Mari Musings

Ham-ha, readers! I have a lazy update, with nothing crazy to share. I’ve been fairly busy the past couple of months, but there’s not much to ‘write home about.’ I’ve felt disinterested from updating my site, hence the lack of updates. I’ve been working on some backend stuff, but writing very little…

I’ve been working on taking better care of myself the past few months, and it’s paying off. I started taking vitamins and eating better, more consistently. My efforts have brought me energy and a much easier time sleeping, definitely something to be grateful for. I don’t own a scale, but I think I’ve also lost a bit of weight too. The clothes that would not fit me at all last summer fit “normally” again. Overall, I feel a lot stronger and better overall physically, and I’m proud of myself.

I need my strength because work and family have brought unprecedented challenges to my life. The oldest daughter curse never goes away. And as for work, I just try to be grateful for what I have and how far I’ve come. I’m trying to just keep ahold of myself and stick to my values, as alluring as casual evil seems lately.

As far as my hobbies, I’ve been playing games and painting Warhammer mini’s the past couple months.

I started a new Baldur’s Gate 3 playthrough a couple months ago. This time, I just played a regular Tav. My character, Maeve, is a Lolth-sworn drow bard …aka playing as myself LOL. I get the sense that I might be the drama in this playthrough, and perhaps, a bit unintentionally evil. At one point Shadowheart, Astarion, and Lae’zel kept disapproving of my actions, feeling disgusted by my Tav's callous brutality. But I’m literally righteous. Screw my haters.

I also picked up Tomodachi life in April, and it’s been a blast. I’ve come to a lull with it where I only play here and there throughout the day. One of these days, I’ll gather up the motivation to make an in-depth post about my island. For now, I will just say that my island is a chaotic mix of my OCs, the Baldur’s Gate rapscallions, the Witcher, and assorted characters from Dudu and I’s interests. The most important highlight is that Dumbledore and Gandalf got married of their own volition, with very little interference from me.

I also just started a long-awaited replay of the Witcher 3. I’ve come a long way since I first played it in 2020, and I’m breezing through the open world. I appreciate the game even more now that I understand much more of the lore leading up to it, having read the novels. I’m hoping to actually finish the game this time, as well as play the DLC for the first time.

Finally, I’ve been helping Dudu paint his Warhammer army. Progress is slow, sadly. I want to rearrange our office and hobby area in a way that it will accommodate both of us painting at once. It’s cluttered and messy at the moment, and that drives me crazy!

That’s all there is to say for now. I’m hopeful that things will improve soon. Just gotta stay on the grind :’)