The Dark Side of the Sun

Hey there blogmates,

It's been another week of crappy SB weather.

See, there are some little cloudy bits up there in the blue...

Melch got her glassware back from the glass blowing class that she took last week.  Sounds like she really had a good time doing that with Ra.

The new pieces pass the "it will hold whisky" test

In other Melch crafting news, she's been taking a continuing ed class on sewing and has this to show for it:

A tote bag, presumably to put sewing supplies in?

Saturday morning found me moving stuff around in our room - again.  The thing about having two people and a dog in a moderately sized room is that every last bit of space helps.  The many McMansion owners in our land probably aren't storing bicycles or the hard top roof of a convertible in their bedroom.  Heck, most 1 bedroom apartment dwellers wouldn't do that.  Still no complaints - billions in the world have less space than we do, and less stuff to put in the space that they do have.  Even compared to the McMansioners, I like the small space.  Smaller spaces force you to choose your possessions wisely instead of just surrounding yourself with stuff that isn't adding value to your life.

Home for Gani is wherever her bed ends up at the end of the fray.

Saturday morning is never just about Spring cleaning though.  Moving furniture and setting the allergies off on dust and mould were just pre-game warm-ups.  Saturday mornings are for ulty on the beach.

Melch and Gani in their natural environment

The game went alright, though I had a pretty violent head-on collision with another player after a pick near the goal line.  Bruised my knee and got a really annoying sliced lower lip that I'm totally not making worse by rubbing it with my tongue all the time as a nervous habit.  Not a happy injury, but could have been far worse.

Stephen, co-worker from RightScale, and Denise, his wife, happened to walk by near the end.  They were attracted by the outrigger canoe regatta (do they call them regattas?), came over to say hi, and stuck around for a bit to enjoy the weather and watch the dolphins.

Stephen, Denise and Tina watching the dolphins

After ulty and some German food at the Dutch Gardens, we joined some RightScalers for a BBQ at Magne's place, which is right behind a Buddhist centre.

Magne's got a really cool yard that was perfect for enjoying some food and beers on a Saturday evening.

On Sunday I had a lot of work to do, but we found time to head out to Adama, a local vegan restaurant.  Chris and Tina joined us for some interesting eats and a solar eclipse to boot.

Tina revealing the state of the eclipse

Other than that, the only thing that I have to report for this week is:

Diablo 3 is out, and it's not going to play itself, now is it?