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- Friday night out with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
teross50, agrnmn, nodeal57, orcjohn, and triadruid. Dinner at O'Dowd's, cute waitresses, good whiskey. Yay! I am willing to swear by the religious significance of 16-year-old Lagavulin. Also, O'Dowd's has changed its menu since I was there last. This may be the only time in the history of the world that an Irish pub in the U.S. has changed its menu and retained any of the "Irish" items on it. In fact, they now serve boxty at O'Dowd's, and I approve of that.
- Getting ready for the D&D game.triadruid and I are giggling Way Longer than 15 seconds about this. Any planning session that includes the phrase "crazed halfling Zionists" is, in my book, a worthwhile use of my time.
- Volunteering at Harvesters with Wild Hare on Saturday. We worked a two-hour shift packing donated food for distribution. There was some ritual prep beforehand, and the work was dedicated to Brigid for Imbolc. The omen for the rite, pulled after our shift was Alder, which apparently corresponds to 'guardian of the milk'. We called it good. Also, the work is a lot of fun with a good group, and we are thinking of doing it again some time. Most everyone working there was part of some sort of group; many were girl scouts. We sort of left with the feeling that we ought to earn a merit badge for this. :)
Surprising:
- Inspiration! The Gaia Imbolc ritual had to do with herbal teas for healing (sort of a fire/water thing), and I drank a tea for inspiration. I'd brought my Extra Special Favorite RenFaire mug for drinking out of, and lo, I was indeed inspired immediately. I was inspired to remember to wash my mug out after Faire. (Yuk!)
Not So Much With The Good:
- The furnace at EHQ died on Saturday morning. The lovely furnace guy came out to work on it and declared that since the furnace was 17 years old, it was probably smarter to replace it than to repair it. Since the repair cost would have been half the cost of the replacement, and the average lifespan of a furnace is about 15-18 years, we agreed. So we're broke, and were without heat all weekend.
- It is difficult to buy firewood in Kansas City when it is in the 20s outside and there's a game on.
-kittenpants is ill, possibly due to the lack of heat. triadruid was working on ill when I left this morning. :(
Exciting, But Not In That Happy Fun Way:
- This morning, due to some furnace-related (and lack-of-heat-related) activities, I was late leaving for work. This, apparently, allowed me to miss participating in a vast auto accident that happened between the funeral home on Holmes and I-435. The entire road was closed, which was fun. So I wandered around in the desert for a time before finding my way on to the interstate. This made me even later, so I called my boss to alert her. While I was on the phone, the construction truck in front of me lost 1) a plastic bucket, 2) a large plank of wood, and 3) a chain, all of which I got to dodge as they came flying at me.
So, how was your weekend?
- Friday night out with
teross50, agrnmn, nodeal57, orcjohn, and triadruid. Dinner at O'Dowd's, cute waitresses, good whiskey. Yay! I am willing to swear by the religious significance of 16-year-old Lagavulin. Also, O'Dowd's has changed its menu since I was there last. This may be the only time in the history of the world that an Irish pub in the U.S. has changed its menu and retained any of the "Irish" items on it. In fact, they now serve boxty at O'Dowd's, and I approve of that.- Getting ready for the D&D game.
triadruid and I are giggling Way Longer than 15 seconds about this. Any planning session that includes the phrase "crazed halfling Zionists" is, in my book, a worthwhile use of my time.- Volunteering at Harvesters with Wild Hare on Saturday. We worked a two-hour shift packing donated food for distribution. There was some ritual prep beforehand, and the work was dedicated to Brigid for Imbolc. The omen for the rite, pulled after our shift was Alder, which apparently corresponds to 'guardian of the milk'. We called it good. Also, the work is a lot of fun with a good group, and we are thinking of doing it again some time. Most everyone working there was part of some sort of group; many were girl scouts. We sort of left with the feeling that we ought to earn a merit badge for this. :)
Surprising:
- Inspiration! The Gaia Imbolc ritual had to do with herbal teas for healing (sort of a fire/water thing), and I drank a tea for inspiration. I'd brought my Extra Special Favorite RenFaire mug for drinking out of, and lo, I was indeed inspired immediately. I was inspired to remember to wash my mug out after Faire. (Yuk!)
Not So Much With The Good:
- The furnace at EHQ died on Saturday morning. The lovely furnace guy came out to work on it and declared that since the furnace was 17 years old, it was probably smarter to replace it than to repair it. Since the repair cost would have been half the cost of the replacement, and the average lifespan of a furnace is about 15-18 years, we agreed. So we're broke, and were without heat all weekend.
- It is difficult to buy firewood in Kansas City when it is in the 20s outside and there's a game on.
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kittenpants is ill, possibly due to the lack of heat. triadruid was working on ill when I left this morning. :(Exciting, But Not In That Happy Fun Way:
- This morning, due to some furnace-related (and lack-of-heat-related) activities, I was late leaving for work. This, apparently, allowed me to miss participating in a vast auto accident that happened between the funeral home on Holmes and I-435. The entire road was closed, which was fun. So I wandered around in the desert for a time before finding my way on to the interstate. This made me even later, so I called my boss to alert her. While I was on the phone, the construction truck in front of me lost 1) a plastic bucket, 2) a large plank of wood, and 3) a chain, all of which I got to dodge as they came flying at me.
So, how was your weekend?
