That’s what my Mom always told me, and that’s what my shiney new healing cloak says too! That’s right, Kharmaa’s Shroud of Hope now belongs to Jessamyn! Thanks to a surprise run at Gruul tonight with another guild on our server. We took down HKM, and beat the drool out of Gruul, I was a bit dead in that screenshot. There was supposed to be a Mag run right after, but not enough of the right classes or something. I wasn’t really paying attention I was too busy going OMG MY FIRST GRUUL KILL!! We ended up all going to Shatt to repair, refill, etc. And I ran to get my cloak. That was when they made a decision. And I got so see another FIRST kill.

No, not The Blob. The Lurker!! I died on the first spout the first time. But thanks to some advice from our guild raid leader, I managed to survive the second attempt and be ALIVE when the big smelly slimeball fell. A couple guildies got great upgrades tonight, which is always a good thing. I only have 4 badges to my name at the moment, but hey, I saw two firsts in ONE night, AND got the cloak I’ve wanted for ages. Only 3 upgrades left for Miss Jessamyn, and I will be set. Her leather chess boots, a ring, a neck, and her 100 badge pants. I’m wearing cloth in the boot and leg slots now, and while I realize no I shouldn’t be getting hit, and armor shouldn’t matter, both are clear upgrades to what I’m wearing. And with WOTLK bring an armor bonus to tree form, the higher the better.

I also managed to get my priest back up to par, I just lack confidence in my healing on her right now. I’m going to work on that soon. I know I said I was shelving her with the Xpac, but right now, we kinda need holy priests, and if I can help out by having mine ready, I will. This guild has been so super in taking me in, making me feel welcome, it’s just my way of giving back.

  I have issues with numbers apparently. First, I roll a THREE on the chess boots. A THREE (go ahead, laugh, I am)!! This is what happened when Attumen’s healing gloves dropped for my priest the first time…only I rolled higher, I rolled a FOUR that time. /face desk thank GOD someone that needed them was there and won though. I’ll just keep trying til they drop again. Hopefully, I’ll do better than a 3…lol! I didn’t have any better luck on the Prince cloak, and to top it off, I forgot how to count.  I figured I could get the badge cloak. Kharma’s Shroud of Hope.

It has a special meaning to me, as well as being an upgrade. The flavor text reads “Everything happens for a reason”. Which is something that has been proven vividly in my life. Example: Hubby was going to school to be a truck driver. However, at the last minute his tuition cosigner backed out. We were freaking out, and he went back to working some crappy job while he waited for something better. Turns out he got a decent full time job (well, it was full time anyhow), and we found a place to live. We’d been staying with my Gram. It was then, he reunited with his Dad after over a decade of no contact. Had the trucking thing worked out, that would have never happened. Anyhow, I went to the badge vendor…it was then I discovered I only had 57 badges. Somehow I added 48 and 9 and got 60 in my head.

Clearly I fail at numbers. Epic fail. I need to avoid Casinos I think…lol!

So, I still have plans. I’ll be keeping leatherworking AND alchemy my druid. Two crafting professions is rough, but a good thing for a raiding toon. Which, is what she is…or will be. i need to prioritize her rep gains. I’m thinking Shat’tar first, for the alchemist’s stone recipe. Then I’ll work on Honor Hold for the healing glyph. She also needs to get her BM run done, so she gets her kara key. Once she has the Shat’tar rep, and the stone made, I’ll focus more on her SSO rep for that trinket recipe. I’m still torn on badges, whether to keep saving for the 100 badge leggings, or get what I need now. I’ll probably get the cloak, but that could change. At the moment though, I’m working on another epic flying mount for her gatherer. My hunter provides the herbs and skinning. Yes, I know, it would have made sense to get the hunter’s bird before the druid’s swift flight form, but…I’ve sacrificed my druid enough since my priest came along, it was a FORM, I had to have it.

