Half Way There! (also FFXIV accomplishments this week)

So it's been a few weeks since my last post. Let's just say... it's been a rough couple weeks with a lot of different real life things going on (both ups and downs). Between pregnancy symptoms, a death in the family (R.I.P. Abuelo), a family emergency, and a funeral just to name some of the harder things; it's been rough. We did, however, get to see our little girl a few weeks back.We're now half way there! She's started kicking this week. I don't know what I expected to feel, but if you ask me, a baby's kicks (at least in the beginning) feels like a bunch of little muscle spasms. Hubby also felt her kick for the first time and he was SUPER excited! So weird to think that in just a few short months, we'll be meeting our little girl!

This past week our FFXIV raid group (minus a couple members) downed Turn 6. It was my first clear and I was super excited! Drops were High Allagan Earrings of Aiming and High Allagan Boots of Casting. Hopefully tomorrow we'll get a healing drop :) We got a couple attempts on Turn 7 this past week, but it's still early and most of us are just learning the mechanics. It's a lot of little things to remember to do/dodge/kill at once. Hopefully we'll get further this week on it. Wish us luck!

Other notable achievements this week: I finished collecting my last three Atma, got my Omnilex Atma, finished my first book (on my way to Animus... then NOVUS), race-changed back to a Miquo'te from a Lalafel (I went Lalafel for about a week or so... When I switched back to cat I went Keeper of the Moon instead of Sun -- still deciding on if I miss my original Rahhzay-sun-kitty), got my Weathered Daystar Breeches (still hovering at i93 -- but yummy yummy crit!), and got my Dragoon to 46 (thus also getting my Artifact gear). So I'd say... it was a pretty productive week.

Baby's Sex Revealed!

Despite my internet giving me such a hard time on Saturday, we revealed the sex of the baby! Viewers were able to bet shards (a currency used on my twitch channel) on what they thought we were having; with a 50/50 shot, they had a chance of increasing their shard count. Watch the video below to find out the results!

Rahhzay starts a blog!

It's been quite a while since I've kept any sort of journal or blog. Let me start by introducing myself... I'm Elise; many know me as Rahhzay. I'm a 25-year-old gamer, twitch.tv streamer, Disney nerd, and mommy-to-be due in October.

A little over a month ago I announced to my viewers on twitch that my husband and I are pregnant. I'm so grateful to my viewers, regulars, and friends for all the love and support they've been giving me since. I love streaming (and plan to continue doing so throughout my pregnancy) -- it's fun to hear new gamer baby puns some of my viewers come up with. I haven't been as consistent with my streams as I have in the past due to "morning" sickness, etc. Now that I'm 11 weeks along, I'm hoping that in the next week or so I'll be back on a more steady and reliable schedule again.

With being pregnant, I feel like I'm falling behind in so many things! Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (an amazing MMORPG by Square Enix) just released patch 2.2 and (in the two weeks since release) I've failed to cap my Tomes of Soldiery, let alone finish unlocking many things or completing some content that was introduced in 2.1. I have a feeling I'll be playing catch up for a while.

I want to continue to keep this blog to update not only my gaming achievements and game opinions/impressions, but also a little bit of my pregnancy and what else is going on in my life outside of gaming. Stay tuned!