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A relaxing long weekend
It's been good to relax and enjoy the the long weekend. The stress of layoffs at work is behind me for now, and it's the first weekend where the weather feels like summer - time to enjoy myself.
Heidi and I got new bikes a few weeks ago, and this weekend I've really been using mine. In total, I cycled about 45 miles; most in Central Park, but I did one very different trip. I left home early Sunday morning, went down Second Avenue, across the Manhattan Bridge, through Crown Heights into Brooklyn Heights, then back across the Brooklyn Bridge and up First Avenue. Because of the time of day and the holiday weekend, there was very little traffic, so I could make excellent time on the avenues. Something to do again.
We got Mario Kart for the Wii last Friday, and we've both been playing it a lot. Heidi is already better after three hours of play than I will be in three weeks, but I'm still enjoying myself immensely among bouts of frustration. This is definitely the best Wii game I've played, with much better graphics than the other Wii games, so I'm looking forward to what else the game future brings.
I read Alistair Reynold's House of Suns on Saturday. It's pretty good - set in a different universe than usual Conjoiner books, spanning a much longer timescale, but in some ways much more human.. It makes me want re-read his other stand-alone novel, Century Rain, but given the book backlog that may have to wait awhile.
Tonight we'll have a simple dinner (salads, cold soup, maybe some pasta) and play more Mario Kart. Tomorrow it's back to work, where a crash project will soak up my time for the next few weeks. Once that's over, I'm planning to take a week off, hopefully when the weather is nice, and do a few days of long-distance cycling.
Heidi and I got new bikes a few weeks ago, and this weekend I've really been using mine. In total, I cycled about 45 miles; most in Central Park, but I did one very different trip. I left home early Sunday morning, went down Second Avenue, across the Manhattan Bridge, through Crown Heights into Brooklyn Heights, then back across the Brooklyn Bridge and up First Avenue. Because of the time of day and the holiday weekend, there was very little traffic, so I could make excellent time on the avenues. Something to do again.
We got Mario Kart for the Wii last Friday, and we've both been playing it a lot. Heidi is already better after three hours of play than I will be in three weeks, but I'm still enjoying myself immensely among bouts of frustration. This is definitely the best Wii game I've played, with much better graphics than the other Wii games, so I'm looking forward to what else the game future brings.
I read Alistair Reynold's House of Suns on Saturday. It's pretty good - set in a different universe than usual Conjoiner books, spanning a much longer timescale, but in some ways much more human.. It makes me want re-read his other stand-alone novel, Century Rain, but given the book backlog that may have to wait awhile.
Tonight we'll have a simple dinner (salads, cold soup, maybe some pasta) and play more Mario Kart. Tomorrow it's back to work, where a crash project will soak up my time for the next few weeks. Once that's over, I'm planning to take a week off, hopefully when the weather is nice, and do a few days of long-distance cycling.