I took this long weekend very seriously.  I only worked a little overtime, and stayed at home for the rest.  More cold and more snow only added to the enclosed weekend.  I managed to play through a significant amout of Zelda.  I have now reached about 35 hours into the game... I started the weekend just over 10.  I even ran through a brand new pair of Wii-mote batteries.  I talked to almost no one and ate very little.  I could have found better things to do, but decided that I worked a lot and had not even taken off some of the other holidays that existed since the new year.  I was due.

I am really enjoying Zelda.  I took some time off the main quest just to travel around the world and collect some things that would help me in the future: Heart pieces, gold bugs, and a few other rare collectables.  I want to collect everything, but I need to finish the quest first.  I am trying not to use a guide for anything (like golden bugs), but that might happened after I finish the quest.

...it consumes me....