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Back to Routine

My mother was visiting for a week, so, before that we had to clean like our lives depended on it.  As such, I didn’t get much else done and had very little energy for other things.  My mother, up until this week, had never played a video game.  I talked her into trying the Wii Sports game and bowling.  She didn’t do too bad!  At first, I was nervous that the controls would be a little too much for someone who has never used a controller.  However, bowling really uses A and B and you swing it.  It’s that safe.  So, we delved into it.  Eventually, my mother was moving herself around back and forth using the arrows and got strikes and spares!  It was a really good time and a good test of just how easy and compelling a system like the Wii can be for someone who isn’t a big fan of video games.

Weekend of XP

This weekend, I played a lot of World of Warcraft.  I leveled my Alliance Fire Mage to 20 and then went on to level my druid to 79 and my Enhancement Shaman to 69.  I like leveling from the fact that I like watching the characters get new skills and how they use them.  I’ve seen the content before, but, I still find it relaxing to sit down and roll through it on someone new.  Even though it’s old, taking a melee instead of a caster can make it feel different and new.  Mewmoo will be my fifth level 80.  I know that sounds crazy, but, leveling fits a certain OCD where you just keep going +1 for a while until you win bacon.  As such, I seem to have a knack for painlessly grinding up characters.

We finally got some binders, so, I can get our magic cards in order.  Eventually, we plan to get two big bookshelves for the bedroom and narrow the books down to the ones we want to keep.  Hopefully, the shelves will also have room for the Magic Card binders as well.  I haven’t delved into organizing them, but, it seems like a good project for quiet TV time before bed.

I am reminded that I need to try to get my Wii back on the network.  We have not used it in ages, but, we pulled it back out and I can’t seem to get it to connect for some reason.  I seem to recall it being a super pain before as well.  Sigh, Wii, sigh.  I’ll have to fuss with it more this week because I am sure there are many cool updates to be had.