Not really true. But I've been horrendously busy/distracted.

Earlier this week there was this whole fiasco with my brother-in-law coming to visit with his girlfriend during a time 1) we were TOTALLY not prepared for visitors, 2) I was HORRIBLY busy because I had a lot to do absolutely no time and energy to do it all.

Having the distraction of relative strangers in my home (I didn't know the girl at all, and my brother-in-law and I have the language barrier) completely destroyed any progress I would've had on my work. I was extremely upset about that, and at the idea that we were expected to put up with their presence on short notice because he decided he wanted to leave home on a whim. It wasn't even an emergency or anything so much as just... moving with hardly ANY plan of where to stay and what to do for the next few days.

After all that, my RPoL posting was pretty much thrown off COMPLETELY as well, as I couldn't get the energy to do that, either. I just kept getting more and more behind, more and more exhausted. Even doing work for the Order of the White Rose in DR was more wearing than I would have liked. :(

Looks like I won't be going to visit inlaws this week. It may be a couple weeks from now. Jon and I may take a day off toward the end of the week instead, maybe go and stay at a hotel for a night. :) We do that sometimes just to get away from distractions and be together.

Reasons for postponing the visit are many. Mood, bad timing, etc. One of the more important issues is that I'm waiting for my check card to come in and don't want to be away from the apartment when it comes.

Also, I'm trying to finalize my early withdrawal from Concordia. I'm not totally happy about it, as I've said before, but on the other hand knowing I'm NOT going has improved my mood somewhat. Before, when I was in this constant "I'm not sure if I'm going or not!!!" situation, the lack of certainty negatively affected my mood a LOT. Well, now I just won't reapply until I have all the other documents ready. :/ Which with lawyer help, I can only hope will be next year.

I am reading a series by Karen Miller named Godspeaker. I think I really enjoy her writing style. She said in an interview that her books tend to be 'character driven' and that tends to be my style of writing as well. It makes me wish I could write novels myself. 30 is a little old to dream of that and hope it would go well.

I have plenty of ideas, though. And a part of me is starting to tire out using all those ideas for RPoL games people hardly want to post in. I am worn out of entertaining people who don't take enough initiative to involve themselves. The end result is that I do much more writing than the players do, and end up burnt out / unsure it's worth the trouble. Not all my games are like this, but it's sad when it is, especially with a game I once really enjoyed.

Speaking of games (video games in this case), I have been considering what DS game to get next, and it is most definitely Knights in the Nightmare. Incredibly difficult/complex Nintendo DS RPGs? I'm there. Fairly sure I will still want to buy Avalon Code as well. I like the system for collecting monster info, and being able to change the conditions of battle. It appeals to both my collector side AND my customization side!

Jon and I are going to be ordering a few video games online by next week-ish. We're also going to visit my inlaws around then, for maybe 4-5 days. More about that (specific dates, etc.) later!

We finally got our Playstation 3 from Amazon! My father-in-law bought it as a gift for my husband and me. An early birthday present, I guess. ^^ Jon's birthday is November 10, after all. *hugs her husband* I will have to write a thank you for my inlaws. Hmm!

Gah and it's cold right now. I wish I could snuggle him actually. Brrrr. Fall weather. It's actually colder in this apartment than it used to be in our old one, but that's probably 'cause we have so many windows. Going to have to bundle up and wear blankets and stuff when it gets winter-y.

Ah but back to the topic. We bought Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots to play with our shiny new PS3. So we may be kinda, like... very much absent for the next couple days. :D At least until Sunday 'cause I have Wardragon then, and also arranged a meeting in DR with a couple of friends in the White Rose.

Edit: Phantasy Star 0 is coming for DS in Japan. o.O I am half miffed because it's more PSO ish than pre-Phantasy Star 1, but... I still want it. :P Eventually!

We actually got back home earlier than I thought, 'cause we ended up hitching a ride with Jon's uncle and aunt. They were leaving a day early 'cause there's supposed to be bad weather over there today, and they didn't want to be driving out in heavy snow (understandably!) So we decided to go with them.

I kinda wish we just spent the extra money for the bus, though. Well, on one hand, it gave us time for me to buy some computer parts on sale after the trip back. But on the other hand, Jon's uncle was smoking like a chimney in the pickup (and sitting in the back seat of a pickup sucks already -- ow my ass!) Which might've not been so bad except he didn't even bother putting the window down, WTF??? God, I was suffocating in there, and I was really ticked off because the nasty cigarette smoke was settling into my clothes, not to mention inside my LUNGS.

Blech. Smoking is bad, mmmmkay?