Happy things
Well, the concert on Thursday was fantastic. The playing was superb; I cannot express it any better than that, I’m afraid. The venue was pretty good, but it was hard to overcome the instinct to become irritated at the noise of the fan, or the occasional sounds floating down the staircase from the door to the restaurant upstairs. The single complaint I had was about the price of the drinks. Now, I don’t often—no, make that “very rarely”—go to clubs; I prefer a pub. But £7.50 for a gin & tonic?! Appalling! Anyway, I learnt my lesson. It was brilliant to catch up with Amy, and we plan to try and go to more concerts and gigs.
I had a marvellously relaxing day today. I played Tikal with my parents, who always get impatient while I’m explaining rules, but once the game got underway it became clear to them (as it had to me when I read the rules) that the gameplay mechanism is actually very simple, with very few exceptions or special cases to consider. It took quite a while—must’ve been 2 hours—but dad pointed out that it was our first time playing it so we were bound to be slow. I take this as a positive sign: normally he’s not all that keen on games, especially if they’re long, but I think he must have liked this one! It does look great as well. Next time I play, I might even take a photo of the endgame state. I know that would be really sad, but don’t care. Board games are great.