My second Kimberia, that is. My blood elf mage over on Rexxar.

Before I post this, I want to point out that I am, in fact, well aware that I’m a nerd. But I just had the best conversation with a GM in World of Warcraft that I’ve ever had. I sent in a ticket about Gold Farmers spamming. It’s a part of an add-on that I have, called SpamSentry. It gathers up a list and automatically sends in a ticket with a list of the people that have sent me messages. It’s quite handy, actually.

Anyway, the conversation went as follows:

Everyone has that one person in their family that is unlike any other. For me, it’s my Grandma. My Dad’s mom, that is. She’s always had a very special place in my heart. When I was younger, we’d go to her house (she lived just a few blocks away when I was living in Warren) and just goof around for hours. My parents hated it, I think, because she let us get away with lots. I remember sitting on her kitchen counter, going through the spice cabinet, and mixing everything together. She’d just watch me and laugh.

We’d go to her house on holidays and she’d cook the biggest dinners, with extra rolls/bread for me, since she knew I liked it. Then we’d sit on her couch for hours and goof around. The house was always the same way. No furniture ever moved, nothing was ever repainted, nothing was ever new. I liked it that way. I could go there right now and find my way around just as well as I could ten years ago. She said that everyone keeps trying to get her to rearrange things, but she doesn’t want to. I wouldn’t want to, either.

We’ve been talking a bit on the phone since I moved back up here with Matt. She says she likes talking to me, because I’m the only person who “gets” her now that her son, my Uncle Jimmy, has passed on. She misses him like crazy. She says she’s pretty depressed now, and she’s been going to therapy. I wish I could be there to spend time with her, but it’s good that calling her cheers her up.

I called her on Mother’s Day. She said that it made her day. Her sons and daughters stopped by (all 6 of them), but they are all so busy and running around that they didn’t get to stay around for long. She said that she was so glad to hear from me. We talked for about 45 minutes.

During the 45-minute conversation, in true Grandma fashion, she didn’t question the life that I’m living once. She’s the only person that I talk to that doesn’t ever question me. She tells me all the time how smart I am and how much she loves talking to me, and she’ll tell me five times in a conversation that I’m funny. I say something about “ugh, I’ve eaten too much today” and she says, “Ah, that’s okay, I have too. We can be pigs together.”

I think that in a world where I feel very misunderstood, she’s one of the few that truly “gets” me.

This week’s Ten on Tuesday: 10 songs that make you sad.

Here are ten songs that always make me feel sad. Some of them, it’s because of the nature of the song. Many of them, though, it’s because of memories associated with the songs. They’re in no particular order - I just put them on the list as I thought of them. I admit, I’m a bit of a baby when it comes to music. There are otherwise very happy songs that make me cry - I can’t help it! And yes, the song selections are all over the place. What can I say, I listen to everything!

1. Tim McGraw - Don’t Take the Girl
2. Bob Carlisle - Butterfly Kisses
3. Garth Brooks - If Tomorrow Never Comes
4. Nickelback - Far Away * See note at bottom
5. Simple Plan - Crazy
6. Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings
7. Boyz II Men & Mariah Carey - One Sweet Day
8. Goo Goo Dolls - Better Days
9. The Judds - Grandpa, Tell Me ‘Bout the Good Old Days ** See second note at bottom
10. Newsong - Christmas Shoes

* This song (Far Away) is bittersweet for me. The song is about such a sad topic and reminds me of being so far away from Matt, and the video is horribly sad. At the same time, it was mine and Matt’s first dance at our wedding. The song fits us so well that we couldn’t not use it. So, like I said, bittersweet.

** Holy goodness. While finding the videos for these, this song was playing just long enough to link it in the post and it had me in tears. I’m such a baby. Seriously.