Well, so much for posting more
Mar. 28th, 2020 11:10 pmIt turns out that when the desk where I do my writing is also the desk where I do my dayjob six hours every weekday, it's much harder to convince myself that writing, even something fun like a DW post or some meta, is something I want to do. At the very least, I want to take a substantial break in between, and at least for the moment what I end up doing in that break is playing Horizon Zero Dawn.
I've been meaning to play HZD for awhile now, thanks to strong recs from many friends and also T, who played it twice when it first came out. Turns out that it's a perfect shelter-in-place activity. I won't say much in detail for now, just that the gameplay is pretty fun, the story is engaging, and Aloy -- played by the wonderful Ashly Burch -- is an excellent character whom I love. I look forward to uncovering the remaining mysteries of the apocalypse.
As for everything else, I'm getting by. T and I remain healthy so far as we know. All the data suggest that shelter-in-place is working in California; although it's too early to make any sweeping statements, the hope that there's a point to this exercise makes me feel better about doing it. Working at home is going well enough, although it's confirmed my sense that I'd really rather be in the office, despite the convenience of no commute and easy access to my kitty. Tori has attended several meetings now, including one where I was teaching some of my colleagues how to do a mail merge, and I decided that they didn't need to look at me while I was juggling MS Office programs. So I titled my camera toward the perch by my desk where she hangs out, and she got to be the star of the show. My socialization so far has mostly been with work colleagues, but my regular Sunday TV nights have resumed, with our second one next week. My first D&D session is tomorrow, too! We've made like four trips to some grocery store or another in the last week, which I know is too much. I guess it take time to figure out how much food is enough when you eat literally every meal at home.
I hope you are all staying safe and as well as can be expected. Virtual hugs to everyone who would like them!
I've been meaning to play HZD for awhile now, thanks to strong recs from many friends and also T, who played it twice when it first came out. Turns out that it's a perfect shelter-in-place activity. I won't say much in detail for now, just that the gameplay is pretty fun, the story is engaging, and Aloy -- played by the wonderful Ashly Burch -- is an excellent character whom I love. I look forward to uncovering the remaining mysteries of the apocalypse.
As for everything else, I'm getting by. T and I remain healthy so far as we know. All the data suggest that shelter-in-place is working in California; although it's too early to make any sweeping statements, the hope that there's a point to this exercise makes me feel better about doing it. Working at home is going well enough, although it's confirmed my sense that I'd really rather be in the office, despite the convenience of no commute and easy access to my kitty. Tori has attended several meetings now, including one where I was teaching some of my colleagues how to do a mail merge, and I decided that they didn't need to look at me while I was juggling MS Office programs. So I titled my camera toward the perch by my desk where she hangs out, and she got to be the star of the show. My socialization so far has mostly been with work colleagues, but my regular Sunday TV nights have resumed, with our second one next week. My first D&D session is tomorrow, too! We've made like four trips to some grocery store or another in the last week, which I know is too much. I guess it take time to figure out how much food is enough when you eat literally every meal at home.
I hope you are all staying safe and as well as can be expected. Virtual hugs to everyone who would like them!
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