Sunday

I got up reasonably early, let my mippies out, enjoyed a leisurely cup of coffee and ate the last scone. I took it nice and easy in the morning - I'm not sure what I busied myself with.

Oh, yeah! In my game, there was a message from one of the fellows that she's taking action to find more fellows. My first thought was: That's not the support I need! Simply because I had trodden that road before and it led to drama ... and then I thought, it may not be the SUPPORT I want, but it does mark exactly the solution to ALL my in-game leadership issues! How? Well, I simply made her the leader! Everybody's happy, including me :)

Now I just have to decide what I want to do about the mini Fellowship I started as a 'boot camp'.

The thing is, that 'playing' is no longer really a pleasure for me, since it feels more like a chore and always 'steals' time from real life. I either give up sleep, time with mippies or work time. It was very different when I first started playing - I had no mippies then, and it filled the gaps in my evenings after work. Then, when the project finished, and my life was on hold, I had lots of time to fill. But now? I have so little time in the evenings, I'd rather spend it with my mippies - once I finished the chores, of course. And on weekends, I'd much rather take any 'spare' time - again, after finishing the chores - to make progress in either my home or my garden.

Maybe one day, when my home and my garden are at a permanent arrangement, not the current 'while I figure out what to do' labyrinth, I'll once again enjoy playing full time. But for now, I just want to keep my cities going. Nothing more.

Okay, I washed blankies, washed the dishes, sorted my bedroom waste bin and a few other things. And then I finally got to spend some time in the garden. I cleaned the tomato plants - they are all wilting, except where there is a fruit still waiting to ripen. I also did some weeding around the Cosmos. I got some flower seeds when I did my grocery shopping, and I've decided I want that bed awash with flowers as much and as long as possible.

Oh, and I nearly forgot: I also started preparing my papaya or pawpaw seeds! I googled how to plant trees from store bought fruit and I'm trying that out now. Each seed is covered in a sort of mini pouch, which needs to be removed. Then the seed should the washed, to get any residual pulp off, dried and then planted into very moist soil. Since I've kept the seed for a couple of days, removing them from that pouch was somewhat tricky, as the outer layer was a little dry so I had to pierce it to get the seed out. Messy and time consuming - but exactly the kind of thing I enjoy doing. I get a lot of pleasure growing things or making things from scratch. I don't get enough time to do that, though.

I meant to take a shower last night, but there was this big spider on it's way to the shower, so I decided on a bath, instead. Not a hot bath, though - I'm hot enough as it is!

I wasn't very hungry, so a few slices of bread served me well. And then I had to spend some time with Ziva, scratching her ears! I had nearly left the kitchen window open again, but fortunately remembered to close it just in time! I must really pay attention! Can't have them roaming outside late at night - I can't shower or go to sleep, until they are all in!

Anyway, that was my Sunday.