Traveler’s Log #44, Never ever Red-Red Black-Black...Or else:

One month in and it’s already happening. They warned me it would happen, but the fool inside of me didn’t believe them. “DO NOT PLAY...” my friend screamed, trying to warn me for the last time while I left for this trip, drowning him out before his last word. Seems so harmless, so entertaining, till it gets to you. I see them sometimes, outside of its element, they follow me like cat and string, clawing at me till I finally give in. The colors are everywhere, red, black, they are drawn to me, wanting to be released from their cage. I can’t even stack something red on top of something else red because my psyche just goes berserk, “THAT’S NOT HOW YOU WIN” my mind screams. The numbers, I dream about them, think about them, I just can’t get enough of them. It’s to the point where I can’t get away, they are everywhere and they follow me. I try to run, oh I try to run but I am just not fast enough, they are always ahead. But it’s too late, might as well give in. I’ve tried to switch, play the other one, but I can’t! I keep thinking about how they are not in order, and how I must save them! I didn’t sign up for this though, they tricked me, suckered me like everyone else. I thought after I saved them once, they would stop bothering me and all peace would be found, but then they needed my help again, and again. Now it’s too late, even though it never ends, I can’t stop. I can’t escape it either, it comes in disguise under different forms, and all of a sudden the numbers are back, right back where I started. They must be in order, Red-Black-Red-Black and nothing else! The Aces can’t be left alone either, or the numbers will lose, and if the numbers lose...I lose. Should have listened to my friend, to never play it because I will get sucked in...I can hear him now...”DO NOT PLAY SOLITAIRE”.

P.S.: Card game, laptop, ipod, it’s everywhere! Haha. It’s actually so much fun, never thought I would take a liking to solitaire, but there’s actually way more strategy to it than I thought, which makes it that much more fun! I was even taught a One-handed solitaire game that you can play anywhere, just in your hands, so I even find myself playing it while we watch movies! Haha.