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Gaming in the garage

Much to my dismay, the property inspectors appear to have missed that a large section of the garage rafters and supporting beams are charred. There appears to have been a fire in the roof, probably some time ago, given that even some of the replacement beams look old and the tiles have been scrubbed. As the guys pointed out to me when we played Call of Cthulhu in the garage last Wednesday, one should always inspect the ceiling of each room, lest one be beset by green slimes, etc.
That aside, we’ve now played D&D and Magic in the garage. The pool table setup is nice; I’ve got a heater, the old fridge, and a little TV set up in there. It’s a den.

Also! I won the M10 magic draft on Friday with a midrange red/green deck and 5/2 record. David & Michelle brought highly delicious home made icecream. We got it all done well before midnight, possibly because the North Ryde location makes it easier to get there in a reasonable amount of time.

Then, on the weekend, Von and I went nuts furniture shopping. After a couple of weekends of looking, we found our new sofa and dining table, both excellent quality, and were highly entertained by the high-pressure salesman (who gave us a perfectly good deal). We also got a new assemble-it-yourself desk from Office Works, which is responsible for the big blister on my finger. Very handy, as Von and I like to sit next to each other and play PC games together (currently the Telltale Monkey Island, Episode 2).

I’m staying home from work tomorrow to await the sofa. The table, however, will take six to eight weeks, which is a pity because we can’t really invite people over for dinner until we have a dinner table.

Lots more unpacking, too, and we’re getting perilously close to the point where we can do a housewarming.

Exploring

We’ve chosen the new carpet (it’s blue) and it’s being installed on Thursday. As ex-neighbour Catherine points out, we really ought to do somethign with the old carpet, like have a mud party or at least a housewarming, but it’d have to be tomorrow, and, uh, that’s not gonna work.

I’m taking Thursday off in order to hang around the house while the carpets are being done and the pool table is installed in the garage (which, as it turns out, is very awkward to park the car in even without a pool table), and clean the kitchen in readiness for the move next Saturday.

We did more exploring of the house on the weekend and last night, and chatted with the very friendly neighbours on one side. It seems that the house was originally an art union lottery prize. And one reason the previous owners left was that the pool maintenance got too much for them, which is a little alarming. On the bright side, the garden doesn’t seem to need much watering.

Meanwhile, back at work, the lunchtime gang did a magic mini booster tournament at lunch today, using decks constructed from three of each land and an unseen booster of M10. Good fun, and it seems more powerful than previous base sets. Also, really nice to play with cards that would normally be completely ignored, eg. Telepathy.