Pondering the IRK hunt during a meh-RATHON!
26I am a working mom of two school age children who are physically in school. A normal morning is busy getting myself ready and them off to school without forgetting anything. Today I sat down at my computer after the normal routine and thought to myself, “why does today seem so unusually calm when it was a regular schedule?” Then it hit me, by Golly! I scored an IRK at around 1am Central Time, so I was not refreshing my device every two minutes while trying to get the kids ready today. It seriously felt life altering compared to last meh-RATHON! when I was not so fortunate to get the late night IRK.
Last night while I was fighting off the Sandman as I refreshed my screen every 120 seconds, I kept questioning the wisdom of missing sleep in my quest for that IRK that will inevitably not contain the Unicorn item we all yearn to receive. Well folks, the missing hours of sleep was DEFINITELY worth it to have a morning free from Device Refresh Addiction. Good Luck to all that have yet to bag the IRK.
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Tell me about that mean tennis judge.
(Congrats.)
The last several IRK’s i’ve received have been pretty meh. I have not been hovering over the meh-rathons like in the past, when really cool stuff showed up regularly (in Fukos and IRKS)
@crow I’ve donated or thrown away everything from my past 2-3 IRKs.
“working mom” and a philosopher to boot. Thanks for the insight.
I’m not a mom but work meetings start early and go late on Thursdays as most staff take off on Fridays. So it seems that like on Thursdays everyone says, Crap! I need to have a meeting before everyone is gone for the weekend. I was about to get to sleep and said, what the hell. I snag a IRK at 1am too!
Now I can only occasionally check out the ICYMI tag to see if there is something I cannot live without.
This time I have been about 20 seconds too late at least six times now. I was up much of last night, finally throwing in the towel around 4:30 EST. Been trying to work and keep dibs on next posts. I have made it to order confirmation screen at least 5 times now… Like I said, just a moment too late. Today’s just not my day…
/giphy not my day
Getting an IRK takes total commitment and dedication. You have be focused and prepared for the long haul. You have be prepared to renounce all of your worldly possessions, maybe give up your first born (which in some cases might be a benefit) and never take a bath or a shower until the mission is accomplished.
BTW-that is how I got all my IRKS and my wife won’t get within 20 feet of me during a mehrathon
@Felton10 Renounce Walter, even?!
@Kyeh I said first born-not Walter-so you know who is important in my life.
@Felton10 Oh, gotcha.
@Felton10 @Kyeh Wait, do I renounce Walter, or Not-Walter?
@Kyeh @PocketBrain No never
Lol - I feel your pain - single working dad with a cancer kid - Im lucky if I get to the captcha screen most of the time
@jmhsrv
sounds like you have more important tasks to be dedicated to!
@jmhsrv oh my goodness, I am so sorry to hear that. How old is your child? I sure hope they are kicking cancer’s ass. I cannot imagine what you deal with in a regular basis.
@jmhsrv all the hugs
@cbilyak She is 21. She has MEN type 1, its the same disorder that ultimately led to Steve Jobs passing. MEN T1 is a genetic disorder that attacks the entire endocrine system. Causing tumors both cancerous and noncancerous adjacent to and in endocrine organs. In my kids case, her pancreas and pituitary. Both her mom and her grandmother also had it, however later in life. The disorder appears to have jumped decades with regards to my kid and she is seeing symptoms at 21that her grandmother saw in her 80’s… She is a very determined woman however and is studying to be a nurse so she can “help people and fix herself”. The pride of my life for sure
@jmhsrv replying to myself, but meant for all you… you melt me with your kindness, I was not looking for sympathy but just relating. But thank you
@cbilyak @jmhsrv I am glad she is determined as certainly with life long consequences from this it will take considerable strength of character to keep from feeling defeated (although I would imagine she, all of you, have your moments). I wish her (and you) well.
@jmhsrv wowzers, that is tough. Sounds like she has a great attitude and a wonderful support system in you. Best wishes that together you two can overcome every obstacle one step at a time
@cbilyak she just sent me a message - she scored an irk… lol supposed to be in class
@jmhsrv awesome sauce!!!
POPSOCKETS! ROAD ROCKETS! SONNY CROCKETT! AWESOME!
i woke up at 6am, logged onto meh via iphone and promptly got an IRK. it was up for 35 seconds.