The beautiful thing about getting Lightning with minimal lapis cost is that I have no problems spending lapis to get her leveled today by farming the cactuar dunes. I think I should be able to get her up to 100 (she's at 6* level 35 already) with... what... 500 more lapis? 1,000 lapis? Either way, I'm fine with that, as I had saved up and was expecting to do an 11 pull for her.
Might not be the best use of lapis overall, but I'm at peace with it. Just still psyched I got her! I'll be rolling with a CoD, Cecil, and Lightning front line with a back line of Exdeath and Refia. That's a full 6* squad, and I still have people like Bartz, Agrias, Tillith, and Snow on the bench for the situations that call for them.
I mean... damn. I'm not whaling, but I'm starting to feel like I've officially turned that corner to actually having a bad-ass squad. I feel like I can truly enjoy the intricacies of the game now instead of focusing on what I don't have.
And on top of that, TM farming is moving along nicely. Should have Excalibur either by the end of the week or early next week and am hovering around 20% for dualcast, Maxwell's TM, blade mastery, and rising sun.