I feel almost human

...which is a huge improvement over how I felt Thursday afternoon!

I'm normally not big on "Hallmark Holidays," and got a small bit of a pass this time due to my illness. Still, I went with Jenn to a couples' Bunco gathering yesterday, and was able to eat decent food for the first time since Thursday morning.

If you are not familiar with Bunco, my prior observations still hold: It's a game that involves dice, byzantine rules, occasional shouts of "BUNCO!" and much shrill laughter, played typically as a focus of socializing among females of the species. As such, men are rarely involved, so we have to relearn the rules every time there is a couples' Bunco tournament. As it was my first time participating, it took me a while to "get it," but eventually I started to understand the structure of the thing.

For this particular event, there were fourteen couples on hand. Prizes were awarded for first through fifth places, plus a prize for last place and one for last Bunco. Jenn and I got the last place prize, snatched from a three-way tie by a roll-off of one die per team (I threw a two, a four and a six were also thrown). I happened to have the last Bunco (all three dice showing the number in play), so in addition to winning back our entry fee, I got gas money to boot. Not a bad deal for losing some games of dice...

I'm teaching again this afternoon. Once the class is done, Jenn and I will rush downtown to the Palace Theatre to enjoy the BB King/Buddy Guy show, for which Jenn got me tickets for the December Gift Giving Ceremonies.

Then it's back to work tomorrow. Since I'm teaching again tomorrow night, I will drive to work instead of riding. It's okay, I'm not but so sure I should ride tomorrow anyway. Hopefully I'll get to ride Tuesday and Thursday. Second course of Tool School starts Wednesday night.