Saturday! The sun is shining!

And, for the first time in 12 days, I don't have to work at the day job. Yay me!

Not only is the sun shining, but the bike shop has finished the spring tune-up on my bike, so I can pick it up later this morning. I don't considerable myself particular memorable, but the mechanic at the bike shop who sees me only once a year, nonetheless recognized me, and from the speed of the service apparently jumped me to the front of his queue. Then, again, it could be the bike that he's recognizing, so I shouldn't consider myself too flattered.

Last night was the usual Friday night shenanigans. fireun brought with her David, the man of cheese, who proved to be great fun, if a vicious competitor. jpsorrow was off doing Serious Professor stuff, so it seemed like a good idea to text him "I have wood for sheep."

Ardent gamers will realize that the message meant we were playing Settlers of Catan and trying to make a trade :-)

But we are running into a bit of a conundrum, given that our gathering has expanded to 6 or more, which rules out a number of the games suitable for smaller groups, such as Ticket to Ride, Alhambra, Puerto Rico, Colosseum, etc. For Settlers last night, I wound up as the banker and unofficial advisor to Amy to make the numbers tie out. We'll either have to play more games using a team format, or find new games that can accomodate our expanded gatherings.