Quiet Day

I’ve been trying to think of something at all interesting to write about and I’m not coming up with much of anything, so I will begin writing things and see how it goes.  Today was devoted primarily to a half-birthday party for some good friends’ 6-month old daughter, and dinner with my parents.

A half-birthday party is not a thing I would have ever thought of, but apparently it’s become a thing?  Obviously the baby’s not going to remember it, so it’s mostly just an excuse for a party.  This one was our standard circle of friends getting together, but this time there was cake.  The baby was the center of attention, but really that’s pretty normal in any case.  She’s remarkably adorable.

Once we got home from all of this, we intended to relax a bit.  Instead, in the process of taking out the trash, a glass spaghetti sauce jar was dropped and shattered.  Tiny glass pieces scattered all over.  Thankfully it was empty and had been rinsed out.  But still, picking up glass, sweeping, vacuuming, and mopping the floor took quite a while.  Hopefully we got it all.

Apart from that, I was able to log into FFXIV for a bit.  I advanced the story slightly and am now 36 in my primary class (bard).  Mostly I worked on filling today’s supply orders since they’re good for a nice chunk of crafting experience.

Source: Thalen Speaks
Quiet Day

Returning

So much new to do in Final Fantasy XIV.  I did end up creating a new character to try and get my bearings again.  It worked pretty well, in fact; I played that character to level 10 as a conjurer then switched back to my main from the first time around, Thalen Fireheart.  I had reached level 34 as a bard previously, and was ready to face Titan.

It turned out one of the other recent returnees was at the exact same point, so we got two of our higher level players to tank and heal for us and knocked that out.  It actually ended up being extremely easy.  Apart from that I’ve mostly spent today running around picking up and completing the various quests connected to housing, the new challenge and sightseeing logs, and new dances.  Also some crafting to turn in today’s resource and supply requests.

So far I’m really enjoying it.  I really like the art style and the feel of play.  Of course I enjoyed it for the time that I played it last time, but that wasn’t enough to keep me in after the first month.  I think part of the problem then, however, is that I had just left WoW.  I don’t think I was ready to pick up any new MMO; I still needed a break to just recharge and be away from the genre in general.  Life was also pretty hectic and a bit stressful at the time, so that didn’t help any either.

We’ll see if I end up sticking with it this time.  Could be fun.  I would like to get to level 50 and see some of the endgame.

Source: Thalen Speaks
Returning