Wow. So yeah, it's been awhile since I posted a blog entry here. Not really because I haven't been playing any games, just because a lot of things have been going on in my life and I really haven't had a chance to make a blog entry. So a few months ago my grandma got sick with Shingles. For those of you uninformed about that, I'll do my best to explain what it is. So, say you had chicken pox earlier in your life. Well, the virus stays dormant in your spinal column and rears its ugly head later in life in the form of a nasty painful rash somewhere on your body. So she had to go to the doctor to get medicine and pain killers. Which in turn, the pain killers like to mess with your head and make you all loopy. For a while there, maybe a month or more, my grandma was so bad off that she couldn't do anything by herself. Had to have help to go to the bathroom, bathe, get in bed, out of bed, hell she'd even fall asleep while she was trying to eat if someone didn't sit there and feed her.

Shortly afterwards, we took her to the doctor again due to her condition not seeming to improve. Upon going, we learned that she had a urinary tract infection. Which, along with the pain medicine, was causing her to be in so much pain that it was messing with her head. So she was given more antibiotics and pain medicine. I think it's been a month since then and her condition is really improving. She can get out of bed on her own and eat and all that. But I still don't like to leave her alone by herself for long periods of time. In fact my mom has to go out of town for a weekend in a few weeks, which I was originally going to go with her, but leaving her alone for that long..and being so far away from her, just wouldn't sit right with me. She's still not completely healed, I can tell that as she's in a lot of pain rather frequently. She's also still acting a bit loopy at times, not being able to remember things and the like.

As you can imagine, I haven't been able to leave the house much recently due to my grandma's state. When I do, it's not for very long and..I've been getting a bit stir crazy. My mom will have to go out for things or do some errands, and I have to stay at home to keep an eye on my grandmother. Upon speaking to a family friend one night, getting a second opinion on my driving skills, I finally made the decision to take my driver's test. Honestly, I was really confident in my abilities..but I think it was my mother's opinion that mattered to me the most..and I'm not sure how much faith she had in me. But when our friend said that she didn't see why I didn't take it..that pretty much sealed the deal for me.

So, a week later I took my test and..failed. It was a few minor things, really. But it was enough minor things to cause me to fail. Lol, I failed 68 points out of 70 allowed to pass. You can imagine how stupid I felt. Then, the week after that I thought I'd try my luck again. But see, I hadn't been paying attention to the weather that day and when I left the house to take it..there were ominous clouds filling the sky..and just my luck when I go to take the test, it starts pouring. But, I was lucky enough to get a really nice instructor who didn't count the test against me, seeing as how I don't have much practice driving in rain storms. That, and the wiper blades on the car I use aren't the best. The following week, yesterday, I went back again. I was really confident, as I had practiced on all the things I did wrong on the first week. But just my luck, I swear I got the toughest instructor they had. She nitpicked on every single thing I did. Like..stopping in front of the stop sign instead of behind it or something stupid like that. But, much to my amazement and her attitude, I passed with a score of 75! 8D!! So yeah, I'm officially a licensed driver. That's really good news and gives me a feeling of freedom that I think I really need. Now, I just need insurance. Lol.

Anyway, yeah. That's what's been going on in my life. I recently purchased Soul Calibur IV from GameFly, right before I ended my subscription with them. I'm honestly really sick of them and don't understand why they get as much praise as they do. I mean, I had Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on my list for weeks. I even calculated how much time I would need and when to send back the game I currently had to be able to rent Transformers. Then Gamefly, being the jerks they are, decided to send it out one day before street date. After that I just said screw it, used my gamefly dollars, and cancelled 'em. Now I have the Blockbuster game pass from my local Blockbuster. Hey, it may only be one game at a time but at least I can usually get a copy of the new release I want. =3= So yeah, if you see a game in my "Now Playing" list that I don't own, that's why.

@_@ Wow. This has gotten really long. I suppose I'll wrap it up here. xD Hopefully the next blog post won't be so grim, and I won't wait as long to post one.

Stay Gold, Gamespot.

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