Lathany

Today, after a pandemic delay of two years, Betrayal Legacy kicked off. Olivia, Gemma, Martin, Dom and I started the episodic version of it. Yep - it's Betrayal at the House on the Hill and the feel is very similar.

Yesterday's window was Mary and Joseph on the donkey.

I'm finding that watching Dom play Hearthstone: Battlegrounds is very entertaining. I don't know the main game very well, but Battlegrounds is fast, fun and seems to have fewer cards. I'm starting to recognise popular ones including "I am junk!"

On Wednesday I got up at 6am (too early for me) and headed off to London to catch a train to Birmingham. I was off to see the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine in Birmingham, which meant Queen Elizabeth Hospital. It was a fairly interesting day, although somewhat on the long side, but the train journey up proved unexpectedly productive as I started planning the Warhammer 40K game I'm running at the end of August.

The rest of the week was fairly uneventful both at work and at home. I like tennis but I've not been watching, instead I've been checking on the results from time to time. The weather has become glorious - it seems an age since we had a really lovely sunny patch.

Last night, bateleur and I watched Gone (the 2012 release), courtesy of Lovefilms. It had received abominable reviews - which was unfair - but it wasn't brilliant either. On the plus side, the scenery was good and I like Amanda Seyfried (Lily from Veronica Mars). One the minus side, the plot wasn't so good, there was an unnecessary cat-in-a-cupboard moment and a rather stupid bit about how a car chase started.

Today we're planning to celebrate our eighteenth wedding anniversary (which is actually on Monday) and tomorrow we have verlaine and family over. So it'll be a pretty full weekend.

Played Magic today - won one game and lost two. I had a rather nice puss in my deck though.

Magic Puss The Felidar Sovereign Magic Card

Christmas 2001, my parents bought me a murder mystery jigsaw and a jigsaw mat. In between hospital visits (first to Winchester and then to St Peters), I put the jigsaw together. When the twins finally came home I rolled it up into the mat, still not quite finished. Today I finally got around to unrolling it, finishing it and solving the mystery.

This process wasn't helped by the fact that there are two extra pieces (one I thought was extra from the start of today, the other only became obvious when I counted both holes and pieces) - both from an identical jigsaw. Or by a cat who felt that the jigsaw mat was for her. But overall, I'm feeling pleased with myself and happy that it's finally finished.

Yesterday saw the clash of the Yu-Gi-Oh! decks. Paul beat me (twice) and I beat Sarah (twice). However, at least some of those matches were won based on how typical the starting hand was (ie. the "wot no monsters ?" problem). My "Labyrinth Wall" deck did quite well, but I'm still not convinced I have the balance of magic cards right. Additionally Paul and I finally concluded the "Cocoon of Evolution" swap, only a few months after first discussing it.

Today, I was busy working on the (late) Fallen Star turn when I realised that Ryan had actually got past the current baby barrier (no wonder it was quiet). A quick investigation revealed him in the bathroom, playing with the bleach. Fortunately, the "child-proof" lid actually was - so there was no harm done.