We had a party for Willow at noon, giving me a bit more time to work on her present. In that time I was able to cut the mana cost for it almost in half, which is a bit more reasonable but still not satisfactory. Whatever, it’s not like it matters as much now.

I did tell her that it was just a prototype and that I was working on a better, more efficient version of it that should be done in the next couple days. I will be done in about two days from now.

Regardless of how complete it was, Willow seemed to really like my gift. After the party she went right to practicing magic while wearing it, she didn’t do very well.

As for the party itself, it was very fun. There was more cake in the cake they brought than I thought existed, and it was really good cake too. I’m not sure what the other brought for her, though the gift she got from Mest seemed to be her favorite. Someone brought something called a pinata, which was basically a large, fragile doll stuffed with candy that you beat with a stick. I thought it was kind of weird, but it was fun nonetheless.

We also all got together to play various board games and card games. I lost most of the time, usually pretty badly. It was fun watching everyone go head to head in fierce competition where alliances were made and broken at the drop of a hat. Of course, everyone wanted to be allied with the birthday girl.

The party was definitely the highlight of the day. Pretty much everyone showed up, and even those that didn’t still sent a gift for Willow. Nothing else was really as interesting as the party.

Anyway, Good Night Diary