Also many other desserts and non-dessert foods and more foods and more desserts and even more foods. All of them right into my face om nom nom nom. There were four husbands in the kitchen, each of whom’s wife wanted a different kind of stuffing, so there were four stuffings. Also two kinds of mashed potatoes, three kinds of yams, two kinds of Brussels sprouts, and five desserts (only two of them pumpkin-based).

My contribution to the cooking was sitting with Halloween Toddler while he rolled tiny cars around, which people were nice enough to say was important. The people who made food gave me some of it, anyway. Later, I watched HT throw a plastic bin of balls down the stairs, because he goes to sleep at a ridiculous hour.

Played (ridiculous card game): Holiday Fluxx. Fluxx is great for when you wish you could win, but are too tired to make a plan to win, because sometimes it just happens anyway.

Read (manga): VACATION.

Written (anything): VACATION.

How is Josh that old?!

Ate butterbraids until my arm robot told me to switch to bacon, watched people play Race for the Galaxy, splashed my feet in the pool, met Jus’s friend Seth who now lives in Sacramento somewhere, played a lot more multicar disasters with the toddler, ate some good chili and also some birthday cake. Kate showed up, which she usually doesn’t do until after we leave. So many people!

Played (board game): Monty Python Fluxx. Only half a game, I did terribly, I couldn’t have won because I had the Knights Who Say “Ni” for the whole time. It’s Fluxx, it doesn’t have to make sense.

Played (board game): Lords of Waterdeep. We had both Kate and Ayse, which was nice. I came in second, but I feel like I actually earned it instead of everyone else dragging each other down, so that was also nice.

Read (manga): VACATION.

Written (anything): VACATION.

I did some of that! Also I bought nothing (possibly because I was far away from the computer I use for shopping, but it still counts).

Ate way too many waffles, admired Non’s racing game tracks (because it’s 2024 and kids can just construct 3D environments on their notepads), played Everdell with the tree replacement expansion and Settlers of Catan and Lords of Waterdeep (again) and Holiday Fluxx, ate too many leftovers, played SPANC again because Ayse didn’t get to play last time, managed to get to bed not long after midnight. I’m sensing some themes to this vacation.

Read: VACATION.

Written: VACATION.