Sunday, July 10, 2016

Fading Maturity

Dear Diary,

I am a mature adult!  I think. . .  So how is it that I just got sucked into a new walking game?  I'm thinking my FitBit became a little too boring and all my friends that I started walking with have "broken" theirs.  So, out comes the phone and on comes the App called PokemonGo!  What happens next?  Well, the game has a map of wherever I happen to be.  Creepy much?  I found it quite impressive.  So, I was at home walking in my neighborhood.  I was getting more Poke Balls at a maze near my home (otherwise known as a Poke Stop) and there were three other people on the street.  I assume we were all doing the same thing - reloading our game.  All four of us were staring at our phone like the total geeks that we are!  Then my walking buddy (daughter) and I realized Pikachu was nearby.  We immediately started tracking him.  Because who doesn't want a Pikachu, right?  We realized the guy at the Poke Stop started following us.  We giggled.  Yep, my maturity is down the tubes!  I have lost all common sense.  BUT I am out on my feet walking around.  So, my take is PokemonGo has found a way to get the gaming geeks out into a public area and some may even talk to each other as they try to 'catch them all'.  Side note:  It is truly unfair to put all the good stuff out on the sundial bridge in Redding, CA!  We were traveling and made a stop to cross this cool bridge.  I will mention the thing is made of glass.  My vertigo would not allow me to cross it.  So, no refills in Redding for me.  That is just so wrong!