One of our favorite pandemic activities has been playing D&D online with a group of friends we have known for a very long time. Even the girls have gotten involved with their own game once a week. Now that all of the adults have been vaccinated, I really wanted to get us all together to enjoy each other's company without worrying about the screen freezing or whether or not we were on mute. Everyone was ready for a change of scene, so we met up at a "cabin" (it had four bedrooms) in the Shenandoah area.
Since Jeff and I had gotten the cabin, our friends declared themselves in charge of food. Once we got there, they went into full prep mode, while I got Jeff and Vivian to pose for photos with the view.
Elena was so excited to have other adults to talk to though, that she just followed the cooks around wherever they went.
Dinner was an absolutely delicious grilled fish, seafood, and vegetable feast. I enjoyed it so much, that I forgot to take pictures, and I resolved not to make that mistake again, especially since the food that weekened was not only delcious, but also photogenic.
After dinner, we had a great round of D&D, with a brief pause in the form of baked apple in pastry dessert, yum!
The girls didn't want to go to bed while we were still playing, so it was a bit of a late night for them, but that meant we all got to sleep in the next morning. That gave the fabulous chefs time enough to make delicious breakfast omelettes and DUCK bacon, something Jeff and I didn't know was missing from our life, and which we are now in love with.
Since we had had such a wonderful breakfast, lunch was "just" a selection of cheeses, fruits, and nuts which were laid out for nibbling on. This is only half of the food.
Added to the delicious food was the wonderfulness of other people keeping the girls busy. They played chess, Scrabble, and had their own D&D session.
They even helped with preparing the dessert for the evening, lemon cakes.
That meant that Jeff and I had some time to actually sit out on the balcony, enjoy each other's company, and read a bit.
Because the girls had gotten so much attention, they also allowed us two, relatively uninterrupted sessions of D&D. In keeping with the feel of the game, we had pork ribs and a rack of lamb for dinner. Jeff's character is very into mutton, so it seemed necessary that he get some real lamb during play.
We may have been a band of adventurers, but we ate like kings. For the second night in a row, the girls wanted to stay up late with us to listen in, but Elena just couldn't make it, so she lay down on the sofa to "rest" and promptly fell asleep.
It was sad to leave the next morning, and it will be tough to go back to meeting online, but despite its flaws, I am so grateful to the technology that allows us to stay in touch with friends, even when we can't be physically together.
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