the blog of a disabled mother who likes to game, and "get in the pit"
I know the picture conveys a broad, general sense of unamusement, but I thought it was really adorable and wanted to use it somewhere (Bub has perhaps the most charismatic face in the history of charismatic faces, and he inherited all of my facial expressions which makes this even more hilarious). Bub really is my child.
This was technically on June 30th, which is why the Wordless Wednesday had to do with him, but still.
I know that it’s not proper nomenclature to call them the “stomach flu”, but I’ll be damned if I didn’t feel every bit as miserable as someone who actually had the flu. Then again, I was immunocompromised when I caught this. I caught it because I was so severely immunocompromised. ’round and ’round the wheel turns.
In Pokemon Go-related news, I’ve had to put that game down for the foreseeable future because a recent update to the game extended the amount of time that “the white flash” is present on the screen for the normally brief instances that it is. As a result, more people are being exposed to it who are at risk for adverse neurological events such as migraines or seizures… and I meet both of those criteria, or have both of those things happen to me, admittedly one more than the other. Until I’ve been given word that this is no longer the problem that it has become, I don’t think that I can safely play this game. And I’m definitely not going to want to get myself hyped up for new patches or releases if I am only able to play the game for very brief periods of time if it even manages to work out like that. I’ve liked this game since release, so this is a shame.
I suppose Bub and I can play more of the console games that we have in the interim to make up for this.
Fortunately, though, Bub hasn’t really been asking for this game… but we’re still in the throes of a pandemic.
Since he doesn’t care what day he gets things as long as he gets them, I’ve been pre-ordering games that I know he will like. I’ll be writing about them in here as they actually arrive and we get a chance to play them.
I also got him more Meowth and Persian plushes since those are his favorite Pokemon. I know for a fact that all but one of those will arrive before his birthday. I had to order one of the Persian plushes from Japan, so that one might not arrive until after his birthday has come and gone… but there is still hope for the thing…
I may also pick up his cake before his birthday and let both of the kids chow down on it. The grocer near my house sells a lot of great cakes, particularly birthday cakes, and I’ve seen unicorn cakes for sale a time or two over there. I’m considering picking one of those up for him the next time that I have a chance and can swing by the grocer. His favorite stuffed animal is a unicorn, so he should like this cake and this should work!