August 05, 2000
Islands of Sanity
Oh ho, another entry written just under the line. Of course I wouldn't forget y'all today. What was to be a busy, productive day ended up being a rather lazy, relaxed day. I'm sure no one's surprised by that. But I got to sleep! Oh, how I got sleep. It was positively luxurious. After lounging around all day, a few folks showed up for gaming, well, really, two of them did. I got to revive a character long since dormant, and realized how much fun she is. She's an elven child with a strong penchant for trouble and the charm and cuteness to weasel her way out of it. If the other party members don't kill her by the time the adventure is over, I'll be impressed. Her 'special friend' is Hollingsworth's character, a rather blustery thief with an inflated sense of his own abilities. Elen chose him much the way cats always zero in on the one person in any given room that hates cats. It's not that he hates kids, he just doesn't know how to deal with them, particularly if they're a scootch more intelligent than he is, not to mention, well, older... but that's getting into far too much detail about Elen's history. Think Claudia from Interview with the Vampire.
Currently, it's a lovely rainy night here. The windows are open and a breeze is coming in. I think sleeping will be a good thing tonight as well. I have an odd urge to go out walking in the rain, but as decent as my neighborhood is, I still wouldn't quite feel comfortable walking around at midnight on a Saturday night.
I'm feeling a lot of contentment again. I want to hold on to this feeling, so when times get rough again, and when I feel hopeless and stressed and panicked, I can remember that there are the occasional islands of sanity and warmth and good feelings. That I can reach a place where I'm not convinced that my life sucks. Things aren't perfect now. I have problems, I have things to deal with... but despite it all, there's this... peace. I look around my house and I smile. I think about my plans for the next several days, and I smile. It's a good place to be. I want to stay here for a while.
Posted by Lisa at August 5, 2000 11:46 PM
