"I have been but little in," said Ninian hastily...

I was commiserating with soccer_fox about her hectic schedule (she's working on the Hill, finishing grad school, and getting prepped for her new job, all at the same time--any wonder why she is so tired?) I pointed out that she has a *lot* of things going on (all of the above plus playing on two soccer teams, refereeing, DC United season tickets, and occasionally spending time with me, her friends, and her cats! :-)

She quite rightly pointed out that I have a lot of stuff going on too. I have work. I don't play footy, but I do ref (or I will when it stops raining every weekend) and go to United matches. I like to go hear musicians (mostly, but not exclusively folky ones). I like to cycle (or used to, before things got so busy). I like to hike and camp (haven't done either of those lately) and travel (ha!). It would be nice to go white-water rafting again, and kayaking or sailing. At one time I thought I was going to try to learn how to play the guitar, and I still have hopes of writing (fiction or history or some combination) someday. I have a degree to finish and other skills to learn. It would probably help next year's plans if I were to start doing some freelancing now. I have the whole move to re-plan. And of course, there's the gaming:

De Bellis Antiquitatis (local club, once every couple of weeks)
Advanced Squad Leader (local club, once a month)
Flames of War (buddy in Virginia, weekly engagement)
The Burning Blue (Battle of Britain boardgame PBEM with a friend, ongoing)
umpiring a kriegspiel (ongoing)
playtesting and scenario development for the Too Fat Lardies (ongoing)
various other miniature and boardgames (various friends, as often as possible)

Yah, I do have a lot of things going on...

Neta, disputing an assessment of male pulchritude after an evening of ogling soccer players

"OK, well, *you* dated guys--I didn't! I mean, wait, uh..."

Photos from the evening can be found here.