School

So, I finish my Associate's degree in Psychology in July. Hopefully, graduating with my 4.0 gpa. I will know more about that gpa after I am done with these math courses. I have around 13 more weeks on them. My last two classes are psychology and business management.

I have been contacted by my academic advisors about continuing on with my Bachelor's degree. I will be talking to them over the next few days and finding out all the pertinent information. If all goes well, I will continue on with my degree. I will know more about all that later.

In the game... I am working slowly on leveling my gnome mage to 71. She is almost there. I am also leveling a dwarf mage on Kirin Tor. She is 41. She is being leveled with my daughters' priest. We are leveling strictly in dungeons mostly. Yeh, I know, I hate dungeons. I am however, finding that I like them better. Leveling in them helps me feel more comfortable with them. I think my major thing was doing the dungeons on my hunter.

Now, don't get me wrong, I love my hunter! I just don't like her in dungeons. Heh, but I prefer her in the battlegrounds! LOL I love my mage and my warlock in the dungeons. I am leveling both of them in there. With a few battlegrounds thrown in. Heirlooms have killed the battlegrounds in my opinion. The heirloom wearers should be lumped in with the twinks! I do not mind going in on my twink with the heirloom wearers. But, heirlooms have now replaced the twinks in every bracket. It is annoying to say the least. It is about the pwnage and not the enjoyment of the bg's for most people however.

Life in general is good. Really good. I must say, I can't find anything to complain about and wouldn't want to anyway! Well, it is raining today :( if that counts for complaining!

Have a great weekend!

Leveling and Other Game Stuff

We changed the name of the guild back to Spirits of Retribution. Since all the old crew have come back together. We are steadily growing and have several new level 80's that have joined. Running dungeons shouldn't be hard to do from now on.

I am having to level Weelocke my gnome warlock. She was level 37 and I maxed out her professions at 300. She has alchemy and inscription. She has to get to level 50 to train those professions again. Sooo, I am on a leveling spree with her. I used to hate playing her. I have gotten her to level 40 so far. She has actually turned out to be quite fun. I am enjoying playing her. She does monstrous damage and her pet can tank anything! So maybe getting her leveled up might not be as bad as I thought it would to begin with.

Everyone has moved their mains to the new realm and joined the guild. We have I guess around ten to twelve level 80's. Hopefully we can do some ten mans soon. I have never done one of those. :)

School is going great. I still have my 4.0 GPA. I graduate in April of 2011. That isn't really that far off. Lol. Yay, me. I love my classes. It is hard but good. I can tell my memory is a lot better than before. Using my old brain whipped it into shape ... somewhat. hehe It's all good. As long as I learn something, I am not complaining one bit. Meeting new people in class and enjoying the daily life of being a student and mom. Can't beat it.

Brewfest

I signed onto the game on Sunday for the first time in over a week. I participated in the Brewfest activities. I am not a drinking person myself; to run around with those goggles on your head that simulate being inebriated was funny. I did the wolpertinger quest and got my little wolpertinger pet. I have to do a few more quests to get enough tickets to get the little pink elekk. It's too funny to see the little pink elephant looking things running around when you have had too much to drink. What you can do in this game, at any time, still amazes me.

School has kept me busy the last week. I had a major assignment due this past week and spent my time working on that and making sure everything was just right. I still have 100% in both of my classes and I do not want that to change. I am loving school more every day. It is the challenge that I have been needing for some time now. I was afraid my age would keep me from actually liking school again, but I am not finding that at all. It is great! I am thinking that going on to my Bachelor's degree and then my Master's might not be as bad as I suspected at first. Time permitting and life as well, I see a Doctorate in my future. :) My teachers think I have chosen the perfect course of learning for myself. So that at least is a plus. I have a lot of time and I can spend it learning if nothing else!

I need to level my girls some more on the game but as long as school keeps me busy, the game will take second place to that. I am not complaining at all. I really am having fun... so far. :)

A New Look

So I did it. I went and got my hair cut. I wasn't sure what I wanted but the lady was very nice and together we picked out a hairstyle that I really like. She measured my locks after she cut them and she had cut off 16 inches of my hair! It is short but still at my shoulders. I love it! It feels great.

I have plans this weekend. I am headed to the beach. I have been invited to go and stay for a few days at a really nice resort at Myrtle Beach, SC. I couldn't say no! I leave Friday and come back on Sunday. I am looking forward to a relaxing weekend and having alot of fun.

I have been playing some on the game, and have made a couple twinks. My hunter, you have met already. A mage, and a paladin. I plan to twink them out and run some battlegrounds. I have not leveled my main Cabriella at all. I seem to not want to play her much anymore. I think a name change for her is in order. That might make me like her again at least I hope so. She was named for my ex-hubby and I don't need to remember that stuff anymore. She needs to go out in the new content and explore and get herself to level 80. My guild thinks I have deserted them and I can only hope they understand that I am avoiding playing Cabriella for some reason and I need to work through it on my own. Like I said, I think a name change might help. So that is my next move. Now, what to call her. :) and what will I do about this blog? I do have a few readers who visit here daily and I guess I could make a new one and post a link here... will you follow me to a new home? I guess we will find out soon enough.

Real Life Issues

So real life issues have been hitting me hard. My husband and I have not been getting along and I found another place to go. My daughter and I are doing great and life is moving on smoothly. He is of the opinion he doesn't want to work things out.

No further details will be offered. I will not put my private issues up here for the world to comment on. Some things are just meant to stay private.

Oddly enough my WoW time has decreased dramatically. I am hardly ever able to play anymore. I spend alot of time with my new grandbaby and I am loving every minute of it. I used to play while my husband watched tv but now I find the new grandbaby just way more fun! Plus, he will grow up and I will find my way back to playing.

I did manage to get my baby girl to play and with the refer a friend bonus we have managed to get two characters to level 46. She made a hunter and I am leveling my pally. There are drawbacks to the refer a friend...

1. You get triple xp for kills and quests. That is great. Makes leveling way faster but...you fly through the levels and outgrow zones really fast. We find we have to leave the zones without finishing all the quests because they turn grey to us.

2. Leaving the zones early you don't get to level your professions as you go. You leave too soon and your profession level is still in it's infancy.

3. My daughter is new to world of warcraft and with the triple xp and faster leveling it is kind of hard for her to learn all she needs to be the best player she can be. She is doing really good though.

4. For every two levels she gains, she can grant one of my lower level characters one level. I so far have been splitting the levels between my lower alts. So I will have the same disadvantage that she does. My lower level alts will level but I will be at a loss as to how to play them well.

5. Triple Xp Rocks though. You really have to love it, if you like racing through the levels. You have three months to level and as long as my daughter doesn't hit level 60 we can level alts until the three months are up. The triple xp stops at three months or when she hits level 60.

So we will be leveling alts and having a blast and trying to learn all we can during this faster process. Wish us luck!