Hospitalization

Tonight we had another session of the scifi Shadake game. Before the game, Shadarack mentioned that his previously alluded to absense in May is still going to happen, but he is also going to be gone next week and the week after. So I had to indispose his character by the end of the session.

( game summary )

The part with Shadarack on his own was done mostly on the car trips down to the game this week and last (when we didn't end up playing), using license plates instead of dice rolls. Conclusion: I need better eyesight to keep doing that.

Jackie wants to have the party go treasure hunting in Xanth, now. I told Adam when he wanted to play a character from Xanth that that was fine, but under no cirucmstances would I actually let him ever go back there, since I didn't think that I could handle the unique talents for each person, or all the damn puns. I guess I should have told the whole group.

Well, it's a weekend, at least.

"A civic *hybrid*? What's that?" Jiffy Lube employees are apparently not trained to inspire confidence in their customers. They also didn't have the right oil "but we have this oil here which is basically the same thing." At least it didn't blow up or anything...

Fred Meyer was having a 50% off sale, so I went in to get pants. They didn't have Levis in the size I wear, but they had Lees, which sort of fit, although not as well. Ah, well, you can never have enough pants, and now I have six! Three pairs, that is.

I also got some comics, and took a short walk on Cougar Mountain... ow ow ow, I don't think walking around before work is really getting me in better shape, because it hurt more trying to climb the mountain than ever before, even back when I was *completely* sedentary and twenty pounds heavier. Go fig.