So for the last 2 glorious weeks, I’ve been on vacation. No office for me! 
For the most part, I’ve been relaxing, playing games, reading, watching movies, sleeping. Rhonda and I went to the valley and visited my mom and explored some of the sights. She hasn’t been to the valley much, so I took her to Annapolis Royal, we saw the forts (Fort Anne & The Habitation), the Historic Gardens, and stayed at a lovely bed & breakfast called “Bread & Roses“, a beautiful Victorian house.
We also visited Grand Pre, visited a winery, saw the Grand-Pré National Historic Site, and stayed at another really nice Bed & Breakfast called “The Old Lantern”. Our suite had a whirlpool bath!
For reading, I’ve picked up on Alastair Reynolds. He’s a British sci-fi writer. I finished Absolution Gap and have started another of his books Pushing Ice. Unfortunately, Absolution Gap was near the end of a series (well, at the end, other than a short story or two) so I’m going to have to go back and read the other ones of the series. The book I’m reading now, however seems to be of the same “universe” but not of the same storyline I think. I really enjoy his writing, and his characters. I’m usually not one for sci-fi, but i really like these books.
In gaming, I started off playing a lot of “Lord of the Rings Online“. I’m still playing it a bit, but recently bought “Two Worlds” and “Guitar Hero II” for XBox 360. I’ve been playing them incessantly for 3 days now. “Two Worlds” is a fantasy-rpg. The controls are infuriating at first, and the dialog is bordering on retarded. But I’ve really gotten into it (that seems to be the key according to many of the reviews). “Guitar Hero II”, I played to death for the PS2, but I’m giving my copy to my mom’s husband, so I got it for 360 so I can play the new songs *& maybe get some downloadables if they release anything I want. Plus apparently, the guitar will be compatible with “Rock Band” and it’s USB, and works with “Frets on Fire”.
Anyway, here are some more pictures of our vacation…
