Onward and upward! To New things and the Next!

    So now that all of the holidays and winter craziness is starting to calm down it seems I can finally get back to sharing all of my dailies and adventures with you all. It may be a case where I just have to remember to take a little hiatus each year around this time so that I can get my spells re-memorized and be able to move forward in my adventure. So for the break, I am so sorry! I will now be continuing with your weekly installments of anecdotal fun, frustration or battles as the case may be.

    One of the battles here at the Tower that I have been dealing with off and on for the almost 2 years I've been here is with one particular person who is part of the powers that be. I have come to refer to her as the Wicked Witch. For some reason since I first asked a question of her (more than a year and a half ago) she hasn't liked me. She is rude, constantly hitting me with you're wrong spells and in general making me feel like she thinks I'm not doing the work I actually am. So, it's been a bit of a challenge to not just throw fireballs at her. Instead I have been passing my diplomacy checks, which seems to infuriate her even more. But hey, at least I have been passing the diplomacy checks, as I have been sharing my communications with the other people who are in fact my actual higher ups so that she can't get me in trouble, despite the amount she would love to somehow prove that I am doing something wrong.

     Other than that the Tower has been amazing. Things here are finally getting back to normal after the crazy fall that was there. We are finally starting to bring in and train new Oracles, Wizards, and other such folks to help with our large work load. I am excited to see where all that leads! Also I am excited to share things with others. I am excited to help and teach others the abilities and skills I have learned here. It's going to be fun and I am glad to share the place where I have come to enjoy a good amount of my dailies! Sometimes I still have tough days or days which I just don't want to be anywhere near the tower, but those always pass and I return with a smile and a bounce in my step soon after.

    As many of you know the holidays were a bit of a tough time for many of us. For me it was especially tough, this adventure called life cast perhaps the biggest fear spell on me I have ever dealt with in my life. I had a very large, very real scare that I perhaps might have had the big C disease. I don't believe I have been more afraid of anything in my life. Along with the biggest fear spell I also had the biggest relief I have ever encountered with the finding that all was benign. Though the healers are now somewhat nervous for me and I have to go visit them every 6 months to be tested again. So it seems as though I may never be completely out of the woods. But at least it is something that I am prepared for now.

    Things with my questing partner are stronger than ever! I am not going to tell you it's all roses and sunshine, because it wouldn't be a real partnership if that was the case. We have grown in being ourselves together and are now in process working to take another step forward. But I will tell you more about that when we get closer to that big happening. (Don't worry just a little while longer on the wait for that one) I honestly couldn't see my life without him and I am so happy he has continued to join me on the path I have been walking.

    Life has been continuing in a forward direction, things are happening every day that encourage me to actually get back to this and share it all with you. As I have learned the past couple of years with you all I do need the break in the winter to revamp, recharge and generally bring myself back from the craziness that is involved in that time of the year. So welcome back to the weekly installments of the adventures that come across my path!!!

   

   

   

Things that Make Me Go Zoom

    Finally!!! At long last I have finally completed the last of the achievements regarding all of the things transport wise [Time to Go]. As of last night I am the proud owner of a little orange vehicle which I have started to call Ember. I am very happy with all of this and am finally breathing a sigh of relief as this opens up a whole new level of achievements for me. I feel like I am finally balancing everything and moving forward.

    That being said, it has been a rough couple of weeks. Being a shining star at the Tower caused the powers that be to decide to nit pick now that there was a change over in the higher ups of the agents we deal with. I have been dealing with huge amounts of scrutiny and meetings almost every day with one of my higher ups to fix what was wrong. As of this morning I have just about made it back to where I should be and should only have a singular meeting left before I can leave all of that behind me.

    I also had a brief issue with my little Ember when I went to have it inspected so it is legal to drive. That too was fixed as of Wednesday. Hopefully all will be well with my little Ember car from now on.

    Needless to say, it was starting to cause my levels of stress to achieve legendary levels. Which we all know can lead to my shoulder acting up. It tried, but I have mostly defeated it by letting myself have time to relax and breath when I'm not dealing with the problems directly. Basically I cast a shield person on myself and just sat there when I wasn't in the fray of my daily battle.

    Despite all of this, I have known that it would all work out. Despite the upset, despite the frustration and of course all of the mire that life was trying to pull me back into. It is definitely a better state then I would have been in even a few months ago. Yay for learning!

