I’m Done.

I deleted several of my posts and will continue doing so probably until I get to where I met my husband.

I will not be adding any more.  I will be writing posts on a word document on my computer from now on and NOT publishing them online.

Z.

PS:  Sorry readers.

Umm.. I lost track of days already haha *blush*

Already, frequent urination.  You know how annoying that is??  Peeing five times in the hour.

I’m burned to a crisp from the ren festival, which was small but not too bad.  Pottery is fascinating.

I don’t really know what else to say.  I had something planned out but nothing is coming to mind now.  Sorry, folks.

Zhanis.

The Second Time Around

Day 1

Did I just start my period?  Went to bathroom.  Some spots of blood on underwear but no blood on toilet paper.  I didn’t think I was pregnant… Could that really be implantation bleeding?  I mean, I’ve been tired lately, but that’s understandable…

Go home.  Take a test.  Positive.  God, I won’t lie to You.  I’m scared.  I don’t want to lose another one.

Husband is scared for financial reasons, yet he wants twins.  OK, we both want twins.  The ministries that are getting started are another stress factor, but I look at it this way:  If we had a child during the ministries’ lifespans, we would have had to possibly quit our positions in the ministries to raise the infant.  This way, we have the infant before the Faires, and since we’re only doing the Faires around here, it shouldn’t be too big of a problem.  Yes, I’ve thought about this a great deal in the period of… five seconds.

Day 2

I’ve decided to blog once again about being pregnant.  Since this pregnancy is already different than the last, it should provide a little bit of insight different from the last set of blogs; especially if this pregnancy turns out to be full term (or even premature…something other than losing it).  And then I can hopefully blog about being a first time parent.

Again, I’m excited.  I can’t wait to blog about the weird cravings I suddenly have, the pains, the mood swings, etc.  The hunger is already there, but everything tastes weird, so I don’t really want to eat.  And so far, there has been no blood other than the implantation bleeding.

I think it’s a boy.  That’s my guess as of the second day of knowing.  I’m pretty sure the last one was a girl.

I’m nervous about a new baby around my cats.  I think I’m going to declaw their front paws in case of them thinking waving arms are playthings.  Joe is happy but pretty stressed (have I said that already?)

WoW From a N00B

After playing Dungeons and Dragons Online (DDO), my eyes were opened to the idea of MMORPGs.  I tried my hand at a classic RPG called Dungeon Siege when we lost internet, and it wasn’t a bad game.  It was very simple, but was fun until I ran into a glitch which wouldn’t allow me to go any further.  There were cool things you could do like control your party member (an NPC you were slightly forced to join with… I mean you could decline, but why would you).  And then I played a few others… PerfectWorld (if you die, you are taken to a “safe zone” which may or may not be surrounded by extremely high level monsters), Bright Shadow (wasn’t bad.  didn’t get to play much because my stupid computer would lag really bad, but it has really great music.  the monsters will run from you and heal while they’re running to take you down, though.), and now WoW.  My curiosity started after watching my roommate play, and then he got Joe a game card.  I made a hunter (for the pet) and had a blast.  Now I’m hooked.

So far, I have only made a night elf hunter, a troll hunter, a human rogue, and an undead warrior.  Sadly, if the realm you decide to play in has a character (made by someone on your account) on one side, you cannot make a second character on the other side.  First character is horde, all characters are horde.  Which is why I have undead in there.  I wanted an RP server for a character I’m working on, and my husband already had a horde member on there.

The character creation isn’t bad.  I do find it interesting that on the Alliance side, only night elves can be hunters, yet there is only one race not allowed the hunter class in Horde.  That makes me a bit angry, since Even (the character from a story I’m writing made into WoW form) is human.  But his class is definitely hunter, because of an alternate timeline thanks to some dark magic.

Anyway, troll character creation is fun, because they have tusks.  However, the hair style is limited.  Undead hair isn’t too terrible, but humans definitely have the upper hand, I think.  I’m trying to do this from memory here.  Night elves aren’t too bad on hair either.  Yes, hair is a big deal.

Sadly, the only colors you can choose for your poor character is skin color and hair color.  No eye color, which is another big thing for me.  I’m very picky with how I want my characters to look.

Word of advice:  When creating a night elf, if you want to be unique, do not pick blue or green hair.  Everybody has blue or green hair.  My hunter now has purple hair.  And it looks good.  (Yes, there are barbers to change things if you don’t like what you have, but it will cost you).

When leveling up, you want to go to your class trainer and see if he/she has new things to teach you.  At level 10. you get your talent tree (I believe) where you put ranks into skills you want to get more powerful.  Choose carefully, because you only get so many talent points, and there isn’t a way to undo your click that I have found (learned the hard way.).

As for durability on weapons and armor; If you see a body in the screen to the left of the minimap, go to a weapon/armor merchant immediately; especially if some of the parts on the body are red.  Red means zero durability, which means it doesn’t work.  There is an icon on the bottom of the goods screen (after talking with them, the screen comes up with the stuff he/she sells) that looks like an anvil.  Click it.  Click repair all.  Done.  No more body by the minimap.

Oh and here’s a cool thing.  There is a symbol to the left of the map (under the AtlasLootFu add-on icon if you have it) that will track what you want it to track like the bank, merchants, repairs, etc.  It’s nice and very useful.  The only problem is it only shows up on your minimap, and it doesn’t say whether what you are tracking is in the town you are in or not.

On a PVP server (or realm), level 80 people will come and kill the people you need to give quests to.  They will eventually respawn.  Tip:  Don’t hit the level 80 people unless you can take them.  They can’t hurt you unless you hurt them first or try to.  So be smart, level 5′s.

