbadger]

Yeah, lazy days are nice. I started to feel guilty at how little I was accomplishing Saturday, and then I decided not to. It was pretty much all the vacation I was getting (and I had worked a half-day on Friday). And I was pleased with myself for having the discipline not to get hammered NYE. And none of the things I was neglecting *had* to be done then. So it was nice. :-)

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

Lloyd Alexander is one of those children's authors whose works are still enjoyable when read as an adult. I also love Patricia Wrede's "Dragons" series. Great fun.

[sharrainchains.livejournal.com]

I still enjoy many children's books (the Lloyd Alexander series is a good one), but I have never even heard of the Dragon series! Please: tell more about it!