Mio Ultimo Adios

The title might sound worse than it really is. It means "my last farewell" in Spanish. But that's what already happened.

It's not that I want to quit World of Warcraft, but it's more like I NEEDED to quit. I have put my life on hold for so long, letting my life work around the damn game. It shouldn't have been like that but pathetic as it may sound, that's what happened.

I have had waaaay too many wake-up calls in the past 3 months alone. Maman (my grandma) passed away August 1st of this year. A month or so ago, my cousin in the Philippines got shot in the back and almost died. He was shot in C4 of the spine (I have minimal knowledge of anatomy but I know when you get shot there, you're chance of being paralyzed is very high) but he can move his legs. Then my brother-in-law flat-lined for no reason and thank God he was already in the hospital over a bad tummy-ache. If these weren't wake-up calls for me, I don't know what is!

Life is too damn short to play a game. Life IS the game I'm supposed to be playing and I only got one good shot to make something of myself.

Speaking of life... even THAT has been hard for me. My boyfriend's job just cut out a huge chunk of his check (they fucked his commission big time!) and that's almost a thousand dollars a month that's not going into our pockets. I work more days/hours now. I have taken some catering jobs as well, just to get a little more spending money. And even with that, it won't even out what money we lost.

I have been good at budgeting our food. I want to say we spend less than $40 a week on our food. And I'm talking about REAL food, not the processed crap. I have also been painting more and hopefully I am talented enough so I can sell some of my artwork.

So, as much as it pains me, farewell WoW. It's been fun. I hope Cataclysm is a success and thank you for all the years of fun you gave me.

If anyone was reading this blog, I thank you too. I hope you all the best.