Monday already? Time sure does fly.

Whoo boy! I’m feeling super sleepy tonight. I’ve dozed off a couple of times already. Logic dictates that I should go to bed early. Logic rarely wins this argument though.

I’m back to working Mondays. Considering that my original plan was to take all the Mondays in July off I should have been off today, but when I scheduled my vacation days, I was looking at the Fridays to determine which weeks were in which month. This week was in August and so I didn’t ask for today off. Silly me. Next Monday is the Civic Holiday in most of Canada so most of my agency compatriots across the country will be off next week. In Quebec, we get the Saint Jean Baptiste holiday a week before Confederation Day so I’ll still be at work.

So for the longest time I used to draw on weekends. Then I got this idea that if I got my drawing done during the week I’d have more free time during the weekends, that being the time I’d be most likely to socialize. With Les Dés Truqués and Le Joker du Jeu now I find myself wanting my evenings free. I got this weird idea that I could draw Sunday night (the night the bus schedule ends early) and Monday (the day that Les Dés Truqués is closed). With me working on Mondays again, I decided Saturday morning and Sunday evening were for the best. And so I’m back where I started, drawing on the weekends. Funny how life brings us back to where we started sometimes.

I’ve been reading up a lot on Star Wars Destiny. I haven’t been this involved in a game’s meta environment since HeroClix. I like Dice Masters a lot too, but Destiny feels like the meatier game of the two. Plus, Star Wars. Les Dés Truqués is holding an introductory tournament on September 9th. Anything that grows the game locally is a good thing. Maybe I’ll meet a player who has a Luke Skywalker to trade. 🙂

That’s all for this week. Have a good seven and we’ll do this all again next Monday. Carja V.

Good Monday to you all Top Men and Top Women.

This is the last of my four-day weekends. They sure were good while they lasted. I still have a number of three-day weekends ahead of me so I don’t have to go back to the harsh reality of five-day work weeks again just yet.

I got one of my Kickstarter games in: By Order of the Queen. I got it to the table the very same day, which is probably the fastest I’ve ever gotten a Kickstarter game to the table. It’s a beautiful game and comes with one of the most unique promotional items I’ve ever seen, a colouring book that features all kinds of lore from the game world. It’s a cooperative family game, but don’t let the family bit fool you. It’s pretty challenging. Things didn’t go horribly awry and we still managed to lose. Actually, we completed the final objective but didn’t survive the round so it was really a squeaker. I hope to play it again soon.

I was talking about the site to a friend yesterday and it got me thinking that maybe I could start writing a little bit again. Nothing big, maybe just some new write-ups about Pelaria. It’s been a long time since I’ve done that. Don’t be totally surprised if something new goes up in the coming weeks. But then again, don’t hold your breath either.

With that little tidbit to look forward to (or not), that’s all for this week. Have a good seven and we’ll do this all again next Monday. Carja V.