Drawing

Yesterday I took a look at the Square Enix website to see about cancelling my FFXI subscription. Its been gradually seeping dollars from my VISA card since 2004, and for most of the last two I’ve barely touched the game. Of course my character had lots of hours invested, and I always thought I would find time to get back into it. Now I’m not surrounded by FFXI mania and the old gang have moved on, it doesn’t appeal the way it used to – and even when it does, it just isn’t the same. Having got back into my own routine, its also tough to justify the hours you’d need to spend to progress; its the kind of game that you could lose yourself in for about four years, if the landlord didn’t evict you first for losing your job and defaulting on your rent. I like to remind myself these days that when the power goes off, games like that leave you with nothing. Invest that time in a martial art, practical hobby, social activity or sports, and its yours to keep (no subscription required).

To do: 9th April

• Ebay stuff
  • TY book and cd sets
  • Stuff in box
  • HP Omnibook
  • DVDs
• Fix Toshiba laptop to sell or maybe keep
  • Buy air spray and soft CD case from Maplin done
• Clean work suit(s) ready for presentation in Farnborough taken in, need collecting
• Take old clothes to the charity bin by Sainsbury’s done
• Buy face scrub, toner etc in Boots done
• Get car MOT’d
  • Book in
  • Put it through the car-wash first
• Credit card balance transfer
  • Reinstate RBS direct debit done
  • Move money from penalty-savings to flex-savings
  • Make overpayment on HBOS card
• Figure out how to take the media centre to Japan? Jonathan recommends TNT, removing hard disks and packing separately in electrostatic/tamperproof bags; disk parking not required on modern tech.
• Washing up
• Clothes washing (for tomorrow!)  done
• Vitamin C done
• Passport renewal
• Query about photography course
• Get shower fitted
  • Double check power rating and requirement for RCB box done
  • Buy shower unit done
  • Call electrician to get him booked in
• Do cutting-in on lounge ceiling
• Cornwall house
  • Phone estate agents done
  • Phone solicitors done

Things to do – 2nd April 2008

Car MOT – schedule

Pay NPower final bill done

Tai chi & Qi gong done, need to find way to successfully incorporate into daily schedule

Correspondence

Meditation

Painting & tidying

Electrician – call & schedule

Money – do budget!! done

Do blog post

Add kanji to Anki done

Mandarin notes

VISA card – another 0% card switch due this month done, detailed on to do 9th April

Mortgage – check what costs will be in summer

Move cd’s into more portable soft case (buy soft case from Maplin)  case bought