Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

With the news of a Nintendo Switch successor on the horizon THAT I ACTUALLY BELIEVE, I'm feeling kind of wierd about it.

While working at Nintendo, from the Wii to the Nintendo Switch, I bought every new hardware interation of system on launch day. (like DSLite, DSi, 3DS, New 3DS).

I enjoyed them, for sure, but they were also business purchases. I would do real-time troublshooting with the system in front of me (I had a TV at my desk!), so I felt that a Day One puchase with only a few games was worth it.

But I'm not there anymore, so I don't need to buy one on Day One. And that feels a little sad. I'm going back to my rule of "I need five games before I buy a console" rule for that...and given how long it took me to pick up a PS5 (whose 5 games ended up being four PS4 games!) it may be a while.

I mean, I'm gonna pick up the machine as soon as a Zelda comes out. But it could be a while before I pick up that Switch 2/Pro/Whatever, and it really feels like that part of my life is really finally over.

Gotta love that allergy induced sleep apnea. "Is that a tiny little particle of pollen? SHUT DOWN ALL THE NOSTRILS! LOCK UP THE ADENOIDS! CLOSE THE NOSE CLOSE THE NOSE!"

Ah, I can finally sit down and relax for the next few days. Nothing I need to worry about or stress about and--

JURY DUTY?! AGAIN?!

Misread Sign of the Day:

This McDonald's is proudly owned and operated by Starscream.

Thoughts Before Bed.

It's not often I have an Ah Ha! moment these days, but I'm glad they can still happen. Many puzzle pieces came together tonight and allowed me to understand a friend in a whole new way. ❤

So with everything going on these last two weeks, I was too busy to buy the weekly groceries and have been living off restaurant food and leftovers. I'm out of both today, and most everything here closes at 9:00PM, so you know what that means.

TIME TO CRACK OPEN AN MRE!

This is why I buy them. Emergency food, for Big Emergencies, and Tiny Emergencies, like today.

Today's was absolutely a "Breakfast for Dinner" MRE as well. And is ALMOST the oldest MRE I've ever eaten as this was packed back in October 2018 (five and a half years!).

It was actually REALLY good, the standouts being the blueberry coconut granola cereal (makes it's own milk!), and the hash browns while not crispy cause that's hard to do in an MRE, was super tasty. The apple turnover tasted a bit artificial, and the peanuts were ABSOLUTELY showing their age. The crackers and cheese are crackers and cheese.

Can't complain. I enjoyed it. Not bad for a nearly six year old meal!