Thursday, February 17, 2011

A WOW Widow No More!

A few months after Keith and I bought our first house, World of Warcraft came out and we started playing it. It was that thing that we did together and I think it really bonded us.

I became addicted to playing it and even made a playlist of songs that I'd listen to when I was playing. In my spare time, I'd gather flowers because I was an herbalist and I sold my potions on the WOW ebay.

I made lots of gold.

I loved doing quests and earning new outfits for my character! It had all of the elements of life that I love! Spending time with my husband, traveling, completing tasks and getting new clothes and trinkets.

Then my son was born and I didn't want to play anymore. All I wanted to do was gaze into his beautiful face 24/7. iKeith continued to play and even recruited his brother and mom to play with him.

I became a WOW Widow!

Last weekend, iKeith convinced me to play again. I have a little more free time these days (the kids play so well together and don't want me cleaning up playing with their toys) so I agreed.


My new character is a Worgen Druid and she's a bad ass!  Her name is JuliaChild and Mallory helped me name her.

So far, I've discovered a few problems with playing this game again.

1. I want to snack while playing. 
2. I want to drink beer while playing.
3. I can't twitter while playing
4. It's a huge time suck.
5. I forget to feed the children while playing. 


I solved the twitter problem by setting my iPad up next to my computer.  Now I can keep up with the World of Connie while I'm playing.

iKeith is so happy! 


18 comments:

  1. I lost a boyfriend once to WOW...
    Good luck my friend!

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  2. I can't even start doing games like that - I get totally addicted!

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  3. ha, ha ... is he really happy about it or are you being sarcastic? Glad you are enjoying the game!! I've never been much of a gamer, unless you count Smurfs on my iphone. :o)))

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  4. Oh my...

    I've been craving nothing more than to kill some Horde lately. It's like CONSUMED my mind. I've been strong, I've resisted, but I'm not sure how much longer I can hold out.

    For the longest time I wanted nothing more than to have a healy Worgen Druid and now seeing yours makes me just want to run out and get that expansion and start shelving out my $15/mo again. Ahhh!!

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  5. It's funny how you get hooked on this game.

    There have been several times over the years that I've had the itch to play....

    Just Do It Amber!!

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  6. I've heard that WOW is VERY addictive...I'm sure I'd be sucked in if I even looked at it.

    I'm a COD/Halo widow...usually. Michael is a Call of Duty playin' fool. He usually plays daily...has his own squad and everything. I think he's a capitan or something. They even have meetings. It's crazy. Lately, he's just been working on the house non-stop, so I think he appointed someone to fill in for him while he's gone. Isnt' that hilarious?!

    So, anytime he gives me a hard time about my blogging world...I just give him the look and bring up COD. That's all it takes.

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  7. You just nailed blogging for me. :)

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  8. I can't allow myself to get into things like that because I know I'll become addicted! I have no control when I enjoy something and I will spend every waking moment thinking of ways to fit it into my day. Unfortunately, I never become addicted to healthy things like working out though...LOL. The best part is that both you and your hubby like playing so it's a win/win!

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  9. I used to be a WoW widow but then one day, Jeff stopped. I was so shocked that I thought he was going to divorce me and run away with his cousin.

    Turns out, he was just done.

    Go figure.

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  10. You live life the way it ought be lived. ;)

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  11. Never heard of it!

    I'm lame like that though. I'm not a video game kind of girl but if it "brings you and iKeith together" than more power to ya!

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  12. I totally hear you! lol, I had to stop playing because I would be naughty and play while the kiddos were up during the day (we had a rule to only play at night) but I kept using the excuse that I just had to get to 80 so I could heal for the guild. ahhhh...good times, good times.

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  13. Ohh if I started I would never be able to stop. Blogs already eat up too much of my time@!

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  14. I have no words for this. None.
    Oh wait a minute....
    Nope. Gone. I got nuthin'.

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  15. Just put out some bowls of food for the kids (like people do for cats) and you should be all set with the problem of forgetting to feed the children ;)

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  16. A girls got a do what a girls go a do. Even if that's setting up your iPad. My motto is you can never be too connected.

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  17. I'm not much for video games, but I love that it brings you and iKeith closer. In the past Jeremy has gotten me hooked on particular shows, and I'll be honest, they haven't been ones that I would normally choose to watch, but it's so nice having something to do together!

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  18. Connie, don't make me! Ok, ok, I spent all night trying to work out my WoW kinks that I was having prior to the Cata release (one of the main reasons why I quit) on a trial account and I think I've got it figured out...now to reactivate and test on my real account...

    Bye, bye social life.

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