It is NICE having free time again! There's still things to do, all the time, but it's a nice normal level.
I had the whole week off, so I spent some time in Mexico with my parents (pretty weird to spend a week away from my new bride, but then she had to do some business traveling, so I dunno). Pretty fun. Here were my main activities:
- Rereading the rules for WFRP 3rd ed (I'm really feeling the urge to commit to a campaign, so if the various group members are down, I'm in it to win it)
- Playing numerous games of Solitaire (went 3-33)
- Playing Yahtzee, Rack-O and Scattergories with my mom.
In other boring news, I just downloaded Elder Scrolls: Oblivion (yeah, I'm like 4 years late to the party). I've heard that the leveling/scaling mechanics are pretty weak and that there are mods to fix it, so I've spent a few minutes looking around at mods for the game, and holy shit. People have spent a lot of time making new animations, models, and all kinds of crap, particularly in the service of making high-quality female models that you can dress up in sexy lingerie armor. I'm talking serious work here, way past "put vaginas on every wall in Doom" level. I guess it's not super surprising but it's still startling.