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Woo boy! What a week, what a weekend, what a Monday. Details? Sure.
So last week was conversion week, when our IT sector performs their big update to prepare for the upcoming year. It’s a quiet week really since several key systems are down. I took the opportunity to schedule myself an extra long weekend knowing that the first day after conversion is always full of surprises. I had Thursday and Friday off and got some gaming in there as one does.
This weekend was Shawi-Con. What is Shawi-Con? you may ask? Why it’s Shawinigan’s pop culture convention. This was the second iteration of the con and after sitting out the first one last year, I thought I’d brave the con waters once again. I’ve just about lost my passion for cons in general but this one is a) small and b) local so it didn’t require a really big investment. The biggest selling point was getting to spend time with my dearest friends…and Fab (I kid! I kid! He’s the one most likely to read this so I make with the playful jab so as not to get all sentimental and whatnot). There wasn’t a great deal in the way of panels, but I did attend one on the history of wrestling in Quebec that was quite interesting (to me). They did such a great job that I went and bought their book on the subject. Good stuff!
Today was, as expected, a little chaotic. I wasn’t at my desk for even a minute when I started getting reports of things not working properly. I spent the better part of the day getting us on track. Then the latest bombshell was dropped.
As part of the agency’s reorganization, it was decided last November that our office would change designations. That means that my current job is going away and I’ll be learning something brand spanking new to do for the next who-knows-how-many years of my career? Two weeks ago, I was told I was going to one section, most likely in March, but that turned out to be a mistake and I was actually going to another, possibly in April, but at the latest in September. Since it’s happening one way or another, I gave my preference for sooner rather than later and that’s what going to happen…next week. Turns out my new sector has an urgent workload arriving sooner than expected and the April date was pushed forward to Monday. I’m still a little shocked to tell the truth. Interesting days ahead.
Game-wise I got to try a classic last Wednesday. Citadels is a role-selection game where every round players draft one of eight roles and use the powers accorded by this role to best advance themselves in the building of their individual cities. The game ends when (at least) one player builds their eighth building. Each building is worth a set number of points and there are bonus points for getting to eight (which I was not able to do) and also for having at least one of each of the five building types (which I WAS able to do). Even though I had seven buildings, they were worth a good number of points each and with the colour bonus I was able to win by one point. Huzzah! It’s a good game but there’s a good deal of “Take that” to it which means it’s not ideal for play with my family (they’re not big on that sort of thing). I will therefore probably not be adding it to my collection (though there’s a really spiffy new edition that just came out for it).
That’s about all there is to report this week. Have a great seven and we’ll do this all again next Monday. Carja V.
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