    Now I leave you, yes I know it's a short posting today, but I'll have more to tell you all soon I think, here is a picture of my new little Ember car! Because hurray for little orange cars!!

                                                                         

I Just Need One More Bar....

    So close to another big achievement, I am at the point of finishing the tiny little quests where each turn in gets me just a small amount of XP closer to the flash of a banner lighting up in front of me. I am a jumble of emotions on this one. Excited, nervous, hopeful, grateful for everyone who's been helping me get here. All I can do is wait and hope and let the process be started and wait for it to finally click over into actually happening.
 
    I assure you all, that I will post again once this achievement has been unlocked. I am very excited about this. As it means it opens up a whole new quest / achievement line in this RPG called life. For example, it means I can open up the quest line, [Where the Heart Is] and [Freedom of Movement]. So many good things from it. Both my questing partner and myself are pretty excited about things coming down the line with this current achievement I'm nearing.

    It seems like things at the Tower may be expanding again as well, I am waiting for them to expand enough so that perhaps I can move a little higher in level here. Because I would definitely enjoy such things. While, I wouldn't keep seeing my paychecks go up and up and up, however, I would not have to deal with down time, under time or worrying when I'm not having the greatest of weeks on my numbers as I would be getting a regular amount of gold per hour. It does seem like it is coming down the line very soon.

    Still dealing with the weirdness from whatever global event has been cast on us lately. There's so many things that just seem to be going awry in general. I have been seeing how much this weirdness is effecting everything around us. Very strange indeed. I keep wishing I had a mass counterspell to help with all of it. As it really needs to stop.

    This week I do believe I am keeping this short and sweet. As there is work to be done here at the tower and while I'm on a break, I'd rather get back to it and get this day done with than just sit here staring at things. So until next time my dear fellow adventurers!

All of the Aggro....Do Not Want!

    I have been trying so hard not to cause bad aggro lately. For some reason I've had a lot of days where all I desire to do is throw fire balls at the folks around me. Which is highly unusual for me. Normally this little Oracle is relatively happy, calm and all about seeing the best in people. I keep wondering what is going on.

   I mean things at The Wizard's Tower have been pretty relaxed and non-stressful. I have been mostly keeping to myself there, except for a couple select people seeing I know how much aggro I can accrue if I don't. There was a bit of aggro stupid a couple of months ago that caused me to be much more careful at work and with who I talk to about pretty much anything there.

    Things are still going very well with my questing partner. We are learning how to let our spells and quests work together more and more each day. I am still super happy to have him, feel super lucky that I found him and all in all, just am so glad that we came together and decided to share our quests as we move forward on our dailies. I can no longer see myself without him in my questing and this game called life and it's an amazing path that I've been going down.

    Outside of work, my crew is still the best! They are still amazing. We still have a ton of fun when we join forces for dungeons or raids, lots of good crazy times. Let's just say the support, fun, and love that comes from all of us is a great and wonderful thing. As a kid I really never had that true, "best friend" but now I have a whole crew filled with people who I would absolutely call my best friends and my chosen family. Yes, I am lucky there. I am very excited as we have some actual outdoor adventures this coming weekend. Out in the woods with streams and ponds (No, not Amy and Rory) and probably much fire and fun. I'm hoping that helps with the letting go of the grr.

    So with so much good, it's really been hard to figure out why I've had such frustration at things in my dailies. I find myself so annoyed with stupidity, cattiness and drama now. I also have been finding myself becoming more judgmental of those who revel in those things. I get more and more annoyed at those people with each passing day. Not really sure where all this grump is coming from, but I suppose I will figure it out eventually. Maybe I just need to cast a Calm Person on myself every day, because I really don't know what else to do. I just have to figure out what I can do to release the frustration, perhaps it will even be as simple as starting to raise my Strength, Dexterity and Constitution scores by becoming more active and such. But we shall see. This too shall pass.

    So now I leave you to your own dailies and paths, hopefully I will be a little more regular in my posting and such. It's just been a hard few months to keep up with everything. But I will get back to it, I know it! As I go, I just have one thing to say in honor of the Guardians of the Galaxy movie that has been breaking the box offices with wildfire for a little while now....

He is Groot!!!

