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Beginning the transition
Dec. 30th, 2024 10:32 pmSo, after four days of R&R, I decided it was time to start making some baby steps towards being more active. I cleaned the bathroom, did some washing, and remade my bed (including turning the mattress). I still need to source a mattress topper...
And I still managed to sink a LOT of time into DAV :D I now have 5 companions, although one has gone off on their own somewhere. I had to make a Big Decision and it didn't turn out well for them - but I'm pretty sure the other option would have resulted in a similar event for the other person. I have another story quest to recruit my final companion (I think...) but I'm picking up some companion quests first. The banter and conversations between the PC and companions, and between the companions themselves, is really nice. There are two companions who talk about lullabies <3 I mean, I kind of miss the snarkiness from DA2 (the companion banter was the best part of that game by a MILE), but I do like the way this bunch are all very supportive of each other. The voice acting is getting better, too - or I've just stopped noticing it.
Something I meant to say yesterday, because I reflected on it during open prayers in church. 2024 has been a long year - not particularly difficult (especially in comparison to Q4 of 2022 and Q1 of 2023) but long. But, at least in part, I think that's due to having tiny people in our lives. Time has a different quality when there are young children around. I read somewhere about the way time seems to move slowly when you're a child but speeds up as you get older. The point was made that for a 4yo, a year represents a quarter of their whole life, so of course it feels like a long time. For our younger grandson, a year is HALF his life and granddaughter isn't even 6mo, yet! For me, half my life would be 25+ years. Kind of put it into perspective. And I've now watched 4 children move from living in the moment to beginning to look ahead, and 3 go from finding wonder in simple bubbles to being professionally bored by everything. YG is still at the stage of finding wonder in everything and granddaughter is still living in the moment - it just gives you a different view of the world.
The NY is an opportunity to re-engage with my regular routines, and to add some tweaks and extensions. I'm not going to really kick in with everything all at once, though - for example, writing practice will begin next week when I'm back to setting my alarm. And if I'm going to do as much with the gardens as I want to (which still isn't going to be a LOT, just more than I currently do), I may have to sacrifice some gaming time :O But it's in a good cause.
Well, that's enough for tonight. See you soon, DW!
And I still managed to sink a LOT of time into DAV :D I now have 5 companions, although one has gone off on their own somewhere. I had to make a Big Decision and it didn't turn out well for them - but I'm pretty sure the other option would have resulted in a similar event for the other person. I have another story quest to recruit my final companion (I think...) but I'm picking up some companion quests first. The banter and conversations between the PC and companions, and between the companions themselves, is really nice. There are two companions who talk about lullabies <3 I mean, I kind of miss the snarkiness from DA2 (the companion banter was the best part of that game by a MILE), but I do like the way this bunch are all very supportive of each other. The voice acting is getting better, too - or I've just stopped noticing it.
Something I meant to say yesterday, because I reflected on it during open prayers in church. 2024 has been a long year - not particularly difficult (especially in comparison to Q4 of 2022 and Q1 of 2023) but long. But, at least in part, I think that's due to having tiny people in our lives. Time has a different quality when there are young children around. I read somewhere about the way time seems to move slowly when you're a child but speeds up as you get older. The point was made that for a 4yo, a year represents a quarter of their whole life, so of course it feels like a long time. For our younger grandson, a year is HALF his life and granddaughter isn't even 6mo, yet! For me, half my life would be 25+ years. Kind of put it into perspective. And I've now watched 4 children move from living in the moment to beginning to look ahead, and 3 go from finding wonder in simple bubbles to being professionally bored by everything. YG is still at the stage of finding wonder in everything and granddaughter is still living in the moment - it just gives you a different view of the world.
The NY is an opportunity to re-engage with my regular routines, and to add some tweaks and extensions. I'm not going to really kick in with everything all at once, though - for example, writing practice will begin next week when I'm back to setting my alarm. And if I'm going to do as much with the gardens as I want to (which still isn't going to be a LOT, just more than I currently do), I may have to sacrifice some gaming time :O But it's in a good cause.
Well, that's enough for tonight. See you soon, DW!
