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Tuesday, September 08, 2009

A little known fact (or maybe not so little known ...) is that I’m a pretty avid World of Warcraft player. I bought the game on a whim for my 34th birthday so I’ve officially been playing about 4 years now. I have several toons and after Burning Crusade (the first expansion pack) was released, a good chunk of them were level 70.

Unfortunately, I kind of fell off the wagon with Wrath of the Lich King (the second expansion pack). For some reason, I found Northrend boring and have only managed to grind my draenei shaman through to 80, with the rest still languishing in their early 70’s. I’ve just had no interest in repeating the grind over and over again for all my toons.

In an effort to get myself out of my funk, I took advantage of the new faction change option and turned my under-played human mage in to a blood elf. So far, it’s working. When I’m not raiding with my shaman or fulfilling my duties as a guild leader, I’m on my mage. She’s made it from level 71 to half way through 75 in only 2 days. Hopefully, I’ll keep it up and will be able to finally beat my husband and his three 80’s.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

I’ve been a US resident for just over a year now. My experience has been mostly fantastic. I have been told to go back to “wherever I came from” by a couple of small-minded ingrates, however they are a tiny minority so it’s like water off a duck’s back. I’m still not used to the coins. I can pick a quarter and a penny, but those nickels and dimes are still confusing!

The last two weeks, I’ve gotten a little taste of home and at the same time, gotten to see a little bit more of the US than my Vegas patch. My parents and sister are visiting from New Zealand and Australia (respectively) and we’ve been down to LA to do Disneyland and Universal and to San Diego to visit Sea World and the Wild Animal Park. Of course, I did all those things on my honeymoon, but that was almost 11 years ago and a lot of things have changed! San Diego was wonderful just for the fact that we got to see the ocean for the first time in a year! Needless to say, the weather was also a lot cooler in both LA and SD than it was in Vegas.  With just under a week left to their visit, we still have the Grand Canyon and Zion National Park to go. We’ll be doing that later this week.

Of course it hasn’t all been smooth sailing. With 3 extra people in the house totaling 7 grown adults all stuck in their ways and with different personalities and needs, there’s been quite a bit of drama and more than a couple of tantrums. I have occasionally been tempted to drop them all off at the airport early (including the 3 that live with me!) for some peace and quiet, but I know that once it’s time for them to leave, it will be a sad occasion.  In the meantime, while we’re in Vegas, I can just throw them my car keys and hope they stay on the right side of the road!

Saturday, March 21, 2009

I kinda missed the old layout, so spent the day going back to it, with a few very minor differences!

Let me know if you notice anything funky.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

J’s birthday present, an as yet unnamed parakeet. Happy Birthday!!

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