So I'm settling into the new house okay, though I am learning quickly that the best laid plans change once the first arrow leaves the bow... so to speak. It still doesn't feel like I own a home, though it's been more than a month since closing. First mortgage payment is due 11/1 which is not too terribly far away. Should have no problems with that. I got well more than my share of the bills, but....

It looks like I have a lot of stuff to buy: A new dresser, nightstand, bookcase as my existing furniture just wont work in my new room.

We left a lot of stuff behind as it was crap and in need of replacing, but couches and tables are *not* cheep! My credit is almost exhausted, and actual monies are becoming quite scarce.

I think we need to take a step back and prioritize things. I can do without some of the niceties until the financial situation settles out a bit.

I don't feel so good, and haven't for what seems like a very long time. I have been more sick in the last 4 years than at any other period of time in my life. I'm exhausted all the time, and lately I haven't been able to sleep worth a damn. it's running me down, and to be honest I don't know how much longer I can keep this up.

Worse still are the gross physiological problems I'm having which include extreme thirst, dehydration, shrinking appetite, urinary issues, and poor lower body circulation. I won't go into any more gross details, but these problems are real and happening all at once. My father believes they are stress related and I am inclined to agree with him.

I need a change, a large change. Work, money, housing, it all needs to change or I think I will fall apart physically. I know I'm already in pieces mentally ;)

Anyways, in closing:

(F) Bahka the Tauran Hunter:        78
(M) Morridi the undead deathknight: 61
(F) Amaraikwa the Blood Elf Rogue:  61
(F) Lindri the Blood Elf Paladin:   24
(F) Kaego the Tauran Druid:         18
(F) Baruu the Orcish Warrior:        8
(F) Ryzaki the Troll Priestess:      2

meme time!

A - Age: 34
B - Bed Size: Queen
C - Chore you hate: Dishes
D - Daughter's Name: Ember, thought that is still far out on the horizon
E - Essential item to start your day: Caffine
F - Favourite color: Blue
G - Gift you last received: Surround sound headphones
H - Height: 5'10"
I - Instruments you play: Plastic Guitar?
J - Job title: Product Specialist
K - Kid(s): I WANT!
L - Living arrangements: Rent my own place, have a roommate
M - Mom's name: Joyce
N - Nicknames: siswai'aman, swissmiss, and whitetail
O - Operations: None so far
P - Pet Peeve: Humans
Q - Quote from a movie: "Yippee kayay mother fucker."
R - Right or left handed: Right, but left handed mouse user: go figure
S - Siblings: Brother(40)
T - Time you wake up: Between 10:00p and 11:00p
U - Underwater or up in the air: air
V - Vegetable you dislike: Lima Beans
W - Ways you run late: Waiting on my roommate to be ready
X - X-rays you've had: dental, video fluoroscopy of my neck after a car wreck
Y - Yankees or Mets: Sports are boring
Z - Zoo favorite: Tigers?

Finally seem to be over the cold/flu/infection/whatever-the-hell-it-was illness I suffered from all last week. Good thing too As I have 6 glorious days of vacation starting in just over 8 hours.

Things to do on vacation:

1) Nothing. I want to relax, relax, and relax some more! I want to sleep all I want, and just lounge the rest of the time away. God! being a house kat is rough work :)

Nothing else of note to say, so see ya on the otherside *waves*

Blarrrg!

nuff said :/

So I hit level 72 today on my Tauren Hunter. Feels good man, though she is under geared still, I'm steadily working on it :) Sitting pretty on 1500 gold in the bank waiting on the lowered riding costs in the next patch. A little birdy tells me that *may* be as soon as tomorrow though I'm thinking prolly not till 3 weeks from tomorrow, but who knows?

