Love is Not in the Air

Hello again! It feels like life is swirling around me right now, and I'm trying to get back into my normal routine. My WoW subscription ran out this past weekend, but it fell in the middle of Valentine's Day and my birthday. By the way, both of those were absolutely lovely and served as a reminder that I have lovely friends I've made through the WoW community on Facebook, Twitter, and more recently, Tumblr. So with all of that, I didn't worry about renewing my subscription until last night. Like before, I'm still using tokens. I was keeping an eye on them and hoping that the steep 38k was going to drop a bit lower once Love is in the Air started. At about a -2k difference, I bought one for a little over 36k last night. Ouch.

... and they don't even light the candles!

To be honest, I'm not even sure why I bought one. I had plans to try again this year for the Big Love Rocket, but then I hit a sudden realization this morning while doing my garrison chores - I don't care. This is the year that I have the most max level characters to kill the bosses. This would give me a very good chance, but I somehow can't be bothered. As a collector, this is out of the ordinary for me, and I'm not sure if it's just the burnout of WoD or the fact that I'd never use the mount. I think since we still have months left to this expansion I'm stressing myself out with alts. I'll get it done though. Only three left to go!

So what did I do with my time instead of farming love charms and the mount? I brought my tauren druid to Dalaran! I do this with a few of my alts for different holidays since I have some of the stranger combinations. I parked Steaknfries right in front of the bank by the Sunreaver's Sanctuary and stayed for about two hours. I had various lovely people give me thanks after getting their achievement, some silly flirtations regarding my funny name, and I even made a dwarf buddy who danced and chatted with me. Having little moments like that makes me realize why I love this game and that there is still good out there in the community. I'll be doing this everyday while the event goes on. If you see me, give a /wave!

And as if I already didn't feel like time is flying by, Facebook decided to dish out a lovely reminder that it's the three year anniversary of me receiving my Mini Tyrael! Seriously, it feels like I just won that thing from Warcraft Pets. It's funny that I'm complaining about time passing by too fast, and I want it to slow down; on the other hand I want Legion to hurry up and be here. Where is a bronze dragon when you need them? Maybe I can just cast ice block and hope that I remain in a stasis for a few more months, then time can resume normally!

New Neighbors and Random Things

So much to talk about this week, and I wanted to try to get it all done with before the weekend since it's Valentine's Day and my birthday (IRL)! I couldn't have asked for a better start to this week either.

Last Saturday, I decided to watch a Gold Raid that was being promoted on my Twitter. The guy hosting it, WTBGold, was also going to be giving away 2 Spectral Tiger Cubs. I get to watch some gold makers do Flex raiding and have a chance at a mini pet that I've been wanting.... SURE! Well not only did I have fun watching, but I also won one of the Cubs. I was so happy and excited to add it to my collection, and I named him in honor of the person who I won it from.

Please check out WTBGold to learn some wonderful gold making tips and tricks. You can also follow his Twitch channel too!

I have to be honest, but lately I haven't been doing much in WoW... not even leveling my Warlock alt. Maybe I will get a chance to do that this weekend. However, I have been working on mats for my Sky Golem though. I only have 15 more days to go unless my Priest gets lucky with her transmutes! After that I think I want to start on my Jewelcrafting Panthers. Those will take me a good while longer.

I had the opportunity to bring my niece and nephew to do a few old raids. They haven't been level 90 long, and just started playing WoW a few months ago. Thanks to me, they have caught the collecting bug. We ran Ulduar and Naxxrams together a few weeks ago, and had a blast. We also did some Burning Crusades and Vanilla raids. I can't wait to bring them into ICC soon!

Now onto something that I'm kinda excited for - Skywall is FINALLY getting a server merge! We're going to be getting merged with Drak'thul sometime in March I believe. I'm pretty excited, and I'm hoping they are a bit more Horde heavy than we are. I went and poke around on their Auction Houses a few days ago, but I wasn't too impressed. I don't know what I was expecting to find on there. Regardless, I can't wait get a chance to interact with some new people. If you see me around, throw a wave my way!

YAY! Server merge!

Blizzard also announced this week that they will be saying goodbye to their Scroll of Resurrection program. I can understand why, but what about all those poor unclaimed mounts people have? I feel like they should at least let us redeem them and toss them to some friends that didn't get a chance to get one. I personally feel bad knowing that I have some unclaimed mounts and there's nothing I can do about it. RIP Spectral Gryphon and Spectral Wind Rider.

4 unclaimed mounts. :(

Finally, Love is in the Air is here again. I have never got lucky with getting the Big Love Rocket, but I am remaining optimistic this year! This is the first year that I'm able to run it on my alts. Out of my 4 level 90s, I'm running the holiday boss on 3. So far I haven't gotten anything that is special... not even an extra Toxic Wasteling to hoard onto! I still have quite a few days left so maybe I will get something good in that time. For now I leave you all with lots of love and thanks to everyone who follows me on Twitter and takes time to read my posts here. You are all special; Love you all!