The Diceman Cometh

See what I did with that title? Genius. On my monster walk today I dropped into Mission Games, our friendly neighbourhood games store to stock up on geek stuff. I purchased a spiffy new set of blue and white dice for the upcoming roleplaying sessions and some card sleeves for Dominion. I look forward to rolling the dice until the corners rub off.

I also discovered that they are holding a charity gaming event in September, details can be found here at Gamealot. Looks interesting and I may be strolling along for a look. A very helpful assistant gave me lots of info which handily bounced off my dehydrated skull.

Walking for the thrill of walking

This week has seen quite a large increase in the amount of walking my stuggy little legs have been forced to endure. I've done Servus Place to home, roughly 6.2km, another 6.2km walk form that kind of area to home, and today I walked to our bank and back for a total of over 10km. Today was definitely the hardest as all the others were done in the morning while this was at midday with temps of 25 plus.

So that part of the regime is going well, the food side is slowly improving, we went out for a meal yesterday and I had something with actual veggies, and I managed not to eat it all and there's another portion for another time. I also made some fat-free cookies, accidently I hastily add, but they stuck together and they're edible and much healthier :)

Walk, walk, walk, free breakfast, walk, walk

This morning my fairly regular early morning walk was pleasantly broken up by a free brekkie at subway. And it wasn't half bad, small coffee of good quality and a ham, egg and cheese muffin. Not something I would normally choose, however I was nicely surprised and would recommend it, especially at the price. (Targetted at you Guthrie :)

Preternational

Baby related update from the fool himself, I can take an interest too!

I've finished the fourth and last coat to the babies room and it looks damn yellow in there now. As you may have picked up Canadian paint is rubbish, we purchased a supposedly good quality paint and it still took 4 coats, pish and tish I say. Of course Jacqui is still to inspect the final work so there may be bits to touch up as yet ........... oo er....... one for the English readers there. Hmm looking at myself I need another shower, yellow freckles adorn me generously. We still have to put up the border Jacqui brought back from her trip and then we're pretty much done. For our percieved quality of Canadian borders see Canadian paint above.

And secondly we went to our first prenatal class last night and there was a fair amount of information and potential grossness, probably more information but it was close. We went through the basics of a 'normal' labour, taking 2-48 hours which seem to involve Jacqui breathing and me being supportive. While the former is likely the latter could be seen as less so.
We also went through what is expected of both of us, when to go to the hospital, how to spot problems and warning signs, what to do just before going etc. etc. And then actual birth was explained in some depth, this included all kinds of bodily fluids, things contracting and dilating and apparently also a small person. And although both of us were nervous before going, it was well worth it. On an unrelated note Jacqui bought me icecream on the way home.

Freudian Slip?

I hope Richard really meant ante-natal and not anti-natal in his previous post.

Growing Pains

Well Jacqui's returned from the homeland and she had a good time by all accounts. Since her return we've been doing some fairly grown-up things like buying paint for the babies room, and a large mat for the new office.

To balance this out I've joined a roleplaying group, time to break out my wizard hat and staff once more!

However Jacqui has handily trumped that move by booking us in to baby training (anti-natal) classes. I'm not sure anything can beat that for crushing the spirit and preparing one for a life of servitude and drudgery........... although perhaps a +5 Cloak of Hiding may help.

Nerdsearch 2010

In the last week I have begun my search for nerds like me in this great and massive land. I want to get back into the world of roleplaying and possible WH40K, although that's much less likely due to cost.

I have found this lovely thing Edmonton Tabletop Role-Playing Community which I am feeling out as we speak. Finding mature players is the challenge atm although they do seem to have something up there today!

We have also been running occasional boardgame nights with some friends and hope to carry that on. Yes that's me AND Jacqui, she's more of a nerdlette but coming along nicely:)

And lastly, although possibly not on the nerd front I hate to tar people with the geekbrush unfairly, lovely Annette has put me in touch with a friend of hers that also moved to Edmonton. And I have initiated first contact :)