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l33tminion) wrote2021-07-06 05:27 pm
l33tminion) wrote2021-07-06 05:27 pm
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Summer Relaxation Done Quick
The weekend wasn't bad, objectively, but I still felt pretty down. Got some good cooking done, at least. We would be going to Sandy Island at this time most years. Feel bad about missing it this year, though I'm not sure it would have been good to go, and definitely didn't know enough to commit to it when it was time to make a decision. (And my parents decided not to go this year anyways.) Maybe it would have been fine, maybe it's still a bad idea. I am hoping that we don't end up with a COVID variant that children are much less resilient against. The numbers at least continue to be locally good for now.
We could see some fireworks from our house, which Eris found exciting.
Monday was a bit better. I spent a lot of the day watching some of the SGDQ streams on the TV (put the Twitch app up on the XBox). Eris really enjoyed that, too, she was really excited to see speedrunners play games that she's played herself (like Mario Odyssey) or older games that are just visually interesting (like Shadow of the Colossus).
I also had today off, and was able to do relaxing things while Eris was at daycare. Though there was the usual feeling that time was passing quickly, more relaxing things I want to do than I have time, and the time goes so fast. But of course stressing about that would really defeat the point. Was able to get out while it was nice, if a bit hot. Everyone else was able to get home in the interlude before the evening rainstorms started.
Magic Arena has been too much of a timesink. I made it to Mythic three months ago on mono-blue control and two months ago on Winota, but last month I wasn't able to struggle my way to it, and since I've tried out a few different things that don't quite work. The new set (this one specifically based on D&D's forgotten Realms setting) in a few days will surely bring new possibilities. But I probably should balance that with taking a bit of a break.
I have been doing some other things. Played some Hades, watched some anime. Finished Odd Taxi, which was a great surreal subdued mystery drama with great characters. And I started Deca-Dence, a sci-fi action show with the sort of convoluted premise that I love.
We could see some fireworks from our house, which Eris found exciting.
Monday was a bit better. I spent a lot of the day watching some of the SGDQ streams on the TV (put the Twitch app up on the XBox). Eris really enjoyed that, too, she was really excited to see speedrunners play games that she's played herself (like Mario Odyssey) or older games that are just visually interesting (like Shadow of the Colossus).
I also had today off, and was able to do relaxing things while Eris was at daycare. Though there was the usual feeling that time was passing quickly, more relaxing things I want to do than I have time, and the time goes so fast. But of course stressing about that would really defeat the point. Was able to get out while it was nice, if a bit hot. Everyone else was able to get home in the interlude before the evening rainstorms started.
Magic Arena has been too much of a timesink. I made it to Mythic three months ago on mono-blue control and two months ago on Winota, but last month I wasn't able to struggle my way to it, and since I've tried out a few different things that don't quite work. The new set (this one specifically based on D&D's forgotten Realms setting) in a few days will surely bring new possibilities. But I probably should balance that with taking a bit of a break.
I have been doing some other things. Played some Hades, watched some anime. Finished Odd Taxi, which was a great surreal subdued mystery drama with great characters. And I started Deca-Dence, a sci-fi action show with the sort of convoluted premise that I love.