The cast of characters so far:

(F) Bahka the Tauran Hunter:        72
(M) Morridi the undead deathknight: 60
(F) Amaraikwa the Blood Elf Rogue:  60
(F) Lindri the Blood Elf Paladin:    8
(F) Kaego the Tauran Druid:         14
(F) Baruu the Orcish Warrior:        8
(F) Rizaki the Troll Priestess       2 (I think thats her name)

The house seems like its a go, hopefully we'll get the closing done soon so as to have most of July to pack and move. Looking forward to getting out of that shithole townhouse, and looking forward to maybe getting a house kitty to snuggle and love on.

Car transmission seems to be doing wierd things. Will have to take it in and have it looked at after we get the house settled out as that will be the first time I will have disposable income.

We'll just have to see how it all comes together.

... and all I could think about was you. Christ! Sometimes I really hate myself. As if I didn't have enough on my plate with the whole house thing, I have to have her on my mind to?

Nothing new on the house, and I don't expect there to be any news till early next week sometime. hoo-fucking-ray stress >:o

Anyways, still playing WoW which is something I said I would never do, and yet here I am, plugging away on it. Though I am souring on the leveling (the Barrens AGAIN@!$%^#$@) I do plan to return to my low level characters at some point, but for now, Im thinking Im just going to make a beeline to 80 for my Hunter.

Bahka, Tauren Hunteress of the Horde, is currently 68, and in good shape (not great) equipment wise, and is fun to solo/group with. Amaraikwa, Rogue of Silvermoon, is still 60 and alot harder to solo, but alot of fun in a good group, though she desparetly needs gear to compete in Outland.

Morridi, The level 60 Undead Death Knight, is getting next to no time at all. I just don't like him or how the knights play. I continue to level his mining and blacksmithing as a cash cow, but Im pretty sure Im not going to quest with him again.

Guess we'll see where I end up with it, haven't tired of it yet, but that could be be any day now, or never....

We are setup to go over to the new place today after work to do the Mortgage-required house inspection. Once this step is complete we should be able to get final approval from the mortgage people whether they intend to go ahead with the mortgage proceedings, or drop out for any number of various reasons.

Looking forward to this despite the stress of dealing with house buying, moving, and the like.

In other news, I am using the Refer-a-friend deal in wow to move characters to level 60 pretty fast. So far, the total is:

(F) Bahka the Tauran Hunter:        60
(M) Morridi the undead deathknight: 60
(F) Amaraikwa the Blood Elf Rogue:  33
(F) Lindri the Blood Elf Paladin:    8
(F) Kaego the Tauran Druid:          7
(F) Baruu the Orcish Warrior:        6

These characters are all on Earthen Ring, but I am plannign to open up my Allience characters, probably with a Male Dwarf Paladin on Elune (maybe)

Got my computer fully online now with no sound or OS activation issues. Granted it is down a 1TB HD, but whos counting?

Went through my third WoW install in as many weeks, and it was just as lengthy and annoying as the other times, but its running and doing well now that Blizzard got their thumbs out and respec'd my moocow hunter.

BTW, for anyone who cares, got:
59 Tauren Hunter: Bahka
7 Tauren Druid: Kaego
2 Blood elf rogue: Amaraikwa
58 Undead Death Knight: Morridi

All on Earthen Ring RP.

Maybe more on the housing situation in a week; we'll have to see what we see about that.

Okay so I finally get to reinstall windows, pop in my CD key to activate and I get an error: "Incorrect Product Key." So I try it again, and same thing.

I phone up Microsoft, and after being transferred all over the place, they claim that the hardware and product key are mismatched. They say this is a typical Dell issue and to call Dell.

On the phone with Dell for less than 10 minutes for them to tell me tough shit, you key is what we have and file and if it doesn't work to call Microsoft. So I call them back, they wont help saying support OEM has to come from the OEM.

Finally I broke down and bought a package from Microsoft to get a freaking key; $149 + taxes (not sure why there was sales tax...) Got the key via email, and the Cd in 4 to 6 weeks.

Upshot is I got the activation done, but I'm out about $160.

Jesus, but this has been one shitty week from end to end! With wow crashing on me every third step, I think you can imagine that I am more than a little upset at the moment.