Star Wars For Hours + Movie Night

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Today wasn't so great of a beginning, thanks to an issue that actually started last night, but has now been sorted out. Granted, I kind of used it as an excuse to lose myself in the world of SWTOR, so that I wouldn't have to think about the whole ordeal. And I got a lot done, finally finished all the missions on the planet of Belsavis, which seems to always take the longest, due to having to maneuver around massive walls, demolished structures, and other huge plant life. Despite it being a prison planet, it's actually one of my favorites, graphic-wise, simply for the beauty of its flora.

I ended up having to ditch the game when late afternoon rolled around and started watching Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, which I didn't end up finishing, but that's okay because I've seen it before. I love the imagery in the movie, it is so beautifully done. 😍

My neck started acting up once again, so right now I'm reclining on the couch with the TENS unit, while the hubby cooks dinner: poached salmon, roasted asparagus and quinoa. We plan on going to seth the late showing of Death Wish tonight as well. 🙂 And that's all I have for today. Sorry it was so boring!

Wacky Weather Abnormality

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So bounty contract week ended today.  I thought I'd have a little bit of time this morning to get at least 2 more contracts completed, but when I went to the area where the mission is usually available, the kiosks were gone. 😞  I knew the event ended today, but I thought that meant by the end of today.  Oh well... I closed out the week with 19 contracts total, out of the 50 that I needed, but I also wasn't trying as hard as I could have, so I'm happy with that amount.  I'll just have to wait until the next occurrence of the event, which usually happens about once a month, so no biggie.

Our weather is being crazy this week, seeing as a city about 20 miles away from us got SNOW last night!  Of course, it didn't reach all the way out here (it never does), and it was gone before 6am, but still!  I'm so jealous.  Out in my area, we're only getting insane wind.  They showed a video (on the news) of the snowflakes just falling like crazy and it was so pretty.  I think whenever we move out of California, I definitely want to live in a place where it at least snows in winter.  The hubby was considering a city in Idaho a few months back, so that would work. 😎  But I'm not sure if that's still the case.  He's also been talking about Texas, off and on, but that doesn't excite me, since I've already lived there and it wasn't so kind to me.  The major pro about that location though, would be that it's only a 3-hour drive south of my family.  So for that, I would probably deal with it, but I guess we'll see how it goes.  The sooner we can get out of this state, the better.

In other news... a little over a week before our new fridge is delivered!!! 💖 

Theories & Anticipation

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Sooo, I think I may have a possible reason for my neck pain.  I had a theory yesterday that maybe it's from the car wreck that the hubby and I were involved in, about a year and a half ago, where some idiot rammed us from behind, while we were stopped at a stoplight, and he obviously wasn't paying attention.  We went to the ER that day, both got diagnosed with whiplash, but other than a slight headache and soreness, that was the end of it at the time.  But I wonder if it's possible that injuries like that can lay dormant for a certain amount of time and then randomly pop back up in this way?  My head was thrown back in laughter when the car hit us and I remember my neck being abruptly jolted forward, so I think it's highly possible that this pain could have originated from that incident.  Ugh, I dunno.

I just wish it would magically get better before we have to meet my mother-in-law and family friend (Reno) for a dinner date tonight.  We invited them a week ago, when we ate at the restaurant and had the idea that the two of them would like the place also.  It's just going to be annoying, having to pretend that I'm not in so much pain.  That slightly-hunched-over position of eating irritates my neck so much more, which makes the process of eating somewhat difficult.

One Step Forward, Three Steps Back

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Ahhhh.  So I now have this thing that I call my nightly "TENS Time," which is where I recline on our couch with my favorite TENS unit, just enjoying the feeling of electrotherapy on the back of my shoulders (since I can't put it directly on my neck).  I ended up re-injuring my neck last night, when I spotted a spider on the wall, yelling for Jacques to come smash it with a shoe, and then he proceeded to chase me around the house with it (knowing full-well that I haaaate spiders), where I ended up slipping on the carpet and hitting my head on the floor.  Obviously, it wasn't a serious hit, but it still did enough damage to set me back about 3 days, healing-wise.  Ugh, so frustrating!

Other than dealing with the severe pain once again, my day was pretty typical.  Except that I took the morning off to work on collecting some bounty contracts in SWTOR, since it's "bounty contract week" and I just now realized that there are some customized dyes available via collecting a certain amount of contracts.  I never really got into this event previously, doing one or two contracts and immediately selling them, because they were in high demand from other players.  But now I need 50 of them, and I think I'm up to about 8 so far.  I most likely will not get all 50 of them this week, so I'll have to wait for the next time this event pops up.

