I have a new blog!

But it's only for Sims.  If you have no interest in Sims, you do not have to read it.  But it will get interesting...and twisted (I hope).

As Simming goes, I am actually pretty much a beginner.  Yes, I've been Simming for I-don't-know-how-long.  But all of my Sims have been tame.  I don't do horrible things to them, I don't make them cheat on their spouses (except if they really, really want it).  I like the genetic-mixing aspects of Sims, and that's kind of what I stick to ("What will the children of this Sims and this Sim look like??)

Recently, I stumbled across the "Legacy" challenge, where you start with one (or two) Sims that you create.  The challenge lies in that you cannot cheat.  Cheating is actually built into Sims2.  You can keep your Sims from aging, give them extra money, etc.  You can even download "hacks" (which are legal and encouraged by Maxis) that allow same-gender Sims to have children (without adoption), to easily have alien babies, etc.  Other hacks do lots of other things that make the game easier (training toddlers without the work, adding skill points without the time, etc).

I realized that I do "cheat" a lot in Sims, because I want my Sims to be a certain way, do certain things, in a certain amount of time, without me actually having to do a lot of the work.  So the Legacy challenge would certainly be...a challenge.  No cheating.  Yikes.  It's pretty much mandatory for me to cheat with pregnant Sims.  All of mine seem to have a really hard time staying awake and eating.  I've actually had Aeris Gainsborough (from Final Fantasy 7) die because of her pregnancy and my inability to keep up with her Hunger problems (she was "Saved from Death" by her husband, Cloud).  So a Sim having children (perhaps multiple children) with no way to bring up her Hunger need, other than actually making her fix something to eat (and stay awake long enough to eat it)?

Well, if you are interested...here's the link:

http://embersims.blogspot.com/

It has my Legacy Sims rules (which differ a teensy bit from the "official" Legacy challenge rules) at http://www.legacychallenge.com/

Even though the rules differ a bit, I think I have preserved the spirit of the challenge.  Get rich, the hard way.

It's been a rough week.  Busy at work, and we're adjusting to JP's new schedule.  He's now working until 5:30 and doesn't get home until 6:00, but he has weekends free at last!  Just in time for me to start going to school on weekends...

But, I've been having to cook dinner all week, and I've been tired and feeling a bit run down.  Today I found out why.  I can no longer speak.  Something happened with my vocal cords, and I feel like crap.  I had a headache that wouldn't go away yesterday, until I went to belly dancing.  Unfortunately, the headache has returned...with a vengeance.

I almost didn't go, but I wanted out of the apartment and I was NOT going to miss exercise unless I was dying.  It was a good thing, too, because I got a HUGE compliment from my teacher.  She has to go out of town this weekend, and was wondering if I could fill in for her!!!!

ME!! TEACH a belly dance class!  But, I had to decline because Saturday, we are going to...Bisbee!! Yay!  Our first (and only) weekend free together, so we decided to spend Saturday in Bisbee.  And then we'll just sit around and do nothing on Sunday.

I just hope I'm feeling better for the trip.  That's part of why I came home early from work, so I can get some sleep and rest.

So now I'm going to go knock myself out with some Advil...

Today is that last day of my vacation

I have to go back to misery, anger, and annoyance tomorrow.  Yeah, I know, I should think more positively.  But that's really, really, really hard.  Like I said before, I hate my job more than anything else on this planet.

But it's been a good vacation.  We went back to Tombstone on Friday and did some of the stuff we hadn't done yet, like the mine tour.  That was really cool, because it's a small group, and you're wandering around in these dark caves.  I have to say, it was a little more fun than the Bisbee Mine Tour, because we didn't have to be on a trolley.  We walked.  I guess that's okay for the Bisbee tour, because it's a bigger, deeper mine.

I've finished reading a few books, I'm nearly done with Final Fantasy III (on the DS), and I made a lot of progress in Sims (all of my "first generation" has graduated from college and some now have jobs).  I even wrote a little.  Of course, that little I wrote was completely unusable and was complete crap, but at least I managed to get my butt in the chair and write.  That's more than I've done in months.

And it's only a few weeks until I start massage school... I'm actually looking forward to going back to school.  I need something different to do.  As much as I enjoy reading and playing video games, I've gotten a little bored of both.  I need something else to do, and massage school will likely suck up most of my time.  Then video gaming and reading will become rare, and therefore more pleasurable again.

I needed to vacation, but I'm really, really sad to go back.