Greetings from somewhere other than where these posts usually come from!
Yes, I'm bringing this to you live from my parents' place and my childhood home; having spent Christmas itself with my in-laws, we've come to see my family for the "post-Christmas" festivities. I say "festivities"; what I really mean is "a nice bit of peace and quiet".
Incidentally, the "away from home" nature of this post and the next few mean that I will be typing at least some of these on my phone. The Patreon phone app is a laggy piece of crap so I apologise in advance for any spelling or layout issues.
Anyway. As I was saying, I am away from home. Or back home, however you choose to interpret those words.
I've come to appreciate the peace and quiet of the country village I grew up in a lot more as I've got older. I'm not sure I'd actually want to live here again as it takes a long time for services we take for granted in towns to arrive here — I can't remember offhand if they have fibre optic Internet here yet, for example, and forget about lazy man's services such as Deliveroo — but it's definitely nice to spend a few days here now and again.
I appreciate the portability of the Switch on trips like this, too. Not only can I play it in handheld mode, it's a simple matter to bring the whole dock with me and play it on the TV, so I don't have to be away from the games I'm playing and that I want to cover once the New Year gets underway.
I've spent the evening eating good food and playing Atelier Totori, and I imagine much of tomorrow will be spent in a similar fashion. With any luck on Sunday I'll be meeting up with an old friend to record a special episode of the podcast, but this isn't a sure thing just yet. We'll see.
For now I better get some sleep in the eerie silence of the country, although at least I can count on my cat Meg to break the peace by having a noisy wash or scratch every so often.
Good night!
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