Words Unspoken|Today is where your book begins, the rest is still unwritten.

I inserted the wowhead code in my site so I want to see if links work! Because of this, I’m going to post a WoW-related post. Yay!

My new guild is still doing wonderfully. We’re getting further and further along and still having fun doing it. I can see the improvement every time we meet a new boss, and even more so when we are up against an old one!

Finally, Kim is getting some upgrades. I’m still top DKP, which shows two things: how dedicated I am to raiding, and how rarely I get actual upgrades these days. But it’s okay! I’m spending it where I can, and enjoying the ride even without the gear.

A few recent upgrades, though, are:
Hood of Hexing
Shattered Sun Pendant of Acumen
Nethervoid Cloak
Fury of the Ursine
Scryer’s Blade of Focus
Fused Nethergon Band
Anetheron’s Noose

I still have quite a bit to go, but sadly nothing really off of the bosses that we’ve been fighting. I can wait, though, because now that we’re on our way into T6 content, it won’t be long before the epics start pouring in! I’m at about 1400+ shadow damage raid buffed (1270+ unbuffed) and am noticing a huge difference in my mana efficiency, especially. My damage has been a bit lackluster as of late, but I think that’s due to the horrible AoE pulls that I haven’t quite gotten the hang of doing a lot of damage during. It can only get better, though!

I have five days until my 23rd birthday. Weird, I know, that I’m counting down the way I am, like a kid waiting for their tenth birthday. But it’s one thing I get to count down to, even if it is insignificant and just another day to everyone else in the world! Matt works all day that day, so I’m hoping to find something else to do. I could do ZA with my team but I feel like my birthday should be something special. Jane’s told me that we’ll do something and she’s not quite sure what yet, so I’m waiting to see. It should be interesting, at least!

Walked to the gym today and did a Body Attack. Decided to forgo the weights and the Body Flow today because I wasn’t feeling very well - it’s good that I went at all! Matt came and picked me up from the gym because I bought a bunch of groceries to last us for the week or longer and was in no shape to walk home with them. We had a lovely dinner of lasagna (frozen, obviously) and garlic bread. Yum!

Found out some good news yesterday that started out sounding like bad news. My Grandma called me and sounded awful - she had no voice and sounded very tearful. She said “Hi Ang, it’s Grandma” and the first words out of my mouth weren’t “hello” but instead “Are you okay? What’s wrong?” because she had me so worried. She told me she just had a bad cold, which is much better news than the bad news I thought it was going to be. Anyway, she went on to tell me that she and my Grandpa might be coming up to visit me in a couple weeks and she wanted to know of the best route to get here and what are some hotels near my apartment. I’m so excited, because this will be the first visit I’ve had from anyone since I’ve lived here! It’ll be nice to show someone around on what’s now “my turf” or something.

I was hoping a bit that the next time I saw my family, that I’d be thinner than I am, but it’s okay. I’m honestly getting more comfortable with myself as I work out more. It’s about quality of life, not the amount of weight on my body, I think. I’m discovering that I’m looking better than when I started at the gym, amazingly. I looked at myself in the mirror at the gym today and thought “Wow, I don’t look as bad as I used to!” Though I think they may have magically-flattering mirrors or something. Who knows! Anyway, I’m doing more than I ever thought I could. Now, on a normal day, I can walk to the gym, work out, and walk home. I’m lifting crazy amounts of weights when I do my weight circuit. I walk up and down stairs without wanting to pass out. It’s exciting!

I have been trying to figure out a version of a song that they use in my Body Attack class, and I can’t find it anywhere! It seems to be a cover of Wham!’s “Freedom” but it’s a female singing it and it’s much more upbeat and modern. It’s driving me bananas!

Teresa is holding a new contest over at her personal blog. Those entering have a chance at winning a lovely and uniquely designed dandelion handbag by Rebecca Weis. Teresa is willing to ship this item anywhere, so anyone can participate.

This handbag is absolutely beautiful! I want it! It’d be a fantastic birthday present for me if I won it, haha!

The doors in this apartment suck. I’m not exaggerating, I’m not trying to whine, it’s just fact.

• Our balcony screen door doesn’t open or close properly and falls off the track when you try to open or close it.
• Our bathroom door doesn’t lock. This has led to at least one embarrassing moment for one member of the household.
• Our storage room door doesn’t latch when it closes, so it just sits nearly closed and never “catches”. This causes it to float open every once in a while and drive me bananas.
• Matt’s parents’ room door doesn’t shut unless you hold the door shut, grab the handle, and pull up as hard as you can while pulling shut. This causes nights like tonight…

It’s fairly windy tonight. The window’s open but the fan’s off, and yet our curtains are still blowing and there’s a breeze coming through. The worst part of the whole thing, though, is Matt’s parents’ bedroom door. The pressure changes as the breeze is flowing through makes their door open… and then close. Open… and then close. Open… and then close. All the while it’s going “thunk, thunk, thunk” and making me want to go nail it shut!

Look at this weather. WHY is it snowing again? I just got rid of the crap. My birthday is in 9 days. If it’s snowing on my birthday, I will cry. For real. Not fair!