Anyway... I'm going to leave it at that for tonight because I want to fully enjoy my time with the TENS unit. 💜

Just Tell Me It's Over Already

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So today has been a day of escaping the reality of my life... completely.  Whether that is through reading, playing SWTOR (I'm currently working on leveling my Jedi Knight) or just randomly staring into space, while I try to give myself a neck rub, the best that I can, because the husband won't help me whatsoever. (so much for that "in sickness" BS, huh?)  This whole neck thing is really annoying me.  It was especially difficult last night, attempting to pretend like nothing was bothering me, while we had the company over for dinner.  But alas, I am pretty much an expert at that.

Star Wars State of Mind

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Today was my Star Wars day.  I'm somewhat addicted to this MMORPG, Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR, for short) and I'm not ashamed to admit it. 😜  I've never actually been a huge Star Wars fan in general, but when the hubby (then-boyfriend) started nagging me to play this new game he was playing, I finally gave in and signed up.  Of course, he no longer plays, but I've stayed since July of 2015.  While the characters that I started with him are in a sort of stasis, waiting for the moment if he ever comes back to the game, I've managed to rack up quite a few others in the meantime.  Here are my top 4, the ones I play the most, and ones I just like:

• Lyzett Quaynis

Located within the bounty hunter class, this is the character that I end up playing the most, and who earns all the money for the rest of my characters, since I do weekly grinds on her a lot.  She's capped at level 70, but is still working towards the secondary levels, by earning what is called command points, where she is level 202 of 300, currently.

Nixcee Quaynis

This is my smuggler (think Han Solo), she's level 70 as well, and I think 184/300 or so on the secondary leveling. I use her for the Republic side of the game, pretty much for a change of scenery regarding repeatable heroic missions and such.

Olykoe Snow

What I love most about Olykoe is his name (pronounced Ollie-koh). Not sure why, haha. I just do! He's also level 70, my Jedi knight, though I haven't played him in awhile.

Fyreia Royce

And this is one of my Jedi consulars, similar to the Sith inquisitor, but on the light side of the force. This was my first ever character that I created, back when I was playing with the hubby. I miss playing her. She's stuck at level 52 until he decides to come back, if ever.

Oh and Happy February!  I got through my first month of daily posts without missing any!!! (minus two days, since I started late...)

Lazy Days of ... Winter?!

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Ever have one of those days where you just want to be completely lazy and not do anything at all?!  That has been my feeling for today.  Of course, I was not able to act on it though.  The hubby wanted to put together the framing for the shelving of his reloading bench, although he's still waiting on some mounting hardware to be delivered (tomorrow), plus buying the pegboard to go behind it, so the finished product will have to wait until then.  (and the picture that I will get)  So after almost getting pelted with a flying piece of wood, that we think might have hit my car instead (no damage, thank goodness!) and handing him screws when he needed them, now I've returned to SWTOR to work on gearing up my lower level characters.

At least for another half hour or so, until I have to stop to get ready for when we have to run a couple errands, before our dinner date at Chili's with Reno and my mother-in-law.  I'm looking forward to that, simply for their chicken enchilada soup that I love so much, and cannot resist ordering every time I'm there.  Aaand now I just made myself hungry. 😋

Funny thing happened earlier also... I recently joined Discord, which is a program similar to Skype, with a focus on gaming, like Steam, where you can add other people that you play with and be able to communicate easier through voice chat and stuff.  I joined mainly because Amanda wanted to use it for communication with the [future] members & staff of the Harry Potter forum that we've been working on.  I got a random friend request the other day from someone and after some messaging back and forth, I realized that it was actually someone I knew.  I'd forgotten that I randomly connected the program to my Facebook account and added a couple people who came up.  I don't know why I connected it to Facebook though, since the photo I use on there (Alexandra Daddario, whom I've decided to use, since she's amazing) is tied to my character on the roleplay forum and will probably end up causing some slight confusion... haha.  Oh well.

Headaches Not Welcome

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So I almost just decided to skip today's post, because I've had a severe headache that has gotten progressively worse all day, to the point where I think it's bordering on a migraine now.  But I figured, I better try to get an entry in while I can still see the screen.  I get these headaches entirely too often, and I hate it.  I remember when I was a kid, I'd get them too, and my eye doctor once told me that I was concentrating too hard while reading.  Figures that something I love would be the cause of my pain, huh?