Since I last posted...

Well, for some reason, this journal of mine seems to keep slipping through the cracks in my schedule. Wish I had some idea of how, but I really don't... so this post will be mostly detailing what I've accomplished since December, when I last posted.

Eight months doesn't seem so long when you're having fun, though...

Anyway, here goes.

--Took an unintentional two-month hiatus from Vana'diel over the summer - put new hardwood floors in my house, which meant unplugging the 360 and not having anywhere to plug it back in until we were done. We still don't have everything back where it should be, though...

--Black Mage level 67, with all the available spells therein. I'm making good progress now through Campaign and soloing Qiqirn Enterprisers. One more level and I get my Black Cloak and Cobra Unit Crackows. Speaking of which...

--Steelknight Emblem. I lost two ranks on my hiatus, because I was enough of an idiot to turn in the first one when I knew I wouldn't be able to make up for it. That set me back a good bit, to the third Star rank. I've managed to make up for it, though, since I'm now on the third Emblem. Two more ranks (minimum eight days) and I'll have the required Wings to get my Cobra Unit Crackows. I'd get the Trews, too, but they only last four levels (until 72, when Errant Slops/Jet Seraweels/Mahatma Slops all beat them) plus I only have enough Allied Notes for one at current.

--Blizzaga III. The most expensive scroll in the Black Mage arsenal, though I cannot yet use it. Either way, it's mine now, at the cost of one hundred forty thousand gil. Thanks to Kimiko's and Zoioshi's generous gifts, I was able to achieve that. Can't wait 'til I can use it.

--Aquilo's Staff. Fortunately, these are cheap now, but even so I didn't have the money. I was going to save this one until after I'd bought Blizzaga III, but Shadowdog thought otherwise. I was a little intimidated when I saw *that* appear in my delivery box, to be quite honest. When you're a poor mage like I am, you almost feel bad accepting a gift like this - a thousand thank yous, SD.

That's all I can think of, at any rate. I'm sure I've done more than that, just nothing that's both tangible and major...

Hopefully I remember to post more soon, yeah?