The Games We Play

May 31st, 2005 by ironsoap

Down in the loser’s bracket, I played against another High Elf team (which he informed me was something of a rarity). He mopped me up. The final score was 5-1, but it really wasn’t even that close. I rolled and played poorly and every time I could possibly have rolled some way to help myself, I rolled the opposite way. By the end of the match I had one player left on the field, two dead and gone, one out for the next game and one who had been permanently removed from the game in the first half. Somehow I still really enjoyed it, in spite of the savage beating.

Down and out of the tournament I wandered the Dealer’s area again quickly and found a booster for my new Blood Bowl team (Orks) at a ridiculously low price and packed up to go. I found out later that Lister had won the tournament in the end, and since I had come fairly close to beating him, it helped soften the trouncing I took in game 2. As I bid adieu to the players and my friends, I left feeling exhausted but enthused. A fun weekend that wasn’t over yet, and I still had a whole day of relaxing to look forward to. I spent Monday hanging with Nik. We took a walk in the warm—finally summer-like—afternoon sun, watched lots of TV and DVDs and enjoyed a rare down day.

It is rare enough to find one day of pure fun, and rarer I find the older I get. How uncommon then, to find four days without worry or hassle and filled with fun and friends and family. I often feel that I forget to notice the high points of my life as they happen, forcing me to live in retrospect of happier times and wishing I’d paid more attention then. Today, after over half a week of high points, I’m happy still, and appreciating now.