Good date, omnis. Glad you had fun.
I've had a great weekend. Biyi was in Tassie for work training --
not
what made it a good weekend, though it did have one knock-on effect, namely I spent a lot of time with our little boy. In the absence of his mother's moderating influence, we geeked out in epic fashion. The highlights:
1. This morning, he and I watched the Day of the Doctor (in the company of my youngest brother, who stayed the night so as to catch the 6:50 a.m. screening time). Ryan was hooked, though it did get too scary for him at one point. (He then told us that we should turn the TV off because we'd been watching for a while and too much television is bad for your eyes.)
2. On Saturday, he played his first ever game of Dungeons and Dragons. We used these simplified rules: [link] For his first game, I grabbed the minis closest to hand and Ryan then found himself in charge of a band of heroes helping a simple farmer rescue his flying horse from a band of ruffians. He demanded a repeat performance on Sunday morning, and requested that this time around, he should fight monsters. He can now add four dragons to his list of conquests, finishing the fight with a superb arrow shot that needed a 15+ to hit.
For the next game, he says that he wants to fight aliens. I think Doctor Who made quite an impression.
(Before dinner we went to the local park -- which has skating ramps and such like -- so he could ride his scooter. He's really coming along with his balance and his confidence. Not that he's about to reverse drop into the half-pipe or anything.)
I collected Biyi from the city at 8:45 tonight -- she'd made it that far from the airport on the kindness of friends. Ryan came along too as a special surprise for her. It was past his bedtime, but he was missing his Mummy and excited to see her again.
This was my first weekend after finishing my exam (on Monday). I rather like having the family time. Meanwhile, I've been dreadfully remiss about uploading family photos of late, but here's a recent one I quite like: [link]
What a wonderful photo, bt! Ryan's shining smiles make every thing better. He never fails to make me smile.
Sounds like a wonderful boys weekend! He's getting so big!
Goodness, Ryan is getting big! I'm glad the two of you had a good weekend.
Ryan is getting big. That was EPIC geekery weekend.
Sounds like a good date.
What an epic geekery father and son weekend. Wonderful!
I have Doctor Who purchased from iTunes and streaming now. I should be dealing with family stuff that just was told to me that I don't feel up to dealing with, or ex-friend stuff that made me bristly yesterday and I don't trust myself to deal with yet and an ex-gf who just got back in touch and that's actually awesome news but I owe her an email. I am watching Dr Who instead.
And eating a breakfast burrito. Because I unearthed potatoes when rearranging the freezer after moving the turkey to the refrigerator to thaw. How is it possible that Thanksgiving is near enough that I need to start a turkey thawing? Doesn't matter, I've got Doctor Who.
How is it possible that Thanksgiving is near enough that I need to start a turkey thawing?
I offered to make green bean casserole, which I've never made before, because my aunt gave me 3 or 4 bags (which hold ~5 cups each) of frozen green beans from her garden. So I would like to get some of them out of the freezer, and Thanksgiving is here, so...casserole. I looked online for recipes, and they seem fairly straightforward. The fried canned green bean company must live for Thanksgiving and be depressed the rest of the year.
The fried canned green bean company must live for Thanksgiving and be depressed the rest of the year.
I suspect it's like the turkey farm I used to drive past. Full of turkeys. They half were gone before Thanksgiving. The other half before Christmas. Few months later, all new tiny turkeys that had until before Thanksgiving or before Christmas to get bigger.
In my "I will get some things done!" glee, I might have started the loud long-cycled dishwasher while I'm also trying to watch Doctor Who. Damn.
Is that Ryan?! I'm stunned! He's such a big boy! Sounds like you had a wonderful geeky father-son weekend, and wow, he slew dragons!
omnis, that sounds to me like the best possible first date! Glad it went well!
My family is having Thanksgiving here in the "little house" instead of in the "big house" this year, and I wish I could catch a quick bout of the flu. At least I don't have to drive 2.5 hours there and back for the joy of being uncomfortable and listening to people fuss at each other.
