Random Morning Thoughts
Here I sit at 7:27am waiting to go to work. May as well write a journal.
It's been a while since I wrote of my Gram's cancer... since back in April when we first found out. We'd gone to see her since then and it wasn't a very good trip. Her chemotherapy made her sicker than she had predicted she'd be with her past treatments so she spent most of it feeling awful and puking or sleeping. Still, I was glad to see her in those brief moment she was feeling OK. She's had a few surgeries and such that I won't get in to detail on but it's been discovered that she has bone cancer which there isn't a good way to treat and drops survivability rates tremendously. Chemotherapy would do more harm than good, so she can stop that and once again eat and drink things normally which is pretty much the only positive. Other than that, all she can do is radiation and morphine to dull the pain and wait.
She's signed a DNR order and entered hospice. Mom and I think she's pretty much given up, and that was before she decided to have a DNR. I really can't say I blame her. I can't begin to imagine the pain and misery of having such an awful disease and if it were me I wouldn't want to stick around and suffer any longer than I have to. Hopefully I'll be able to make it down to Houston at least one more time before she passes. When she does, I'm really worried about what Grandpa will do, living in their house by himself and if he'll eventually pass simply from heartbreak. My mom said she's never in her whole life heard him ball like a child until now. Losing Gram will be the worst thing that could ever happen to him.
Of course: games. Most recently got the 2014 iteration of Magic: Duels of the Planeswalkers. I had the first game in the series which I absolutely adored, was a little disappointed in the second... didn't like the Archenemy play mode. Did not get the third because I didn't feel I could justify picking it up when I spent so little time with the sequel. I did get this one and so far, I love it. It finally introduces Sealed Play deck building and one of my favorite creature types from way back in Weatherlight and Tempest, Slivers, has their own deck. I'm working on unlocking all the cards for the mono black deck before I move on to them. Fun game. It makes Magic accessible at any time, and while the physical game has a certain charm to play, I prefer to play it with friends, of which I have none.
Found a copy of the newest Hitman game at the Sci-Fi Factory for $9. I didn't realize it had been out since November of last year at the time, but still, when I went home and checked, GameStop was selling it used for a good $20. So, deal. I enjoy it, but it's not quite the Hitman of old. I would really compare it to Splinter Cell. The older games focused on deliberate planning and taking your time whereas this one, like Splinter Cell: Conviction, is a bit more linear and action-oriented.
The newest patches dropped for State of Decay so I'll be diving back in to that shortly. The game simulates while you're gone so I'm wary that all my supplies will be gone and half of my survivors dead. We'll see. I want to play Defiance but I'm waiting for some new content. Hoping that the first pack that was shown at E3 drops pretty soon or they're going to lose a lot of the player base. And as it's taking this long, I'm weary that they'll deliver 5 content drops for the season pass I invested in.
Put in Borderlands 2 to play a little of the new Tiny Tina addon... maybe the first 30-45 minutes or so. Just enough to get to the main town and do a few quests there and I was laughing my ass off. It's still early to say but I think the humor will rival that of Mr. Torgue's addon.... perhaps even surpass it.
The St. Louis Cardinals have been passed by the Pirates in their division and they're on a bit of a skid. I knew they had to cool down eventually as their play has been absolutely ludicrous in the first few months of the season. They raced to 40 wins very, very quickly. Last year with the loss of Albert Pujols, La Russa's retirement and such, I didn't expect my Cards to make it as far as they did. While I wouldn't call it a rebuilding year it was fair to say there would need to be a lot of adjusting to life without Albert and having a rookie manager. This year they're absolutely stellar and I know they have the capability to go all the way and win the World Series. Last year I didn't expect they'd get far in the post season, which they didn't, so I wasn't very disappointed. The season is only half over but I know they can do it and I'll be sad if they don't. I just hope they don't make it there and have to face the Rangers again. Ugh. I'd never hear the end of it if Texas beat them.
