Ahh, May.  That was a fun one for 3 major events: End of Chapter One in our 4th Edition D&D campaign that went out with a bang, Balloonfest, and Ayriel’s birthday.  All in one weekend, at that!

Ayriel’s birthday came first.  It was on a Saturday, and we spent the majority of the day out at Chuck-E-Cheese (or however it’s spelled…I don’t really care XD).  It was a small gathering, but very enjoyable.  Afterward, we went to play D&D at her house.

D&D…as you all may or may not know, I have been playing a dragonborn warlord in my husband’s campaign since…last winter.  Our story took us all over the kingdom, and one place of note was the headquarters of a band of brigands led by a dwarven barbarian.  That fight was tough, and we were up until 4 in the morning on it.  Finally, I let loose one of my stronger powers and criticalled with it.  I basically squished that dwarf before he knew what hit him…after he was whittled down by my party, of course.  Warlords are more of a buffing class than a damage dealing one.   But anyhow, I got the killing blow.  At the end of Chapter One of our story, he made a reappearance: as an undead creature that has extreme malice towards the person who killed their previous incarnation.  He was tricked out in all kinds of magical armor and had a stark black, magical Executioner’s Axe…that hit like a semi truck….  Honestly, I should have died that night.  I lived by luck alone, and will never forget it!  Good stuff.

The next day, our entire group went out to Balloonfest.  …crap, I forget no one but us from El Paso and surrounding area know what that is… *ahem*

Our local rock radio station, KLAQ, has a Memorial Day festival for the entire three day weekend out at our local water park.  A bunch of different bands come out and play for the three days, and tickets include music and unlimited rides at the park.  Before they set up there, however, at sunrise every day they rent out a bunch of hot air balloons and set them loose in the sky.  Only super special people who spend thousands of dollars can go up in the air, though.  Although, it is really neat to watch them.  Especially if you haven’t ever seen that before.

Ok, so the night before…we were all up until 1 AM and our plans were to leave for the park at 4:30.  Now, I’m one of those people who cannot be awakened out of deep sleep if it’s been more than one hour and less than five…which is what my sleep would have been.  And, Brass DOESN’T wake up until at least 9.  So it would have been my responsibility to wake him up, and pack our swimsuits, sunscreen, etc.  I thought it would just be better to forego sleep.  Somehow, I made it through…still dunno how. XD  It was a beautiful morning, and a very bright, sunny early afternoon.  I spent the majority of my morning watching my kid splash around in the kiddie p0ol, but then I got dragged by Arshela to ride a couple of rides with him.  Now, I can’t swim.  Plain and simple.  So what does he take me on?  The Amazon.  Sure, the pool at the bottom was only three feet deep…but the slide itself was…I have no idea how long…but the majority of it was a pitch black tube.  Yeah, I discovered I really don’t care for sensory deprivation!  And a mountain slide, I don’t remember the name, but keeping your head up and your behind down was a chore and a half.  I ended up face first in the water, belly flopped.  Not fun.  But if I were to go back…yeah, I would do it again.  I’m just crazy like that. XD  Late afternoon, it started raining.  So, we left before it got bad.  We were all dead tired anyway, so it wasn’t too big of a loss.  We got back to Ayriel and Domanic’s house, and everyone just kind of passed out.  Didn’t wake up until 9 that night, and then we went home.  All in all, that is the kind of weekend I live for…so it was great!  Oh yeah, I don’t remember what bands were playing that day at all…lol….

So, that’s the best of May.  Next time, I will be writing about June!  …wait, what happened in June? o.O  Not much…crap.  Ok, the only good thing I can think of is my adventures in first time being a dungeon master!   Yeah…I’m a geek…so what?  Next post will be a rant of how much Wizards of the Coast overlooks!  Yay!

Oh, and a small note about the video.  I’ve started working on the layouts, but haven’t really gotten much into yet just yet.  However, once it gets rolling I’ll be done before I know it, so keep looking forward to that!  I had two ideas rolling around with it:  either be nice and remember all the friends and good times I had, or be brutally honest and nurture all the hurt that made me leave to begin with.  I decided to take the higher road, despite all my feelings of forced inadequacy, isolation, and general suffering.  So be happy, all my friends!  You will become immortal on the internet, as well as in my heart! :3