I know people may disagree but I find Pokemon Go to be an AWESOME thing and I just joined the bandwagon last week. I’ve caught over 50 pokemon and leveled up to 7 and joined Team Mystic!
I keep reading all these stories about it helping people leave their homes, socialize, and be inclusive of those society may not be as connected with. Things like how the United States alone has walked 2 million miles collectively in their poke-pursuits and stories of children with Autism and Aspergers connecting to others on the playground in ways they hadn’t before. People with depression are finding comfort in gaming, people with no motivation to exercise are moving and walking great lengths. So yeah, I’m pro Go!
In other news, I’ve Konmari’d a good 20% of the house at this point which is me productively avoiding progress in my room. Last week was a bit crazy with the living room remodel coming to a screeching halt with a sectional that is deceivingly “microfiber” but synthetic leather. Basically, there was a mix up in the definition of microfiber and my parents were duped into getting a synthetic leather couch made of microfiber material when they told the furniture people they did not want a leather type couch. Fingers crossed that is resolved today in our favor since the business they bought it from has stringent return policies.
It was an honest mistake but it also shows me my parents are getting older and while they are still very capable people, sales people and others may try to take advantage of them or they may not necessarily rationalize things correctly. To be fair, the average person wouldn’t have been so trusting and would have maybe asked the sales floor guy to do some more explaining. But, in my parent’s minds, microfiber is a soft fabric type material, they didn’t understand that a material can be transformed by heat and embossing to look much different. It’s a mess, and it’s something my brother and I have stepped up to try to help resolve. Their heart and my brother and mine, we all hope for the best and hope our attitudes reflect Christ in all of this, as we do wish to get an exchange worked out, but still wish to explain our situation fairly.
To end on a happier note, I have a theme picked out for my SIL’s baby shower, and hopefully invites will go out tomorrow!
Quarter-Lifer Musings 
I am loving the pokemon go stories and just think it is so neat how it is helping people. Most of my day to day life is a little too rural to play the game so I ended up uninstalling it. But I am still Pro Go!
Hope the couch thing gets resolved quickly!
I totally get the too rural thing and wish it was a bit easier for people in smaller towns to play! My friend works in a large museum in Boston and said his work alone has 7 pokestops in it! However, when he is home in a rather small town, he has to walk a few miles just to get to a gym or pokestop.
I think you’d find it funny what areas are pokestops and gyms in town. The Toppers Pizza “mural” is one of the landmarks for a pokestop! Haha.