The election is over and Barack Obama is the President-Elect. Surprisingly, I didn’t feel as emotional as I expected. More than anything I was glad that it’s over and I’m very happy that Obama was elected — not because he’s black, but because I think he was the best man for the job in comparison to McCain. Then reality quickly set in. Obama is inheriting a pile of crap and I’m still out of a job. I’m not expecting a miracle or anything from government, but I’m hopeful that movement in the right direction will happen and I’m hoping the economy improves well enough that all of us who want to work have good paying jobs to go to. We’ll see how it goes. I imagine, though, it’s going to be a tough slog out of this hole.
Category Archives: My Life
Election Day
At long last it’s election day and hopefully just before midnight, we will have some knowledge of this country’s direction. I have very strong feelings about this election due to the presidential selection and proposition issues on the California state ballot. My husband also is similarly motived and registered to vote after neglecting to vote for about the past 10-years. Yep, it was that important to him to make sure the country gets back on a good track.
Both of us received mail-in ballots. I sent mine in last week and my husband fillled in his ballot yesterday, so we are making a pilgrimage to the San Diego County registar of voters to turn his ballot in. We are actually quite excited and can’t wait for the day to come to an end. sigh … Eek!!! It’s so exciting.
Ow! My Toe
I’m such a putz! I wore some wedge sandals today and I managed to whack my left big toe with the rear of the wedge of my right foot as I was getting out of my car. My toenail cracked in the middle of my toe and bled all in my sandal. I was getting lunch, so I had to take it like a women, order my lunch and let my toe bleed all over the place and hope no one noticed the oozing mess. Man, did it throb in pain for a while … Anyhow, I find myself needing some advice since this the first time I’ve done this. Here are my questions:
1. How do you get blood out of leather?
2. How do you handle a cracked toenail? I can’t cut it off because it hurts like heck if I touch it and I’m afraid to put on socks because I don’t want the nail to get caught up in the fibers. In addition I don’t go barefoot because I have tenderfeet from never going barefoot.
3. If I don’t wear socks, then how do I keep the wound clean?
As of now, I’ve improvised by wrapping my toe in gauze and then taping around the base of the toe to keep the gauze on. It’s ugly, but it seems to be doing the job for now, but what about as the nail grows out. The crack is 5-mm from the tip of my toe, so it’s going to take a while … why me? I hope it doesn’t turn black and blue …
Aeronna and Kahnroy are Almost to Tier 3
Kahnroy, the Bright Mage, and I finished all the Tier 2 quests within the High Elf Storyline tonight. We are still ~55% into level 21 so I guess we’ll bully Destruction in the scenarios until we hit level 22. Tonight was a good night in the scenarios. In Phoenix Gate I captured the flag once and then Kahnroy and I assisted McLonerpants for 4 more flag captures. That was thrilling! I was very proud of our excellent teamwork.
Last night I joined some Tier 3 players for some champion dungeon in the Chp12 Dwarf Storyline. OMG, it was sooo difficult! My level 21 behind didn’t contribute much, though, I managed to stay alive most of the time and even scored myself a sweet purple bag of loot (nice balancers that I can’t wear until I reach level 23). I admit I did have fun, but I was extremely frustrated when we all got killed and respawned at the entrance of the dungeon. By that time it was 1AM, which was well past my bedtime. I imagine Kahnroy and I will try to get a group together to do that dungeon once we get into our mid to high 20’s.
Giyosephina is in Tier 3 of the Empire storyline and has once again become very squishy. I’ve been relying on the kindness of strangers to get through many of the quests. Actually, I like being in a group because we can use teamwork to get through the quests and I enjoy meeting new people through chat. Surprisingly, there are a lot of married couples playing and parents playing with their children. I envy them. I think it would be fun to get a group going with my parents and my little brother. We’d almost be a complete group.
I look forward to the further adventures of Aeronna and Kahnroy as we enter Tier 3. I wonder, though, will Kahnroy ever master combustion …
Breakage Continues …
I got a flat tire yesterday from running over a screw. This left me house bound all day waiting for my Dad to come over with our air compressor (my husband has indefinitely loaned it to him …). Fortunately the nearby Pep Boys does repairs until 9PM. I have one of those cars with 18-in wheels, so getting a new tire was a pretty nickel :(. And so continues my string of broken stuff since I’ve been home … And … now my car needs breaks … I’m soooo sad … I really need to go back to working …
More Rambling 