The Games People Play

I am in so deep with the biggest time sucker ever. My Kindle. It has become my pacifier. I take it with me when I leave the house. When I'm home, it's in my hands. I sleep with it. Well, not with it but I take it to bed with me. Not to bed but on my nightstand where I play the best little app to put me to sleep. It has not been turned off for months. Before I actually go to sleep I sometimes listen to a police scanner and play a game or two of solitaire. I check the free apps everyday and have got most of my games that way.

A friend of mine got me started on Words With Friends. The only thing I knew about it was that it got Alec
Baldwin kicked off a plane. I've played everyday since; losing mostly but it's still fun. Right now I'm playing a nice woman in Texas and my friend in Colorado and a few others. I even got my daughter started; I am a bad mother.

Where my Mom lives, they have free wifi at the office but her house is just a little too far away for me to keep a signal. But one day I found that if I go in her bedroom I can get a good one. So while I was working, I was sneaking in her bedroom to play. Oh God, I think I need an intervention!

More often than not I'm sitting with my laptop on my lap and the Kindle next to me so I can do both while watching TV of course. It's when I'm my happiest and I get twitchy if either is out of my reach for very long.

The weeds are getting taller and my ass is getting wider. But I guess there are worse addictions in life. I could be sitting on a bar stool like my Dad did for years, or 6 feet under like Cory Monteith. At least I'm sitting at home with my family getting my Kindle on.

Comments

Grumpy said…
The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem.
July 21, 2013 at 10:38 AM
Claire M. King said…
I laughed my ass off at your last paragraph-especially. We all have our addictions...don't we?
July 21, 2013 at 4:30 PM
Mulled Vine said…
I have this great photo of my daughter and me sitting on the sofa, each with a laptop, chatting to each other on Facebook. I carry my iphone with me all the time, except for the shower. Weeds are only a problem if you classify nature's natural flowers as such. The key to happiness and contentment is acceptance of all that one can't be bothered to do. :)
July 22, 2013 at 12:25 AM
Peruby said…
Oooh...you got it bad.
July 22, 2013 at 3:23 AM
Anonymous said…
I've been checking my activiyies and going over my daily routine to see if I have any adictions. If so I'm going to toss them immediately. I've even tossed Sudoku and all my word puzzles.
July 24, 2013 at 8:41 AM
kden said…
But those are good for the brain addictions Bill. That's what I tell myself anyway.
July 24, 2013 at 9:21 AM
Sherry Sikstrom said…
I am stuck on scrabble, words with friends and this silly assed candy crush!!Help!!!
July 26, 2013 at 9:38 PM
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