The fun thing about the time changing today? We don't have to. :P I didn't have to worry about it or become confused when my laptop and cellphone had a different time than the microwaves and alarm clocks. I didn't gain an hour of sleep right now only to lose it again in the spring. One of the perks of living here.
I do, however, feel quite grimy right now. Once I was finally up and about, we did some yard work. With how I was feeling last night, I didn't have the best nights sleep, and didn't have a great awakening. So, we took it out on the front yard. More of those wicked thorny mesquite branches were chopped away and put on the curb for bulky trash pickup on this side of town. I didn't get as cut or scratched up this time because I left the boys doing that part and tackled softer and ground-covering plants. Some of my fingertips are bruised, making it kind of hard to type lol, because I was digging with one glove in the hard ground/ "dirt" to do my best to rip up as many roots of certain unsightly and unruly plants. I'm covered in dust, dirt, and who knows what else. Saw a couple of wicked looking spiders but was thankfully not bit by anything today either. Digging up tubers and rocks with your fingers isn't very pleasant. Ha ha. The SO would pause and laugh at me because once i finally pulled a root clump free, I'd almost fall back on my butt. Each and every time. Hey, I took that into account! I didn't accidentally butt plant once this time!
I even got to catch up with my baby brother for a little bit too. It's been a few weeks while we each tried to take care of our business. It's so weird to think of him in college now and I keep chucking advice and tips for him so that he doesn't miss out or make the mistakes that I did. I hope he gets the most experiences out of this time in his life. : )
The boys even put together a... "Outdoor Backyard Heater." ... What? Lol. I've never seen one before but it's powered by propane, looks almost like a pot belly stove, and has a gong-like hood/ hat at the top of the pipe to disperse some heat downward. Next time we actually use it, I'll snag a pic. We're all kind of sore now after ordering in some pizza and pasta. I tried to make some garlic bread and put it in for a little too long because I feel they were too crunchy. After a hard day's work, chewing and biting down hard on bread is not at all appealing.
I'm not really sure where I'm going with this. I guess it could be because I still have a lot on my mind or at least am focused on feeling it all bubble and seethe beneath the surface. Bah, I need to stop using my index fingers. See you tomorrow! <3
Sunday, November 7
Saturday, November 6
249. Bottom Rung
Making this quick because I'm forcing myself to calm down or risk having a little panic attack. I overwhelm myself and stress out way too intensely. Just tagged along for a few things today. Oh, and I'm pretty sure Blizzard, the company that makes my game, has be microchipped and can tell when I have genuine desire and drive to actually be proactive and get better in the game so that they may throw everything they can to stop me. :) We've had some server and internet connection issues the past few days that should not be happening and it's pretty frustrating. Sigh, I need to go lay down. Just when I think I'm making progress with a ton of stuff, I'm quickly shown that I'm really at the bottom of the totem pole. See you tomorrow, <3
Friday, November 5
248. We're Back
We ate at the restaurant that one of the SO's brothers work at. It's been a while, we get a family discount, and it's a yummy steak place. Mmm... I love how we always have leftovers and nowadays it's about half of what we ordered goes home with us. Granted they are typically annihilated by the end of the next day, but still.
The SO also beat the Wii's Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess game. We got so close after yesterday but saved the finale for when we were all awake enough to watch. Not bad. He was right in saying that this version wasn't revolutionary, just another solid Zelda game with a wolf-y and Wii twist.
Teehee, the SO let me cut some his hair and help "re-appropriate his facial hair 'locationale'." Lol. He's trying out new styles/ designs/ whatnots and I kept watching so he let me have a go at it despite my giggling. For the record, he still has a face and does not have a Mohawk. We did ask if we could give kitty cousin one too, but it didn't fly. XD Maybe next time. :P
We're even both getting back into the swing of things in the game and that's just making the reopening of the guild that much closer/ real. I'm going back and doing some "original"/ classic/ vanilla content before it may possibly be gone forever from the game. They've normally never removed anything from the game, just altered it or let it be. However, with the upcoming expansion and how they are revisiting the original real estate, they seemed to have rebuilt it from the ground up, giving Blizzard a chance to get rid of outdated areas and materials since they were delving into it anyways. It kind of makes me sad, but I'm trying to be excited about it too. Stuff I was okay with missing out on before, I'm suddenly in a mild panic about getting done. Lol. I enjoy relating this nerdy stuff to real life. It's not that far off. Just prettier. And more forgiving. Ha ha.
