There is an desire that rages deep within me, one that has smoldered in my gut since I was about 5 years old and my mother needed something to keep me busy while she tended to a newborn. So really [...]]]> “Nothing… can stop that now.” – Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker, Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi

There is an desire that rages deep within me, one that has smoldered in my gut since I was about 5 years old and my mother needed something to keep me busy while she tended to a newborn. So really it’s all her fault that I can’t stop playing Solitaire. Seriously, I just played a game there after I wrote those two sentences. Pathetic, isn’t it?

Just its very name makes me feel oozie and happy inside. Normally, my sickness obsession hobby is fine because I don’t carry a deck of cards with me at all times, but we had a little handheld electronic version once and *cough, cough* I wore it out. All I wanted to do was to play it all. the. time.  Beep, beep, beep, shoosh.

When we got the iPod Nanos, I thought I was safe because they didn’t have Solitaire in the games section and no other electronic games hold my interest. Then it happened, when I was least expecting it. Padawan Learner told me that Solitaire is on the iPod Nano, it’s just called Klondike. The name Solitaire is trademarked now?

I have set up rules to keep myself under control. How sad is that? Solitaire Klondike times include: while PL is at trampoline class and while Dad Windu is driving. Sometimes I sneak in a game (or five) in the evening while everyone else is otherwise occupied…if my housework, etc. is done for the day.