December 20, 2015

This morning I slept in and then read from a couple different books for a little while. Then I jumped back into Fantasy Life on the 3DS for the first time in a really long time. I have pretty much forgotten everything about that game. I didn't even remember I was currently leveling Alchemy. I need to just run around for awhile and get on the internet and figure things out again. I still really like the look and feel of the game, I have around 85 hours in the game from when I first got it, and have almost hit the Hero level on my third life. So I think it is worth getting back into. Although as soon as I do school will start again and then I'll forget everything all over again. So we'll see.

I played a tiny bit of GTA5 today. Just a little bit of driving around. At one point there was a hacker on the server and I think he accidentally killed me when I was riding a motorcycle. I think it was an accident because as soon as I respawned he dropped a completely tricked out chrome car next to me. So I drove that around for awhile before logging out.

I got started on a Minions cross stitch today. The goal is to get it done before Christmas as another present for my mom. I also ordered the Minions DVD for her to go along with it, so hopefully I finish it. And I should be able to do that. I finished the yellow part on two out of the three bodies tonight and I have all the thread ready for the rest of it, so I just have to thread the needle and go for it. It would be nice to finish it tomorrow, get it washed, and pinned out. Tuesday at the latest but Wednesday also works. Possibly even Thursday.

Speaking of Christmas things, I ordered the last of my Christmas presents today. That included a sewing machine thanks to the gift cards I got at work. It should be here on Wednesday and I might just wrap it up for Christmas. I'm thinking of going out sometime this week and pick up some fabric so I'll be ready to do things.

My sister came over for dinner and later on in the night I played Tera, which has definitely become a thing lately. I leveled up at least a couple times thanks to knocking out some story quests. I also played a dungeon I had never played before and jumped into Corsairs' Battleground. During my first match I had absolutely no clue what the hell was going on. I pretty much just ran around the whole time and only saw two enemies the entire time. About halfway through the second match I got into I got a better idea of what was going on. I'm still not entirely comfortable with all the mechanics, and I'm really awful, but it is fun. My team won the first two matches I was in, no thanks to me, and in the third match we got obliterated. There is definitely a strategy involved in PvP and I don't have it. I think everyone gets leveled evenly but I seem to go down immediately in every encounter. The lag also becomes ridiculous when a million people are on screen and everyone is just skipping all over the place so I just start clicking and hoping for the best.

I need to win three battleground matches to get the achievement that goes toward getting the mount I want and with the two immediate wins today I only need one more. I think the hardest thing will be finishing the bonds of friendship and clearing ten dungeons with random parties. I'm up to two or three dungeons but I should just focus on that one day. Just immediately queue up after each clear and knock them out. The tricky part is that the dungeons are based on level so if I level up too fast I have to find another dungeon. As for the bonds of friendship, I just need to clear a dungeon with two more friends, or two dungeons with one friend. That shouldn't be too hard if I can find a time when a lot of my guild is online and there are enough that are within the level range of whatever dungeon I can get into. I've still got a few weeks to work it out.

Tomorrow will probably be much of the same. At some point within the next few days I'm supposed to hang out with my friend. Possibly get some slushies and marathon Dexter, the show that never seems to end. I don't even remember what season we're on. And after so many years I don't really care about getting to the end of the series anymore. It's still a good show and I enjoy watching it, but if we never make it to the end I probably wouldn't care. So yeah, tomorrow will probably be filled with reading, video games, cross stitching, and maybe some friendship time.