All about Wow and the things I put off doing.

My name is Candace, and I am an alt-oholic.
Before my run in with the terrible colon monster, I was leveling a Undead Rogue, Duckface with a friend from work. To make a long story short, I lost interest in the game in general for a couple months and decided to reroll a Priest when I finally got back into playing. Cue Kaywinnit. I thought I was clever with that name, but apparently there is more than one Kaywinnit across the game, more than 20 actually! (It's from the epic television show "Firefly", in case you're wondering.) Should I mention that I came back from my 3 month vacation into patch 4.0.1?
The great thing about leveling a healing class now-a-days is the ability to level through random dungeons versus questing. I've tried playing a Priest more than once, have never gotten past level 30-ish, but with being able to just heal and not have to specialize into dps'ing to quest, I've found it much more enjoyable. I love healing. I love being able to hang out in Orgrimmar waiting for the random queue to pop.
 However, I do not love the over abundance of players at these low levels that have little to no experience with their class. Granted it's a given, you're level 20, you're not expected to know everything about your class yet. But you are expected to not send your pet half way across the dungeon and aggro 3/4ths of the whole place. Or Soulstone yourself.

 And this guy just knew too much for his own good.

Tanks:
Paladins - I've found are either slow & stupid or Fast & mana consuming. I have yet, even at level 43, master the art of mana conservation. It works on both ends of the table: nothing irritates me more than a tank who pulls too slow, and nothing irritates me more than a tank who pulls too fast. It's the rare, once in a week random that moves as fluid as rain water from a gutter. I know they nerfed practically every class, but watching a Prot Paladin pull 5 non-elite mobs and drop to 50% hp in 2 seconds had me saying "WTF?".
Gear was ok, usually in Randoms you have full Heirloom or Blues. It's just too easy not to have the best gear now-adays. Which makes these gear choices hard to explain..'specially for a level 43 Mage.

So when the tank takes more damage than he/she should, due to bad gear, bad talent points, bad playing in general, I obviously have to use more mana to keep him/her alive, and that means that I have more downtime in between pulls. And it's the tanks that pause for more than 15 seconds in between each pull that irritate the ever-loving Moonberry Juice out of me.

Druids...suck. My feelings towards Bear tanks is the same as Paladin tanks. I haven't had one memorable Druid tank, from level 12-50, unless it was a bad memory. Nuff said.

Warriors - I am loving them. Although I tend to not use my PwS as much on them, I'm so afraid of one of them yelling "I NEED MAH RAGE!", they, believe it or not, have less downtime than Druids but pull less than Paladins. That can be a good thing.

A lot has changed with the game in the past month. Most of it was long over due, but the rest of it just seems to make the game too easy. More of that later, much later, as this is the second to the last day off work before my return to the hospital. Here's praying for a fast recovery, atleast fast enough to get me out of the hospital and home in my bed..near my computer ;)
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Tomorrow I return to work. I was in no way expecting to be going back so quickly, I thought at least one day would pass between today and the next shift, but I was so wrong. And I think I'm ok with that. There are a few things I need to do before tomorrow morning.

One of which is fixing a lunch. My shifts are 9 hours, 1 hr for lunch and with the medication I'm on, with the constant need to munch, I am thinking it a smart idea to pack some snacks too.

I found out that eating gluten free - Rice Chex with lactose free milk does not hurt my belly one small bit. It's not something I can live off of, but it's good to know theres something out there that can ride through my digestive system without creating too huge of a havoc.

I'm thinking something chickeny and warm for lunch tomorrow, though. Then trying on tights with skirt/shoe combinations, finishing the laundry and most likely the rest of the evening spent knitting neck warmers.

 



Like all best laid plans, todays plan of cleaning out my cobweb room went up in flames. It's a job that I've been wanting to finish for the past month, but have been able to convince myself throughout the day that I don't have the energy for such a large project yet. And believe me, it is a large project. The room has become a catch all, mostly for furniture, craft supplies and books. I know where everything should be and where it should go, I just can't bring myself to start, because I know once I move one thing, I have to move another to make room for that thing. So, once I start, I can't stop. And really, getting my sewing machine working sounded like a much better idea at the time. I have about a dozen more birds to make for my tree, and if I could get my old White's machine back to working, it would make the job that much easier. Unfortunately, I lack the skill to bring the machine back to working order.
I've tried everything, from oiling, de-linting, adjusting tensions all over the place, using high quality strong thread, rethreading, using different bobbins, adjusting bobbin tension, using new needles, etc.

Thank goodness I have such a generous mom who is willing to lend me her machine..again. She will lend it to me for 6 months, I'll *reluctantly* give it back to her for a week, then ask for it again. It's a vicious cycle. I love adding things to my ever growing wish list.
So, the day went to me unpacking all of my Christmas stuffs & decorations, and putting up my tree. The very first grown up tree I've ever owned. 6.5 feet of pre-lit artificial holiday happiness!
I refuse to post or even take a photo of the tree until it is finished.






Yesterday, had a thrifting date with Samaree. We broke a record and managed to go to two shops in one day! Usually, we can spend 1-2 hrs in one store, scouring every nook and cranny, flipping through every hardback, magazine, coin purse and Cosby sweater.
My favorite shops to hit are St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store & the Granger Goodwill.

And I consider myself lucky to have a friend like Samaree to thrift along side. That's not a fluff compliment either, she understands the fundamentals to thrifting and does not complain when I'm concentrating on looking through old frames instead of holding a conversation with her, because she's too busy concentrating on looking for treasures as well. Speaking of treasures..




$1 ice tub,  matches my tea pitcher!

I can imagine this sitting on a large formica desk, someone in a wool power suit sipping from it while screaming for more Caramel deLites.

The skirt. The beige, khaki, tan whatever, its the right color! skirt. In the right size. In the right length. With some pleats. And it's more than a just a simple skirt or something over flashy. I love it. I'm happy I found it. Enough gushing, it's a work skirt.

Definitely had to get for all of my "no-reason parties" in the future.