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Best speedy healing wishes, Diana!! >.< That really sucks...

Felina wrote: "I'm sorry to hear that, Diana! I wish you a speedy recovery.

I hurt my left knee about 3 years ago, right before we went to Disney world. I had to ride around in a scooter which was equally horrib..."

I have a flight in a week and will have to show up to the airport in crutches, which sucks, but I might get driven around in their little carts and then get priority boarding, which doesn’t suck 😃 Trying to stay positive lol


Thanks for the love, all ❤️

Positivity helps...

Sorry if I derailed the conversation with my own woes... just meant heal up good and don't compound the problem with followup injuries :)

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Felina wrote: "I'm sorry to hear that, Diana! I wish you a speedy recovery.

I hurt my left knee about 3 years ago, right before we went to Disney world. I had to ride around in a scooter which was..."

OOh, I had foot surgery not long before a flight, and they totally like, drove me everywhere and I got priority boarding and everything and it was awesome. Fingers crossed!

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Need to vent. I’m already behind on all my reads and now I’m going to fall even further behind. I part time dog walk and I listen to books while walking. Yesterday I stepped off a curb wrong and fr..."

Sounds so painful.. I hope you have a quick recovery, Diana! <3

Jenna wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Need to vent. I’m already behind on all my reads and now I’m going to fall even further behind. I part time dog walk and I listen to books while walking. Yesterday I step..."

Today I’ve been wearing my special boot everywhere and it makes SUCH a difference. Yesterday I was almost in tears cuz I couldn’t figure out my crutches and couldn’t put any weight on it and it hurt so bad. But the boot is letting me limp walk so at least I’m mobile. I’m also very very thankful it was my left foot so I can still drive with my dominant right foot.

I know this isn’t really the right venue for this, but I have nowhere else to gush. After 8 months of playing, I finally just finished Final Fantasy XVI. For those who don’t play, Final Fantasy is a brand of role playing video games. They’re mostly stand alone with some intertwined elements. This one is written like a fantasy novel. I love the franchise because they do focus so much on the story aspect, but this one’s story is just amazing. It’s better than so many fantasy novels I’ve read. And the game play is pretty easy compared to other games. Anyway, I just want to gush about this story and how much I loved it and how I cried at the end. Two thumbs up.

Aww ya make me miss playing FF series.

Soo wrote: "Aww ya make me miss playing FF series."

Time to restart!

Last story I played to end was XIII�� played 14 reborn more than 11 online�� 8-12 was my era but I’ve gone back and played 1-7

Love the FF series... IX is my favorite... though I haven't played them all.

I briefly decided I wanted to replay all of them but confiding 16 just took me 8 months I doubt that’s feasible 😅

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "I briefly decided I wanted to replay all of them but confiding 16 just took me 8 months I doubt that’s feasible 😅"

LOL I feel that... I have horrible track record finishing games... I'd get close to the ending and then wander off... if I didn't finish, the story doesn't end right? Took me 10 years to get to the end of FFVIII, and I've still not finished FFIX even though it's my favorite....

I hear you, some of my favorite games I have never finished even if I put a lot of time into them... Started playing recently Skyrim again to finally finish the main story. I don't have high hopes I will manage tho... The Witcher 3 is next on the list. I get too tangled in side quests and cleaning out the map...

I've got games with 100s of hours I've never finished (and I'm ignoring my idle games with 1000s of hours, mostly AFK / running 24/7)...

Terraria, Siralim, etc... big collectathon/explore games with lots to enjoy with little chance of 100%ing...

Skyrim generally fits that mold, too... any game that supports modding, in general, really...

Ditto on Skyrim... I still haven't finished the main story either... nor Morrowind, nor Oblivion... though I got close on Oblivion.

The first game I finished was Dragon Age I--I remember I was at a friend's house--we used to just hang out and everyone do their own thing in a room together--and my friends applauded when I finished, lol. The Bioware games make up most of the fingers for games I've finished... Dragon Age I & II but not III, Mass Effect 1 & 2 but not 3...

I only finished Dragon's Age II. I think Mass Effect 1 and 2. 3 I am not sure if I did or I just watched my brother finish it. I finished Terraria, Divinity II: Ego Dragonis, Titan Quest, Diablo III, DMC 3 and 4, Dragon's Dogma, Dishonored, Assassins Creed 2. I guess there are quite a few when I start thinking about it... It just bugs me that many times I haven't finished the prequels or sequels, or those games that I spent so much time on and never finished.

Here are the monthly picks!
Looks like April's going to be a fun one!

