I’m baaaa-aaack!

Posted on Tuesday, 12th September 2006 by Maritzia

Wow…I’ve been really bad about updating, haven’t I?

Well…let’s see….where to start?

First and foremost, I got a job! (and there was much rejoicing) I got the job at the youth services place I talked about before. You know…the job I really, really wanted? *laughs*. It’s a pay cut, but one I can live with because I really like the place. I started a week ago, right after Labor Day, and I’m still getting my feet wet. There’s a huge amount to learn, because this place just does so many different things. Last week was a little slow getting started, but it’s beginning to pick up. The Executive Director is feeling more comfortable throwing things at me, so I now have a number of things on my to do list, which is good, because I bitterly hate to be bored *laughs*. The only bad thing is I don’t have much time for things like blog browsing like I used to! So I apologize in advance to all of you who may feel neglected. I’m still reading a number of your blogs, but I just don’t have that much time to reply like I did.

Second….a new game! My husband and I have been looking around for a new game to play for a while. It’s been well over a year since we left EQ, and finding a new game wasn’t that much of a priority for me while I was so sick. I didn’t have enough energy to play for the most part. But now that I’m feeling so much better and have so much more energy, I really want to play again. So, I finally was really pitiful and my husband agreed to give up on the Sony hate enough to let me get EQII. I’ve been playing the Trial of the Isle, which is a one week free trial of the newbie area. I have to admit that I haven’t enjoyed a game so much in ages. The quests are interesting and are backed up by the story line. There’s a variety of things to do, including tradeskilling, which I love. So, he’s out getting the game for me today if he can find it locally. Otherwise, we’ll have to order it on-line. We already have a DVD reader/writer on order. It’s something we need anyway, so we decided to go ahead and get it since more and more software media is being released on DVD only. The only problem is that Mark’s computer doesn’t run the game that well. The lag causes the screen to be jumpy when he moves and it gives him a headache. He’s working with the options to tune performance, but it’s obvious that upgrading his computer is going to have to be a priority when we get more money. In the meantime, he’s still working on studying for his MCAD exams, so he doesn’t want to get heavily into a game right now anyway. But I intend to get my enjoyment’s worth out of it!

In other news, I’m doing much, much better on the new treatments. I don’t know if it’s the increased thyroid dose or the study medication (which judging by the side effects, I’ve got the medication and not the placebo), but I’m feeling tremendously better. Much more energized. My mood is incredibly improved. My sex drive is even starting to kick back in a bit. We’re walking 45 minutes to an hour on weeknights and going much further than we were before. And on weekends, we’re doing a 3-4 mile walk, which isn’t nearly as exhausting as it used to be. It takes us about two hours, and we then take the next day off of walking. So, all in all, my life is definitely looking up!

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