I have been shamefully neglectful of this blog and am afraid to say, this trend is likely to continue for a while longer! To make up for this, here’s a picture of the Oreo cheesecake I made yesterday:
It was delicious and worth all ten thousand calories. I used this recipe.
I hope you are all well, that is the assumed ‘you’ – everyone out there and still around in some shape or form, blogging or not but frequenting this little place from time to time. Judging from other blogs I’ve visited of late, summer break has generally slowed things down, that is if you’re not among those desperately awaiting Legion.
What I’ve been up to
I have no immediate plans for a new MMO this year. I’m currently going through a bit of a FFXIV blues which led me to cancel my subscription temporarily, until a time when I feel like grinding a hundred dungeons for gear tokens again. I still log into BDO now and again, mostly to explore new content and hang in my house which is both fabulous and entirely without purpose. I had a stab at Stardew Valley and Recettear during the Steam summer sale, neither of which stuck because I really detest the control schemes (and I have no wish to mess around with a controller).
Black Desert Online aside, this year’s best plays so far have been Portal Knights and Overwatch for me and am awaiting new patches eagerly for both. I also really want to get back into The Witcher 3, once time allows or rather my general mood. Oh and before I forget: I’ve had some sexy time with the HTC Vive which is wonderful and amazing and so much better than I ever thought it would be! I am getting myself a Vive as soon as possible (preferably when there’s a lighter 2.0 version).
Summer isn’t for sitting in front of the desk. I’ve spent a lot of time this year re-building both physical and mental fitness and I feel better than I have in a very long time. I’ve taken up a new work position three weeks ago which so far, has proven to be the perfect mix of professional progress and life balance I’ve been looking for. I’ve learned a lot about mindfulness and self-compassion in the past few months, which is an ongoing process, so above all my current goal is to remain in harmony with myself. That sounds horribly hipster and carrot juice but it’s all about not losing yourself out there in this stressy and messy world and remembering priorities. That includes remembering yourself and I’m glad I took some time off to do that.
Having said this, I’m off to Italy next week to enjoy the Italian sun, cuisine and Mediterranean sea for a while. I’ve packed Neil Gaiman’s “Trigger Warnings” as well as Kingdom Hearts Unchained and Seabeard on tablet, in case that media withdrawal strikes. There’s not going to be a new episode of Battle Bards next week but on the 19th, in case you’ll be looking for it. We did a really cool show on adventure tunes end of June.
Business shall resume on this blog when it shall. I’ve done this many times before, so worry not – meanwhile I will be lurking in the usual corners and twitter. Hugs to my blogging buddies and friends keeping their pens sharp and minds sharper! You know who you are.
Happy summer break everybody!
@Gypsy_Syl caaake. I would be done after one bite of that. D: Enjoy your trips on behalf of us stranded folk!
@Gypsy_Syl “hipster and carrot juice”
Brilliant
Italy, nice! I hope you’ll have a great time there – but it’s italy, so you’d have to try hard not to enjoy it.
Nice summer break to you, too.
Hey thanks! 😀 Yes, Ive been going to the same place in Italy since early childhood and it never lets me down – just perfect to relax and enjoy the sweeter side of life!
Very nice! Used to be the same for me- every summer vacation, my mother and i went to the same place- 9 times when i was aged 6 to 14. Made friends, learned italian, enjoyed “normal” life instead of pure tourism. For some reason, we didn’t go anymore…for 20 years. Then i took my wife and mother-in-law and went back to see the town and surprise our friends. That was fun.
I’d go again, but my wife has a veto there…and also, family visits go into an altogether different direction.
@Gypsy_Syl good to hear how you’re doing 🙂 hugs
Yay, you’re back!!!!!
I was worried there for a bit….
Oh no! Twas high time to post an update then – sometimes I forget not everyone is on social media. I hope you and the family are well! 🙂
I am on some forms of social media –FB and techincally G+ but I don’t look there– but not Twitter. I’d be too tempted to shoot my mouth off and get myself into trouble.
Oh, and yes we’re all well.
Buried in college trips, but we’re well.