The boredom

All the excitement is over. My family's slowly going back to normal and I'm still stuck in moving-limbo.

So I'm looking for things to do. They can't be expensive, because I need to watch my money, and they can't be far away, because all I have is a bike and public transport. Oh, and I've accumulated some blisters in the last few days. On the soles of my feet. It takes a special kind of dedication and lousy footwear choices.

Most of my shoes are packed and I'm too stubborn to get them out. The ones that aren't and are comfy are too well-hidden for me to find. I offered to try and go biking with the dog, but for some mysterious reason, it's illegal to do so in Belgium. Go figure.

So I've gone down the dark and twisty road I was on when I was fifteen. To gaiaonline. It's not the most entertaining website, nor has it the most fun games, but there's people there who are equally bored as I am. You can chat a bit, play a bit and I can distract myself enough to get some knitting done in the meanwhile.

Oh, and you get to dress up. I've decided to only put in stuff that is less than 2000 gold a pop, or things I get given or find randomly on the site. So far, the picture above is my goal. I'm only missing the squiggles for my arms, which happen to be the most expensive things on my list. I need two. For just being squiggles, they're really too expensive, but they've got 'gold' in their name, so the price gets upped. Artificial pixel inflation, I call it.

At the moment, I have 1000 gold in my pocket. I've won some more, but the person who hands it out is offline and I'm in no particular hurry to get done with this.

The avatar simulator has gotten a lot more confusing in the past few years. There are hundreds and hundreds of items to sift through, some which do more than one thing. I have a shirt that can turn my face into a cat's head, for example. I got it for free and no one asked me if I particularly wanted to turn my face into a cat's head. Or wear a cat shirt.

In other news, my dad confirmed that Saturday is D-day, barring any new hiccups or sudden deaths. Grandpa is doing fine, if a bit shaky on his legs and disoriented thanks to a worn out eardrum on one side. All the rest of the family looked healthy the last time I checked.

And it's still hayfever season. One day, I'm going to figure out what I'm allergic to and get me some of that fancy antihistamine stuff. Today the pharmacies are closed, though, so I'm stuck sniffling behind my pc for a bit longer. Oh well, there's worse things in life. I could be bored, for example.