Stuff Has Been Getting Done, Permission to Gasp Granted

I should be trying to sleep right now. I should've been in bed about an hour ago according to my current schedule. Instead I am sitting here knowing that there's a a lot of things I need and want to do, and sleeping makes me feel like I'm missing out on doing them. It's weird, I know, I have to sleep, there's nothing wrong with it, but I hate going to sleep when I feel like this. There is stuff to study, books to read, minis to paint, blogs to write.... well, I'm doing that one, but you get the point.

I have spent most of today studying miniature painting. Reading articles on techniques, looking at painted minis, ect. I started painting that one mini again. I got sidetracked when Hearshot came to visit, and haven't gone back to it until now. I tried finishing up the black parts today, but wasn't pleased with my highlights, so I covered it back up and will try again tomorrow.

In driving I have made lots of progress. After I got my permit I didn't really do anything other than drive on some back roads. I was too timid to try any of the main streets. It was that way up until that talk I had with my mom when I was feeling down on my confidence. Since then I have been driving like crazy. I now drive my mom everywhere, and driving is becoming really comfortable for me, something I never thought would happen.

We were going to go to Roseburg today, and I wanted to drive there, but my mom wouldn't let me, which was a tad aggravating. More on Roseburg in a minute. Tomorrow I plan on getting on the freeway for the first time. The freeway was my biggest fear about driving, and I'm still a tad nervous about it, but I have to learn sometime and I'm tired of having "sometime" never come. I hope to have my license within the week, but I'm not setting a solid deadline on it. I'll get it when I feel ready to.

So, about the trip to Roseburg. I wanted to pick up the latest copy of White Dwarf magazine, as I've been wanting to get familiar with the wargaming scene again (with my license, I'll have much more freedom to seek out gaming clubs). We went to my usual stop, Hero's Haven. I love Hero's Haven, I have been going there for years and always have fun conversations with the owner. When we got there I remembered that they are closed on Sundays.

Disappointed we started for my second choice, Gamer's Edge. Gamer's Edge was my best hope of finding a gaming group to start playing again, but alas, when we arrived, I find out that they had closed down for good. This was a huge letdown, as this was one of the places that helped drive me towards getting my license. I was looking forward to finally going back to my gaming glory days of California. California on the whole were some of the worst years of my life, mentally, but the gaming every Saturday at Great Escape Games in Sacramento remain some of the best memories I have. I could write a whole post on that store and it's people alone. I probably will in the coming days.

That's all from me for now. I'm either going to try and sleep, or sit here thinking of stuff to do, and be too tired to do them.