Apr 1, 2025 The Heart of What Was Lost (Osten Ard: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn #3.5) by Tad Williams
Apr 1, 2025 Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower #4) by Stephen King
Apr 1, 2025 When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi
Apr 1, 2025 Symbiont (Parasitology #2) by Mira Grant
Apr 1, 2025 Onyx Storm (The Empyrean #3) by Rebecca Yarros
Apr 2, 2025 A Fistful of Charms (Hollows #4) by Kim Harrison
Apr 3, 2025 Archangel's Blade (Guild Hunter #4) by Nalini Singh
Apr 3, 2025 Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass #5) by Sarah J. Maas
Apr 3, 2025 Something in the Waters (Beaufort Scales #9) by Kim M. Watt
Apr 4, 2025 Deal with the Devil (Circles in Hell #3) by Mark Cain
Apr 5, 2025 Angel of the Overpass (Ghost Roads #3) by Seanan McGuire
Apr 5, 2025 Terciel and Elinor (Old Kingdom #6) by Garth Nix
Apr 7, 2025 The Last Orphan (Orphan X #8) by GreggHurwitz
Apr 7, 2025 Ghostdrift (Finder Chronicles #4) by Suzanne Palmer
Apr 7, 2025 Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Apr 8, 2025 The Creeping Shadow (Lockwood & Co. #4) by Jonathan Stroud
Apr 8, 2025 Migration (Species Imperative, #2) by Julie E. Czerneda
Apr 8, 2025 Legends & Lattes (#1) by Travis Baldree
Apr 8, 2025 A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett
Apr 9, 2025 Mockingbird (Miriam Black #2) by Chuck Wendig
Apr 10, 2025 To Light a Candle (The Obsidian Trilogy #2) by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory
Apr 10, 2025 Mentats of Dune (Schools of Dune #2) by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
Apr 10, 2025 Deathstalker (Deathstalker #1) by Simon R. Green
Apr 11, 2025 The Noose of a New Moon (Wolfbrand #1) (Supernatural London) by Helen Harper
Apr 11, 2025 The Silver Spike (Black Company #3.5) by Glen Cook
Apr 11, 2025 Arm of the Sphinx (Books of Babel #2) by Josiah Bancroft
Apr 12, 2025 Conspirator (Foreigner #10) by C.J. Cherryh
Apr 13, 2025 The Pillars of the World (Tir Alainn #1) by Anne Bishop
Apr 15, 2025 The Fall of House Cabal (Johannes Cabal #5) by Jonathan L. Howard
Apr 15, 2025 Queen of the Night (Revanche Cycle #4) (First Story Universe) by Craig Schaefer
Apr 15, 2025 Legendborn (Legendborn Cycle #1) by Tracy Deonn
Apr 15, 2025 The Crown Tower (Riyria Chronicles #1) by Michael J. Sullivan
Apr 16, 2025 Service of the Sword (Honorverse: Worlds of Honor #4) by David Weber
Apr 17, 2025 Long Hot Summoning (Keeper's Chronicles #3) by Tanya Huff
Apr 17, 2025 The Knights of Erador (Echoes Saga #7) by Philip C. Quaintrell
Apr 18, 2025 Naamah's Curse (Kushiel's Legacy: Moirin #2) by Jacqueline Carey
Apr 18, 2025 Skyborn (Steamborn #4) by Eric R. Asher
Apr 18, 2025 Dead Tired (#2) by Ravensdagger
Apr 19, 2025 The Flight of the Eisenstein (Warhammer 40k: Horus Heresy #4) by James Swallow
Apr 20, 2025 Dragons of the Dwarven Depths (Dragonlance: Lost Chronicles #1) by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
Apr 21, 2025 The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicle #2) by Patrick Rothfuss
Apr 22, 2025 Hogfather (Discworld #20) by Terry Pratchett
Apr 22, 2025 Renegade (The Spiral War 1) by Joel Shepherd
Apr 23, 2025 The Fangs of Freelance (Fred, the Vampire Accountant #4) by Drew Hayes
Apr 24, 2025 Existentially Challenged (DEDA Files #2) by Yahtzee Croshaw
Apr 25, 2025 Anything (Full Murderhobo #2) by Dakota Krout
Apr 27, 2025 Disturbing the Dead (A Rip Through Time #3) by Kelley Armstrong
Apr 27, 2025 He Who Fights With Monsters 6 (HWFWM #6) by Shirtaloon
Apr 28, 2025 Quantum Chain (Joseph Bridgeman #4) by Nick Jones
Apr 28, 2025 Brothersong (Green Creek #4) by TJ Klune

Marie wrote: "I only finished Dragon's Age II. I think Mass Effect 1 and 2. 3 I am not sure if I did or I just watched my brother finish it. I finished Terraria, Divinity II: Ego Dragonis, Titan Quest, Diablo II..."

