Shifted Paradigm
Despite the fact that I’ve had to delay my bike excursion for one more week this week has been fantastic!  First off I got a kitty! The kitty is great, she’s really adjusting to the new home and is getting to fighting the dogs and stuff so she’s been great. I could go on forever about how great the new kitty is… but that’ll be some other time. For now be satisfied to know that her name is Hiei (pronounced he-ay) it’s a Japanese word that means hidden shadow! And she is to become a ninja kitten in due time. It has also been great that my business is growing and surviving on its own… which is still all good and fun… but not the best part of this week.
The best part of this week came also with a blindside to my priorities. Still living with my mommy, and working at home doing something that pays rather well I’ve never had to put much priority on anything other than my little business, myself, and entertainment for myself (computer games mostly). God does fit in there somewhere too…. I’d love to lie and say he’s at the top of the priority list, but I’ve gotten into the habit of being rather honest on here, and lets face it I don’t make as much time for God as I should… especially seeing as I have all the time in the world to do basically whatever I want. Most of the time after working on the website, or saturating my mind with the numbing effects of working on chainmail for several hours I’ll hop online and play some games to destress, or regain consciousness. Believe me if you’ve ever sat around for 8 hours putting ring, after ring, after ring, after ring, after ring, after ring, after ring onto a piece of chainmail (be it a necklace or a full shirt) you’ll know what I mean about losing consciousness. I’ve found something else, much better than video games this week however to keep my mind occupied.
I always used to make fun of Jordan when we started up a game of CoH or WiC where you rely on your teammates 100% and he’d get called by his woman (as I often referred to her just to tease him I’m not sexist it was just fun to mess with him… I’d never say it to her). I’d get kind of frustrated with him since I was losing because he couldn’t concentrate… I’ve been more distracted this week than he’s ever shown… not in a bad way either; good distractions. It sounds absolutely silly for me to say it now, but I’ve been waiting for 2 months for the game World in Conflict to come out (played the Beta 2 months ago and fell in love, since then have become addicted… until recently). WiC was the greatest game for relieving stress because I am freaking good at it! It’s a strategy game that I can just manipulate to my likings. I can join a losing team and lead them to victory most any time because I’m good at organized attacking. Anyways, I seriously played the game all the time… it officially came out Tuesday (mind you I had it pre-ordered 2 months in advance). Now I wouldn’t mind getting my money back for it… because it’s not as good in the full release? Absolutely not, it’s much better with many more maps which makes it much more exciting and engaging. Thing is it went from being high on my priority list to dropping off the radar screen. Thing is I only play games on the comp to get away for a while, some entertainment, and a little relaxation… that was replaced this week :-D Now I have to say I don’t even understand why Jordan would stay in game to play with me… distracted as he might be, while talking to “his woman” haha I can say that because she’s not really his anymore, they’re on a break right now… but looks to be breaking up… but anyways you guys don’t need to know all that. Actually my distraction started as a MySpace friend request. A girl from our church found me on MySpace (not that I knew it was her at the time, I was actually quite confused as to who it was when I saw the request). We talked back and forth on MySpace for a couple of days and filled up each others pages with comments before starting to talk on YIM. The freetime I’ve had where I’m not doing work for my business I’ve spent talking with her, and it has been great! In fact tonight we’ve talked for nearly 8 hours straight now! It’s been a great conversation the whole time though, we’ve talked about everything from her kids and how she’s raising them, to our lives, and pack rat natures. I can’t even begin to put down how great it has been either… I love solid engaging conversations, and this has most definitely been that.