Hey all! Sorry I didn’t get
back to you last Friday. I’ve been on a
video game kick. I’ve played through
Final Fantasy IV and VI and have started up Secret of Mana and Legend of Zelda:
A Link to the Past. Classic Super
Nintendo games that I HIGHLY recommend you try out if you haven’t already. My cousin Dean is also trying to get me to
play EverQuest again… and I fear he is succeeding. Norrath was my home away from home…that I
transported to from my home. I made some
great friends in EverQuest and played a part in the server’s progression in its
earlier expansions. Despite how much I
enjoyed exploring its many fantastical realms, there is one major drawback to
the game: it’s damn addictive. Back in
high school all of the other students were boasting about making the varsity
teams or landing their first jobs whereas my biggest accomplishment was
defeating Lord Nagafen, the terrible dragon that plagued the Lavastorm
Mountains. If I do go back and explore
my old virtual stomping grounds, I intend to do so without forgetting to live
on this side of the computer screen. For
me it will be more of a chat room where I can catch up with friends outside of
St. Louis while going on some fun adventures—adventures that have the potential
to be crafted into stories for the kids one day.
I could talk about EverQuest for days, but I will spare you… for
now. Back to business! Today we made our way back to Cape Girardeau
and destroyed another section of Bush Honeysuckle. The chemical we use is called Garland, which
I’m pretty sure is the first and final boss in Final Fantasy. I got video games on the brain…anyways, the
invasive plants were few but they were very spread out. It took us the entire day to cover the ground
and minimize the threat. It didn’t help
that our truck got stuck in the mud. We
were gathering sticks and larger rocks to help create some traction but every
time we went a couple of inches in the right direction, something would go
wrong and we had to start over.
Fortunately some of the locals noticed our plight and came to the
rescue. Big thanks to the farmers as we
would not have cleared the area of Honeysuckle if we didn’t start when we did!
Oh get
this. It was 79 degrees today. I know!
Crazy! We were all pretty
exhausted by the time we left and went to pick up supplies. The temperature explains it! I think I will leave it at that as my eyes
are refusing to cooperate. Night all.
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