Despite the size of this post, there is actually quite a bit going on this last weekend before our trip. It's just that most of what's going on isn't so much many different things as it is a LOT of a few things. Volume. So, in typical weekend intelligence fashion, here are the highlights!
House and Home:Laundry. Laundry. And, um... Laundry. This weekend saw us do every article of laundry in the house. Sheets, towels, clothes: the works. All told, there was probably about 10 loads pushed through or still in various stages of completion. Couldn't do it all, but will probably finish it on Monday. Got tons of packing to do too, but can't do any of it until the laundry is finished.
Also cleaned up the animal filth in Colin's room. I'd been on him to clean his room for weeks now, and especially after
our most recent discovery in there, I wanted to vacuum and shampoo. He spent most of the weekend picking up his room and throwing away all the things that the cat and dog had soiled, but that he'd left lying around to rot. He complained that it smelled like the
bat cave, and I had to agree with him. Why didn't he notice that stench sooner? o.O? He got some of it, but by the time I had told him I would be up to vacuum and shampoo, there was still stuff lying around on the floor, dried cat poop stuck to the carpet and clothes that were "crispy." It took me almost 2 hours to clean, vacuum and shampoo that room.
Left to do items finishing the laundry, packing and taking out the trash from all over the house. Not too shabby for a weekend.
In Game:Beastmastered it up. A lot. We dinged 59 on Friday night in our Antican camp, then returned there and nearly made 60 the following night. We finished 60 off with some Fields of Valor rounds, which allowed us to equip our full AF and matching
Tungis. That is a monster of an axe, by the way. In the early days, it was rumored that it had a hidden effect of double attack. It has since been debunked, but it sure does hit fast and hard. I can see how some people would mistake it's sheer speed for double attack, especially if their CPU was lagging. While the experience is still fine at the Quicksand Caves camp, we're starting to pull way too much hate from our pets, making it difficult to regain the proper enmity balance due to constant curing. Now, with the addition of the better gear, I think I'll be scouting around for a new place for next time - it's still a bit early for the Boyahda Tree camps.
We are now in desperate need of resupply on our BSTs. I had 2 jug pets left and less than a stack of pet food after our most recent run of leveling. Keri completely ran out of jug pets and her pet food stock is dwindling as well. After I was sure that we were not needed for Soulfire's Dynamis - Tavnazia run, I went to Aht Urhgan Whitegate and fished Hamsi for over an hour. Keri's cooking mule whipped them up into Fish Oil Broth in short order, so at least we have expendable pets again. Need to go to the Sanctuary of Zi'Tah for a night and farm up some coeurls to turn into pet food.
Lastly, we decided to do all the in game Christmas events. There's presents for the kids, exchanging cards to other people and giving gifts to some of the nation's more "Bah-Humbug" citizens. The big prize this year were handbells that jingle when you hit things with them.
As for the picture - we got word that Norfolk got some pretty decent snowfall. I've been dreaming of a White Christmas for several years now, and it looks like I just might get it. ^_^
Just thought I'd throw that out there for all the Seinfeld fans out there.
