Insomnia, Gaming, and Productivity
So Thursday evening turned out to be the longest evening I've had in a long time. I didn't actually go to bed until 6am or so. Since I wasn't getting any sleep, I decided to telecommute to work to get some work done, as it was obvious I wasn't going to make it into work physically on Friday. I remember laying down around 7am, and tossing and turning for what felt like 30 minutes or so, then looking over at the clock and see that it was noon. Kinda mind blowing.
I was loopy for most of the day, as Codie will attest to. Not trusting myself to have the attention span to drive, Codie drove me to BCS so I could spend obscene amounts of money on the new Magic release. Okay not really obscene but a fair amount of money. I also picked up a card game I'd been eyeing in preparation for the super bowl party I hosted on Sunday. Afterwards we grabbed a late lunch at BJ's where we had a funny waitress who totally played into my sleep deprived humor. I think at one point I was planning on living /in/ BJ's, and hanging hammocks, and Codie was totally against this, but the waitress sided with me.
That afternoon we caught a showing of Chronicle, which was an awesome movie. I highly recommend it. We got out right as the big storm was hitting, and Codie had to drive home in it. Poor thing was really scared. But we made it home safe and sound and I actually managed to get some sleep Friday night.
Saturday was a productive day. Codie studied. I was guilt tripped into cleaning the bathroom and doing various other chores. I got in some Diablo 3 time before we went grocery shopping. Afterwards I worked on a new D&D character for most of the evening, which was rather cathartic.
Sunday was Super Bowl day. The morning was spent cleaning up the apartment a bit more. Cleaned out the gaming area so that there would be two tables for multiple groups of gamers. I went out to grab some ingredients we missed for the pizza dip and pick up chicken mcnuggets. It turns out that there is no more 50 piece chicken McNugget deal anymore. Only 20 piece. Which is a sad end of a tradition for me. But nuggets were still grabbed, returned, food was prepared, and then people began to show.
Overall I think it was a very successful party. Maybe board games were played. Both commercials and football was watched. People enjoyed the food I put out. Mike brought a new game we all played called Nuns on the Run. Which was a fun game, especially with 7 or 8 players, but I'm wondering if it is less fun with less players. Other games played included Dominion, Penny Arcade: Players vs Evil, Magic the Gathering, Flux, and a few others. People wandered away around 10pm. I'd call it a success.
I was loopy for most of the day, as Codie will attest to. Not trusting myself to have the attention span to drive, Codie drove me to BCS so I could spend obscene amounts of money on the new Magic release. Okay not really obscene but a fair amount of money. I also picked up a card game I'd been eyeing in preparation for the super bowl party I hosted on Sunday. Afterwards we grabbed a late lunch at BJ's where we had a funny waitress who totally played into my sleep deprived humor. I think at one point I was planning on living /in/ BJ's, and hanging hammocks, and Codie was totally against this, but the waitress sided with me.
That afternoon we caught a showing of Chronicle, which was an awesome movie. I highly recommend it. We got out right as the big storm was hitting, and Codie had to drive home in it. Poor thing was really scared. But we made it home safe and sound and I actually managed to get some sleep Friday night.
Saturday was a productive day. Codie studied. I was guilt tripped into cleaning the bathroom and doing various other chores. I got in some Diablo 3 time before we went grocery shopping. Afterwards I worked on a new D&D character for most of the evening, which was rather cathartic.
Sunday was Super Bowl day. The morning was spent cleaning up the apartment a bit more. Cleaned out the gaming area so that there would be two tables for multiple groups of gamers. I went out to grab some ingredients we missed for the pizza dip and pick up chicken mcnuggets. It turns out that there is no more 50 piece chicken McNugget deal anymore. Only 20 piece. Which is a sad end of a tradition for me. But nuggets were still grabbed, returned, food was prepared, and then people began to show.
Overall I think it was a very successful party. Maybe board games were played. Both commercials and football was watched. People enjoyed the food I put out. Mike brought a new game we all played called Nuns on the Run. Which was a fun game, especially with 7 or 8 players, but I'm wondering if it is less fun with less players. Other games played included Dominion, Penny Arcade: Players vs Evil, Magic the Gathering, Flux, and a few others. People wandered away around 10pm. I'd call it a success.