                                                                         

The Shiny, The Creepy and The Normal

    Creepy crawly creatures are everywhere around today. It came to a point where I was taking my trek to acquire my daily energy potion and this creature was going the opposite direction, saw me, did a double take and proceeded to follow me, even when I sped up my movement until I went into my destination and down an aisle not seen from the entry way. I was getting ready to turn if he continued and attempt to use my verbal components to make him go away.

    The lurking that I actually have started noticing again is a little weird. It's been mostly older creatures who have been trying desperately to be lecherous in their leers. It has been making me progressively more and more defensive. I swear one of these days a fireball really will fly from my hands when that happens. It's quite disconcerting that it has been happening like this.

    In other paths of my life, the Tower is still going well. I have officially become the only person working on 2 of the 5 Acquisition Guilds we work with. So I've been super busy and super tired. It has taken it's tole on me in the gaming aspect of my life. I return to the domicile at night and have a hard time thinking much less making more cognitive decisions about a game.

    My questing partner has started a new path in his life, moving from one tavern to another. It seems as though once this new place picks up it will more then likely be a much better place. They will treat him better at least in the long run. The new tavern just opened so it's all still new and slow. But soon all will progress in the direction it is supposed to. Yay for new daily quests for him. It makes me exceptionally happy and proud that he took this step!

    As the summer progresses and moves into fall, I find I am creeping up on yet another one of my big achievements. I am getting quite excited. I have been working towards this one for quite some time so once it happens believe me I will absolutely announce it loud and clear. Just can't yet, because I haven't gotten it yet. :)

    Lately it has been interesting to watch, I am not used to having so many other dungeon crawlers in my life that are female! I have been finding quite a few who have been entering my questing and raiding. It's been so great to finally have other ladies that I relate to, share things with and have fun adventures with. I have counted myself blessed by their presence! Having been in a state where frequently it has been me and the guys, which I also love but it has been nice to have other ladies around. I THINK it may has even caused some moments of giggly girly-ness more recently. Which rarely happens for me. But either way, ladies who have come into my game I call life recently, I am so grateful and happy you are about and around! <3

Welcome to a Quarter of a Century...+10

    So here we go, tomorrow is the anniversary of me starting my game called Real Life. I don't have a lot to say. Mostly I'm just plugging away like any other day working on my achievements and daily quests, lots has happened over the last year, but a lot of it was just minor little mini-achievements. The bigger ones I have had lots of excitement over and have shared most of them with you all.

    So this week's installment is not very long, just a small note to you all. In the game of Real life it's always good to try to work through all your achievements and move forward. Sometimes it takes some real work to get there but you will.

This is the Dawn of the New, Expansion for the Game of Real Life.

     Something I've been finding lately is that I have gotten to a new expansion to my game of real life. Some of the things which had been SO IMPORTANT to the last expansion pack are not even useful or important any longer. I'm finding my quest path's are completely different from where they were a little while back. So many things have grown, so many new quests to do and new achievements to unlock. Even some of the people who were extremely important parts of my adventuring party have changed dramatically. They are still there for side quests and major raids but not really part of the usually main party any longer. I am still always glad to see them, and am happy to have them there when they're there / miss them when they're not. But our path's have just separated more then they had ever done so before.

    This new expansion ultimately has many more trials and new experiences. It has brought many new and wonderful things into my life as well. I'm still working on some of my old achievements, however, they are getting closer then ever. Plus it's given me the chance to renew and feel like I can continue forward in daily questing and story line questing. Also it has finally helped me clear my head and be able to get back to being the Story Teller for a new adventure in my writing. I am excited for it. No spoilers, but I think I'll finally be able to succeed in the finishing of something I've been working on for a very long time.

    Also another big achievement in my new expansion that has popped up is recently my questing partner and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary! I am so very lucky and happy to have him in my life! The growth together and forward that we've both had has been amazing and wonderful, I'm not going to say that we haven't had to deal with flaws, as we've both been completely honest and open about showing them, but despite especially my own flaws, we are both sticking in it for the long haul and I am glad to have him in my life.

    There's a lot of change coming in this new expansion that has been released into my game of real life. A lot of it is going to be scary, but a lot of it is going to be exciting as well. I'm just looking forward to getting through all the new quests, achievements and finding new / strengthening old party and raid members along the way. Welcome to the dawn of things to come.