I got a little more Xmas shopping done today. Gah. It's been so hard to not include gifts for myself for right now. I'm trying to behave. Sigh...
Tomorrow could be kind of interesting or really ordinary. We'll see! See you then.
The SO also beat the Wii's Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess game. We got so close after yesterday but saved the finale for when we were all awake enough to watch. Not bad. He was right in saying that this version wasn't revolutionary, just another solid Zelda game with a wolf-y and Wii twist.
Teehee, the SO let me cut some his hair and help "re-appropriate his facial hair 'locationale'." Lol. He's trying out new styles/ designs/ whatnots and I kept watching so he let me have a go at it despite my giggling. For the record, he still has a face and does not have a Mohawk. We did ask if we could give kitty cousin one too, but it didn't fly. XD Maybe next time. :P
We're even both getting back into the swing of things in the game and that's just making the reopening of the guild that much closer/ real. I'm going back and doing some "original"/ classic/ vanilla content before it may possibly be gone forever from the game. They've normally never removed anything from the game, just altered it or let it be. However, with the upcoming expansion and how they are revisiting the original real estate, they seemed to have rebuilt it from the ground up, giving Blizzard a chance to get rid of outdated areas and materials since they were delving into it anyways. It kind of makes me sad, but I'm trying to be excited about it too. Stuff I was okay with missing out on before, I'm suddenly in a mild panic about getting done. Lol. I enjoy relating this nerdy stuff to real life. It's not that far off. Just prettier. And more forgiving. Ha ha.
I got a little more Xmas shopping done today. Gah. It's been so hard to not include gifts for myself for right now. I'm trying to behave. Sigh...
Tomorrow could be kind of interesting or really ordinary. We'll see! See you then.
Thursday, November 4
247. Golden
Ran some errands today and then we got breakfast food for a late lunch! Hooray! Even though it's my favorite meal, I have to say that I am not a huge fan of fake egg/ egg substitute/ or that egg mix that many restaurants use to speed up the process. Also ended up going on a little manhunt for kitty's food which shouldn't be hard to find at all. Got to love getting completely different and possibly contradictory statements from sales reps. But it happens, been on the other side, I get it. Kind of.
I just have to share a bit more news game-wise. My hard work from last night has already started to pay off with the guild and myself making pretty good money! Well, it's a big deal to me because I don't remember the last time I had this much gold. Lol. I'm just a certain kind of stubborn, I'm not really good at all at this game. XD I have people who will vouch for me in the nicest way they can think to.
One of my goals for last week was to start seriously creating my winter holiday shopping list. I even managed to get one present today! This week I'm supposed to start working on the cards. Hoo boy. I really need to sit down and think if I really want to write and address 70 something cards. I like doing my best to make them personal but at that rate... I might was well stamp "Happy Holidays" or "Merry Christmas", draw a happy face or a heart, and sign my name, lol. I have to think about it some more.
This shopping would be so much easier if we had those devices that would instantly create whatever we wanted out of thin air. I know what I would like to get, it's just a matter of where from? Lol, oh well.
Has anyone else thought of these things yet? See you tomorrow! <3
I just have to share a bit more news game-wise. My hard work from last night has already started to pay off with the guild and myself making pretty good money! Well, it's a big deal to me because I don't remember the last time I had this much gold. Lol. I'm just a certain kind of stubborn, I'm not really good at all at this game. XD I have people who will vouch for me in the nicest way they can think to.
One of my goals for last week was to start seriously creating my winter holiday shopping list. I even managed to get one present today! This week I'm supposed to start working on the cards. Hoo boy. I really need to sit down and think if I really want to write and address 70 something cards. I like doing my best to make them personal but at that rate... I might was well stamp "Happy Holidays" or "Merry Christmas", draw a happy face or a heart, and sign my name, lol. I have to think about it some more.
This shopping would be so much easier if we had those devices that would instantly create whatever we wanted out of thin air. I know what I would like to get, it's just a matter of where from? Lol, oh well.
