I'd like to say that I had projects that had priority over any video game playing, but that wasn't the case. I simply didn't feel like logging in and playing on my Alliance toons. I did check the bank alts a couple of times to make sure I wasn't losing anything via in-game mail*, but beyond that, I didn't do much.
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| This is but one page of my "junk" mail. |
This sort of break is a necessary part of any endeavor, and because I have no external pressure to complete anything in-game** I can take as many breaks as I need. This was something I sorely missed in 2021, and I fully intend to take advantage of my lack of commitment right now.
So.
What have I been doing?
Thinking about this...
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| No, this is not my house. From a reviewer at The Home Depot's website. |
Yes, it's creeping toward gardening season, and I've already obtained some seeds for this year. And this year, I'm actually going to put in a couple of raised beds in the backyard so I can plant a vegetable garden in the yard, the first one since the mini-Reds were little. (Here's to hoping the deer won't be that hungry...)
Outside of that, I've just been taking a mental break. Goofing around, doing this and that, and catching up on some of my writing.
By the time this posts I might be back into WoW, but whether or not isn't that great of a concern. What's important is that I enjoy what I'm doing.
*If you're like me and have far too much accumulated junk for a bank alt or two, you just move stuff around via in-game mail. In WoW at least, you have 30 days before the mail (and attachments) returns to the sender, and then 30 days it can sit in the sender's inbox before it's automatically removed. So, if you keep up with juggling in-game mail, you can move a ton of stuff around.
**Relatively speaking, of course. My friends group would want me to get to Outland and level faster --it's not quite so overt right now but it's one of those generally understood things-- but I'm being my contrarian self right now and am actively resisting that.
That's a coincidence, I have taken up trying to plant things in my yard for the first time this year. I don't know what the hell I am doing so this year I am just experimenting.
ReplyDeleteFirst I tried throwing clover seens around in the backyard. Those almost all seem to have gotten eaten by birds and squirrels. At least very few of them sprouted, and out of thosuands of seeds I see like a handfull now.
Yesterday I bought a pollinator mix and two different types of soil. I cleared out patches in three differrnt parts of the yard with different light regimes. Put down the soil and mixed it all up with yard dirt in each spot, and will water them lightly once a day until something happens. I also planted a fig sapling in a likely looking spot, where I at least won't run over it with anything. Based on what grows where this year, I may get more ambitious next year.
Best of luck in your gardening endeavors this year!!
DeleteWe had planters on the deck for years, but that limited what we'd plant in the spring by quite a bit. Going back and putting in some raised beds in the yard, however, is a more serious commitment to gardening. I was going to do it last year, but I had enough surprise bills that I had to bag it for this year instead.
I'll be honest in that I have no idea if the deer will ravage the garden within a week or two, but the only way to find out is to try.
Gardening! Now we're talking. I started 17 different types of flower seeds last Sunday under lights. Ah, spring. Blizzards predicted for this weekend. As long as it's all gone by April, my plans can't be thwarted. If you have a deer problem, yup they are likely to eat your things. Might try an in ground garden patch first to see how it goes. They taste everything, even if they don't end up eating it.
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I figure that the raised beds, if I put them high enough, will discourage the rabbits from eating things. I was planning on mixing in some marigolds with the vegetables to see if that discourages the deer, but I'm likely being overly optimistic there.
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