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Set up the outside shed for the winter. It's like a tent, but it's a shed. Means we don't have to shove a whole lot in the real shed or drag it back into the basement. I actually remember it taking more time last year to set up than it did this year.
We then played the last session of Gabby's vampire campaign. With nothing more than a herd of cows and a septic truck I managed to win the day!

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Nothing is nicer after a busy week of stuff needing to be done than taking a night to not do anything. I totally haven't fully recovered from the Obsidian Championship, and some sleep would totally do me wonders.

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Today was a very long day. At work for 7:30, work till 5:30, then at school from 7:00 to 10:00pm. It was all very good though, I had a blast working with the kinders all day. The class, less blasty, but not really bad. I was completely tired by the end though, and it felt so nice to flop and not have to do anything. I watched this show called Criminal Minds, which has Rube from Dead like Me.

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It's been a while since I've worked at the daycare for longer than 3 hours at a time. Between being busy with school and them not really needing me for long periods of time, it's been sort of dry. I'm glad I'm back now though, I get to see the place decked out for Halloween!

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Where did this sudden cold come from? Not that I am complaining or anything, but where? Also, it seems my two traveling companions to the states are tired and sore. Poor girls.

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Apparently last night I was tired enough to set my alarm clock for 6pm instead of 6am. I noticed this when I woke up at 9:30ish. Guess who didn't make it to their 8am class? That said, sleeping in felt soooooo good. I'm still tired though, and don't think I'll be going all too far today.

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You know what's the least exciting part of a road trip? Driving back. All the excitement of arriving at your destination and having a great time is replaced with tiredness and wanting to crawl into your own bed and sleep forever.

The good part about this trip back though was that the rain stopped. We actually had sunshine for the vast majority of the trip, which was a nice change. It meant we could see the horrible, dying houses in all of their glory. We used the word "sketchy" a lot.

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These days are always long. Very fun, but very long. While I did not do as well at this event as I normally do, I had an exciting day. Those of us working for the Crane Clan managed to raise over 820 cans of food for the food drive! That's a not insignificant amount of food!

Mostly though when it comes to these events I like seeing the people. It was also very interesting to see how two players who've never done a trip like this before for L5R reacted to it. I suspect they may come along for more roadtrips.

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Once again I went down to Feeding Hills! It's always an exciting drive, made even more exciting by the never ending rain we encountered on the way to pick up Ben in Vermont. The ran was crazy, and we could see some lakes quickly forming on the lawns and fields we passed by.

When we were no hitting up grocery stores for canned food, getting lost in town, or enjoying a fine beverage, we took the time to draw on more than a few of my cards for the tournament the next day.

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I am going to be going to the States again this weekend for another L5R event. This one is called The Obsidian Championship, and whoever wins gets to choose who the next Obsidian Champion (he or she is a bad guy) will be. I'm not aiming for winning, just aiming to do well, I came 2nd place in this event last year.

Also, this will not be a shock since a lot of my updates have been late lately, but obviously I will not have access to a computer and internet so I will not be updating this weekend. Next week when I put up my posts I am going to aim to get back on target of updating every. It's just a little hard to find the time to process pictures, edit them, upload them and write a little bit lately. I just have to find the time to make the time, or at least get back into order.