Has anyone else thought of these things yet? See you tomorrow! <3
Wednesday, November 3
246. Fall Back
I guess my cleaning and rearranging in real life would eventually translate into my virtual reality. It just makes sense, right? It's kind of like spring cleaning with a nostalgic twist.
In further preparation for the upcoming expansion to our game, I- being dragged out of my unofficial retirement- have been delving through files, creating lists (because I love to do so), updating the roster and the ranks within it, and today of all days decided to tackle our guild bank. Well, I tackled my own bags and personal banks first. I have been at this game for about five or so years now and have collected quite a few pixelated items along the journey. My main character even has a "modest" arsenal of dress up clothes that serve no purpose other than to amuse me.
I cheered when they finally incorporated a system that absorbed our vanity/ companion pets and ridable mounts so we would no longer have to store it in our limited personal banks. Now, I've thoroughly decided that I will hope for some sort of closet to store my costumes. Even if it just stores exclusive holiday gear, I'd be over the moon with happiness.
This was the first time ever that I was determined to purge my inventories. Other times, I shifted things around on different characters just to make a few spaces. No longer. I wanted for my guild and myself to start off fresh with this revitalization. I've had such a hard time letting go of a lot of memorabilia at the cost of what I needed in the present. It may sound a bit silly but many of those things heralded from a time that I thought was the best times of my life thus far. How do you just delete all traces of a written note from an old friend or that silly useless item with the funny name that you've laughed about for hours with company that has long gone? I'm having a hard time now, but it's done and it would be silly to try to get them back. In a way, those may have been the good old glory days but there are plenty of good times still to come. I can't be weighed down with trying to hold onto my past at the price of missing out on my future.
This was one of the last frontiers I was keeping in my back pocket full of "for old time's sake" and "what if it comes up one day?" I think I'm finally going to be okay with closing that chapter of my life. Well, okay as I'll ever be on each level of my life and person. Granted, I'm still the type of person to take a look back pretty often but I can do that with a few choice pieces and not every single little thing. I'm biting my lip and trying to keep my breathing steady as I write this. This is really mostly for me. I will be okay. No one is going to hold this against me and I don't have any reason to feel guilty or ashamed.
I've been tearing myself up about this for hours now. I need a break. :P Can you believe this is the easiest time I've had with cleaning house in this manner? Lol, see you tomorrow. <3
In further preparation for the upcoming expansion to our game, I- being dragged out of my unofficial retirement- have been delving through files, creating lists (because I love to do so), updating the roster and the ranks within it, and today of all days decided to tackle our guild bank. Well, I tackled my own bags and personal banks first. I have been at this game for about five or so years now and have collected quite a few pixelated items along the journey. My main character even has a "modest" arsenal of dress up clothes that serve no purpose other than to amuse me.
I cheered when they finally incorporated a system that absorbed our vanity/ companion pets and ridable mounts so we would no longer have to store it in our limited personal banks. Now, I've thoroughly decided that I will hope for some sort of closet to store my costumes. Even if it just stores exclusive holiday gear, I'd be over the moon with happiness.
This was the first time ever that I was determined to purge my inventories. Other times, I shifted things around on different characters just to make a few spaces. No longer. I wanted for my guild and myself to start off fresh with this revitalization. I've had such a hard time letting go of a lot of memorabilia at the cost of what I needed in the present. It may sound a bit silly but many of those things heralded from a time that I thought was the best times of my life thus far. How do you just delete all traces of a written note from an old friend or that silly useless item with the funny name that you've laughed about for hours with company that has long gone? I'm having a hard time now, but it's done and it would be silly to try to get them back. In a way, those may have been the good old glory days but there are plenty of good times still to come. I can't be weighed down with trying to hold onto my past at the price of missing out on my future.
This was one of the last frontiers I was keeping in my back pocket full of "for old time's sake" and "what if it comes up one day?" I think I'm finally going to be okay with closing that chapter of my life. Well, okay as I'll ever be on each level of my life and person. Granted, I'm still the type of person to take a look back pretty often but I can do that with a few choice pieces and not every single little thing. I'm biting my lip and trying to keep my breathing steady as I write this. This is really mostly for me. I will be okay. No one is going to hold this against me and I don't have any reason to feel guilty or ashamed.