I think that's it for now. The wife is just about ready for work, and so begins another fun filled day of selling guns.
It's been a while since I wrote of my Gram's cancer... since back in April when we first found out. We'd gone to see her since then and it wasn't a very good trip. Her chemotherapy made her sicker than she had predicted she'd be with her past treatments so she spent most of it feeling awful and puking or sleeping. Still, I was glad to see her in those brief moment she was feeling OK. She's had a few surgeries and such that I won't get in to detail on but it's been discovered that she has bone cancer which there isn't a good way to treat and drops survivability rates tremendously. Chemotherapy would do more harm than good, so she can stop that and once again eat and drink things normally which is pretty much the only positive. Other than that, all she can do is radiation and morphine to dull the pain and wait.
She's signed a DNR order and entered hospice. Mom and I think she's pretty much given up, and that was before she decided to have a DNR. I really can't say I blame her. I can't begin to imagine the pain and misery of having such an awful disease and if it were me I wouldn't want to stick around and suffer any longer than I have to. Hopefully I'll be able to make it down to Houston at least one more time before she passes. When she does, I'm really worried about what Grandpa will do, living in their house by himself and if he'll eventually pass simply from heartbreak. My mom said she's never in her whole life heard him ball like a child until now. Losing Gram will be the worst thing that could ever happen to him.
Of course: games. Most recently got the 2014 iteration of Magic: Duels of the Planeswalkers. I had the first game in the series which I absolutely adored, was a little disappointed in the second... didn't like the Archenemy play mode. Did not get the third because I didn't feel I could justify picking it up when I spent so little time with the sequel. I did get this one and so far, I love it. It finally introduces Sealed Play deck building and one of my favorite creature types from way back in Weatherlight and Tempest, Slivers, has their own deck. I'm working on unlocking all the cards for the mono black deck before I move on to them. Fun game. It makes Magic accessible at any time, and while the physical game has a certain charm to play, I prefer to play it with friends, of which I have none.
Found a copy of the newest Hitman game at the Sci-Fi Factory for $9. I didn't realize it had been out since November of last year at the time, but still, when I went home and checked, GameStop was selling it used for a good $20. So, deal. I enjoy it, but it's not quite the Hitman of old. I would really compare it to Splinter Cell. The older games focused on deliberate planning and taking your time whereas this one, like Splinter Cell: Conviction, is a bit more linear and action-oriented.
The newest patches dropped for State of Decay so I'll be diving back in to that shortly. The game simulates while you're gone so I'm wary that all my supplies will be gone and half of my survivors dead. We'll see. I want to play Defiance but I'm waiting for some new content. Hoping that the first pack that was shown at E3 drops pretty soon or they're going to lose a lot of the player base. And as it's taking this long, I'm weary that they'll deliver 5 content drops for the season pass I invested in.
Put in Borderlands 2 to play a little of the new Tiny Tina addon... maybe the first 30-45 minutes or so. Just enough to get to the main town and do a few quests there and I was laughing my ass off. It's still early to say but I think the humor will rival that of Mr. Torgue's addon.... perhaps even surpass it.
The St. Louis Cardinals have been passed by the Pirates in their division and they're on a bit of a skid. I knew they had to cool down eventually as their play has been absolutely ludicrous in the first few months of the season. They raced to 40 wins very, very quickly. Last year with the loss of Albert Pujols, La Russa's retirement and such, I didn't expect my Cards to make it as far as they did. While I wouldn't call it a rebuilding year it was fair to say there would need to be a lot of adjusting to life without Albert and having a rookie manager. This year they're absolutely stellar and I know they have the capability to go all the way and win the World Series. Last year I didn't expect they'd get far in the post season, which they didn't, so I wasn't very disappointed. The season is only half over but I know they can do it and I'll be sad if they don't. I just hope they don't make it there and have to face the Rangers again. Ugh. I'd never hear the end of it if Texas beat them.
I think that's it for now. The wife is just about ready for work, and so begins another fun filled day of selling guns.