Section 0: Game Setup
At a company games night earlier this year, a coworker mentioned he had picked up the game we were playing from a board game convention. Since I like board games, it didn't take much to convince me that this sounded cool and that I should check it out. Registration wasn't open yet, so it kind of fell off my radar until a few weeks after registration opened. While I was able to get a ticket, the convention hotel had already filled up and I had to get a room at an overflow hotel.
The convention takes place the week before Thanksgiving. Since I go home for Thanksgiving each year, and since the convention is geographically between me and home, this works out well: hit the con, continue on home, and finally return. Normally, flying cross country sucks because going west to east either eats a day or is a redeye. The con had the added bonus of breaking this trip up into more managable segments.
On Monday, I was still in work mode. I had gotten things to a pretty good pausing place on Friday, didn't want to start anything new, and got to tackle some lower priority stuff. That night I flipped over to vacation mode, finishing packing and looking up schedules and maps. The convention didn't start until Wednesday, but I wanted to be there from the start and not deal with jet lag, so I flew out on Tuesday so I could get settled in a day early.
Travel was smooth and I got in around dinnertime. Having done some research, it looked like I would be able to get by on just hotel shuttle service so I skipped getting a car. My hotel was within walking distance of a Chick-fil-a, which seemed like a pretty good food plan. Afterwards, I distracted myself for a while with FreeCiv (my OCD side has unfortunately hooked itself wanting to figure out how to play it well), then finally tore myself away and got to sleep.
It was almost time for BoardgameGeek.con.
Daily food intake: 2 Chick-fil-a sandwiches, waffle fries
The convention takes place the week before Thanksgiving. Since I go home for Thanksgiving each year, and since the convention is geographically between me and home, this works out well: hit the con, continue on home, and finally return. Normally, flying cross country sucks because going west to east either eats a day or is a redeye. The con had the added bonus of breaking this trip up into more managable segments.
On Monday, I was still in work mode. I had gotten things to a pretty good pausing place on Friday, didn't want to start anything new, and got to tackle some lower priority stuff. That night I flipped over to vacation mode, finishing packing and looking up schedules and maps. The convention didn't start until Wednesday, but I wanted to be there from the start and not deal with jet lag, so I flew out on Tuesday so I could get settled in a day early.
Travel was smooth and I got in around dinnertime. Having done some research, it looked like I would be able to get by on just hotel shuttle service so I skipped getting a car. My hotel was within walking distance of a Chick-fil-a, which seemed like a pretty good food plan. Afterwards, I distracted myself for a while with FreeCiv (my OCD side has unfortunately hooked itself wanting to figure out how to play it well), then finally tore myself away and got to sleep.
It was almost time for BoardgameGeek.con.
Daily food intake: 2 Chick-fil-a sandwiches, waffle fries