My list is pretty much the 4 Bioware games and FF8. Oh, and an old 16 bit game called Castle of the Winds. I loved that game, played it so many times.

Nirkatze wrote: "Ditto on Skyrim... I still haven't finished the main story either... "

Nirkatze, so glad it's not just me! I literally have a character I created specifically to not get distracted and finish the main quest. Of course, naturally I keep getting distracted...

Skyrim is just game built on constant distractions. Also what can I do but go directly to Riften if my bag gets full of stolen stuff... And then they make me start the thief quest line... Also I just cannot start the game as any other class but stealth archer...

LOL OMG me too! Must be stealth archer!!

I think I got to the point in the main storyline where I had to either join a crazy cult or kill the nice dragon and I was like nope, I'm going to just do side quests....

Plus, all of those stolen goods are really so I can finance a home in every city...

I remember one playthrough I finally climbed up the mountain and then got as far as the Thalmor Embassy quest lol. As for stealing, well, I always take it that the people owe me some taxes for saving the world, right? I mean good equipment is not cheap 😁

I barely started making quest progress in my recent game and I am already pickpocketing people out of their clothes lol. Now I am severely under skilled and just the first Bleak Falls Barrow boss was a challenge 😂 Good that I am stealth archer or I would have to go back for more health potions or lower the difficulty. I guess I am paying the price for my sins lol.

LOL! Good thing games aren't real life...

I've been having the worst 6 weeks ever and things seems not to be improving...I'm behind on all of my reading, including BR's in different groups. All because of bad feet.
6 weeks ago I woke up with lots of pain on the bottom of both feet. Stuborn as a mule I am, I continued to walk on them, but you had to see me walk: I couldn't put them down properly, couldn't stand on the back of both heels. After sitting down or sleeping, standing up and starting walking was hell. Last week I got an echo of both feet and last Monday I've had the verdict: sever tendonitis on both feet. I've got heavy anti - inflammatories and need to start physiotherapy. To make things worse, it could be months until a year until I'm completely pain free.
Sorry for the rant, but it has been affecting my reading mood, my general mood...

Understandable�� that sucks��

Oh that's horrible--feet are the worst. Rant away--it's the least we can do, to be an ear when you need it.

Thank you both :)

body mechanics in general... feet, heel/toe, knees, hips, shoulders, elbows, wrists/fingers...

Some parts of the body are just hard to completely leave alone and let heal, since you need to use at least a bit, to get through daily life... bathroom, eating, etc... unless you can afford some sort of full-on hospice care...

Saar The Book owl wrote: "I've been having the worst 6 weeks ever and things seems not to be improving...I'm behind on all of my reading, including BR's in different groups. All because of bad feet.
6 weeks ago I woke up wi..."

Oh no! What is it with feet lately? I'm also super behind in my reading cuz 3 weeks ago I stepped on a curb wrong and fractured my foot. I'm a dog walker and haven't been able to walk dogs, and that's when I do most of my audiobook listening, so I've fallen really far behind. I'm finally starting to walk again, though very slowly and short distances. But my recovery is much quicker than yours (only estimated to be 6-8 weeks). I'm so sorry for your pain. I can imagine and it really sucks :-(

Saar The Book owl wrote: "I've been having the worst 6 weeks ever and things seems not to be improving...I'm behind on all of my reading, including BR's in different groups. All because of bad feet.
6 weeks ago I woke up wi..."

That sounds really painful :( I hope you recover quicker than the doctors estimate.

Come on folks! We are FANTASY BUDDY READS! I'm sure if we pool our numbers, fantasy knowledge, and positive energy, we can somehow influence the fate of the world and make y'all's feet heal faster. Start charging your summons or gathering Siadar/Siadin or whatever we need to do!

Timelord Iain wrote: "body mechanics in general... feet, heel/toe, knees, hips, shoulders, elbows, wrists/fingers...

Some parts of the body are just hard to completely leave alone and let heal, since you need to use at..."

Unfortunately the advice of the doctor was to keep moving and not to rest extra. She thinks I'll rest to much and I don't have a physical job, so no rest. If I was a top athlete, then it would be another story.

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Saar The Book owl wrote: "I've been having the worst 6 weeks ever and things seems not to be improving...I'm behind on all of my reading, including BR's in different groups. All because of bad feet..."

Oh, Diana, I hope your fracture will be healed soon. I can imagine being in a cast limits your ability to move. I'm sure the dogs are missing you.

