Tough ceremony tonight!

Sweatlodge seemed extra-hot tonight (Wow, DS edited this sentence all on their own, to change my wording! Creepy!). Good people, though, and I met one new guy who will likely become a good friend. We all went to Denny's for dinner afterward, and I just returned, which is why I'm on DS after midnight.  My friend James, the holy man who runs the cermony, says he has a very special gift for me. It's polite to trade, so I need something for him, too. I know what he wants - a buffalo-hide hand drum to sing with inside the lodge ceremony - but I'm not sure I can afford it right now. Maybe I'll sell plenty of books. It's only fair to make a nice gift to him in return, especially after all he's done for me and my loved ones over the past year.  I'll let everyone know how this turns out.