Drifting to sleep as the sun comes up....

Ugh. Nothing I hate more than seeing the sunrise. If I am forced to wake up EXTREMELY early and I'm awake to see the sun come up, I kinda hate it, but I can deal with it. On those rare occasions when I am seeing the sunrise and I haven't even been to bed yet, it seriously makes me want to throw up!

Yesterday I spent about 15 hours involved with the new 4th edition of "Dungeons & Dragons." This includes time finishing up my adventure, sitting with the players as they rolled up characters, and then playing the game itself. I'm not even counting all the time I spent writing on Friday night.

We had a blast (I think!) I guess I can't speak for everyone, but I think the five players enjoyed themselves, and I know that I really did. The new 4th edition rules are very cool, in my opinion, and make for a much more interesting game than 3rd edition. I'm not sure why, but 3rd edition never caught my fancy. The excitement I felt as a youngster as I first discovered AD&D will never be duplicated, but 4th edition brought me closer to it than any game since. I'm really glad we are making the switch over!

Unfortunately, since we had to consult the new rulebooks so much during the first few combats, it took a LONG time to play the short adventure I had prepared. It contained a set-up, and 8 room dungeon crawl, and an epilogue, and it almost took us 12 hours to get through it. I think it was great fun though, so it was all worth it.

Anyway, I crawled into bed around 4:30 AM, but I can't get to sleep without reading a few comics. I read the fund-raiser, "Liberty Comics", that came out this week and it was really good. Then I decided to read some stories out of an old Batman archive because the new movie has infected me with Bat-Fever. As I started the second story, I glanced up at my window and noticed some light creeping in.

The feeling that washed over me was indescribable and I almost immediately, as if by instinct, dropped into slumber. My brain didn't like what it saw and knew it couldn't handle seeing more.

Sweet, blissful slumber.