Hectic Days

What a hectic couple of weeks it has been. Two weeks ago, we found out my wife's grandma passed away. She was 100, but it was still hard on her family. My parents watched our girls pretty much all of last week and weekend as we flew to Pennsylvania for the funeral and family gatherings. All things considered, it went pretty well. As soon as we got back, I had to sleep, then go to work. Right after work, we left for Hot Springs, AR for our 3rd year anniversary. Which was a nice time, but made the endcap of the week even more exhausting. 

Now we're back on the grind; girls not sleeping super well, health issues, and non-stop things to do. For instance, the last time I mowed, the mechanism for engaging the PTO to the blades on the riding lawn mower broke off of the deck. And the deck lost another wheel. I should be able to fix this with a large bolt and a couple of large washers, but I could really use a new deck entirely. The mower itself is still good. 

I definitely am happy with the Steam Deck. I didn't play it much during the trip last week, but it was nice being able to hop into some Dave Mirra's Freestyle BMX 2 on an emulator in the hotel. I also went ahead and purchased Runescape Dragon Wilds and played a little of that - only made it so far to build the starter house. I grew up playing Runescape (started in 2005), so it's a bit nostalgic with the Runescape elements in it. It is early access, but I'm rather excited for more skills to be added. As weird as it may sound, I'm hoping it is a bit of a grind like the OSRS and RS. I just hope it doesn't focus too much on the base-building aspect so I can get by with just a simple camp and exploring. I'm a little excited to see where it goes. The initial success of it makes me think it won't just die out like Jagex's previous projects. I do fear a bit for monetization, though.