I have, somehow, mysteriously gone into a unmotivated leveling frenzy. I had one with Akrah a few days ago, motivated by the fact that I had just gotten TBC, and a leveling buddy. I leveled Akrah from 60 to 65 in a relatively short amount of time, at least faster then I thought it would take to gain levels after 60.
Anyways, this time it's Jeeyola I'm leveling. i've gone from 50, which she's been for ages to 56 in 3-4 days. 55-56 flew past in 8 hours (which apparently I'm told is fast on non-rested XP). I'm not completely sure why I'm doing this, though. I don't have any leveling buddies or guild with characters in the same level range, I don't have any raid groups waiting for me, or raids to catch (although I heard rumours of a MC run with my Akrah's raid community, but I doubt that will happen or that I'll make 60 to this saturday). I know Jeeyola have a massive gear-upgrade waiting for her at 59 and up, all those lovely greenies from outland with epic stats on them. But in the end it just means more questing in Outlands, doesn't it?
Maybe the answer is I just have more fun on Jeeyola. Akrah was fun for a while, I'd given her a long break pre-Burning Crusade, so picking up her again was fun, but that blew over again. Wimwicket has been with me for ages, and I love her dearly, but leveling either of them to 70 just doesn't hold that big an appeal to me. Not yet, at any rate. And even though I continually wind up in hopeless groups to Sunken Temple and Blackrock Depths, it's still more fun then leveling any other chars. With Jeeyola, I'm sort of "alone". Yes, she's a member of Mog Nogu, but there's no one there in her level range at all, or anyone who's particularly keen on helping her level, and all my friends on the server either has characters 60+, low level ones or characters on horde. So I'm a bit alone, but maybe that's what I like these days.
Another reason, or maybe explanationa as to why I'm able to level as much, is the fact that I lost my job. My joints still hurt, especially my hands when they get cold, I don't sleep very well and my arms feel stiff and weak. So, some abscense from work, plus the fact that my employers knew I was going to be abscent even more due to medical checks, Xray tests and so on, resulted in them sacking me. I sort of understand them, they have no guarantee for me being able to work after my training had ended anyways. That doesn't help the bad feelings, though. So maybe that's why I'm leveling like a maniac. To keep my mind off things.