I’m sure there is more I could add, but I can’t think of it right now.  I will probably put something a bit better compiled than this on Associated Content eventually.

If you have other tips for noobs like myself or other POSITIVE things to say, please comment.  I won’t approve negative comments, so don’t waste your time.

Z.

Ooh Shiny

Alright, I missed yesterday too… I’m sorry.  Been a tad distracted lately.  My family came for a visit this weekend (Friday through today… left this morning actually).  We had an amazing dinner that my friends helped put together.  The plan was 6:30 but we didn’t eat till 8.  The poor turkey waited for so long.  It had gotten a tad cold.  Our signature dishes went over very well, so I was quite pleased wit hthe outcome.

Session Two went great.  The roleplaying was fantastic.  We got pretty much nowhere but stopped almost where we should have stopped the LAST session.  Everyone had a great time.

They Really Liked It Wooo!!!

Well, the first night of the campaign went nothing like I had planned, but I was able to improvise quite well.  With a Paladin in the group, it is going to be difficult, but I wanted Joe to have a character he could develop, and that was it.  Somehow, Stephen’s character has become quite the lady’s man.  Having a druid also proves a bit tough for this campaign, because the first thing he wants to do when he notices dead bodies in the tavern is purify the water, which is not where I want to go with the campaign.  Hopefully next session I can lead him to take a sample and find the alchemy lab, where the group will find out what killed the town.  Otherwise, they will simply guess that the town was poisoned somehow.  They are sometimes hard to lead on, but they are still a fun group to lead, and though I was a bit unorganized (I plan to fix that), they said they had fun and enjoyed it =)

Z.

New Site

Hey everyone, you all know that I’m a writer who loves poetry and fiction and all that.  Well, I have now gotten on Associated Content (associatedcontent.com), which is a site that pays per view on your submission.  You can find me by either searching for contributor Dawn DeMarco, or simply follow this link:  http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/612605/dawn_demarco.html 

I would greatly appreciate it if you would take the time and head on over there.  I am placing my life into the hands of this site and would like some money out of it; yes I am that desperate.  Please go over there.  You do not need to comment, and I’m not sure you even need to read it.  Just click and act like you’re reading it or something.  Who knows?  You may enjoy reading what I’ve written.  I certainly hope so.

Nothing new has been happening.  My family came up for a visit this weekend, so that was a lot of fun.  But other than that, there hasn’t been much going on.

Work

Today was the first day of training, and it went OK.. seems simple enough, ya know? Except that right now I’m pretty sure I’m on the hardest part lol… finding people to practice on… It is paid training, which is cool, with full paid commission even when I’m not doing the show or only doing part of it. I’m thinking it’s not too bad of a deal once I get started. It is a legit company and I made two new friends today… Can’t wait to start getting paid so I can buy new business outfits… Lord knows I need them. Have to learn how to keep track of spendings and stuff… Gas logs, client logs, food logs, clothes logs… that kind of stuff lol. Need a thing to put receipts in too… Yeah I guess I’m kinda putting a grocery list on wordpress but I guess it works, right? Ooh, I can get so much stuff… but I need to not spend.. Get the bare necessities and not get carried away… I cannot become a spender.

Thank you Lord for providing.

Job Hunting ((what a joke))

Yesterday, I applied for so many jobs on Craigslist, I lost count of how many. I have no idea what all I applied for, and how much of them are scams. I’m just trying so hard to get a job; one that I can remain loyal to for life… or for as long as I need to go back to school, finish with a good degree, and find me an actual career. I know I’ve applied for Sprint, Wal Mart, Walgreens, Petco (though the good store–and quite possibly the one I applied for–is not hiring)… Oh shoot… See, I don’t even know what stores I applied for from Monster/in person… Oh yeah… Bed Bath and Beyond… ooh I hope they call me… Wal Mart is pretty much always hiring as far as I know… I just don’t really want to work there. -_- Guess for second jobs that might as well be your first there’s not much in the choosing… Grr…

On another note, wedding things are starting to fall into place. Still waiting on a call for the trailer, but can’t move in without proof of insurance yet anyway, and won’t get THAT for another week or so. Got the rings ordered and everything, so that’s good. Gotta pay $30 a month for mine. Not bad though, considering it’s only for 3 months.

Well I guess there’s not much else to say. Love you, baby! Check ya’ll later!

Hmm…

I’m only blogging because I am bored and like the sound of myself typing on my fiance’s computer. Sorry; can’t help it; it sounds cool!

His friend is up for another visit and I decided to keep the guy company but it’s not very much company; the only things that can be heard are outside noises, the keys clicking, and the friend strumming the guitar (just messing around I think). Now he is mumbling to himself. It’s all good; I do it too haha…

Ooh look a comment! Wow that was random. But isn’t that what blogging is? Completely random? Venting, rambling, etc. Comment is gone… had to approve it… The number has gone away now.

Wow, my blogs are not intelligent at all, are they? But boredom is not intelligent when there are things to take away the boredom, eh? *shrug*

I got beat pretty hard yesterday by Lord Morton. He and I were boffing yesterday, I took out his legs, and he hit me square on the ear. It was feeling quite interesting for a few hours, but it’s doing better now. It was ringing for a while and every time I talked it vibrated. And what I thought was my normal voice was apparently really soft to everyone else. Yay!

But I am getting better. Shad0fx had Morton make me a spear, and I wouldn’t say I dominate with it, but I’m not too bad. Morton has a staff he fights with now, and the only way I’m any good against it is with the spear. I don’t know if that’s the cowards way or what, but it works, and I conquer (well I kill quite a few times).

Anyway, I really ought to go and get to work. That basement needs to be cleaned out before May 8 (wish us luck) so I can move my stuff out of the dorms.