On the eve of my 41st birthday, we decided to run to Target. It's never easy to "run" anywhere with the boys, so I sat on the couch and played 2048 on my phone while I waited for the boys to wrap up their Wii game and find their shoes.
I am a 2048 addict: I can usually hit 2048 about 25% of the time, so now the goal is to hit 4096. I've read online that it's possible, and while I'm sure that there's a way to determine mathematically whether or not it's really possible, I'm not smart enough for that so I just keep trying.
Eventually we left for Target, and in the car, I noticed a sharp pain developing in my left shoulder. It HURT. A LOT. By the time we reached the store, the pain had spread to my left elbow as well.
The boys looked at Lego's while I used my phone to Google heart attack and stroke symptoms in women. By the time we left Target, I was fairly convinced that I was on the Eve of my 41st birthday and having either a stroke or a heart attack. The pain was moving up the left side of my neck, in addition to my shoulder and elbow, and again, IT HURT.
During the drive home, I thought about the logistics: since we just have one car, maybe J should drop me off at the ER? What if it was nothing, and I was going to wind up with an expensive ER bill to remind me of my foolishness?
At home, I searched for aspirin in the cupboard. None. I swallowed two advil and then wondered if that was really the smartest thing if it was a heart attack or stroke. I decided not to Google it because what's done is done, and why freak out if turned out to be a bad thing to have taken?
I sat down on the couch so I could debate in my mind whether or not it was time to say something to J. Automatically, I reached for my phone and started playing 2048, the greatest game ever.
The pain. The sharpness. The location.
Wait, I was holding the iPhone in my left hand. At an angle so I could see the numbers and play my game.
So yeah, on the eve of my 41st birthday, I had pain from a repetitive stress injury caused my addiction to an iPhone game.
