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Friday was errand day, so we ran errands. We had leftover cheese soup for dinner, then Andy played some Final Fantasy and we had a discussion about other fantasies. We ended up staying up rather later than we'd planned, but it was worth it.

We managed to get started to Denny and celebril's at about 13:30 and got there at about 16:45. There were already some people there, and we learned that they'd brought their children, who ranged in age between six months and three years. Regina was supposed to be in the game but opted to play instead, and two nieces (aged 13 and 14, I believe) brought by another player weren't there to game but helped out a lot, especially with the infants.

( Details of the game behind a cut tag to spare those who have never played or those who are recovering gamers. )

Donna, in RL, had a muscle spasm which led into at least three pass-outs. She refused to go to the hospital since she wouldn't be able to pay the bill (rant about health care postponed til a later date), but no one felt like playing even after she stabilized. Denny and Heather wouldn't let her go home, so her daughter camped out in Regina's room with Regina, her nieces camped out in Heather and Denny's room, and Heather and Denny pulled out an inflatable mattress and camped out in the living room. It turns out that the only people who slept where they'd planned to were Andy and me, on the futon in the living room. Luckily I didn't step on anyone in any night wanderings.

Today we chatted for a while, then introduced Donna to Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Unfortunately she fell asleep through part of it, but otherwise was much better after a night's sleep. When I called Heather to let her know we'd gotten home safely she noted that Donna was home and doing well. Our drive home was uneventful for the most part, and we had an excellent dinner at Big Bowl, an Asian chain restaurant. Even though it's not technically an option, they let me pick my own veggies and they stir-fried them with chicken teriyaki-style. I hope they keep allowing the exception, since it was very good.

Tomorrow goes back to normal, unless you count running around crazy trying to get stuff together for the London trip in eight days. We need to find a B&B or a hotel to stay at on our last night, find all of the goodies (like electrical outlet adapters) we stashed after our trip to Milano, figure out how many suitcases we'll need and what we need to check, and I need to get together all of our goodies for erish. We've been meaning to ship some of the stuff for over a year, but it'll be much more fun to give them to her in person.