Yodeller

In rare occasions my writing cuts close to midnight. On a regular day there is no hurry even of I write just before going to bed and on the days I know I will be up late I tend to write earlier just in case.

Today was a bit different. A special day as we gathered the whole family to celebrate my sons birthday. As we usually do when we get together we did play some boardgames in the evening .

With the games we play it's often hard to predict how long those games will run. Even if we play just one round it can be anything between 2 to 4 hours. We got started a bit later than originally planned so if the game would have run at the higher end of the estimate it would have been well past midnight when we would have finished it. Of course we could have taken a small break in between to allow me to write my daily post before continuing, or I could have written while waiting for my turn.

Luckily we were able to beat the game well over an hour before midnight so it didn't cut that close.

Last night I woke up a little before 3 am. Feeling refreshed I first thought it would be fine to just wake up at that time. But knowing I have a long day ahead attending to an event I was worried I could get sleepy a bit too early. And there wouldn't be a chance to take a nap along the day!

So I decided to try to get some more sleep still. After what felt like a long time I finally fell asleep and suddenly I was woken up by my phones alarm. It's been a while since I last tume had to wake for an alarm (if you don't count the temperature alarm the freezer was making when it broke) so it was a bit disorienting for me.

Quickly, after realizing the situation that confusion fast turned into joy. Instead of being annoyed to have to wake up I was happy I had managed to get a couple more hours of sleep.

This Monday, after more than 5 years, 160 sessions, we finally had our final battle of our epic DND campaign! At the same time it's a triumphant moment but also sad as we need to say farewell to our beloved characters.

We still do have two sessions planned to recap our journey and tie up loose ends. We'll also discuss a little bit about what happens to our character, and the world after our adventure is over and the evil was defeated.

Even after that it's not a compete farewell to our characters. Our next campaign is already planned and will be set some 200 years after the events on this one. Some of our characters might still be around. If not in person at least on spirit. The epic stories will definitely carry on as legends that our new party might come across during their adventures.

The story might be over but the legends live on.

The biggest second hand online marketplace in Finland did a big update to their service recently. In addition to overhauling their whole user interface they also added a few new features.

One of the biggest changes was the ability to take offers for the items you are selling. As a buyer you can make an offer and the seller has 24 hours to wither accept or reject the offer. It's a bit like an auction but not really. As a buyer you can't see what others have offered so there is no way telling whether your offer will be valid or not.

Without a set price or seeing what others have offered makes it difficult to make an offer. It doesn't really encourage me to offer anything. If I offer too low I most likely miss the opportunity when someone else offers more. I don't have the possibility to make a counter offer. If I really would like to win the bidding I would need to make a relatively high offer, potentially paying overprice.

The system doesn't favour the seller either. If you would want to get the best price you would need to be quite active looking for offers and accepting the right one at the right time. As the offers expire after one day you might lose a good offer in hopes of getting even better one.

Today after I had finished my dinner I felt a vit tired. I decided to lay down on the couch and close my eyes for a moment.

After what felt like 15 - maybe 30 minutes max I opened my eyes. I felt a bit disoriented, thought I must have fallen a sleep for a moment - until I checked the clock: quarter past nine! I had slept for almost three hours.

I do occasionally take these afternoon naps, but even if I do fall asleep it's usually for half an hour max. Just enough to feel refreshed enough for the evening but not too much to not being able to get to sleep early enough for my regular schedule.

After I got up, still feeling a bit sleepy I also almost triggered my morning routine while feeding the cats. Only realized this when I had already water boiling on the kettle for my "morning" coffee.

I don't know why I was so tired today. I did sleep well last night and there wasn't anything heavy and tiring I would have done during the day.