Journal. What happened in December?

Our Weather.
It has been shocking. We have had lots of rain and the temperature has been well down from normal. Weather forecasters predict this is going to last until about the end of January and then things will return to normal. In a nutshell they say weather patterns can and do get into ruts.

Games.
After all these years ignoring Gaming I have become a Gamester. I have for a long time had a yen in the back of my mind to play Sims, particularly Sim City 4. I could not get a new copy, they are no longer in production so I managed to get a very new secondhand copy on Trade Me here in NZ, similar to E-bay.

By accident, at least I think it was by accident I put in a search for Trains modelling and back came a list of simulators. I now have the program Trainz... spelt with a Z. This game is very intensive, needs lots of Ram and a good Video Card to play properly. It is just like modelling railways again.

I doubled my Ram and purchased a better Video Card, then I realised my Power Unit is not big enough so I purchased a a 450 watt model. Now $NZ403.00 later my Trainz runs smoothly.

It was worth it, I enjoy them.

Retirement.
Now that I have got the garden tidied up I have the feeling of retirement. If I don't feel like doing something, there is also tomorrow. I am enjoying the feeling. There is jobs I want to do but they are not important and can be put on the back burner for now.

Tahlia.
Tahlia has been accepted for her Polytech course or at least the Nanny year. The Early Childhood full course is full but she will be able to be placed on that course next year and the Nanny part will be credited to her. Gillian is pleased and so are we that she has been able to get into the Student Village accommodation. The Village is not very big. 15 custom designed modern Villa's each with 5 rooms. They were built in 1988, I believe. Those students from remote areas have first preference. All meals are included with a ticketing system in the on campus restaurant.

Well that was the highlights of the month that was... I think!