Mustn't sleep... Must monitor core

Work is pretty slow here for the last couple of days. I'm not on the critical path for anything. I've put the ball in everyone else's court. Yesterday after 8 hours of browsing the web I was quite literally falling asleep at my desk. I actually prefer to keep busy, it makes the time go faster, and gives me some sense of accomplishment. But I guess everyone has days like this at some point. Maybe I've been too productive?

We finally got around to playing betrayal at house on the hill this past weekend, which was quite fun. gameplay goes along and you discover new rooms, flipping over tiles, with random events and items and whatnot. eventually the haunt phase begins, and one of you goes insane, and basically turns against the rest of the players. however what that scenario entails is also entirely random. they have books full of about 50 scenarios, and which one is determined by what room you were in and what omen card you drew last. The traitor gets his own book, leaves the room, and the rest of the players read their survival book and try to sort out a strategy to stay alive. Theres a lot of dice rolling, and some easy-to-do stat tracking with little sliders. its sort of like DND lite. very lite. It's also very easy to pick up and learn despite the intimidating number of peices included in the box. plays in about an hour, so we got a couple of plays in that night.

So we got the keys for the new townhouse now. we've been preparing the place and making it livable. replacing lights with new energy efficient compact florescent bulbs, putting up curtains, getting organizers and shelf units for the new space. the movers aren't scheduled till the 11th, but we're slowly moving things over just to get the clutter out of the way. Looking good so far.

This weekend I also got a costco membership. I've missed going to costco. its an interesting way of shopping. most of the time you can never get exactly what you want there, but you can certainly get your needs covered. in bulk. With the new place, storage space isnt so much or a problem, so costco started to look more attractive.