Since it’s been so long since I updated, I thought I needed to give a quick update of what’s been keeping me so occupied!

Crafting

Embroidery! I love it. I recently completed an embroidery project for my mom which was a lot of fun! I wish I’d taken pictures of it to show off. Maybe she’ll read this and be inspired to send me some? I used felt and embroidery thread and I was really impressed with how it turned out. I will definitely be doing more embroidery in the future! I’m just not sure what I want to make next, or who I should make something for! It’s easier for me to make things if I have a particular person in mind.

Video Games

Recently I picked up Dragon Age: Origins and I’ve been playing it to death. I’m not crazy about the combat style. I created a mage because that’s the type of class I prefer to play in RPG type games (I’d rather have my character stand back and cast spells than be up front in the action) only to find out you have to manage your entire party’s actions. I’ve gotten good enough at working with the tactics that I can get my party through most fights while just managing what my actual character is doing. What I really like about the game is the character development of the party members. This is the best character development I’ve seen in a game since The Longest Journey–which is still my favorite game ever, partly because it’s impossible to die. I find dying in video games to be really frustrating!

Visiting Family

This Memorial Day weekend I traveled to Michigan for my brother’s high school graduation! I’m really proud of him. He’s an aspiring writer who has not only written an entire novel but also won an award in the school’s fine art’s competition for an amazing poem he wrote. He’s graduating with honors and has some great scholarships for college next year!

The photo is from last year’s 4th of July. My brother is the second from the left, surrounded by relatives. At his graduation party I was able to see most of my relatives. Both my parents having 5 siblings each, and all of those siblings have children, and some of those children have children. It’s hard getting most of them in one place! This probably wont happen again until a wedding or a funeral (hopefully the former.)

Finishing Under the Net

I’m happily reaching the end of the novel, and I should have my final review up soon! I made sure not to read it on my flight to Michigan because I don’t think I could handle leaving it on a plane a second time!

Tags: craft, family, flying, Under the Net, video games, writing

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