Nirkatze wrote: "Come on folks! We are FANTASY BUDDY READS! I'm sure if we pool our numbers, fantasy knowledge, and positive energy, we can somehow influence the fate of the world and make y'all's feet heal faster...."

Haha, your comment made an instant smile on my face! As it is mentioned in The Shadow of the Gods: 'We are the Bloodsworn!', we can say here: 'We are Fantasy Buddy Reads!' With all those fantasy books, charms, spells,...there's enough to take the mind of the pain away and lead it to reading books.

Narilka wrote: "Saar The Book owl wrote: "I've been having the worst 6 weeks ever and things seems not to be improving...I'm behind on all of my reading, including BR's in different groups. All because of bad feet..."

I hope so too :)

Saar The Book owl wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "body mechanics in general... feet, heel/toe, knees, hips, shoulders, elbows, wrists/fingers...

Some parts of the body are just hard to completely leave alone and let heal, si..."

Would foot massages help? Or would that hurt too much?

Saar The Book owl wrote: "Haha, your comment made an instant smile on my face! As it is mentioned in The Shadow of the Gods: 'We are the Bloodsworn!'..."

Oh man, Bloodsworn... I still need to finish that series... and definitely need to reread the first two... I might need to kick that into Buddy Invites...

Me too. I've finished the reread of the first one, but haven't read the other two. Now I'm doing a BR in another group for this series.

Taxes done with 50hrs to spare... I could have done them 2 months ago, but just been living my life and procrastinating, the Iain Way ;)

Not like I owed money or anything... based on last login/password change info in my password manager, I did them last year on April 10th...

And the year before I did them late because I procrastinated so long, only to find out my state tax website added extra security measures that required me to wait for a letter in the mail with a special code, because of some fraud issues... luckily, refunds don't have a hard deadline... state govt was like "take all the time you need, we'll just keep this $250 for ourselves as long as you want"

Timelord Iain wrote: "Taxes done with 50hrs to spare... I could have done them 2 months ago, but just been living my life and procrastinating, the Iain Way ;)

Not like I owed money or anything... based on last login/pa..."

Ha! I just finished mine yesterday as well. Of course I still haven't filed them, but at least they're done. You would think a house with 2 CPAs wouldn't wait until the very last minute every single year, but then you would be wrong.

Gotta do other people's first, for money :D

I use the web forms... Free File Fillable Forms from the IRS website for Federal and the state tax website for the State...

I don’t flirt with deadlines. My tax’s were done on January 27th after we’d gotten our W2’s. It would keep me up at night if I didn’t do them early.

Felina wrote: "I don’t flirt with deadlines. My tax’s were done on January 27th after we’d gotten our W2’s. It would keep me up at night if I didn’t do them early."

^^This^^

Procrastinating is almost nostalgic for me... it's how I got through K-12, and they always said it wouldn't work in college, but it did... lucky me... since I know/think there are plenty of people that reached college and had to study more...

I still like to bring up on occasion one of my bigger/sillier accomplishements, with one of the General Education courses... I think it was Human Physiology, but it could have been another random science class... attendance was a small part of the grade, all the slides were on the website, and you could do online pre-tests for extra credit... I only attended class like once a month for the tests and got an A, just had to spend like 6hrs the night before reading all the slides, taking all the pre-tests, and then going to class for the tests... extra credit cancelled out the attendance grades I was losing...

Of course... my bad habits are just one reason I don't miss college/school/homework :D

Timelord Iain wrote: "Gotta do other people's first, for money :D

I use the web forms... Free File Fillable Forms from the IRS website for Federal and the state tax website for the State..."

Ha! We aren’t tax accountants. I hate taxes and only did my first ever return last year. Since I quit my full time job my husband decided I had the time to do our taxes myself. I hate it lol

Felina wrote: "I don’t flirt with deadlines. My tax’s were done on January 27th after we’d gotten our W2’s. It would keep me up at night if I didn’t do them early."

Wow. I can’t even imagine being that on top of things. Go you.

Timelord Iain wrote: "Procrastinating is almost nostalgic for me... it's how I got through K-12, and they always said it wouldn't work in college, but it did... lucky me... since I know/think there are plenty of people ..."

Are you also ADHD? Cuz you’re describing me.

For some reason I thought you lived in the UK... I blame your pfp of Shiva :D

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "Procrastinating is almost nostalgic for me... it's how I got through K-12, and they always said it wouldn't work in college, but it did... lucky me... since I know/think there..."

Probably... undiagnosed... like so many things... I definitely jump around alot, and reading so fast facilitates that...

I also like to plan things in spreadsheets, which I think is unrelated, but I can be both, right?... not like I follow my plans all the time... quick to alter on a whim...