Housewarming

The housewarming party was a success. In fact, according to my thermostat it raised the temperature of the living room by 2 degrees. Thanks to all those in attendance including loree, jeliza, drakemonger, hollyqueen, hollyking, beaq, tavalon et al, and a few others sadly lacking in convenient LJ handles. And I hope that vixyish, rubylou, and datavore all feel better soon. I kept the event smallish because the house just isn't big enough to handle a major party, and as it turns out a dozen adults and one small child running about is probably as much as this space can handle.

After six weeks of nearly constant work, I managed to get the house pretty much where I wanted it before having my first event here. That said, the sick that's going around finally started catching up with me this week and by the time of my party, I had managed to lose most of my voice. That's pretty much how things go for me when I come off a long run of stress, so I'm just grateful I managed to finish up things before falling prey to the bug-of-the-month.

I plan to take it easy today, and housework is basically halted until I get some contractors in to properly vent the attic. Attic insulation before the winter is my highest priority. There are a few minor tasks about the house, and I'm putting off the vinyl sheet flooring project in the bathroom, kitchen, and utility until I feel inspired to do it. As it is, the house is quite cozy and functional now.

Words to live by...

I have learned a lot about poly over the years, but frankly, a lot my experiences and the resulting lessons can be boiled down to one crude but pithy rule that I adhere to religiously:

Don't stick your dick in crazy.

-- from The Stranger's Control Tower article for this week

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Had a good date Friday night with jeliza. We went to see Melissa Ferrick in concert. She's got a new album coming out, and she was great live as always. Overall she seemed saner than I'd see her at previous shows. The energy she had on stage the first few times I saw her perform was amazing, but clearly driven in large part by major levels of crazy. This time she just seemed more comfortable. Gotta love a singer-songwriter who describes herself as "the f***ed up love girl".

Saturday morning I ran a Living Force game, which combined with my cold is why my voice was dead by the time my party started that night. Did some shopping before coming home to prep stuff for the party. Ended up sleeping sitting up to try to ensure I don't end up with bronchitis ever again with the magic aid of Nyquil.

Today I went to brunch at Alki Cafe--a place I frequent enough that the fact that I can barely speak did not inhibit my ability to order exactly what I wanted. Otherwise I've spent the day on the couch watching TV. Hopefully I'll get my voice back soon. It's the first day in a long time I've just sat around the house by myself. It's actually made me a bit moody in combination with the overcast day, but I suppose being sick doesn't really help either. The housework to date had been rather absorbing, which has been good for keeping me busy but not so good on the social front. I definitely need to get out more as the darker days of winter return.

I may yet get a trip back to Austin this year. Didn't get the okay in time to submit a talk for the Austin Game Conference, and my family is meeting up in NYC this year instead of our usual rendezvous in south Texas. Looks like we'll be making some business trip down to Austin soon, and I'm absolutely volunteering to go.