You can’t just cut me off with no warning.  This last week I discovered the Military channel on my Dish.  I usually have enough stuff on the DVR.  Without playing wow,  I was watching more tv and running out of DVR content.  I just started watching some stuff on the military channel.  Snipers, sappers, and special ops stuff.  Then this week the whole channel just vanished.  I check the full guide and its listed as a channel that I don’t have a subscription for.  So I had a free week preview and they cut me off without me even knowing it was only a preview.  So what does this have to do with Warcraft?

I dusted of my Warcraft account today.  So I figured I would post an update.  I’m not saying this is my return to WOW, but I do have the day off and the wife is out of town for the weekend.

First thing I ran into was the patch that was released this week.  Something that I have done many times before.  While it was loading, it reminded me my add-ons were out of date too.  I use the curse updater to manage a good deal of my add-on updates.  When I opened the curse client, I also had to update that.

So far I like the changes I see to the Curse updater.  The new UI is much cleaner.  When updating the add-ons, it no longer does that little pop up progress bar.  It just does it now.  Its a small detail, but it just acts more professional now.  Now that its loaded, I see 22 things needing updated.  I tell it to update all and it finishes about the same time as the patch.  With my authenticator out, I’m ready to roll.

I do a quick check on my banker.  He had 850 gold sitting the mailbox waiting for him.  So I tossed a few things up I had sitting in my bags and called it good.  I didn’t log in to work the AH.  Then I am left with what to do next.  I’m planning on avoiding my guild members. (I know I should have been kicked by now, but my guild don’t kick people).  So that rules out my 2 80′s for now.  I do have plans on making my Warlock my main.  He is only 73, but I know he had some changes this patch.  So the Warlock it is.

As I log into my lock, I remember that he was one of my glyph mules.  4 inscription bags and wearing a suit.  First thing I need to do is clean him up and send him out into the wild.  After I got him out into the wild, I realized how much I have neglected him.   He was not far from 74 so I finished out the level and headed in for training.  Lots of spells needed to be trained.  I also picked up epic flying and a 2nd spec.  I honestly don’t think I needed the 2nd spec for my warlock, but it can’t hurt.  And talking about neglect, this lock only has an imp and a voidwalker.  I intended to keep this guy affliction and the only pet I needed was the imp for Dark Pact.  I don’t need those other pets yet but I know I will if I ever get this guy in heroics/raids.

So my first day playing in several weeks I was able to blow a lot of gold and burn off a about a level of rest XP.