January 2014 – Book of Jen

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

The 30 Day Chronic Illness Blog was created by @cfs_zombie. Each day, there is a brand new writing prompt that deals with chronic illness and/or living with a chronic illness. I learned about this Challenge when someone reblogged it onto my Tumblr dashboard. I have reached the end of the series!

Day 30: And finally… starting at your toes and working up to your head, name each part of your body and how your illness has affected it, followed by something you like about that part of your body.

That’s too many words for a blog title, so I’m calling this one “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” (like the kid’s song).

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What has Helped you Cope with the Stress?

The 30 Day Chronic Illness Challenge was created by @cfs_zombie. I learned about it when someone reblogged it onto my Tumblr dashboard. Each day, there is a brand new writing prompt. All topics focus on chronic illness and/or what it is like to live with a chronic illness.

Day 29: What has helped you cope with the stress of this lifestyle?

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Flight Rising: Ice Sprite

The Ice Sprite Familiar in Flight Rising is only available for a limited amount of time. (Unless, of course, you happen to find one on the Auction House).

You can only earn it while the Crystalline Gala is going on. Here is how I got this super cute Familiar! All of the artwork in this post is copyright of Flight Rising.

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Name 5 Things you have Achieved Despite your Illness

The 30 Day Chronic Illness Challenge is something I learned about through Tumblr. It was created by @cfs_zombie. Each day, there is a brand new writing prompt that focuses on the topic of chronic illness. I am looking forward to completing this project.

Day 28: Name 5 things you have achieved despite your illness

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Flight Rising: Guardfeathers Achievement

There are several breeding achievements in Flight Rising. The only way to earn them is to breed two dragons and hope that they will produce at least one baby with a particular “special” gene. There is a bit of randomness to how the babies will turn out.

I have earned the Guardfeathers Achievement. All of the artwork in this post is copyright of Flight Rising.

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Hearthstone: Unlocking the Decks in the Beta

I have been playing a little bit of the Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft beta. So far, it really reminds me of Magic the Gathering. This is both a compliment and a criticism at the same time. I’m trying to give this game a chance.

First, you must complete the tutorial. After that, you can begin trying to unlock decks. Or, you can keep the default deck and start playing against other players. I’m not quite ready for that, so my next goal is to unlock all the decks. I’m staying in Practice Mode and playing against The Innkeeper.

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What’s the Most Helpful Advice you have Had?

The 30 Day Chronic Illness Challenge gives you one brand new writing prompt each day. All of the topics focus on chronic illness and/or living with a chronic illness. It was created by @cfs_zombie, and I learned about it through Tumblr. There are only a couple of days left to go!

Day 27: What’s the most helpful advice you have had?

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What Impact has your Illness had on your Partner?

The 30 Day Chronic Illness Challenge was created by @cfs_zombie. I learned about it through Tumblr. Every day, for 30 days straight, there is a brand new writing prompt. Each topic focuses on chronic illness and/or what it is like to live with one. I’m rather impressed that I’ve made it this far through the Challenge, despite having a sinus infection this month.

Day 26: What impact has this had on your friends, family, partner, parents, etc.?

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Reaper of Souls Beta

I received a key for the Diablo III: Reaper of Souls (RoS) beta shortly after the “Friends and Family” beta was over. Those that got into this (slightly later) beta had to start from the very beginning. By the time I got in, a change had been made. Players in the beta would not start out with access to Adventure Mode. I’m going to have to work my way to it.

This is the start of a series of blogs about my progress through Diablo III: RoS. I realize that the beta will disappear shortly before the RoS expansion is released. That’s a good enough reason to blog about it. Let’s see how far I get!

The screenshots you see in this blog are from December 18, 2013.
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Name 5 Activities

The 30 Day Chronic Illness Challenge is nearly finished! It consists of one brand new writing prompt, each day, that has something to do with chronic illness. The Challenge was created by @cfs_zombie and I learned about it from Tumblr. I am very motivated to complete this project.

Day 25: Name 5 activities that you have managed to pursue while being ill, and 5 activities that you have done that you wouldn’t have pursued if you hadn’t become ill.

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