Shortbread & War

I am excited to announce that I purchased my first (in a long time) video game for my computer - Age of Empires 3 with the War Chiefs expansion. I have played the demo for a couple of weeks and am addicted but there's only so much you can do in New England & Texas, seriously. So, on the way home today I saw a break in the right lane traffic & zipped across to the highway exit and went to EB. I was there to purchase but little did I know that it was actually affordable, only $39.99. Thank goodness. But, I haven't been feeling great today - due to feminine issues - and just wasn't up for making dinner so I ate crackers & cheese and installed the game. However, for some inexplicable reason it kept getting held up on some bloody sound file so I fiddled around a bit and after an hour it was finally ready to go. I felt a little yucky so I ate some Shortbread and began my quest for world domination. The map that came up though had Llamas & Ostriches or maybe Rheas? Not sure, anyways, you can slaughter the native animals as well as build a Mill or collect berries to get enough food...I always feel a little guilty even with virtual slaughter. On the demo when I saw one of my settlers slaughtering a baby Buffalo I almost cried. Anyways, wish me luck & I will try to still post regularly & not spend 100% of my time playing video games. One healthy thing is that my Belly Dancing started again so I am at least doing some exercise. Yay for me.