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3 Day Weekend
So, this past weekend, I ended up taking a 3 Day Weekend. I'd had to work some mad hours the week of July 4th and while I didn't actually work the 4th itself, since I'd worked 40 hours that week, I was allowed to postpone my holiday.
And while part of me feels I cheated the system, I did. And then took it last Friday, giving myself a three day weekend.
It was.. exactly what I needed.
On Friday, we swam. Our little waterbaby only had his third "swimming lesson" but already he's floating on his back (with a little help from momma) and kicking and blowing bubbles. He's really taken to the water. We'll have to get him to a splash pad soon and see what he thinks of that.
On Saturday, we went back to the Norman Library to drop off books and get new ones. And, oh, there's a cookbook sale going on. K and I left with 10 library books (I found 4 books, none of which I could put down.. :D ) and 3 cookbooks.
And we saw Transformers 3 on Netflix, which was absolutely awful.
We also ended up buying Civ V: Gods and Kings on Saturday. More on that in another post, I'm sure. :D Oh, and a friend bought two of "Frozen Synapse" on Steam and gave me a copy. So I got two new games for $27. Not bad at all. :D Wow, it just hit me.. on Saturday, I got three cookbooks and two video games for the price of a dinner out with the family...
Sunday, we hung out at home. Played Civ V. Got stuff done. Mostly, we chilled.
It was just nice to spend the time with my family without feeling wrung out and exhausted.
I don't work a 40 hour job. 45-50 hours per week is kinda typical. I get there early and leave late. And while I spend a little bit of time with my son and wife each day, it isn't much. (And sometimes that's just as well, because sometimes my little boy becomes a possessed hellion) and depending on how exhausting the day/week was, I'm already mentally checked out. Weekends go by quickly as I catch up on sleep and chill out time.
I need to plan to take some vacation time. Even if it's just a staycation. I have the time, god knows. And August is pretty clear, as far as my schedule goes.
I also need to get back to Buffalo. I feel out of touch with the rest of my family. I've usually been back to Buffalo by now, but with us down here, I haven't been.
In any case, it was a lovely three day weekend. And I'm sure R and K would agree. :D
And while part of me feels I cheated the system, I did. And then took it last Friday, giving myself a three day weekend.
It was.. exactly what I needed.
On Friday, we swam. Our little waterbaby only had his third "swimming lesson" but already he's floating on his back (with a little help from momma) and kicking and blowing bubbles. He's really taken to the water. We'll have to get him to a splash pad soon and see what he thinks of that.
On Saturday, we went back to the Norman Library to drop off books and get new ones. And, oh, there's a cookbook sale going on. K and I left with 10 library books (I found 4 books, none of which I could put down.. :D ) and 3 cookbooks.
And we saw Transformers 3 on Netflix, which was absolutely awful.
We also ended up buying Civ V: Gods and Kings on Saturday. More on that in another post, I'm sure. :D Oh, and a friend bought two of "Frozen Synapse" on Steam and gave me a copy. So I got two new games for $27. Not bad at all. :D Wow, it just hit me.. on Saturday, I got three cookbooks and two video games for the price of a dinner out with the family...
Sunday, we hung out at home. Played Civ V. Got stuff done. Mostly, we chilled.
It was just nice to spend the time with my family without feeling wrung out and exhausted.
I don't work a 40 hour job. 45-50 hours per week is kinda typical. I get there early and leave late. And while I spend a little bit of time with my son and wife each day, it isn't much. (And sometimes that's just as well, because sometimes my little boy becomes a possessed hellion) and depending on how exhausting the day/week was, I'm already mentally checked out. Weekends go by quickly as I catch up on sleep and chill out time.
I need to plan to take some vacation time. Even if it's just a staycation. I have the time, god knows. And August is pretty clear, as far as my schedule goes.
I also need to get back to Buffalo. I feel out of touch with the rest of my family. I've usually been back to Buffalo by now, but with us down here, I haven't been.
In any case, it was a lovely three day weekend. And I'm sure R and K would agree. :D
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I will be waiting with much anticipation. :)
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BUT.. my first impressions..
1) Religion is a neat addition. You build your religion from the ground up, getting to pick up to four benefits for your religion. Then you spread it, via Missionaries.. and via the Inquisition. It doesn't seem to be as game changing as it was in Civ IV in that I'm not, yet, seeing people go to war over Religion. It just feels like an additional mechanic you can use or not (you probably will. I don't see why you won't.)
2) There's a bunch of minor additions that just feel right. They added some additional units.. like the Composite Archer, which is stronger than regular old Archer but less strong than Crossbowman. And a Galleass which is a tougher shallow-water naval unit than the Trireme. These feel like natural additions. They've also given city states a one dimensional graph so it's easy to tell how much they like you and how much they don't without clicking on them anymore.
3) There are bugs. I'm not sure if the fact that you can no longer actively garrison in a city is a bug, or if just being in the city makes that unit garrisoned. But we did find a bug where the game seemed to crash once.
4) We haven't done enough with spies to tell you much about them. But this looks interesting...