Frankly, I had withdrawals. I suspected I would. But I think they've passed now and I'm not missing it very much. Cliché. Oh, cliché again. I hate that. Oh, another cliché. Dang it.
I still can waste lots of time on my phone. Lots. But I did get to the point a handful of days ago where I rearranged my apps and "hid" my games in an effort to not repeatedly check them. Except for Jurassic Park. That's a game with long-term objectives that I need to somehow incorporate into my "real" life so it ends up being useful at least a bit. Here's an attempt. You might laugh at me. Two days ago I noticed the T Rex was on sale for half off, but it cost money, not gold, so I had to earn the money by battling dinosaurs. Well, that's a slow process, and money doesn't help too much in the game except to make things go by faster, which isn't a big deal because I've got my whole life ahead of me and can take it slow, so the point is, I was about 70 monies short of the 245 the T Rex cost. I'd been eyeing and dreaming of that Rex for a long time, so I knew this was my chance. The offer expired in two days, it said.
Challenge accepted.
I fought dinosaurs in a methodical and calculated way for two days, making sure to check on their availability for fighting every few hours so as to be efficient. By the end of yesterday at 11pm I was four monies short. I figured I had until midnight so I was going to check again just before and fight for my last four monies and get my T Rex. But I forgot. So at a quarter past midnight I thought maybe I'd lost my chance. But then I thought, maybe it's based on PST since these apps are always made in San Francisco and even if not, do they really keep track of where the player lives and close offers like that on time relative to that location? I didn't know. But who cares. My point is, I checked and it seemed to still be available. So I masterfully utilized the available dinosaurs (not many, not strong) to win those last four monies and immediately click purchase on the T Rex. As of right now it's about an hour away from hatching. I will have my T Rex before bed, folks.
That's perseverance. I don't know what you have to do in life to learn the lesson in perseverance, but I doubt you ended up with a T Rex like me. I saw an opportunity and I went for it. That's another lesson. If you see an open door, run straight at it and hopefully you get there before it starts closing and you doorline yourself in the face.
So my T Rex is just an example of why I'm keeping Jurassic Park. My overall point is that being without Internet and running out of movies on my computer means I'm back to reading during meals. High caliber things like Catching Fire. And I'm back to blogging this post on my phone. And making a list of good things about the day before going to bed. And spending hours today editing someone's paper. And reading up on the Olympics a few times a day. And helping Ben and his parents.
And basically, just checking phone things over and over instead of computer things. Let's be honest, I need to wrap this up in a pessimistic way or it won't seem to fit the melancholy theme. So I take back all of what I said. Feeling better about myself doesn't mean I'm doing better. That's ridiculous.
Just kidding. I may not know how to feel happy very well, but I do avoid feeling sad pretty well. And also, these days I've been at peace and I've enjoyed it. I'm told not to worry about tomorrow's troubles, so I'll worry that I don't know what it holds and maybe life will change for the horrible. But also it could change for even better, and that's another good point. And another is that right now is pretty good and I hope you experience that too now and then.
