SL can be a strange place, and sometimes it's easy to become bored, or just lacklustre in our interactions with it. I have had a home in SL since almost the time I started, nothing fancy, just a 2048m sq plot that I built my own home on. After a while, and a major change in my inworld circumstances I decided on a rebuild, but kind of ran out of steam, and for weeks progress on the rebuild was zero.
Then, last week, my landlord informed me that he was selling the land, due to issues with lag, which had become quite bad on that sim. In it's place he offered my an alternative plot, I had a choice, one that was slightly larger, but just a piece of greensward in the middle of development, and another plot, this one slightly smaller, but right on the edge of the ocean – so it was no contest really, I went for the plot on the seashore! OK, it's north facing, so there aren't the spectacular sunsets that there would be with a westlardly facing plot, but it's seashore nonetheless. It's amazing what a change of scene can do to invigorate a being. In the three days since I've been here I've not only rebuilt the house, but I've furnished it, and created a nice environment in the garden, and built a quay, so that I can moor my two boats. And one of those days I couldn't even acess SL due to being ghosted at the bottom of the ocean some way offshore. Thankfully today I contacted my landlord in the guise of my Alt, and he got in touch with Tech Support of LL, and they very kindly restarted that sim, very kindly releasing me from a very watery gaol – heartfelt thanks to all who helped me.
I think I'm going to enjoy being here, it's already boosted my flagging enthusiasm for SL, and engaged me in learning a new SL skill, that of boat management. OK, so every time I go out at the moment it ends in me sinking the boat, running aground, or running off grid, but I guess one day I'll get the hang of it... Eventually.
I'm planning a housewarming party, that should be fun... I only hope I don't manage to crash the sim.
