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Loot list: Handmade chocolates delivered Xmas Eve (Thanks J), an uber-fluffy woolen underlay (impressed that my parents managed to find such a thing in super-king, not sure it's exactly what I wanted but come winter will try it), a package of homegrown beef, several non-winning instant kiwis.
Successfully (I think) performed my Uncling duties, there was no extended-family drama (or none that made it into the day) which is what I had mostly been worried about. Was a bit disappointed tha my carefully thought about presents were lost in the "rip the paper off, add it to the pile, rush back to the tree) mode that the kids were in. (Because they were' reading particularly carefully this resulted in at least one present which was "from" them being partially unwrapped before it reached the actual recipient).
Because youngest sister & bil had been delayed at his family's lunch the (tree) present opening didn't happen until early evening. The exception was the X-Box Kinect for the kids jointly which was unwrapped earlier in the afternoon and caused the most stress of the day as we tried to get it working (not quite as plug-into-the-tv-and-go as had been expected). My computer geekery doesn't extend to consoles and there was a lot of small child upset as it seemed more and more likely that it was only going to be one-player (despite the game saying 2-player). Eventually resolved itself, not sure how as I wasn't there at the time.
Headed back to town before evening dessert (same as midday dessert) and got to Waifs & Strays just in time for 2nd dessert. Which pretty much topped me off for the day, I managed to avoid overeating for a change. Spent a pleasant couple of hours there.
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Spent Xmas Eve day and until after midnight playing Civ. This is only worth mentioning because the game didn't follow the usual pattern - normally a series of wars results in my controlling most of the planet by the time I get to building a spaceship. This time none of my neighbours attacked me until after launch, instead devoting most of their attention through the game to some guy down the other end of the map. Until that point I didn't fire a shot except against some pirates.
What this meant was I had significantly fewer cities than usual but they were mostly maxed out (minimal production diverted to units) and it didn't actually take any longer to build the spaceship. The perception of time may have been because fewer cities and fewer units meant turns were going by faster.
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Today is nominally designated for pottering around the house cleaning things, but I'm awfully tempted to start up another game.
Successfully (I think) performed my Uncling duties, there was no extended-family drama (or none that made it into the day) which is what I had mostly been worried about. Was a bit disappointed tha my carefully thought about presents were lost in the "rip the paper off, add it to the pile, rush back to the tree) mode that the kids were in. (Because they were' reading particularly carefully this resulted in at least one present which was "from" them being partially unwrapped before it reached the actual recipient).
Because youngest sister & bil had been delayed at his family's lunch the (tree) present opening didn't happen until early evening. The exception was the X-Box Kinect for the kids jointly which was unwrapped earlier in the afternoon and caused the most stress of the day as we tried to get it working (not quite as plug-into-the-tv-and-go as had been expected). My computer geekery doesn't extend to consoles and there was a lot of small child upset as it seemed more and more likely that it was only going to be one-player (despite the game saying 2-player). Eventually resolved itself, not sure how as I wasn't there at the time.
Headed back to town before evening dessert (same as midday dessert) and got to Waifs & Strays just in time for 2nd dessert. Which pretty much topped me off for the day, I managed to avoid overeating for a change. Spent a pleasant couple of hours there.
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Spent Xmas Eve day and until after midnight playing Civ. This is only worth mentioning because the game didn't follow the usual pattern - normally a series of wars results in my controlling most of the planet by the time I get to building a spaceship. This time none of my neighbours attacked me until after launch, instead devoting most of their attention through the game to some guy down the other end of the map. Until that point I didn't fire a shot except against some pirates.
What this meant was I had significantly fewer cities than usual but they were mostly maxed out (minimal production diverted to units) and it didn't actually take any longer to build the spaceship. The perception of time may have been because fewer cities and fewer units meant turns were going by faster.
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Today is nominally designated for pottering around the house cleaning things, but I'm awfully tempted to start up another game.
