Late Night PC

Feels like I've been going non-stop since Friday night. I did some coding on a project that Jeff and I are working on together. Actually it was pixel art inspired by a good single-malt scotch. When I try to do game art I can really relate to that guy from Heroes. The game's coming along, by the simple goals we've set for ourselves.

Saturday morning my daughter showed up bright and early so we went roller blading for a bit. Then I mowed the lawn while she took a break reading some Dear Canada. The weather here was absolutely beautiful. I have to say I have no regrets for finally buying a gas lawn mower last year. Instead of taking an hour and a half then lying down for the rest of the day dying of allergies, I'm done in half an hour and ready to keep on going. And we did keep on except that somehow I mistook 12:00 for 11:00 and we were an hour late for skating. The funny thing is we got there and didn't even realize we were late when someone told us her coach had already left. So she only got the last half hour while I went grocery shopping. On my way back to the arena I suddenly clued in. Pretty embarrassing. I felt like a total flake; I have to apologize next time I see the coach.

After that it was a quick lunch at dead Tim's then shopping for a birthday gift. Alex' friend from school was having a party so we did the shopping, zipped home & wrapped it up and made it there for 2. By the time I picked her up at 5, Candace and her kids were over and we got moving on dinner.

After dinner, Candace and I started on the basement while the kids played at the park. We've been planning on how to finish it for a few weeks. Last week we got the lumber to start framing (building the skeletons of the walls that is) so yesterday was our first time doing the outline of a door and all that. We decided to have a sleepover and today the morning was so beautiful we had pancakes on the deck for breakfast. The kids loved it; they had big chocolate smiley-faces. The pancakes that is, not the kids.

After that they played some Runescape, four kids on three computers while Candace and I did more in the basement. Then they made lunch so they could head out to the park. Between the friends that came to visit and the new friends they met at the park there were eight of them out there. They were back and forth a couple times, sometimes on roller blades and sometimes on foot. They got along surprisingly well for such a big crowd and we heard about new ways to climb trees when they came back for dinner.

After dinner today (we had take-out for speed), Candace and I were on the last 8-foot section of the first big wall. Two big walls, three small walls and three closets should be all we have to frame (to put it in perspective). Then she discovered she's got an exam tomorrow that should've been Wednesday. So they all packed up and shipped off a little early. I finished up the last bit of the wall then Alex showed me around Training Island in Runescape. I'm sure I tried it once before but I'll remember the account I made tonight. Now we just finished reading together and she's in bed. Time for me to pack tomorrow's lunch and maybe squeeze in a little bit of WoW.