Weekend
I have spent a lot of the weekend with larpers; partly discussing plans for a game we are working on and partly catching up with some players from College of Wizardry VIII that I attended earlier this year.
It has been fun. It has also been creative. A mixture of fun and creativity is a rare treat; and combined with some lovely weather it has not been a bad weekend.
I also spent quite a lot of time playing with Josh, which also ticks both of those boxes.
Jules and Emma finished making Josh's viking tent Yesterday; I managed to fall asleep in it last night. As the doctor told me that I needed to go to bed later, they both insisted that I could not go to bed at 9:30 and had to stay awake. I was, however, too tired for that and somehow managed to fit myself into the tent and curl up. It was very comfortable - even lying on the grass - and soon I drifted off.
After that 20 minute nap I guess I should have expected a rough night once I actually crawled into my real bed, but a massively hardcore workout with Martine (a Norwegian larper friend and co-author who also happens to be a competitive powerlifter) and some whiskey I actually slept like a log.
This morning I woke up at a reasonable hour (5 not 4) and discovered that I have my annual appraisal at 10 this morning. Something I have not prepared for.
Homework flashback as I came into the office early this morning to do all the work I should have done last week. Turns out my objectives refer to the job that I finished in the Summer of 2015 and I have no new ones to consider. That makes my job easier and harder at the same time.
It has been fun. It has also been creative. A mixture of fun and creativity is a rare treat; and combined with some lovely weather it has not been a bad weekend.
I also spent quite a lot of time playing with Josh, which also ticks both of those boxes.
Jules and Emma finished making Josh's viking tent Yesterday; I managed to fall asleep in it last night. As the doctor told me that I needed to go to bed later, they both insisted that I could not go to bed at 9:30 and had to stay awake. I was, however, too tired for that and somehow managed to fit myself into the tent and curl up. It was very comfortable - even lying on the grass - and soon I drifted off.
After that 20 minute nap I guess I should have expected a rough night once I actually crawled into my real bed, but a massively hardcore workout with Martine (a Norwegian larper friend and co-author who also happens to be a competitive powerlifter) and some whiskey I actually slept like a log.
This morning I woke up at a reasonable hour (5 not 4) and discovered that I have my annual appraisal at 10 this morning. Something I have not prepared for.
Homework flashback as I came into the office early this morning to do all the work I should have done last week. Turns out my objectives refer to the job that I finished in the Summer of 2015 and I have no new ones to consider. That makes my job easier and harder at the same time.