I sat in the recliner for a few hours after we got home. Our Bluray is no longer connected to the internet therefore we can't use Netflix on it. Being a tech home, there are two other ways I can watch Netflix on the tv (Chromecast or plugging my computer into our home theatre system) so it isn't a big deal, just slightly annoying since I don't have Netflix on my phone and I was too lazy to get up and get my computer. So I sent Youtube videos to the Chromecast instead.
My favourite podcaster has released three in the last few days (unheard of, usually 1 every 2 weeks.) I listened to most of one last night while getting ready for bed. So I finished it up this evening while having dinner and then spent 77 minutes tidying while listening to another.
In that time I got the kitchen tidied up, ran a load of laundry, and put away all the tech from our singing. My computer is back in its home, attached to its larger monitor. I had broken a leg off my wireless keyboard yesterday and tucked it into the computer bag. I went to attach it with duct tape and discovered it was designed to snap off, not break off, so I was able to reattach it. Yay!
I'm debating starting my bedtime routine although my brain is slightly awake right now. Dh will not be home for hours so I will definitely be going to bed before he gets home. As a result, I'll sleep in the spare room for sure, so I'm guaranteed uninterrupted block of sleep. I tend to sleep 10 - 2, then 2:30 - 5ish, then 6 to 7. So that adds up to almost 8 hours of sleep, in three blocks. If dh is home at 11:30 he'll interrupt my long block of sleep so I'm best to just start in the spare room.
He's out of the apartment (with the car) all day tomorrow in meetings with some guy flown in from Vancouver to do planning with dh on the Australia project. At least, I think that's what's happening. It got confusing because he's meeting at a company he's worked for in the past, but at least one of the people from that company is now part of the Australia project. I have a cheat sheet in my bullet journal with all the projects dh's is on (and names of participants) but I think it needs updating.
Re video games When the kid from church was dying he'd play video games with his friends. It was the only time he could be 'normal'. So there's a place for these games. At the same time, there is little doubt now that they (and Facebook and other social media) are specifically designed to keep up checking in all the time, to get our eyeballs on the screen in front of the ads.
Even my paid-for version of Wordscapes has constant ads for in-app purchases. The non-paid version has way more disruptive ads, but even when I've bought a game, I'm still harassed to buy more stuff for it. Since I'm contrarian, I've actually started to play the game less. There's a new puzzle each day and dh and I each do that, but I used to do another 10 - 20 puzzles a day, and I don't anymore. There are contests on weekends and while I've won or placed in the ones I've entered, I don't bother doing them now unless there's a reason I can spend the hours playing the game. I won two weekends ago because I was sick and could only lie in bed. But most of the time, if my brain is working well enough to do the puzzle, I'd rather it be doing something else, like a load of laundry or even sorting paperwork.
Here's a link to an article that meets the search criteria Rosie referred to:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... game-rehab