The end of an era

Announcement: I think I may finally be finished with WoW. I finally got my second major character to level 70 and joined a guild (nonsensical gibberish). Now, I really don't feel much desire whatsoever to play anymore. So, I went ahead and combined my two accounts (yes, two separate accounts) into one account and cancelled the second account.

The only reason I got a second account was because Chase used to like to play, so I thought it would be cool if we could play together. But, since I'm the only one who ever plays, I've just kind of been throwing money away for the last year or so.

So, now I'm going to keep just this one account running until the Lich King version comes out in November. Gots to get me one of them Death Knights! Then, I'm sure I'll be wanting to play again. In the meantime, I'll just grind out some daily's until I can get a netherwing drake. Or, maybe I'll start raiding with the new guild. In either case, I doubt that I'll be logging on every night like I normally do.

In unrelated news, the boys have already begun football this season. Today was their first practice with full pads. Chase, or as I like to call him, "Skeleton boy", is actually doing pretty well and doesn't seem nearly as scared as I expected him to be. But, every time I watch those bony knees knocking against each other as he runs up and down the field, I'm just waiting to hear the crack of a broken tibia.

Chris has gained a lot of weight in the last year going from about 78 pounds to over 100 pounds. He's nowhere near the biggest kid on the team, but he's definitely big enough to hold his own. He's doing really well, also - especially considering he's already got a full season under his belt.

If you'll recall, I'm coaching Chase's team because he's my favorite and because I already coached Chris last year, so it's really Chase's "turn" as it were. The boys are looking good, but they're a much smaller team than last year. To put it in perspective, our biggest kid this year weighs about 125 pounds. In fact, there are only 4 others over 90 pounds of a total of 42. Compared to last year, where our biggest kid started the season at 167. Also, we had another kid at 142, and at least two or three 125 pounders, and four or five at about 110 each. They were monsters, I tell ya!

Even so, I'm seeing a lot of natural talent. Plus, a lot of the 4th graders played last year as 3rd graders, so they already have a lot of the basics. And, there's one kid who's exactly 90 pounds which is perfect because we can play him at any position. Not to mention, he's really coordinated and the fastest kid on the team. He's my first pick at the draft on Wednesday.

I guess that's about it tonight. A little geekery, a little sports... pretty much the whole package. I'll keep you updated as the season progresses. Wish us luck!