So, I'll come out and say it: I'm getting sick of World of Warcraft. It's not the first time this has happened... I actually cancelled my account for a while a year or two ago. But this time, it's not because I'm more interested in another game instead. I'm actually wanting to spend time not being on the computer. Wait, huh? Yeah. Like, I started reading a book a couple weeks ago - haven't had time to finish it, but it's a start. Oh, and instead of doing homework while staring at the chat window in WoW, I went outside and studied on the patio.
Maybe I'm just getting tired of computers. Maybe it's because my latest guild is a rude, abrasive bunch. But I think that even more, it's because I'm realizing, for the first time in 6 years, that there is life to enjoy beyond games. Half a year ago, I wouldn't think to attend some kind of social event during a raid night. Not so much anymore. I made dinner last week, not because I was asked to, but because I wanted to. And at the same time, I had no interest in earning some leet XP or epic phat lewt. You see, this is troubling because for most of the last 6 years, I've been telling myself that spending all my free time on the computer was OK because I had nothing better to do. Now I might actually have to regret the (significantly large number) days of time I've spent on games and not, say, learning to play my cello.
At the same time, I'm appreciating the people around me more because of this. I mean, I have amazing family and friends, and seeing as I no longer mind that spending time with them means not finishing those darned quests, I should probably do it more often. And that's something that I think I can go with.
In other news... I have a 4 page paper, two group presentations, a 6 file program, a practice newsletter, and 9 days of class left before summer break. And finals, but I don't count those. They're easy. But, I'll probably have two Bs in classes where I could have easily had As if I cared more. If junioritis is this bad, I don't even want to know what senioritis will be like.
