Rain

Before I forget: Noni, click here for FFXI info. When you get there, start with the section titled game introduction. ^_^/ I also put a link in my sidebar titled PlayOnline - Final Fantasy XI

It really hasn't stopped raining from the weekend. This means that the already long daily drive has become longer as the people that can't drive even under perfect conditions decide they can drive in the rain. Of the past two days, Monday was the worse: there were three accidents on the way to pick up DeAnn, and a light had gone out on the surface street going to her work, making it a 4-way blinking stoplight. No one knows what the hell to do with those, especially when it's on a 6-lane undivided street. What was worse was I must have seen 2-3 police cars come out of the Japanese restaurant around there, take one look over at the unholy mess down the street and take off in the opposite direction. -.-; I was in the car for an hour and a half coming home, all said and done on Monday.

I had hoped that I could start exercising with D on Monday. My activity level has plummeted since starting this job. When I was a theater manager, I was on my feet walking, running, cleaning and climbing stairs for hours and hours on end. Then I started at Valero and my activity went to a daily 30-45 minute walk. Now it's diddly. So I picked up the DDR Universe 2 bundle set, the one with the game and dance pad so we both can have one. Needless to say, by the time I had navigated the roads that evening, neither of us were in the mood to exercise. We gamed instead: the LS had a random sky gods night. And there was much rejoicing.

Tuesday night was our normally scheduled BLM static night, but Andro didn't log in until 8, so we went raiding Castle Zvahl instead for a 20k-ish haul apiece, not counting things that need to sell on the auction house. Not bad really. We also popped the ant that drops an axe that Keri will be able to use on her BST, and we popped Morion Worm on our way back home for another nice chunk of change. Really needed a good farming session like that, and it was way more exciting than fishing. :P

It really has me wondering about the static, though. We never really got our momentum back when things fell apart, and I'm getting a bit tired of trying to organize twice a week only to have to try to find other things to do after gearing up. I'm not angry or bitter or anything really to anyone, just ready for a change of pace, I guess. Gotta admit, though, it's been a good run. ^_^/

As I've said, my lifestyle is far from what anyone could consider enriched with activity. I'm going to try to prod D into DDRing with me on Wednesday, and hopefully the moral support will help both of us stay on track better than we have been.