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Some Time Later...
Wow. It's been a while since I posted in here! I feel like such a bad blogger, except for that part where I don't typically blog so much as babble when I write in this thing. Still, it beats the mounds of memes that I used to post all the time.
So, what has my life been like since last I posted? Let us explore, shall we?
I've had a few weeks to revel in the joys of no longer working weekends. Now that the shiny has worn off, the reality of a significant pay cut is sinking in. Significant to the tune of over $15,000 a year. Granted, my expenses have gone down significantly as well. No longer buying food on weekends, no longer driving all over creation on weekends. It doesn't exactly balance out, but it helps. Add to that the two huge debts that are rapidly going away and it makes things better. We had a small bit of bad news regarding financial stuff while I was on vacation, but it's not going to be a long-term problem fortunately.
The remaining job has been one crazy twist after another. Granted, I posted about most of those previously. However, last week we lost two more excellent people to the lure of bigger and better things,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
winterlady being one of them. Now I can no longer harass her about her pink bathrobe she would wear to work. ;) Ah well. I can still harass her in World of Warcraft. And cause her to crack up uncontrollably on Vent during and after instance runs.
satyr_mi has been going crazy due to end of the semester wackiness, and group projects where his group is non-existant. That's all done and over with and so far so good. He has this week off then starts summer term up next week. Here's to hoping the job hunt goes well, too.
I got bit by the spring cleaning bug. I got a lot done, but have a lot more to do. And I really want to keep it up this time. Granted, I say that EVERY time and it never sticks. I've got a bit more laundry to do, my desk to clean, and my bathroom to clean and then all of my areas are done. I should probably vacuum the apartment today or tomorrow, too.
Lately, we've been watching Color Splash on HGTV. It's the show that resulted from last summer's Design Star. It's pretty good so far. It's not quite settled down yet, but it's fun to watch. We've also been watching a lot of Take This House and Sell It! on We. It's like Designed to Sell, only with supersnarky designers. And Canadian. We also watched the pilot episode of Heroes on NBC's website. We're probably not going to watch any more until it comes out on DVD. Then we'll watch the entire season and get sucked into Season 2, provided it doesn't conflict with anything else already on our Tivo.
We still need to go visitlilacmoon5 before she and her husband move out of state. The move date got pushed back, so we have a little more time, but I want to do it soon™. Why, yes, I do want to get season 1 of Battlestar Galactica back so that I can watch it and then season 2 and then season 3 when we buy it and get caught up. I'm weird that way. :p And I wouldn't mind getting one last Shadowrun game in, either. Or a few games of Fluxx or Dalmuti or Crononauts.
My Sims 2 addiction returned and partially waned already. New expansion (Seasons), new stuff pack (Celebration! Stuff). I'm still playing, but my World of Warcraft addiction remains strong enough to keep me from doing it too much. As does the now lack of weekend employment. I really enjoy the stuff they've added to the game now and it makes it a lot of fun to play.
I almost regret to say that I cancelled my City of Heroes account. We haven't played either Heroes or Villains in months, so it was a logical decision. Of course, Issue 9 was just released today. Fortunately, there isn't anything in Issue 9 that has me jumping up and down and going "I want it! I want it!" so it's not going to get me back.
I've mentioned World of Warcraft a couple times already, but I can mention it more. ;) My main (Letalli, Feral Druid) is now keyed for Karazhan and has the heroic mode key for Coilfang Reservoir. One more instance run will get me my heroic mode key for the Caverns of Time. Then I have a ton to do to get my keys for Tempest Keep and Auchindoun. Current bear form stats are 17k armor and 10k health. Armor is going to go up when the current test realm patch goes live, but health is probably going to go down, unless they add a lot more stamina to some of the blues I'm currently wearing. I'm currently levelling up a Priest (Maristal) to be my next level 70 toon. She's a Draenei that I made the week of launch for the expansion, but then I never played her. I got her from about level 30 to level 36 last week. She's surprisingly soloable thanks to being Shadow specced currently, but she's going to go Disc/Holy when she hits 68.
nuadha_prime needs to have a card night again soon. Granted, more people need to show up for them, but hey. ;) And I need to get him back his copy of Kingdom Come. Reminds me, I need to pick up comics. I'm a little behind. Dropping Wonder Woman until issue 13, though, so that should help. Probably going to cut back a little bit more, but not sure.
