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This and That on Labor Day
Sep. 1st, 2014 11:22 pmWeddings Away. My sister is getting married in three weeks' time. (Less than that now!) So, I spent some time this weekend prepping for that. After Kimberly intelligently contacted my Dad and Mary about dress code, we learned that I could get away with something pretty casual, so I spent part of Saturday hunting for a new Hawaiian shirt at Hilltop Mall. I ended up finding one that I really liked and one that I thought looked fancier for a wedding, so I bought them both. Amusingly, Kimberly liked the one I liked better too, but when she saw me wearing them both, agreed that the other was dressier for the ceremony. I also got my hair cut. That had needed doing, but I'd been putting it off until it was closer the wedding.
Biking. I've written little about biking lately, because I've used up the newness of most of the areas in easy biking distance. However, I've continued on with my regimen of 30-50 miles a week, even extending out to 30-60 miles a week. Lately my rides have been taking me to my two favorite places in the north (Miller Knox Regional Shoreline past Point Richmond and Point Pinole which is way up in the corner of the East Bay) and my couple of favorite places in the hills (Wildcat Creek Canyon, Tilden Botanical Garden, Lake Temescal, and Shepherd Canyon above Montclair). So this weekend I went over to Hilltop Mall, and then past that to Point Pinole on Saturday (for a round trip of 32 miles), and up to Lake Temescal on Labor Day (for a round trip of a lot less). I did writing in both places, which had been my wont.
Writing. I continue to be writing and editing obsessively. The Designers & Dragons Kickstarter continues to eat some of my time as it generates various tasks, most recently verifying and logging error corrections for the "completed" books. I've also been working on new articles for Mechanics & Meeples, a new board game review, new articles for DnDClassics, and a new article for Wizards of the Coast. Whew! With a little bit of effort I'll soon have all those other things completed through the end of September, which means that I'll have a clear schedule for wedding attendance and for the last push on Designers & Dragons (which will be mainly more error verifying and the index for the '00s, plus work on what we're calling the Platinum Appendix).
Kimberlying. Despite my other busyness, Kimberly and I spent some nice time together this three-day weekend. We wandered around town and got ice cream and enjoyed a "date" on Sunday, then today we had an unplanned brunch out — which was primarily to get Kimberly some nice food after a week of mushy food due to oral surgery.
Biking. I've written little about biking lately, because I've used up the newness of most of the areas in easy biking distance. However, I've continued on with my regimen of 30-50 miles a week, even extending out to 30-60 miles a week. Lately my rides have been taking me to my two favorite places in the north (Miller Knox Regional Shoreline past Point Richmond and Point Pinole which is way up in the corner of the East Bay) and my couple of favorite places in the hills (Wildcat Creek Canyon, Tilden Botanical Garden, Lake Temescal, and Shepherd Canyon above Montclair). So this weekend I went over to Hilltop Mall, and then past that to Point Pinole on Saturday (for a round trip of 32 miles), and up to Lake Temescal on Labor Day (for a round trip of a lot less). I did writing in both places, which had been my wont.
Writing. I continue to be writing and editing obsessively. The Designers & Dragons Kickstarter continues to eat some of my time as it generates various tasks, most recently verifying and logging error corrections for the "completed" books. I've also been working on new articles for Mechanics & Meeples, a new board game review, new articles for DnDClassics, and a new article for Wizards of the Coast. Whew! With a little bit of effort I'll soon have all those other things completed through the end of September, which means that I'll have a clear schedule for wedding attendance and for the last push on Designers & Dragons (which will be mainly more error verifying and the index for the '00s, plus work on what we're calling the Platinum Appendix).
Kimberlying. Despite my other busyness, Kimberly and I spent some nice time together this three-day weekend. We wandered around town and got ice cream and enjoyed a "date" on Sunday, then today we had an unplanned brunch out — which was primarily to get Kimberly some nice food after a week of mushy food due to oral surgery.