A Weekend to Remember

Well it was a really nice weekend for Kroff and myself. I surprised him with a trip to the lake where I had rented a small lakehouse for us and the boys. We left out Friday after work and stayed up there a couple of nights. It was a nice place. Small, but nice. It was big enough for the two of us plus two dogs so I can't complain.

I packed a cooler to make all our meals all weekend so we never had to leave the cabin. We took the boys for walks, watched the sunset, and watched movies all day Saturday. We ended up taking a mid-day nap which was awesome! I can't tell you the last time I had a nap. And since the boys decided to get us both up at 7:30 each morning...it was very welcome. :-)

For our actual anniversary we checked out of the cabin, got breakfast on the way home, got home and unpacked and took it easy for a while. I did some laundry while Jeremy played with the boys outside and did some things around the yard. A little after lunch time we took showers, got ready and went out for a little bit. We went by Lowes and got some new blinds for the game room, had pizza at Metros, and did some shopping at Wally World. We got home a little before our scheduled raid so we played Mario Kart for a little while and took it easy before the raid. I popped on about half an hour before start time and chatted it up with everyone.

Jules popped on not long after I did and we talked about what we didn't have and what we did have for the raid. We were short a healer and a couple dps. I checked everyone I knew to no avail so I just sat back and waited for us to start. After searching for a while, they still couldn't find anyone so Del said we were gonna go with the 23 we had and just do the best we could. So in we charged to OS.

It went surprisingly smooth. I was very impressed with how well our guys did. We lost a few here and there and the Sartharion fight was anything but pretty, but we got him down. Everyone cheered and we raised the dead and distributed loot. Nothing was de'ed so it was a good night.

After OS we picked up another dps and charged into Naxx. The spider wing up first, we one shot Anub and then wiped on Grand Widow. I have to say, it wasn't a bad wipe. The tanks weren't all in sync and our shadow priest is brand new to shadow and still working on mcing. We talked about what went wrong and charged back in for attempt number 2. And it was perfect. I think we lost one person and only had to dispel two of the frenzies. How awesome!

We finished off the spider wing and went onto the plague wing. Maexnna was a one shot but we wiped on Noth. Again, it wasn't a bad wipe. The reason for our wipe was because curses weren't coming off fast enough. We only had one mage and I think the first go round she was the only one decursing. The second round, we had more decursing and we finished Noth off with only a couple of deaths. Not bad at all. Loot out, on to Heigan!

Oh now there's a fun fight with 25 people! I have to say, my head wasn't in this fight either. We had two people dc'ing because of bad weather and one of them was texting me. I was trying to write him back when my mom called. It's almost the end of raid time so I was trying to talk to mom and do the DDR dance and it just wasn't happening. I didn't make it through the first dance. Totally my fault, I know, but what can you do?

So we lost people along the dances, but I must say, watching the fight, most of our guys did really well. I know a few people had never done Heigan before so it was definitely a learning experience for some. I'm confident we'll wipe the floor with his face tonight!

All in all, a VERY awesome night for our crew. It was relaxed...mostly, and everyone seemed pretty happy and excited to be there. There was no arguing over loot, which let me tell you, was awesome! And we blasted through some content. I'm excited about going back in tonight. :-)