It has been a long time since I updated the blog. Unfortunately I met with some technical difficulties. Also unfortunate, the pumpkins died without ever producing a ripe one. There was one small green watermelon on the vines when some sort of worm attacked them. We'll have to see if new vines come up.

I have been very busy, although I can't seem to remember why. I bought several games for my PS2 including the new Star Wars Lego game, but I haven't played them since before the holidays. I also haven't played D&D since before the holidays. We all got busy during the holidays and then one of my friends father-in-law passed away in a tragic accident. Since we play at his house, it has been difficult. His mother-in-law has required a lot of attention--which is to be expected.

For my 40th birthday, some friends convinced me it to go on a cruise. It was a Carnival cruise. We stopped at Cozumel, Belize, Costa Maya, and Nassau. I really enjoyed the cruise--it was the first one I had been on. I was coerced into swimming with the dolphins. I really enjoyed that more than I would have thought. The one thing that was a bit disappointing was when I found out it was the Jim Brickman Valentine's cruise. It was enjoyable to watch Jim play the piano and hear Ann Cochran sing, but I was the only single person in our group. I would recommend a cruise to anyone even though we had inclement weather for most of the trip.

Other than that, I have been struggling with work. I am not enjoying my work. The only thing I look forward to is the game playing. We generally play games at lunch and sometimes after work. Bang! from DaVinci Games is one of our more played games. The second most popular is probably Three Dragon Ante from Wizards of the Coast. Recently I purchase several games from Looney Labs and we have been trying them out. We have Fluxx for years and I bought a single set of Treehouse a while back. My recent purchase included additional Treehouse sets and some other accessories so that we could play other games. Treehouse was born out of a game called Icehouse. There is even an Icehouse Wiki that has different games that can be played with the Treehouse pieces. Thus far we have played Martian Coasters, Volcano, and Ice Towers.