I had the BEST night. Good friends. Good food.
I made my first full holiday meal, everyone brought something even if it was just a super useful Coffee robot and their good cheer. :)
Pumpkin and chocolate chip coooooookies. Omnomnomnom.
After dinner there was a bit of Pathfinder! But after Pathfinder was my highlight of the evening. We started our fire. We burned things. Little personal rituals of freeing and happiness.
Our holiday dessert was s'mores. (We've still got BOXES of cookies!) The s'mores were so good, none of us had had roasted marshmallows in years, much less s'mores! Unlike in our childhood, most of us were only able to eat one of each. Except who had to have two s'mores because fuck limits, I wanted it!
The next part was even more fun. We got out the skill toys! The hula hoop, the poi, and the levi stick. Something for everyone and we all kept switching off. Playing in different parts of the yard, dancing and playing with toys while the fire crackled merrily away. It was a moment of fun and companionship that I will never forget.
I lit my Yule log candle off the fire and we sat out with it and watched it burn for a good while until it was too cold for us and we hurried inside to watch our movie of the evening.
The Hogfather.
So.
HAPPY HOGSWATCH DAY EVERYONE!