Saturday, August 9, 2008
Shopping and Granado Espada
He's gone.
I thought I would cry, but I didn't. I had even planned not to wear any eye makeup because I was worried that I would end up crying and rubbing it off before the day was over, but as it turned out I didn't need to worry after all. It was a good idea anyway because I was tired when I got home and needed to rest a bit before I was ready to do anything else.
After I dropped him off at the airport, I did some comfort shopping. I used my new GPS to navigate around Greensboro, which made things easier for me, even though I always miss that exit turn from Battleground onto Wendover, lulz. It was a pretty good trip. I bought a $90 Kathy Van Zeeland bag for only $40, and I bought a cute chemise with matching boyshorts and a shower wrap at Kohl's.
I really need to stop spending my money, though. I paid my college bill yesterday and it was almost $7,000. It ate a huge chunk out of my savings account. :\
I started playing Granado Espada yesterday after I finally came up with a good family name for my characters, but unfortunately it's kind of boring, as far as gameplay goes. The characters and environment are beautiful and I really do love the game for the character designs, but the whole system of leveling and hunting monsters is very frustrating. I don't mind killing lots of monsters to level up, but the maps are so filled with monsters that go aggro on your characters and then respawn almost immediately after you kill them, which isn't very convenient if you're traveling or even if you just want to pick up the occasional item drops. I might give it a few more days to get better, but if it doesn't, I'll probably go back to RO2. It's probably a good thing that I haven't gotten too attached to it, though. I'm going to be too busy for MMOs after I move, anyway.
I thought I would cry, but I didn't. I had even planned not to wear any eye makeup because I was worried that I would end up crying and rubbing it off before the day was over, but as it turned out I didn't need to worry after all. It was a good idea anyway because I was tired when I got home and needed to rest a bit before I was ready to do anything else.
After I dropped him off at the airport, I did some comfort shopping. I used my new GPS to navigate around Greensboro, which made things easier for me, even though I always miss that exit turn from Battleground onto Wendover, lulz. It was a pretty good trip. I bought a $90 Kathy Van Zeeland bag for only $40, and I bought a cute chemise with matching boyshorts and a shower wrap at Kohl's.
I really need to stop spending my money, though. I paid my college bill yesterday and it was almost $7,000. It ate a huge chunk out of my savings account. :\
I started playing Granado Espada yesterday after I finally came up with a good family name for my characters, but unfortunately it's kind of boring, as far as gameplay goes. The characters and environment are beautiful and I really do love the game for the character designs, but the whole system of leveling and hunting monsters is very frustrating. I don't mind killing lots of monsters to level up, but the maps are so filled with monsters that go aggro on your characters and then respawn almost immediately after you kill them, which isn't very convenient if you're traveling or even if you just want to pick up the occasional item drops. I might give it a few more days to get better, but if it doesn't, I'll probably go back to RO2. It's probably a good thing that I haven't gotten too attached to it, though. I'm going to be too busy for MMOs after I move, anyway.
Labels: boredom, boyfriend, granado espada, mmorpg, shopping
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Anxiety
I wasn't able to register for Monday's orientation after all. Friday morning I woke up early to call about the apartments and start making the appointments to look at them on Tuesday, but I first went to VCU's website to see if my response had been processed yet. It had been, but unfortunately the only orientation date left to me was the July 7th orientation. At least I didn't have to go through the trouble of making the appointments in the first place and then having to cancel on them, but I hope that there will still be a decent selection of apartments for me to choose from by the time I get up there.
I also still haven't received my information packet yet. To say the least, I'm not surprised, but I'm very disappointed that my prediction, which was not meant to be a serious one, that my information packet wouldn't arrive before Monday came true.
To be honest though, I'm a little relieved that I wasn't able to go to Monday's orientation because this way I will have a little more time to mentally prepare myself to deal with everything. I will also have a little more time to actually receive and read my information packet and also an orientation packet, which is supposed to include all of the details about my orientation. I'm still feeling anxious about everything though, and I'm getting worried that I won't feel better until after I actually start my classes.
In other news, I've been kind of bored today, since there isn't really anything left that I can do about my orientation right now. There are a lot of other things that I could and probably should be doing, but I just don't feel like it. I don't want to be bored, but I just don't know what I really want to do right now, and it's really bothering me. I think that it might have to do with my anxiety, but I don't know how to get rid of it.
I know it's terrible, but I really want to go shopping again, and I don't know if I can wait for my mom to get home on Monday or Tuesday, but I don't want to go by myself or with my boyfriend because either way I won't get the opinions I want on the things that I want to look at, and now that I'm unemployed, I really can't afford the extra gas, either.
I also still haven't received my information packet yet. To say the least, I'm not surprised, but I'm very disappointed that my prediction, which was not meant to be a serious one, that my information packet wouldn't arrive before Monday came true.
To be honest though, I'm a little relieved that I wasn't able to go to Monday's orientation because this way I will have a little more time to mentally prepare myself to deal with everything. I will also have a little more time to actually receive and read my information packet and also an orientation packet, which is supposed to include all of the details about my orientation. I'm still feeling anxious about everything though, and I'm getting worried that I won't feel better until after I actually start my classes.
In other news, I've been kind of bored today, since there isn't really anything left that I can do about my orientation right now. There are a lot of other things that I could and probably should be doing, but I just don't feel like it. I don't want to be bored, but I just don't know what I really want to do right now, and it's really bothering me. I think that it might have to do with my anxiety, but I don't know how to get rid of it.
I know it's terrible, but I really want to go shopping again, and I don't know if I can wait for my mom to get home on Monday or Tuesday, but I don't want to go by myself or with my boyfriend because either way I won't get the opinions I want on the things that I want to look at, and now that I'm unemployed, I really can't afford the extra gas, either.
Labels: anxiety, boredom, orientation, shopping, vcu
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