I have such good friends

[sally_maria]

As planned I went to stay with sigisgrim and amalion last weekend. amalion and her niece met me from the train on Friday morning and we spent the day looking in the Rag Market, admiring iPods and drinking coffee, until it was time to meet elanor from her train. We drank more coffee, then got the bus to meet sigisgrim. I was feeling tired but didn't think anything of it - I know I don't always get enough sleep.

Saturday I carried out my threat to teach sigisgrim Magic, and we got on quite well - he even beat me once. :-) We also provided a certain amount of amusement for spectators, who were interested in the powers of the Rabid Wombat and the fact that Carnivorous Plants can't fly. In the meantime elanor made a good start on her costume for Oxonmoot, which will be excellent but I shan't spoil. rustica arrived in time for a late dinner, and spent Sunday morning planning shoes.

Unfortunately I was starting to feel unwell and by Sunday afternoon was feeling I ought to cut the weekend short. sigisgrim very kindly drove me home, which was much appreciated. I went straight to bed and slept mostly until it was time to ring in sick to work - only having eaten some toast in the previous 24 hours, I thought I'd better not risk it.

I'm much better and my head is no longer hurting, which is a big step in the right direction. I'm sure I'll be back at work tomorrow, but in the meantime I'll have time to catch up on LJ.

Comments

[meglorien.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, poor you! Hope you get well soon. There are so many people not well at the moment. Big hugs!

[sally_maria]

Thank you - I'm much better now, an earlyish night should hopefully complete the cure.

[sigisgrim.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're feeling a bit better. :-)

I only beat you because you had really bad luck in that game and by chance I had the right cards to capitalise on it.

I suppose I ought to seek out some Magic cards for myself. I must get Rabid Wombat, but I think I'll give Carnivorous Plants a miss. ;-) Are there certain of the expansions that I ought to get, or any that I ought to avoid?

[emperor]

Be warned: you can spend a lot of time and money on Magic cards...

[sigisgrim.livejournal.com]

Er, yes, that's one of the things that has put me off in times past. However, I will not be trying to compile wonderful tournament type decks, so I think the risk to money is relatively low. Anyway, the ever generous sally_maria has offered me some of her otherwise spare cards. ;-)

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

You might find some help at UKGames Expo if you can wait, if not I reccommend the nice people at Gameskeeper on the Cowley Rd in Oxenfrodo next time you're in the area

(removing an errant "l")

[sigisgrim.livejournal.com]

I was thinking of UK Games Expo, myself.

[sally_maria]

The problem is I'm really out of date as to what is available now, so I can't really help. For ordinary cards you want to go for the basic set - which I believe is now 10th edition. Then there are expansions which add more complex dynamics.

And if you want to play against someone else you'll probably need to check if they are happy playing with older cards - a lot of groups prefer to limit the cards to ones from certain eras so they have more chance of being familiar with all the possibilities. And some of the details of the rules may have changed.

Talking to the GamesExpo guys sounds like a good idea, though you're still welcome to have any of our spares.

[sally_maria]

Oh, and thank you - I'm pretty much recovered this evening, so back to work tomorrow.

[sigisgrim.livejournal.com]

You are certainly sounding brighter now, but then you did for a while when you were here, so take it gently. See how you feel in the morning, before making any rash decisions.

*hugs*

[sally_maria]

I have been eating this time, so I'm a bit more confident but thank you - I certainly won't be trying to run any marathons any time soon. :-)

*hugs*

[sally_maria]

And just to boost the comment count - I've got a spare Rabid Wombat you can have. I don't know whether they are still in the basic set or not, so you might struggle to find one.

[sigisgrim.livejournal.com]

Oooh, thank you. :-) Now I just need to get another 59 decent cards! ;-)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Poor you! I hope you are feeling even better very soon.

*hugs*

[sally_maria]

Thank you.

*hugs*

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

Everyone seems either lurgified, post-lurgified or re-lurgified at the moment . I'm hoping the spring (ie. with proper nice spring weather) comes soon and improves everyone's health and mood. Get Well Soon!

[sally_maria]

Thank you - I suspect in my case it was partly self-inflicted due to not enough sleep, but I've never had a headache make me throw up before.

[emperor]

I hope you're feeling better soon!

[sally_maria]

Thank you - and I hope you feel better soon as well.

[pavaneofstars.livejournal.com]

Too bad you got sick on your visit with friends. It sounds like you're on the mend. Hope you're back to your normal self real soon. :)

[sally_maria]

Thank you. :-)

I'm pretty much back to normal (well, as normal as I get) now and I'm hoping an early night will complete the process.

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

Hope you've continued to improve, still at least you had most of a weekend of fun :)

Have some cheery otters

[sally_maria]

Pretty much back to normal now, thank you very much.

Thanks for the otters - have a squirrel. (Please don't start chasing it down the garden. :-D)