icywind1980
I spent a few $5 here and there over the years, but I stopped when the market crashed. Well a bit before then cos I took a break when I had the baby. It makes no sense to spend anymore. The marketplace fluctuates too much and nothing is stable. Prices drop and rise in the millions range at the drop of a hat. I only buy things anymore when I really want them, otherwise I quest for them in the charity threads.
Oh I suppose you could count that as payment but once she is finally settled in for the night, I could that as my payment. I know it sounds harsh but she really gets me going during the day. It's hard to be ''always on''. Sometimes I don't want to smile and laugh.. especially when she's trying to pull my mouth off with her sharp little fingernails. My husband does a lot for her, and for me but it is still very tiring work. She's almost 9 months old now, so it's constant chasing her around and getting screamed at for not letting her pull furniture down on top of herself. I know she's bored and it's boring to stay in the apartment, but there is only so much we can do here. We take walks and go to the store etc but that gets old fast. She will be much happier when she starts daycare next month. She'll get to explore in a safe environment and have playmates.
I end up spending a lot of time on Gaia these days cos the hubby is working late and I don't really have much else to do besides browser games to entertain myself. We don't have a TV cos it's being used for a computer monitor so I can watch things online... with one ear open. That's rather annoying imo, so I wait until he's done to watch tv. I used to play some online games, but playing anything with anyone is hard cos you never know when the waaaah is gonna come again.
What kind of graphics do you do? I used to dabble but I haven't even opened photoshop in ages. I didn't even install it on this new computer yet!
Right. Back when I did it, stuff kinda only went up in price. Nothing changed beyond that. But it's been years, so yeah. It's a lot easier in the end to just quest things the hard way. It's sad how money-hungry Gaia's gotten. Not gonna lie though. If the Cash Shop put Lucifer's Wings in there for a set price, depending on how much they cost, there is a distinct possibility that I might buy them.
Yeah, that is a rough time. I know exactly what you mean. She's at the age where she wants to find new and interesting things to do, but still not quite at the age where she's okay to just go off and entertain herself. Plus when you try to entertain her, it's not like she's at the age to grasp coloring or puzzles yet. I had a rough time when my little one hit that age too. Well, from birth to that time, but that's because she never slept in the beginning. @_@; I know this might sound bad, but do you ever get a break from her? Like, do you ever drop her off at a family member's house for a couple hours so you can just relax? I know I never wanted to do that in the beginning. My family kind-of had to force me to. But it does help on those rougher days. A nap can do wonders.
Yeah, I know what you mean. My game/online time used to be whenever my daughter went down for her nap. It was a short time period, but it was all I could really do. And right now, I have a TV, but no cable... just internet. So all my kids have to do when they come over is play with a few toys and watch Netflix. It's boring, but we find a way to make it work. I can't count how many times I've been assigned a role from a show they're watching and expected to play it, lol. Basically I just distract myself with whatever I can, but to be honest I don't have much free time for it anyway what with the three jobs and whatnot. @_@ Nine times out of ten, if I try to do anything fun I fall asleep halfway through. The joys of being an adult, lol.
To be honest, I mostly just doodle. I upload a lot of stuff to my scraps on DA, but I rarely actually finish a piece. I hate linearting. It's a pain and it's time-consuming. My husband has offered many times to help with it and said we could work together and stuff, but we've never actually sat down and done it. I'd like to, though, so I could actually post finished pieces someday.
