Reckoning Day, Reckoning Night

Ah, the last few hours of the weekend. It's almost worth giving up a paycheck to just not feel the crushing weight of it. The fact that it was an enjoyable weekend makes it even more difficult to go back to work. Luckily, we have the first off, so it's broken up into three and one. I'd rather it be just a long weekend, but whatever.

I said something unfair and untrue to Amanda today.

I got a generic gift-card from my in-laws and the thrill of capitalism is upon me. After so many months of being a financial black hole, this sudden influx of funds from gifts and my first paycheck, however small, from my job has made me almost giddy. Now I just need to settle on what I want to buy with the $100 I have. I could go the board game route. There are two expansions to Arkham Horror I don't have yet and they would get me caught up there and take the game into a world of WTF I have never seen. It would also push the total retail for the core game and the expansions past the $200 mark, which makes me giggle a bit. I paid about $80 for Twilight Imperium, which was totally worth it. Then Bahie bought the expansion and then I sold the whole thing to Nate for $30 and a 4th Edition D&D handbook. I'm not sure if Bahie got screwed there... but I feel he did. I don't know.

OR! I could go the video game route. I have several options here: Left 4 Dead would be a good choice considering the over two years of XBox Live Gold I got. Fallout 3 would be another choice and a possible child neglect charge. I'm also considering a few months of City of Heroes, but that would require commitment from Bahie, Dave, and possibly Amanda for me to really, really want to do that.

"But J.R.," you may say. "What about Miranda? You could buy something for her." I offer exibit A, my living room floor, which is awash in various whatsits and such and say, "Nay!"

Seriously, she's fine. Lot's of stuff.

We also bought her a pile of clothes from the GoodWill to replace her ever dwindling does-this-still-fit pile.