December 23, 2015

This morning I woke up, and things probably happened. I actually can't remember what I did. Which is a little concerning. Oh well. Eventually I took a shower and had lunch and then waited for my friend to be read to hang out. Originally it was supposed to be noon but we bumped it back thirty minutes, and I probably didn't get to her house until closer to one o'clock.

When I got there we spent quite awhile hanging out in the living room with her family and her boyfriend. I talked with her mom a lot about crocheting and other crafty things. I enjoy any chance to talk to people about crafty things and more often than not those conversations happen with grown up ladies. Unless it is woodworking stuff, and then I can talk to my dad or male friends. But crocheting and knitting and cross stitch tends to fall on mothers and the ladies at work.

After however long my friend and I went to get slushies and I was able to get my Powerball ticket (I'm still not a millionaire). Then we swung by and picked up her new glasses before heading back to her house to watch Dexter. I know we got through at least two episodes, which isn't that bad for us. We're now more than halfway done with season seven. I think. I can't remember how many episodes are in a season. Either way, we're getting closer. We'll probably be finishing it in the nursing home.

Tonight was Chipotle night and I also picked up Jimmy Johns for my Mom. After dinner we drove around town to look at Christmas lights. My Mom usually drives but tonight I volunteered to drive her car so she would have a better chance to see the lights. We went all over the place and there were some decent houses.

After we got home I watched A Charlie Brown Christmas and played Tera. I wasn't really in the mood to try dungeons so I did a few side quests while queued for Corsairs' Battleground. I played that three times and lost every time. In one match I managed to kill four people and got 48 assists. Not bad. Not enough to win but at least I kind of pulled my own weight. There is some strategy involved but I really think it has more to do with luck. It is also really laggy, which is especially awful for a melee class. It is even worse for a class like the Brawler, which has a block move. It is really hard to block people that are teleporting all over the place because of the lag. The best part about the battleground is probably the chat. I still don't quite understand everything and need to watch a video or two to figure things out, but everyone in chat is an expert. And as soon as things aren't working out it is always everyone else's fault. It's entertaining. Sometimes I like to jump in and add to all the caps lock with “SHOUTING REALLY HELPS!!!” or “CAPS LOCK IS FUN”. Anything to help the team.

I just spent the last hour looking at cross stitch patterns so that messed up my bed time a little bit. I'm thinking about making my grandma a small cross stitch because she and my aunt are coming to town for Christmas at my Dad's on Sunday. Tomorrow I'm going to start wrapping presents and hopefully finish all of them. While working on that I will be thinking about the cross stitch. I can't decide if I want to do initials or birds or flowers or something else entirely. I've come across several ideas that I like so I just need to settle on one.

But not tonight because it is half past one in the morning and I need to go to bed.