Sam meandered her way into the kitchen and made some food and coffee for herself. We spent the next hour visiting and catching up. She talked about moving from Massachusetts to Idaho, finding a job in Idaho, being around her family again and just able to just stay put for awhile and start their life post military. I told her about what we've been up to besides what she's seen on Facebook about Ben and my life. I told her about my job, the job opportunities Ben has in front of him, he just has to pursue them, the fun trips we've been on, my upcoming one to Ecuador this March and other miscellaneous things that came up. It was just nice to catch up and chat with her.
She still needed a few more things at the store for tonight's taco soup so she asked me if I wanted to go with her to the store. I said sure why not. I'll go so she has some company. She knew what she had to get so we really weren't in the store for very long. We got back and I helped her bring the stuff into the kitchen. She finished adding ingredients into the crock pot for the taco soup.
Ben and Josh got back about a half hour after we did. Ben said it was so nice having a shave and a haircut from a professional barber. We chilled out for a bit before their friends started to trickle in. It was weird meeting so many new people all at once. They were definitely the nerd gamer types. Some of them worked with Josh at Best Buy. All together about 10 people showed up.
We ate the taco soup with tortilla chips and the other assortment of stuff people brought over. I ended up eating an apple because I needed something somewhat healthy for dinner.
We got all set up to play a board game called Betrayal at House on Haunted Hill. I was one of the first groups of people to play so we took some time to try and figure it out. There were a lot of scenarios.
In a nutshell, players all begin as allies exploring a haunted house filled with dangers, traps, items and omens. As players journey into new parts of the mansion, room tiles are chosen at random and placed on the game board; this means the game is different each session. Eventually the "haunt" begins, with the nature and plot of this session's ghost story revealed; one player usually "betrays" the others and take the side of the ghost, monsters or other enemies, while the remaining players collaborate to defeat them.
Each session took a while and throughout the evening they played it three more times. The second time I watched instead of play.
We shifted gears for a while and played Jackbox TV. It is a series of party games you can play through many platforms through your TV. All the players need is their phones and their charging cables. You play through your phone. The games were interesting and there was a lot of laughing. We played several rounds throughout the evening.
While they played another session of House on Haunted Hill and some sort of Mario video game on the TV while I worked on my blog until about 12:30. I told Ben I was heading to bed. I got ready and fell asleep. I didn't sleep very well and they went to bed around 6 a.m. Ben and Josh ended up sleeping on the couch.
Next Adventure: Boise: Idaho State Penitentiary, Freak Alley, Buffalo Wild Wings and The Stil Ice Cream Parlor
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