game night

[kareina]

 It was a sister’s zoom call weekend, and I woke enough before the alarm that I could do a 20 minutes Pilates before hand. Of course, then I took time to feed the cats and brush my hair before opening the computer, so I was a little late. But I am usually the first one there, so I guess it was my turn.

 

Told them of the 12th Night 2026-01-09 Drachenwald Coronation late night plumbing adventure and that I am looking forward ro Wednesday, when the contractor arrives to start work on the upstairs half-bath.

 

Amber’s Seattle condo is now on the market, Kirsty did her usual New Year’s getaway with friends she has had since high school, but this time two other families joined, and they had kids and dogs, so it wasn’t the relaxing time it usually is. Beth reports that her youngest, Lucia, got into the Sorority she was interested in.

 

After the call I went back to sleep and slept till he woke an hour to two later. We played Qwirkle over breakfast (he won) Then we cooked a “Gryta” together, which wound up more on the pasta sauce end of the spectrum than the stew end, but was quite good eaten on its own. After we had added everything to the gryta I started some Bread and Keldor did som laundry.

 

We played another game of Qwirkle (he won) as we waited for the dough to rise, then I shaped some knot-rolls and buttered them. As they rose we packed a few things to take with us, then I baked them, and ate three right away (he had at least four). They were light and fluffy.

 

While I packed some food for tomorrow Keldor tried offering Skaði some of the soft tube treats she is so fond of, but when he approached her she ran and hid behind the couch. She recognised the small scale packing to go spend a night at Keldor’s dad, and thought she would be the next thing packed. Poor thing. So he gave up and squeezed the tube onto the remaining soft food in the bowl. Perhaps they will eat it later.

 

By the time we started packing I was feeling out of sorts and antisocial, but we had planned to head to Þórólfr’s for game night then sleep at Keldor’s dad’s (two blocks away) to make for a shorter drive to Reengarda’s annual meeting on Sunday. I figured that going out would improve my mood, so I did.

 

I was right. It was fun. I made good progress on sewing Keldor copper trim tunic. I won Catan, and was second in Svea Rike, earning 11 points for the Ätten (noble family) Eka, thanks to good farming.

By then it was well after midnight, so we went over to his dad’s, did 20 minutes of yoga (on the yin setting. Gee, when holding a pose for 2 or three minutes, one gets deeper), and then went to sleep.