I'm a big fan of weekends. Doesn't matter whether my kids are spending it with me, or their father. Though it took me a while to get used to not having them around! That is for another post though. When they're around, we do things together. Day-to-day things like helping around the house and doing groceries, as well as fun-things like going to the playground or some other place kids like to go. I can often come up with something fun and low-cost. 

When I'm by myself, I either take on a big project around the house, like renewing the paint jobs on the doors and door frames. Or I spend the day doing little. Around the house, that is. I always tidy up before doing anything fun, but sometimes you just feel like you have to do "nothing". Which, in my case, means playing some game. That right there is the world I have been building in "The Sims 3". It has over 150 residential lots that were all custom built. I've been working on it for over 2 years.

During the (weekend)evenings however, I almost always play some game with a friend. That's me and my mate on Saints Row the Third. It could be another game as well, but in the past few weeks we've been playing this game. 

The game is fun and interesting, no need to get bored. And for such an "old" game, it's certainly not bad to look at!

So yeah... I don't go out. I don't care to, and never have. That's no reason not to look forward to the weekend though. I stay up an hour or 2 later than usual. I relax every Friday and Saturday with friends, and I don't even have to pay for a sitter! What's not to like?

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