This leads to the only solid plan I have for WotLK. I’m only leveling the druid and hunter. I MAY level the priest later, but at the moment she’ll basically be my dust maker. After healing on my druid, I’m finding I like priest healing less than I did when I started. I have so many more options. The great thing about a resto druid,to me is the wide variety of ways each healer of that class can heal.   It’s like going from playing Checkers to Chess. Both are fun, but one has alot more moves! The hunter has to level to keep my druid supplied. That’s why she’s getting a speedy bird. Eventually. I know how to generate the gold, even without dailies. I just need to get focused and do it. That’s probably what I’ll be doing today.

And since it’s Friday…I wish you all a great weekend!!

Most of my LJ followers know all of this, but I’m going to recap for my blog readers so this makes sense. I am…an Army Wife. As such, I tend to have my husband missing for sometimes short amounts of time, and others obnoxiously long periods. This has required me to get a bit independent. A challenge for me since I moved straight from Mom to Husband, and thus always had someone taking care of me.

In 2005 hubby served his first tour in Iraq. Well wouldn’t you know that truck needed an oil change. So I took it in for that, and mentioned the rear squeaked, and maybe they could see why. Well they couldn’t. BUT they did give me a nice long list of things that just MUST be fixed. Of course. So, I did what they sure weren’t expecting. I told them SURE you can fix ALL of that. Just as soon as I get a second opinion. The look of shock was priceless.

On each post we have what’s called an Auto Craft Shop, or Auto Skills Center. They’re run by certified Mechanics, and funded by our Morale, Welfare, Recreation center (MWR). What they do is give you options. You can take your car in there, rent a bay for $4/hour, and fix it yourself (with mechanics standing by ready to help/instruct) or have them fix it. So, I drove my happy ass over there. They checked it out and said most of the stuff on the list was just fine, only the Tie Rod Ends needed replacing, and at least one thing on the list didn’t even EXIST on my truck. He got me a price on the parts, and I chose to do the work myself. I also chose to replace both sides tie rod ends, because if you’re going to fix ONE might as well fix both.

While I was there, the post paper photographer was called. Here they had a woman, who’s husband was overseas, doing her own work on her own truck. Great story. So I got my picture taken, and had a brief interview. It was amusing, and ran a couple weeks later. I never thought anything of it. Until my friend Miss Lizz emailed me the most recent copy. Apparently, 2+ years later, I’m still good advertisement. /boggles

I must say, this was one of the things I was most proud of myself for while Hubby was gone. And those suckers are still holding to this day. *knock on wood* And Kestrel…I did not screech!! Oh and by the way, the estimate from the Garage was $600, I got it all done for $180.

Last night was another first for me. I took Jess to Molten Core. She was only Level 10 or so when BC came out, so she never saw anything of the Old World dungeons and raids outside of Scarlet Monastery and Deadmines. It was all very cool, especially listening to the rest of the team reminiscing about the 40 man days in there. I can definitely picture our raid leader managing 40 people, he’s really good. It almost makes me wish I’d started playing sooner, but I guess I’ll have similar memories of doing Kara when the WOTLK comes out. I’m going to miss Kara actually. It’s by far my favorite group activity. I did get my T1 boots, A nice little souvenir from the first MC boss.

Ragnaros was by far the most impressive event last night. The whole dramatic build up, the fight, even if I got thrown BEHIND the mountain and had to HoT myself swimming through a river of lava to get back to my tanks to heal them. That was impressive too, a challenge I haven’t faced before.

And Bonus, I now understand the post I made about the lvl 60 bosses being neglected!

I figured on another dull boring week in the household. And I got it. With one less child. My oldest has decided to attend a summer class at her new high school. It lasts two weeks, earns her half semester elective credit, and she’s staying with a friend for it. Wow. Wasn’t expecting that one.

Still waiting for hubby to get home. I really feel out of it when he’s gone, be it a week or a year it totally throws me off. This time, I had to go ringless, which made it worse. I somehow managed to get a chemical burn under my wedding rings. A bit of neosporin applied regularly and it’s gone. Thank goodness. I wouldn’t have noticed it if I hadn’t bumped my rings on my desk and felt the burning from the blister breaking. Owee.

My child is going to school in the summer…What the…????