A dearth of hobby

You may have noticed that there hasn’t been much in the way of hobby updates on this blog lately.  The short answer is that there hasn’t been any hobby going on with me.  A nasty soup of circumstances has left me with little time, energy or will to hobby.  I have been working on various home improvement projects around the house and this usually takes up all of my weekend when combined with regular household duties.  The NHL playoffs were eating away three hours every other night up until a couple of nights ago.  Sadly, with the Blackhawks out, that will be curtailed.  Finally, for those living in British Columbia, you will be very aware of the labour troubles between teachers and the government.  As an executive member of our local union I have been kept very busy with this mess.  Also, as a byproduct of the government’s partial lockout, I have not been able to attend gaming for the past few weeks.  In fact, our gaming club has been in a state of chaos.  Our club meets in a local school.  While locked out, the members that are teachers (and whom are also key holders) cannot enter the school later than 45 minutes after school ends.  This has been a bit of an unforeseen complication.  Add on top of this losing a day of pay each week (actually two, as my wife is also a teacher) and having a further 10% deducted as a penalty by the government, I don’t have much hobby money sitting around.

I guess the bottom line is that I’m stressed out and I’ve been reading a lot and playing Diablo III because it is completely mindless entertainment.  I’m hoping to take this weekend off from the house and I am determined to have some hobby to show for it!  I’m sure my readers will keep me accountable.