Day in the Life of an Idiot

 It's Monday, so I thought I would recount some of the events of the past several days.  First of all, I dyed my hair. 


Image: My new hair color = mallard green.

I'm not sure how I feel about it. I mean, I like the color, but I am really getting sick of my long hair. I miss being a cute, short-haired lesbian. The straggly long hair is making me feel like a long-haired bog witch lesbian. Both valid lesbians? But, I'm not used to all this HAIR... and I don't feel particularly cute right now. Sometimes it doesn't matter to me? But the other day, I was ready to find the razor set at home and just buzz it all off. So... I may have to figure out if I feel up to a barber finally, or not.

Given that I just had to tell a friend 'no' to a restaurant date I'm not sure if I can reasonably do a haircut in good conscious. To be fair, you have to take your mask off to eat and I don't to get my hair cut, However, it might just be the principle of the thing. 

Anyway, this is me now, mallard duck green, mostly black. 

On Sunday, I attended exactly one event at Gamehole Con. My friend tallgeese was the "Demiurge" (Game master) for a Lex Aranca game and I have a secret love of all things Roman Empire. It's a GUILTY pleasure, but I would totally watch Russel Crowe's "Gladiator" a million times. "Spartacus" is on? I'm there! Like, historically, the Romans are fairly terrible, but sign me up to be a Magical Praetorian Guard in fantasy historical Rome--yes, please?  And, that's basically what Lex Arcana is like. I explained it to someone as "Imagine a Rome that didn't fall because they used the magic of the Britons to to foresee and forestall the Gaul's sack of Rome."

The game itself was really fun. Because it was a one-shot, we picked from pre-generated set of characters. There was one among them that was perfect for my needs--a giant Germanic, red-head named Wulfgar. I basically got to play a barbaric version of Renji, which feeds my soul on a profound level. I even memorized a few German phrases for veritas. Not that I used them, but I was ready.

I was the only woman gamer in this group, which honestly didn't surprise me. I mean, I picked a Roman RPG, for gods' sake. I feel like the only other place you might expect fewer women is in a WWII RPG.  All I cared about is that people let me be a manly man among men, and they did. And, I had some fun character moments, because being a Germanic barbarian who happens to be working for Rome is kind of inherently interesting in terms of loyalty, etc. It was too short a game to explore all that kind of character stuff, but the situation we ended up in did give me some FEELS. So that added to my fun. Because I am there for character. Game mechanics, whatever. But, characters, yes--and one of the reasons I like gaming with tallgeese is that I know there will be a good mix of mechanics, character, and clever, engaging story.

All and all, an excellent experience. 10/10, would again.

Otherwise, Shawn and I spent much of Saturday doing some around the house projects.  With Mason off at college, we've gotten into a pleasant weekend routine, in which we go out to the recycling center in the early morning of Saturday (our recycling is terrible about picking up oversized cardboard pieces, so we have a lot that doesn't fit in our bin) and then we hit the coffee shop. Thus fueled, we tackle various projects that we've been putting off.  Last weekend, I finally got around to planting the bulbs I ordered--I have this dream of having a yard full of crocuses of all shape and color, though usually the squirrels dig them up and eat them. So, we went to Menards and got turkey grit so that I could fill in a layer around the bulbs that would make it a little more difficult for them to pull them out. I also bought bags and bags and bags of dirt because my front yard is at the top of a hill that gets a lot of erosion. Hopefully between the grit and layers of new dirt the squirrels won't be able to smell this crop of bulbs. I suspect I'll still lose some but if a few can be established, there is hope they will spread.

Speaking of Mason, he spontaneously contacted us to hang out on Friday. We chatted a bit about how classes are going, etc., and then he surprised me by offering to watch the first episode of Campaign 3 of "Critical Role" together!  That was wonderful. I worked on some of my sewing while watching and chatting with Mason.  It felt like he was here. And, I could not be more pleased that he thought of us... we have been very intentional in letting Mason go to do his own thing, so it was rewarding to have him come back to us on his own, you know? 

I think that was the majority of the weekend.

Oh, I just picked up a Yuletide Pinch Hit for something I haven't read--but the original source material is right up my alley and very short. This the first time I've done something quite like this, but I'm looking forward to seeing what I can do for the requestor. 

Okay, I have to head off to the laundromat to do a few of our rag rugs. 

How's by you?