Fighting the Legion and Winning a Unicorn

At the end of Summer quarter I found myself practically vibrating from stress, wilting from the heat, and staring down two months off of school. Up until this point, the longest period I had had off of school was about a month. One big benefit of a crazy-short quarter was a longer break before Fall, and I was very excited.

The first order of business was to unwind. I needed to work out some of the stress that had been building up. I also needed a lot of hugs from my dog Beck. She needed those hugs too. As my time was completely consumed by schoolwork, I got a lot of this face:

So adorable!! I don't know how I resisted the urge to chuck all my work, wrap my arms around her, and bury my face in her neck... Looking back, I might have gotten my work done more efficiently if I had taken more time to do just that. A little de-stressing with my unlicensed, though clearly official emotional support animal would have reduced some of the stress and anxiety, so I could work better and maybe have a little leisure time... Hind-sight, am I right?

I began my break by staying in bed practically all day for the first day, cuddling my puppy and watching Netflix. Once I emerged, I decided a good way to aid the unwinding was by killing some demons:

Ahh, the simple pleasure of shooting the crap out of a burning legion of demons. Take THAT final exam! In your face anxiety! Oh look, a pretty dragon! Oh World of Warcraft, where would I be without you? I really don't understand why I resisted playing for so long. One of the irritating things about summer quarter, was that when I did take a little time off from the work, I couldn't de-stress by killing demons, because I was so sick of being on my computer all day and evening. But when my schedule opened up, a peaceful ride through the countryside, shooting stuff, was right there waiting for me. Therapy for the low low price of $14.99 per month. Even a broke college student can (kind of ) afford that.

Other than regaining my sanity, my biggest accomplishment during summer break was winning a new mount (in WoW) called The Lucid Nightmare. Sounds intriguing, right? It is a bad ass unicorn, I mean, look!

Purple flames coming from its tail, hooves and horn, contrasted against that charcoal coat. Beautiful. The things you have to go through to get this thing... Yikes. I wasn't at all sure I would ever actually get it. One of the last tasks sends you into this super creepy dungeon, complete with rotting corpses. One of my friends coined a nickname for this beauty, a nickname that I find highly appropriate: The Murdercorn. 

By the time Fall quarter rolled around, I was nicely low on stress, high on demon killing, and ready to dive back in... 

More to come...

Photo Sources: http://www.wowhead.com/news=274804/decrypting-the-lucid-nightmare ; https://us.shop.battle.net/en-us/family/world-of-warcraft