I've been tearing myself up about this for hours now. I need a break. :P Can you believe this is the easiest time I've had with cleaning house in this manner? Lol, see you tomorrow. <3
Tuesday, November 2
245. Different Blends
The two boy cats in the house subscribe to very different beliefs. One will tolerate coexistence while the other is trying to demand interaction. The joys of a blended pet family. And by joy I mean aggravation at the most inconvenient of times. Three cats and a doggie and none of them get along well with each other. Eating each others' food; throwing it up in the middle of the night in the middle of the floor or high traffic pathways; provoking each other with a smack to the head/ face/ tail; and all the hissing, yowling, yelping, barking, and fur flying within mere seconds of a chance meeting.
I suppose it's like watching a few young children who are hell bent on landing themselves or each other in the emergency room. Well, ill-behaved children. Who were too cute to be disciplined and taught any rules or boundaries when they were younger. Lol. I've spent most of my life helping watch and raise children with occasional pets and I don't think I've had as much a problem handling it as I do nowadays. Thinking about this makes me grateful that working with teacher aides is a common practice in a special needs classroom, so I know I'll have some form of help when this comes up in that setting.
Sigh, we might have some sort of a reprieve for the time being seeing as how one of the cats just came into the living room and whined really loudly while checking out the scene. He must have lost track of our kitty. Thank goodness. I'm kind of getting tired of being woken up to fights twelve times an hour. Aside from the potential claws flying everywhere on top of you, they just make an awful heart-wrenching noise and have hurt each other before. We can't just ignore it but we don't feel that it's fair to keep each of them quarantined for the duration of their stays together.
I really wonder if I can live the life I want to once I'm actually out on my own. No random roommates or someone else's rules to live by and no one else to take into consideration with everything thing that you do at home. I'd like to decorate my own place for every season and holiday, organize each room the way I want to; keep things clean, sanitary, and non-expired; have people over only when invited and prepared for; take responsibility for anyone that comes from my household and be able to trust them further than I can throw them (lol); be proud and unembarrassed to have company directly due to my habits; not have to share the food and utilities I pay for; be as loud as I want when I want; and so much more. Okay, maybe I do want to be a bit of a homemaker when I severely lack the skills, but I'm working on those and getting there.
We spent the evening hanging out in the living room together watching the political results. Eh. Then the SO and I spent the rest of the evening rearranging my room. I'll probably regret it tomorrow but a lot of headway has been made and I'm glad I had moral support during this round because it seemed to be that much easier having someone else think for me when my brain wanted to crawl into a corner and weep with sorrow.
Time to get some rest now. See you tomorrow and hope that you rocked the vote!
I suppose it's like watching a few young children who are hell bent on landing themselves or each other in the emergency room. Well, ill-behaved children. Who were too cute to be disciplined and taught any rules or boundaries when they were younger. Lol. I've spent most of my life helping watch and raise children with occasional pets and I don't think I've had as much a problem handling it as I do nowadays. Thinking about this makes me grateful that working with teacher aides is a common practice in a special needs classroom, so I know I'll have some form of help when this comes up in that setting.
Sigh, we might have some sort of a reprieve for the time being seeing as how one of the cats just came into the living room and whined really loudly while checking out the scene. He must have lost track of our kitty. Thank goodness. I'm kind of getting tired of being woken up to fights twelve times an hour. Aside from the potential claws flying everywhere on top of you, they just make an awful heart-wrenching noise and have hurt each other before. We can't just ignore it but we don't feel that it's fair to keep each of them quarantined for the duration of their stays together.
I really wonder if I can live the life I want to once I'm actually out on my own. No random roommates or someone else's rules to live by and no one else to take into consideration with everything thing that you do at home. I'd like to decorate my own place for every season and holiday, organize each room the way I want to; keep things clean, sanitary, and non-expired; have people over only when invited and prepared for; take responsibility for anyone that comes from my household and be able to trust them further than I can throw them (lol); be proud and unembarrassed to have company directly due to my habits; not have to share the food and utilities I pay for; be as loud as I want when I want; and so much more. Okay, maybe I do want to be a bit of a homemaker when I severely lack the skills, but I'm working on those and getting there.
