Weekend was mostly good, save at night where my mood had a bad habit of cratering. Luckily, night time also leads to book reading, which tends to stabilize my mood. I'm a mess.

Saturday was running around the local Great Wolf Lodge for Amythestmas. We treat birthdays as big deals, and given it's proximity to the holidays, we get a lot to do. And since Amythest and Nymaz are epicly kids at heart, GWL is a lot of fun. We did their 'magic quests', which involved running around assorted floors of the hotel, with me trying to come up with bright ideas, and apply snarky comments. They were the adventurers, I was the NPC retainer. They also have an indoor pool/water park, which got me some swimming time. Was a good time, until the crowds of kids triggers an anxiety spikes. Tentacles, I had none. I joked that 'Your neutral good NPC is drifting towards Chaotic Evil, and that leads to the guards being called'. So I headed out, did some critter care for friends out of town, came home...and see the above mentioned mood crash. But, between Roman history and a Roman mystery, I was able to get back into an ok mood and sleep.

I woke up on time, headed out and met up with the gang at the other big hotel, the Gaylord, for the traditional Ice show. We've been doing this for I can't remember how long. Ice carvings, each year with a theme in near zero temps. So I'm kind of comfy, and the others are...not. *laugh* This year was 'Christmas around the world', traditional costumes and well, traditions. Most of which I kind of knew, but a few were knew to me, Ethiopia for example. Then we did the other traditional gingerbread decorations, then headed back into Grapevine proper to pick up the ornaments they did Friday night, and wander the odd shops on Main Street. A shop selling assorted olive oils and vinegars was doing a tasting, and I decided to be curious (normally my opinion of olive oil is fairly bland). But there was a lime infused one that was really...bright tasting for lack of a better word, so I ended up buying a bottle. Probably will just use it with bread, as I'm not a cook. Or I may get inventive with Apicius and nuke food and have a Roman feast. I promise, no actual dormice. We got lunch in a bistro on Main, same place we've been going to for a few years, and I got a Fried Green Tomato BLT like last year. Tomato + deep fry = yum. After that, we called it a weekend due to general tiredness. I ran over to do critter care, and came home.

I've got a 90's 'Alien' knockoff playing in the background, while I'm writing this. Writing up my TODO list for the next week, I'm busy with stuff...which is probably good for me. I think after this dorky movie ends, I'll put on the holiday classic 'The Legend of Hell House', and maybe cook up some dinner. Also going to cross my tentacles that no mood swings happen tonight. A cultist can dream, right ?