Anyrate, I've spent 30 minutes typing this up. I'm gonna post it and maybe write more later. :p
So, what has my life been like since last I posted? Let us explore, shall we?
I've had a few weeks to revel in the joys of no longer working weekends. Now that the shiny has worn off, the reality of a significant pay cut is sinking in. Significant to the tune of over $15,000 a year. Granted, my expenses have gone down significantly as well. No longer buying food on weekends, no longer driving all over creation on weekends. It doesn't exactly balance out, but it helps. Add to that the two huge debts that are rapidly going away and it makes things better. We had a small bit of bad news regarding financial stuff while I was on vacation, but it's not going to be a long-term problem fortunately.
The remaining job has been one crazy twist after another. Granted, I posted about most of those previously. However, last week we lost two more excellent people to the lure of bigger and better things,
winterlady being one of them. Now I can no longer harass her about her pink bathrobe she would wear to work. ;) Ah well. I can still harass her in World of Warcraft. And cause her to crack up uncontrollably on Vent during and after instance runs. satyr_mi has been going crazy due to end of the semester wackiness, and group projects where his group is non-existant. That's all done and over with and so far so good. He has this week off then starts summer term up next week. Here's to hoping the job hunt goes well, too.I got bit by the spring cleaning bug. I got a lot done, but have a lot more to do. And I really want to keep it up this time. Granted, I say that EVERY time and it never sticks. I've got a bit more laundry to do, my desk to clean, and my bathroom to clean and then all of my areas are done. I should probably vacuum the apartment today or tomorrow, too.
Lately, we've been watching Color Splash on HGTV. It's the show that resulted from last summer's Design Star. It's pretty good so far. It's not quite settled down yet, but it's fun to watch. We've also been watching a lot of Take This House and Sell It! on We. It's like Designed to Sell, only with supersnarky designers. And Canadian. We also watched the pilot episode of Heroes on NBC's website. We're probably not going to watch any more until it comes out on DVD. Then we'll watch the entire season and get sucked into Season 2, provided it doesn't conflict with anything else already on our Tivo.
We still need to go visit
lilacmoon5 before she and her husband move out of state. The move date got pushed back, so we have a little more time, but I want to do it soon™. Why, yes, I do want to get season 1 of Battlestar Galactica back so that I can watch it and then season 2 and then season 3 when we buy it and get caught up. I'm weird that way. :p And I wouldn't mind getting one last Shadowrun game in, either. Or a few games of Fluxx or Dalmuti or Crononauts.My Sims 2 addiction returned and partially waned already. New expansion (Seasons), new stuff pack (Celebration! Stuff). I'm still playing, but my World of Warcraft addiction remains strong enough to keep me from doing it too much. As does the now lack of weekend employment. I really enjoy the stuff they've added to the game now and it makes it a lot of fun to play.
I almost regret to say that I cancelled my City of Heroes account. We haven't played either Heroes or Villains in months, so it was a logical decision. Of course, Issue 9 was just released today. Fortunately, there isn't anything in Issue 9 that has me jumping up and down and going "I want it! I want it!" so it's not going to get me back.
I've mentioned World of Warcraft a couple times already, but I can mention it more. ;) My main (Letalli, Feral Druid) is now keyed for Karazhan and has the heroic mode key for Coilfang Reservoir. One more instance run will get me my heroic mode key for the Caverns of Time. Then I have a ton to do to get my keys for Tempest Keep and Auchindoun. Current bear form stats are 17k armor and 10k health. Armor is going to go up when the current test realm patch goes live, but health is probably going to go down, unless they add a lot more stamina to some of the blues I'm currently wearing. I'm currently levelling up a Priest (Maristal) to be my next level 70 toon. She's a Draenei that I made the week of launch for the expansion, but then I never played her. I got her from about level 30 to level 36 last week. She's surprisingly soloable thanks to being Shadow specced currently, but she's going to go Disc/Holy when she hits 68.
nuadha_prime needs to have a card night again soon. Granted, more people need to show up for them, but hey. ;) And I need to get him back his copy of Kingdom Come. Reminds me, I need to pick up comics. I'm a little behind. Dropping Wonder Woman until issue 13, though, so that should help. Probably going to cut back a little bit more, but not sure. Anyrate, I've spent 30 minutes typing this up. I'm gonna post it and maybe write more later. :p