2007, the lost year (and still counting)

Last Christmas (I gave you my heart? No!) we bought a new Mac Pro (there's a story there which I'll share later), and as an impulse buy, picked up a copy of The World of Warcraft too. Years ago when I was a younger man (and out and proud geek) some college friends and I played D&D, so I thought this World of Warcraft thing might be good fun now that I'm in my (cough) 40s.

I was hooked the moment I started playing. I did manage to keep my playing to about an hour a night (usually before going to bed). My partner, Neil, was watching over my shoulder one night, wondering what all the fuss was about, and said "Ooh, I might create a character and try it", so he did. And he was hooked too. He went out and purchased his own copy, created his own account so we could play together, and that was it... We played every night for the next few months!

After experimenting with various classes and characters over the year we settled into what we are now comfortable with: I'm a human, female warlock named Holli, and he's a Night Elf, male hunter. Yes, we are on opposite factions so can't even team up anymore, but we still play together.

Last night we were racing to reach level 62. He beat me by about 2 minutes!! Bugger!

So the addiction is nowhere near over, as we race towards 70 together! Our friends over the year have expressed concern about our health, jokingly of course (I hope) and we do manage to eat healthily (??), and go out occasionally, and entertain guests every now and then, and do all the normal stuff couples do. But I must say how much I've loved every minute of sharing this strange new obsession with my loved one this year just gone. I'm so lucky...

:-)

Roll on 2008.