Tuesday, February 11, 2003

Never Sign on in the AM

This should be a no brainer: if you have to go to work, don't log on. Not even for a second. No, I didn't blow off work to play, but I passed my morale check exactly.

It went like this: I didn't get to play hardly at all last night. Jess and I were going to see a play (she is a Theatre major and needs to see several a year) at 8pm. I played a little while we were getting ready, but, as usual, I shaved it down to that absolute last second before we had to leave to camp. When we got home, I was way too tired to sign on and put Balinvar up in trader mode as I had planned. Being a Ranger, I am usually broke, so I need Balinvar selling whatever loot I get as often as I can. So, no problem, I will put him up now, before I head out to work.

Usually, no one in EE is playing that early. But, today, there was a group in Iceland awaiting the impending spawn of Lodizal. Now, Lodizal the big bad sea turtle drops some pretty cool loot. But, he is also one of the more cutthroat FFA camps on the server. As I was setting Balinvar up, there was a call to assemble troops. I looked at Jess who had gotten up uncharacteristically early (to do homework, no less), she said that we could go if I wanted, but she wanted me to say no. /sigh. I needed to get on the road. So, I turned off the monitor and left. The agony was large.

Vow: don't sign on in the am if you plan to go to work. If I need Bal up and selling, I need to set that up before camping in the evening.

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