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I returned to Assassin's Creed Odyssey a couple of weekends ago and realized a new quest has been added in which Kassandra and her two friends (Barnabas and Herodotus) go on another quest after Kass has taken a six-month-long vacation. I didn't read much about it when it was released so I didn't realize until it was over that it was the final story mission and thus the actual end of the game. There's still plenty of stuff to do (and I haven't done any DLC stuff yet) but seeing the actual end of a game that took me a little over 200 hours felt very poignant. AC Odyssey may be a controversial entry in the series (for certain AC fans) but it was so satisfying to me. I still plan to return to its shores some day....

It's always a comfort knowing this website still runs and the community still supports it. There's nothing but shame and bad excuses from me. It's nonsensical, too: professing my enjoyment of a website even though I don't do enough as a member. I can always take comfort in the fact that it's super laid back (unless someone in the comments corrects me on that opinion ;) )

For BaD, that is.

So...late October was my last post date? Good to know that nothing has changed. We're about to enter the last week of February so let's see if I can make an effort to blog more before BaD 2021 wraps up. 

In the past four months since my last blog post, there's no telling how many times I thought of this website or even visited and thought about posting a new blog and then for whatever pathetic reason decided against it or was distracted by something else. I keep falling into this trap, no matter how hard I try. I think its a good idea to let some time pass between blog posts so that I'll have something to post about but the time slips away. As a result of posting one now, I'm stuck with the challenge of recapping what I've been doing for the past 4 months (or not). Let's see how I do...

(fans of Beverly Hills Cop will get the title reference)

As it rains and t-storms for the second day in a row, I'm going to blog again. Thanks for the comments for the last blog posts and for the new Switch friends (thanks Cary and Super King!). Still enjoying my Switch and making my daily duties in Animal Crossing NH: recently unlocked the museum and the new Nook shopping building. I'm about 15,000 bells from paying off my first debt. 

To not just post a blog but to finally join all the cool kids and acquire a Nintendo Switch Lite. That's right, the stimulus money finally arrived and I got lucky with this purchase. It wasn't even planned on. The original plan was to get a new Xbox One controller; I didn't even care about dropping $170 for an Elite controller. When the local Walmart had nothing in stock in regards to controllers, my eyes wandered to the Nintendo Switch cases. There was one box for a Coral skew/version/skin Lite and I made the choice right then and there. Who knows when an opportunity would come again.

One of the benefits of working for a university is when spring break period approaches. Activity on the campus dies down so detail cleaning or special projects can be completed. The Friday of this period also is recognized as an observed holiday for staff. Since the week started, all campus buildings were put on lockdown due to safety measures regarding COVID-19 so only essential personnel are allowed. This of course includes custodians. I have vacation days but I'm bad about using them as much so to wake up on a Friday in which I don't have to go anywhere feels perfect. 

The good news is that I still have my job. The University of Arkansas is closing all its buildings starting Monday and only essential personnel are allowed on the properties (campus police, custodians and some exceptions I'm not thinking of). So I still have to show up five days a week, sanitizing the buildings. But I am getting paid. So, it can be worse.