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Tired, thinking
Man, am I sleepy. Teri went to a sleep clinic last night to see if she had apnea (looks like she doesn't), so I took care of Sebastian on my own. He's still adjusting to the new big boy bed; unfortunately the lack of rails means that there's nothing to stop him from hopping out of bed and seeking me out, over and over and over.
I even heard, for the first time, that there was a "monster under the bed". I pointed out that his huge stuffed lion was next to and partly under the bed. We put it there in case he falls out in the middle of the night, although the carpet is thick and soft and the bed is not high. I also pointed out that he was surrounded by a particularly fierce group of bears, dinosaurs, and other animals, all of whom could easily scare any monster away - and, of course, I reminded him that there were no monsters except on television and in books.
None of that helped, so I ended up sleeping on the floor next to his bed for an hour until he finally fell asleep.
Then I went over to my computer to spend a few minutes on Battle.net with Diablo - or so I thought. I ran my new paladin, Macabee, in an open game again. This time some really decent people joined in, and we had a good time chatting while they explained things to me. I had so much fun that I didn't get to sleep until almost midnight! I may join their clan; if so, I'll doubtless write a bit about it here.
Oh, and I think I found a sort of work-around for my Diablo crashing problem. As I mentioned before, it seems to have a problem if my system was shut down normally the last time it was on. On a hunch, I removed and re-inserted the D2LOD disk, and when the install/play screen came up I hit Cancel. Then I started the game normally, and it was fine! I haven't had a chance to try that again, but if it works it's certainly superior to crashing my system in order to play.
I wrote to Blizzard support about that, incidentally, but haven't heard back from them yet.
Anyway, Sebastian woke me up at 5:30am, so I'm pretty tired.
I even heard, for the first time, that there was a "monster under the bed". I pointed out that his huge stuffed lion was next to and partly under the bed. We put it there in case he falls out in the middle of the night, although the carpet is thick and soft and the bed is not high. I also pointed out that he was surrounded by a particularly fierce group of bears, dinosaurs, and other animals, all of whom could easily scare any monster away - and, of course, I reminded him that there were no monsters except on television and in books.
None of that helped, so I ended up sleeping on the floor next to his bed for an hour until he finally fell asleep.
Then I went over to my computer to spend a few minutes on Battle.net with Diablo - or so I thought. I ran my new paladin, Macabee, in an open game again. This time some really decent people joined in, and we had a good time chatting while they explained things to me. I had so much fun that I didn't get to sleep until almost midnight! I may join their clan; if so, I'll doubtless write a bit about it here.
Oh, and I think I found a sort of work-around for my Diablo crashing problem. As I mentioned before, it seems to have a problem if my system was shut down normally the last time it was on. On a hunch, I removed and re-inserted the D2LOD disk, and when the install/play screen came up I hit Cancel. Then I started the game normally, and it was fine! I haven't had a chance to try that again, but if it works it's certainly superior to crashing my system in order to play.
I wrote to Blizzard support about that, incidentally, but haven't heard back from them yet.
Anyway, Sebastian woke me up at 5:30am, so I'm pretty tired.