Veteran Insomniac

So the weekend was pretty decent. Finally got some time to loaf around the house & not have any fixed plans until the evening. After a pretty solid Naxx25 run friday, we finished up the construct quarter by the skin of our teeth, and pulled out some major shenanigans against Sapphiron and Kel’thuzad. I’ve now got both the keys to the focusing iris, so Malygos is going down soon. We got a few good runs in on him on Monday too, it’s just damn phase 3 that’s a problem.

So, Saturday night after finishing up Naxx, I went over to Ben & Sara’s for brownies, Settlers, Flight of the Conchords, etc… when we get the hankering for some terribly unhealthy food. After venturing to Greenlake to find an hour wait at Beth’s , we settle on nachos. Coming back from the Safeway, my engine starts belching steam, and my heat pegs to the top of the dial. Ben & Sara went a block down to the QFC and picked up a couple gallons of water, one of which went in the radiator. I made it back to their place and let it cool down for a bit before trying to make it back across the water. I had to stop on Mercer island to let it cool down and add ANOTHER gallon in, so I’m thinking I have a leak.

Sunday I hitched a ride down to Southcenter with Mac and Mike on their way down to the coast, played a really fun game with Ben Williams. Came out a draw, but there was major damage done to both forces. As the store was closing, Joel showed up, fresh from the sandbox. Joel, Ray, Annie & I all went out for dinner to Famous Dave’s for some good old american BBQ, and Joel was gracious enough to cover everyone. Amy and Jordan never showed up, so no mage went on, but it was fun to just relax & hang out with Ray, Annie, and later, Joel. I’d had kind of a nasty cough all day, and it got even worse on….

Monday, woke up knowing I’d have to take the bus in. I yawned and felt the air BURN the way down. I reflexively coughed and felt a pain in my ribs indicating I’d been coughing all night. So I called in, moved my PC downstairs for less noise crosstalk, and got a bunch of achievements I’d been putting off. I also started cleaning up the “office” area upstairs, and my room. I’m combining that with a garage project that should organize most of my assorted junk.

Spotted the leaking hose in my engine at lunch, should be pretty simple to take care of. Glad it’s not something more expensive.

It’s a good thing I didn’t really want any loot, cause I got passed over even though I won the roll. It really put me out of focus last night & it gets me pissed off to think about.

So I dug my DS out today while preparing for my trip back to Spokane. I’ve been favoring my PSP a lot lately, but I’m losing interest in the two games I have to finish still. If anything, the Harvey Birdman game on the PSP re-kindled my interest in the unfinished Phoenix Wright game still sitting in my DS, though I’ll still be bringing both because I have plenty of media on the PSP to fill time spent sitting in the backseat, though I may end up just sleeping.

It’s hard to find portable games that interest me, since I don’t like the tactics games or RPGs that seem to saturate the environment. It also struck me as weird that I have Sony and Nintendo portables, but my home console is the 360. Where’s my Microsoft portable gaming system? And no, getting my Zune to play music correctly does NOT count as a game.