We just finished a three day weekend yesterday and it was quite a busy one. On Saturday we went to lunch with the Scientist’s family at my in-laws’ home and spent much of the afternoon there. My mother-in-law always makes quite a feast for all of us and it’s always quite tasty. I went to the gym when we got home and had a light workout before coming home for what’s become our Saturday afternoon/evening games session.

Starting the weekend of Mother’s Day, we each get a turn on the weekend at choosing what game(s) we will play. It’s become the habit to choose one short and one long game. Usually the long game takes enough time there’s not a question about starting a third game. We’ve also gotten into a habit of replaying one of the new games the following day. The new game this week was Shadows over Camelot, which was one I bought. I liked the premise of a co-op game with the added twist of a possible traitor amongst the players. It reminded me a lot of Lord of the Rings in the complexity of the cooperation, particularly as regards sacrifice. As in some other recent games, we missed a few important bits of information the first time around so that it was totally impossible to win. The biggest issue was not getting a starting hand of cards to use so that we were struggling at the start. We played again on Monday and did much better…but again lost, except for Lego Lover who was a traitor. There were still a few issues with how we played that affected our outcome this time. It turned out Lego Lover really didn’t have to do anything to help us lose as it was all going to happen anyway. But he did carry off the pretense of being a partner the whole way through quite well. :) My short game on Saturday was King of Tokyo which was won by Game Fanatic quite well by eliminating all the rest of us as players.

Sunday morning we went to the gym in the morning and I had a rather short workout due to my lateness getting there…but still managed a solid half hour or so which is my main goal. Once we got home, the Scientist and I showered, ate lunch, then went to see Jesus Christ Superstar Arena Spectacular in Perth. We had the pleasure of seeing Tim Minchin (local Perth boy, now  international success) playing Judas along with Mel C from the Spice Girls as Mary Magdalene and Ben Forster (relative newcomer)  as Jesus, all from the original London production. It really was quite a spectacle and it was so well played by all involved. This was my anniversary present to the Scientist who was rather keen to see the show. He was more than pleased with it and I feel fairly certain that a dvd copy of the London production will be procured once it is released next month. I was far less familiar with the show although I have seen the movie at some point… just not at a time when it stuck with me. I’m pretty sure it will stick with me a bit better after this show.:)

Yesterday was what is now called West Australia Day here. Before last year it was always called Foundation Day and was just a day off for most of us. I don’t really recall much of last year either. This year, there were all sorts of events organised to celebrate WA Day. We didn’t do anything to celebrate the day this but stay home. The last few years, we would take Lego Lover to see the Model Railway show that includes a massive Lego display on this day. He was interested in going this year but eventually decided not to go as it would be quite crowded. The other issue was getting up in time to get there. I was rather relieved he didn’t want to go as we’d been out and about all weekend and I was keen to stay home. So we stayed home and played board games in the afternoon. The Scientist and I left a little after 5pm for tai chi class and didn’t get home until about 8pm after having dinner at a Mexican grill place near our class. I only have four more weeks and I will officially be an advanced student. Then we can both attend that class together instead of the Scientist playing tutor for the other students.

I don’t think we’ve been quite so busy on a long weekend in quite some time…aside from the birthday/Christmas combos, that is.