Gaming update as of 10/28/2024
Reached the Pokemon League in Pokemon Platinum after getting all 8 badges - caught all 3 lake spirits (the first one was a pain, hate roaming pokemon) and Girantina was the easiest.
Also been playing Bravely Default 2 - trying to do sidequests to get expanded levels for the jobs , already cleared 3 out of the 4 boss battles. One more to go and then I'll check to see if there are any side quests I havent done yet and then proceed to resume the main game which I'm near the end.