Common Cold Encourages New Superhero

I woke up Friday with a nasty headache and a sore throat, not to mention a few of the other symptoms that get bundled in the package known as the "common cold." So I stayed home from work and rested that day. When evening arrived, I received a message from my best friend that City of Heroes was having a 14-day free trial. "Hey, cool!" I said to myself (because I do talk to myself from time to time), "This just happens to coincide with Double XP Weekend! Not only that, but I've already reloaded my City of Heroes software, in anticipation of playing again possibly in a month or two!" (Sometimes I get really talkative)

Saturday morning arrived bright and early (that's 8:00 AM when you're sick, 5:30 when you're not), and I found myself in front of the computer, running updates on the client, which only took fifteen or so minutes, since I had previously run updates. After entering the trial code, I was up and playing. My new character, The Polonium Patrician, is a science blaster archetype, and quite possibly the fastest character I've ever taken up to security level 10. After a weekend of double xp, and another sick day, I had him up to security level 18, with mostly solo missions.

Today I'm still sick, but out of leave, so CoH will just have to wait until I get home, at which point the wife will probably want me to do some chores around the house (seeing as how I was well enough to go to work).