We had two dogs, a cat, and a bird, so the house was always full of animal silliness. My wife left me a couple months ago and took the dogs with her. I've become so thankful for the cat. She just wants to be where I am, constantly: on my lap if I'm sitting, or on my chest if I'm laying down. It's made a very hard time just a little less hard.
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I've never played horde, but she's at 49, 50. I can give you a straight answer since I haven't had to deal with horde barrens chat.
A couple years ago, after I sharply increased my reading, my wife (who paid the bills) came and said, "I don't want to discourage you at all from a healthy hobby, but I wanted to make sure you realized that, in the last couple of months, you've spent like $200 on books." In fact, I hadn't realized it was that much. That's when I started trying to figure out a cheaper way to read.
I read even more now. So far this year I've read 46 novels. That would be prohibitively expensive if not for Libby.
You should get a library card and the Libby app. Lots and lots of free audiobooks.
I read kindle versions, but there are almost always audio versions of everything I read. I read a ton of SF and fantasy - if you tell me the kind of stuff you like I can suggest some titles.
I read an obscene amount of science fiction and play a lot of classic wow.
If you want sometime currently in the theater, you might try The Life of Chuck. Likely to make you cry, but uplifting. Great cast.
Upvoting for Eternal Sunshine, such I think fits OP's request better than EEAAO.
Seems more like you're trying to bring Reddit here, with that kind of trolling.
I retired in January after 40 years (not counting jobs during college). Marriage collapsed not long after (unrelated). So now I live alone and have nothing on my calendar. It's honestly so very strange not having to go to bed early on a weeknight. Also, for some reason, the hours and days go very slowly, but the weeks and months go very quickly. Time is fundamentally different than it was previously.
Man, I probably see 20 of those every morning when I walk around the neighborhood. The babies are so cute. So tiny.
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I've come to really like Adrian Tchaikovsky - I haven't been disappointed by anything he's written. The trilogy that starts with Children of Time is especially good.
Lots of others great books out there. The Space Between Worlds, by Micaiah Johnson, was an interesting story read recently. Kiln People, by David Brin, was great.
I keep little spoiler-free notes on everything I read, so if there's a type of book you like, let me know and I'll scan my notes.