“Fishing. Just fishing.”

We were short staffed today at work. One of my coworkers made a sudden change of schedule and took the week off for a vacation, and another was out with a sick child. Made for a kind of manic day. Nothing out of hand, but there were no real breaks in the calls. They just did not stop.

I was pretty tired when I got home. I threw some ribs in the oven and played with Clara a bit before DeAnn got home. Colin was busy with friends outside, but came home long enough to gobble down some sandwich and run back out. DeAnn and I logged on to static on BLM. It appears that Square/Enix has changed the spawn rate on the the Mamool Ja’s Wyvern, so it is no longer a viable pet camp. We did some rats to burn off a ring charge, then did some exploring in Halvung to find the supposed Black Pudding camp. Didn’t find a great camp, but we did find a camp with a zone in case things get ugly. The problem with this spot is that all the puddings are mixed in with the trolls in the area, making it a puller’s nightmare.

Rounded out the night with some fishing: I pulled up some 20k out of the sea before logging off. Turns out that by logging off, I missed some drama about how our group missed sea by a minute or two. I’m getting really tired of the shenanigans; I’m not in this shell to wear a target. It really upset my wife: she wrote a post that I know will rattle chains. The combination of my upset wife, in game drama, workday stress and simply not being able to relax resulted in yet another upset stomach.

I’m getting worried about my stomach. I’ve been drinking Maalox like it’s going out of style. I should go see a doctor, but I can’t very well take time off to do that with a brand new job coming up. This stresses me out, too. I couldn’t sleep, so I took some stomach meds and logged back in to fish. No stress, no drama, just fish. I pulled up some 25k more, got some skill ups and reached fishing fatigue about the time my stomach settled down and DeAnn came to see if I was ok. She was worried I was mad at her for her actions and post. I wasn’t mad at her, or anyone, or anything. I just want to relax...

Dynamis – Beaucedine tomorrow. I’m just in no frame of mind lately to study CCNA. I’ll pick that back up again after my life cools off a bit. I’ll prolly head out there after work and go AFK while I look for D’s lost security badge. Clara likes to pick up things and put them in random places, so my bet is it’s either in the heap that is my wife’s desk or in the toybox that is my living room.