I have this ‘thing’ about gaming. Before I can sit down and enjoy a video game everything has to be just right. Here is my usual routine…
1) Pop game into console/pc
2) Notice the pile of mail on my chair, sigh loudly, and move pile of mail to another suitable location
3) Notice that the place I have moved pile of mail also has other piles of things…some of which have not yet been identified
4) Decide I can not play game with piles of unidentified ‘things’ lying about
5) Curse my no-cleaning family members, sigh even louder, and finally go and clean up piles of ‘things’
6) Run from something that emerges from pile of suspicious ‘things’
7) Spot unread Sears catelog among pile, also notice 20% off sticker glaring at me from front cover if I order now
8) Decide it wont hurt to just browse catelog
9) Quickly flip through catelog and notice lovely pair of shoes that will make my feet look delightfully dainty
10) Contemplate how much time I have to make a quick call before my husband gets out of shower
11) Quickly dial number, order shoes, and destroy tattle-tale catelog
12) Pass by refrigerator on way to destroy catelog, and remember there is old pizza lurking somewhere in it’s midsts
13) Scour refrigerator, cursing greedy husband who must have eaten old pizza, swear to be spinster in next lifetime, and finally settle on a handful of cereal and a swig of milk from the carton
14) Pour myself a cup of diet soda with exactly five ice cubes, the proper number of cubes needed for a long gaming session, before leaving to officially start my ‘gaming session’
15) Go back to gaming chair and settle in
16) Notice that my pants must have shrunk in the dryer…again
17) Get back up to put on comfy pajamas which somehow never shrink in the dryer
18) Settle back into chair and hit start button
19) Listen happily as opening music begins
20) Hand over the controller to my husband who emerges from his shower, ready to take his turn on the game
OCD and ADD…making video games more challenging to get to than to actually play
