December 3, 2013

I finished the fourth storybook and made decent progress on the fifth, scanning it all in so I just have to edit it. The fifth one is fairly short and there isn't a lot of editing so I should be able to finish it tomorrow. Maybe.

And much like yesterday, my day was pretty uneventful. Second grade reading groups went really smoothly and it just felt off. They weren't terribly productive but they weren't awful either. It was a nice change of pace. All hell will probably break loose tomorrow.

Tonight I finally played Skyrim. I went through the long process of getting a mod loader so I could add in the improved UI mod because I have heard the interface was designed for consoles and isn't very PC-friendly. Well, the mod didn't work. And I was tired of messing with it so I started the game without it. I'll look into it later. The interface did feel like it could be better but I enjoyed my first journey in Skyrim. The only thing I really knew was that I wanted to be an archer so I picked a Wood Elf. Right off the bat I ran into the problem of wanting to loot everything. I can't help it. I want all the things. It's a bit of a compulsion. And in Skyrim there is a weight limit so I can't have all the things. Although I think there is a console command to adjust the weight limit. So that might be happening. It is a video game and I can survive suspending my disbelief at the size and strength of my pockets. I don't need that kind of realism. As for the story, I was following it for a bit but then I went off on a side quest for a family sword. And ended up playing way too long. But it is fun.

I also played more Animal Crossing: New Leaf. I ended up spending money on a shovel, net, fishing pole, and headdress, before I knew I needed 10,000 bucks as a down payment on my house. I don't think I'll have fruit again until tomorrow so I ended up collecting a lot of shells and doing a whole bunch of fishing to get the money. And I managed to do it before the realtor closed so my house should be ready in the morning. The best part about this is that the game couldn't progress until I had a house. If tomorrow is fruit day I think I will try and plant a lot of it to get more fruit trees. And either stagger the planting or not harvest it all on the same day so I can get fruit everyday, not just every three days.

Tomorrow is my mom's birthday and so far I have all but one of her presents. I got her the windshield sun visor, more screen protectors for her phone, and a USB flash drive because she was wanting to back some stuff up on her computer. The last present, John Grisham's latest book, should be here tomorrow. I am hoping it arrives during the day and not after dinner. There really is no telling what the UPS schedule will be like on any given day. Either way, it should be here tomorrow so she will still get it.