Weekend Adventures I.

Friday, I walked into work to find a list via email of approximately 9 articles to find. I had the authors' last names and publication year only. No title. I managed to track down six. In two cases, the last name was common enough, I had several possibilities, and needed to confirm who the author was. In one case, I could not find the article via electronic format, and will need to confirm how we want to get it - ILL or if perhaps we know someone who may have a copy.
I thoroughly enjoyed being able to track down the articles. My hope is I continue in this position, I will get a better sense of the type of articles my supervisor looks for, so even if I do have something like this again, I'll be able to look at a name and understand to search for "Brian Murphy" and not "David Murphy".

Yesterday, after Knitting/Crocheting Group, C. picked me up, and we headed on an adventure. He had been searching local game stores online, and we've checked out a few, hoping we may find one to frequent in our new home. Well, we may have found one. Game Masters. They're about twenty minutes away, is family-owned, and does board games with some table top games. They are the only USA gaming store to have DeGenesis, which sounds amazing, and I want to play one day. They also have an Open Board Game Night every Friday, allows you to rent games, and per the Owner, mostly caters to an audience 30+. We're definitely planning to go Friday for Open Boardgame Night.
During our tour of the store, I noticed several women playing. This makes me extremely happy. While living in Boston, there was about a two or three year period, where I was playing D&D regularly at a local gaming store. I was frequently the only woman there to play. In the early days, C. and I had played together, but when his schedule had changed, I kept going by myself. There was this very distinct surprise, this "Oh, she's not just playing because of her boyfriend". When the occasional new player came, I would need to prove myself as a player. It did not matter that I had a kickass Ranger, they saw a youngish looking female, and immediately assumed I was there for or because of someone. So, yes, I was very thankful to see several female players there at a tabletop game, and others perusing boardgames.

The other part of our day's adventure, we went into downtown(!!!!). C. had also heard of a boardgaming group, which met at a Carnegie Mellon University on Saturday afternoons. Well, we got there post-start time, and the players were already deep into gaming, and it was all 40+ men. We did not stay.
So, we walked around instead. We considered going into the CMU art and/or Natural History Museum, but seeing as it was 330pm, and the museuems closed at 5, we decided it would be best to wait for another day. We checked out the local branch of the library, as well as another gaming and also comic book store.
(In regards to Comics, lately, I have really been enjoying the new Ms. Marvel.)
Today, involves more straightening around the apartment. Slowly but surely, everything is finding its place.