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A Brief Recap
Oct. 6th, 2022 04:24So the first three weeks of my time off were lovely, a nice mix of relaxing and productive. Then Dad came home, and a few days later I had covid for the first time and spent the rest of the month going back to bed. At least after the first couple of days of fever it was mostly just a really bad cold, but my heartrate was up and my energy levels were way down.
Got me an extra week off work though, so that's something. And a month later I'm basically fine other than the occasional tightness in my throat and chest, and even that's eased off a lot from what it initially was.
Unfortunately, all that set my cleaning back rather a lot, and since Dad's still home until he and the neighbour have finished building the fence I haven't really been able to get back into my own schedule to get things sorted out again. He's hoping only a couple more weeks and then he can head south again.
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I've also started a new character in FFXIV, because apparently I never want to actually ever finish the MSQ.
This one is... basically a challenge run? I want to at least attempt to do the endgame content for the base game and earlier expansions - in particular anything I can solo with a higher level class - and try to do it at somewhat relevant points in the MSQ. So for example, the Binding Coil of Bahamut stuff happens after the end of ARR but before the thing with the Crystal Braves, although I already know I can only solo the first Coils, and that was at... level 70 or so? And currently my paladin is at level 56 so a bit more work needed there.
Just need to remember to try to grind up levels on the paladin instead of doing MSQ, with nothing actually available at an appropriate level. I keep wanting to do MSQ so I can get to Ishgard and get the classes there, but the whole Coils thing is supposed to be the priority...
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And I finally started getting caught up on Dracula Daily, although I missed the start of it with emails and haven't gone back through the site for them, so even when I get through October's entries so far I'll still not technically be caught up.
I remember the first time I actually read Dracula, with no idea what the story or characters were like (I don't think I've even seen any Dracula adaptations, just modern vampire stuff) and watching Tumblr's reactions to it all very much reminds me of that feeling. And the chronological nature has its own charm that I'm greatly enjoying, and has given me many thoughts about the nature of the narrative pacing.
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But this has now taken at least half an hour, and it's almost 5am, so I'm going to try to get some sleep before work.
Got me an extra week off work though, so that's something. And a month later I'm basically fine other than the occasional tightness in my throat and chest, and even that's eased off a lot from what it initially was.
Unfortunately, all that set my cleaning back rather a lot, and since Dad's still home until he and the neighbour have finished building the fence I haven't really been able to get back into my own schedule to get things sorted out again. He's hoping only a couple more weeks and then he can head south again.
* * *
I've also started a new character in FFXIV, because apparently I never want to actually ever finish the MSQ.
This one is... basically a challenge run? I want to at least attempt to do the endgame content for the base game and earlier expansions - in particular anything I can solo with a higher level class - and try to do it at somewhat relevant points in the MSQ. So for example, the Binding Coil of Bahamut stuff happens after the end of ARR but before the thing with the Crystal Braves, although I already know I can only solo the first Coils, and that was at... level 70 or so? And currently my paladin is at level 56 so a bit more work needed there.
Just need to remember to try to grind up levels on the paladin instead of doing MSQ, with nothing actually available at an appropriate level. I keep wanting to do MSQ so I can get to Ishgard and get the classes there, but the whole Coils thing is supposed to be the priority...
* * *
And I finally started getting caught up on Dracula Daily, although I missed the start of it with emails and haven't gone back through the site for them, so even when I get through October's entries so far I'll still not technically be caught up.
I remember the first time I actually read Dracula, with no idea what the story or characters were like (I don't think I've even seen any Dracula adaptations, just modern vampire stuff) and watching Tumblr's reactions to it all very much reminds me of that feeling. And the chronological nature has its own charm that I'm greatly enjoying, and has given me many thoughts about the nature of the narrative pacing.
* * *
But this has now taken at least half an hour, and it's almost 5am, so I'm going to try to get some sleep before work.
