Advent of Code Day 21 — Step Counter
I had 80% of the solution, but that last 20% killed it. This is the day I failed Advent of Code 2023.
gardening
Wizard101: Grandmaster Gardener
After the couple of weeks at Master Gardener, I didn’t expect to get to Grandmaster Gardener quite so soon. It was those Silver Trumpet Vines that did it; 300 xp per harvest, 3000 xp when they went elder, and I had four of the plants, the only remainders of my once-flourishing garden. I had a … Read more
Wizard101: The last gift of the Giving Tree
I’d hoped that the Giving Tree would give, as its final gift, the seed for another Giving Tree, but — no such luck. A bunch of rare Celestia harvests, a handful of gold and Rank 7 — Expert Gardener — will have to do in its place, I guess. I’d been saving a Rank 7 … Read more
Wizard101: Level 58, and I Feel Fine.
It seemed level 58 would never come to my dynamic wizarding duo in Wizard101. Slogging through grindy grind after grindy grind. Last night, The Friendly Necro kindly help me kill a bunch of Megamind-style Minions in the Science Center for one sort of thing. THAT took forever. Then the quest continued — I had to … Read more
Wizard101: Gardening 104
It’s been a busy day at my Wizard101 garden, on the test server. I was tending my plants and harvesting when, after a 5xp harvest from a Honeysickle, I unexpectedly leveled to rank 2. That meant I could train up in the advanced bug be-gone spell and get rid of the persistent insect infestation that … Read more