We spent the evening hanging out in the living room together watching the political results. Eh. Then the SO and I spent the rest of the evening rearranging my room. I'll probably regret it tomorrow but a lot of headway has been made and I'm glad I had moral support during this round because it seemed to be that much easier having someone else think for me when my brain wanted to crawl into a corner and weep with sorrow.
Time to get some rest now. See you tomorrow and hope that you rocked the vote!
Monday, November 1
244. Propositioned
Do you ever get the urge to vote just so the trash-talking advertising would stop?
We are kind of sick of seeing them and how down low it has gotten nowadays. We can barely understand anything that each of the candidates feel on any of the issues based on these endless clips and out of context quotes. If they are aimed at getting us to look at websites and articles then congrats it works. However, chances are, most people won't go through the trouble. This is regardless of how much trouble it may cause down the road. A very flawed system and tradition indeed.
I think that's the nicest I can be about the whole deal.
In lighter news, the SO asked if I was game to go out for breakfast food tomorrow and my nearly instant replay was: "OmgyesIloveyou!" I totally did not mean for it to come out as enthusiastically as it did, but I guess I'm really easy like that. Rofl. I even followed that up with a "Now if only I would accept a marriage proposal that energetically." XD It's only as funny as it is because it was a completely honest exchange and the SO said he wasn't surprised at all by any of it. Ah, I'm such a dork. Ignore the faint squealing you may hear, I'm just so excited about tomorrow.
To completely switch gears, as time goes on and the world keeps spinning, I realize how intense life can really be for everyone. It is still so stunning to see some people having the best time of their lives while others are going through the hardest situations anyone could have to go through in a lifetime at the very same moment. I know some people are have had a great time this past weekend, especially due to the festivities while I know people who are getting surgery and procedures to remove cancerous tissues and cells or mourning the recent loss of loved ones. The thing about heartbreak is relating it to muscles that must break before they rebuild stronger than ever. It is quite the whirlwind trying to take it all in and yet continue about our business. Normalcy is not just overrated but underrated and still is so frustrating. Is this really the pace that we build up to and spend the rest of our lives at? There is definitely something more for everyone than just getting by, whether it be here on Earth or elsewhere.
That's all I can think to say now and I'll see you tomorrow. <3 Keep hanging in there while striving to go beyond.
We are kind of sick of seeing them and how down low it has gotten nowadays. We can barely understand anything that each of the candidates feel on any of the issues based on these endless clips and out of context quotes. If they are aimed at getting us to look at websites and articles then congrats it works. However, chances are, most people won't go through the trouble. This is regardless of how much trouble it may cause down the road. A very flawed system and tradition indeed.
I think that's the nicest I can be about the whole deal.
In lighter news, the SO asked if I was game to go out for breakfast food tomorrow and my nearly instant replay was: "OmgyesIloveyou!" I totally did not mean for it to come out as enthusiastically as it did, but I guess I'm really easy like that. Rofl. I even followed that up with a "Now if only I would accept a marriage proposal that energetically." XD It's only as funny as it is because it was a completely honest exchange and the SO said he wasn't surprised at all by any of it. Ah, I'm such a dork. Ignore the faint squealing you may hear, I'm just so excited about tomorrow.
To completely switch gears, as time goes on and the world keeps spinning, I realize how intense life can really be for everyone. It is still so stunning to see some people having the best time of their lives while others are going through the hardest situations anyone could have to go through in a lifetime at the very same moment. I know some people are have had a great time this past weekend, especially due to the festivities while I know people who are getting surgery and procedures to remove cancerous tissues and cells or mourning the recent loss of loved ones. The thing about heartbreak is relating it to muscles that must break before they rebuild stronger than ever. It is quite the whirlwind trying to take it all in and yet continue about our business. Normalcy is not just overrated but underrated and still is so frustrating. Is this really the pace that we build up to and spend the rest of our lives at? There is definitely something more for everyone than just getting by, whether it be here on Earth or elsewhere.
That's all I can think to say now and I'll see you tomorrow. <3 Keep hanging in there while striving to go beyond.
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