I just wanted to leave a smol update for the people still watching this thread.
Sorry its been such a long time since the last update Things went sideways very fast IRL and I haven't really wanted to open this thread because it meant having to acknowledge some things going on, which is hard!
So, to recap, July 5th I was sent on a SUPER TOP SEKRET work trip to a far away land, where the internet didn't really exist in a way for me to download games to my laptop, and I didnt have anything to do for 2 weeks. I thought "ah ok, well, things should be alright till I get home, then I'll pick it back up again!
Obviously that isn't the case.
When I got back home after those long two weeks, a few things happened all at once:
- My PC's SSD died. Not like, off, but enough that I can't load up a game without some massive SSD stuttering happening, meaning its just not having a good time.
- I got a hold of a 3080 TI from best buy. (Finally) This launched operation "Build a new god damn PC already" to which the plan was to buy the most expensive bit (GPU) then slowly pile in the rest of the things I needed and end with a fully built PC. I had planned on saving for 2 weeks to get the rest of the money I needed for parts, then BOOM, new PC and back on my journey.
Well. This was about a month ago. I thought "whats 2 more weeks" and used my laptop for the time being, waiting for my sweet paychecks to be able to cover the rest of the parts.
Turns out, Life had a few other ideas in mind.
- Doggo needed shots (expensive!)
- I might be adopting a new pet! (Application processes!)
- I just started a Mortgage process for buying my first house! (Down payments!)
- Washing Machine Broke! (Ouch!)
And to put the cherry on top, last friday (the day I was supposed to buy all the new Parts to my new PC!), my beautiful Bright Cherry Red Hot Rod 2006 Mustang GT that I've been fixing up for the last year to turn into a classic show car (find me on discord if you want pics of the car NOT destroyed!) , got T-Boned by someone running a red light who is now lying about the red light, meaning DEDUCTIBLES! Pending that investigation, I dont know if its been totaled or not, or if I'll have to cash out the PC savings to pay off a $1,000 deductible because someone is lying about hitting me!
So yeah, I'm really sorry that I haven't tried to update anything in a while. I am still
100% Going Further on my Andromeda Run once I get my new PC parts ordered and put together. Gotta deal with all this crazy all at once life stuff first, get my baby fixed up (hopefully not totaled!), and then we'll see about the PC and running back out into space!
Thanks to the few of you that have been reading and listening to my ramblings and space madness. I hope the next time you hear something in this thread, it's me returning to the black!
Lots of Love,
Arboo
