Pally Fun

If it seems like I never talk WoW anymore that is because I've hardly been playing at all. I've been trying so hard to concentrate on my writing and drawing that I've hardly allowed myself any play time. I think of the fact that I've wanted to be a published writer since I was 14. And I will be. I know that for a fact. Being the best Warlock in the WoW universe has never been a goal for me although I have a great time playing. So I keep thinking about where my priorities should lie. Mostly nowadays I play for the social aspect. My guild is a ton of fun and when we raid it's just great. My sister laughs at me for saying that I'm "hanging out" with the guild, since we're spread out throughout the country. But for me it does feel like hanging out with friends.

But to be completely honest, I'm bored of my warlock. I have no more quests to do, almost no more profession levels to get, and hardly any instances that I haven't explored. I'm not big into achievements so I have little to do with the character. And grinding money and rep is starting to feel more like a job than play time. So I haven't touched Myraina in weeks, except to instance and raid with the guild. Instead I've focused my little play time on my new Paladin. And I just love her. It's so much fun to be leveling again. And with a tank like character. My 42 paladin doesn't break a sweat unless I'm either killing 46 level mobs or 4 level 40 mobs at a time. She can heal herself and still take damage. It's just too much fun.

The only problem I've found with being a paladin is that everytime I log on, I am invited to instance within a matter of minutes. I am whispered constantly by complete strangers with an invitation to one dungeon or the other. I was retribution specced but that didn't seem to stop the invites. Most of the time I've begged off saying that I'm just interested in leveling. But last night I got a request to help with Scarlet Monastery. I figured why not. It is well below my level and would be good practice. I ended up tanking since I was surrounded by much lower level characters. And I loved tanking. It was frantic, engaging, and tough. I really enjoyed the challenge of it, particularly since I'm not tank specced. After the instance (we only completed two quarters before everyone had to go) I ran to Ironforge and duel-specced. I'm going to be a tank. And I'm so incredibly excited. Instances here I come.

Weekend Update

I'm pretty bad about posting over the weekend. Not sure why but it might be that over the weekend I don't often sit at a computer that isn't playing WoW. Yesterday I leveled my new Paladin all the way up to 22. I never realized how much I would enjoy a melee class. She's a ton of fun to play and I'm just starting to learn how to take on three to four mobs at a time. I had been meaning to create her for a while but was stuck on the name. I finally decided on Hretha, a norse word meaning "the Victorious". Sadly Hretha was already taken on a couple servers, Eonar being one. So she became Hraitha. I'm enjoying getting to hack at bad guys with just enough spells in to make the character interesting. 

The rest of the day was spent reading and watching Scrubs. I'm completely addicted to the show and am going back to watch the first two seasons. It was a wonderful day. 

This morning Jeff and I went to breakfast at one of my favorite brunch places and then headed out bird watching. I've started bird watching seriously and am going to try to get into digiscoping heavily. We went up to one of the state parks and it was originally a little light. But after watching a rather intense Canadian Goose fight, we spotted a Bufflehead (interesting looking bird), a Red-Headed Woodpecker (which Jeff found by sound), and a ton of American Coots. But our most exciting find for the morning was a River Otter that spotted us and came swimming right towards us. We both got great looks. I only wish I had dragged out the camera. Then a car went driving past and it ducked underwater, not to be seen again. 

I'm not sure what I'll be doing this afternoon but for right now I can safely say this has been a fantastic weekend. Hope everyone is enjoying theirs. 

A Bufflehead