September 9, 2017

 Today was a pretty laid back day. I slept in, read a book for awhile, did other stuff I can't remember, and eventually went to my Mom's house to do laundry. I watched Star Trek, took a nap, and played Papers, Please. I'm a little worried about the learning curve of the game. It's basically a spot-the-difference and memory game and there are an increasing number of things to check. The hard part is that the play area is so restricted that you are always having to move stuff around to check different places, which takes time, and it is a timed game. Hopefully I can get comfortable with it by Thursday for the discussion.

After leaving my Mom's house I went to Target and then headed home. I ended up driving by my house the first time because there were several people standing in my neighbors driveway. It is connected to my driveway because it's a duplex. I was not prepared for the inevitable wave and possible social interaction, so I drove right on by, and did a loop through another neighborhood so I could prepare myself. It ended up just being a wave, and I survived, so all is well. I definitely have anxiety.

When I finally got home, I played Elite Dangerous for a little while before eating dinner. After dinner I played more Elite Dangerous and messed around with the VR program that lets you have a window inside the VR space, so I can have a website open or watch a video while in my virtual spaceship. It took a lot of finagling but I eventually got it to work. It is far from perfect, the fps was super low on the movie I was watching, and it could use more adjustment options because I couldn't quite get it in the position I wanted, but I'm also using the old version when it was still free. I need to look into the paid version and see if they have made improvements or if they just put a price tag on the last version of the free one.

I ended my night by laying on my couch and watching three comedy specials on Netflix. I needed to write this but I was feeling very unmotivated. Sometimes I view this as a bit of a chore, or even a burden. One that is completely self-imposed and possibly not even worthwhile. But here I am, writing yet another entry. Mostly with my eyes closed because I'm still lounging on the couch and I am still very tired. Now I'm going to record my audio journal so I can go to bed. I believe today is the 252^nd day of the audio journal. That's pretty good if I do say so myself.