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Year Three, Day 296: Clearing My Cache

Today I learned how to clean my phone's cache.  I am determined to figure out this cell phone! It keeps giving me messages that I am out of storage.  Even after uninstalling my beloved "Words with Friends" and sending most of my photos to Google photos.

Most all of which are pictures of the Schnood.

The only apps I have on my phone now are Starbucks, Facebook Messenger and TriMet Hop.

Yet still it says I am dangerously out of storage!

Arrrggg!

I read up a bit on how to increase storage with my particular phone.  One recommendation is clearing the cache.

I did that. It helped a tad bit.

I must admit, part of my frustration is that I really miss playing Words with Friends.

I was considering installing it to play a few games on my bus rides and then uninstalling it again.

I'm honestly glad my phone has storage issues. Because that would be beyond madness!

I actually am starting to come back down to earth. I did much laundry today, hooped, practiced that piano and cleared out all the spam in my email back to the beginning of the year.

I really have been wasting a lot of time on that game! 

Today, as I was riding the bus, I looked around me.  Most of the other passengers had their faces buried in the cell phones.  It was like that old 60's song, "She's Not There" by the Zombies.  Indeed, I felt like I was on the zombie bus! 

Although I do value the internet, especially my blog, the research potential, and the ease of communication, they do not call it the "world wide web" for nothing.

You can get trapped like a fly, paralyzed and waiting to be eaten. But in this case, not by a spider but by having your time sucked away from you.

My solution is to stay as grounded in the real world as possible. To go about my day, fulfilling my obligations, achieving my goals, doing my daily tasks. And then at the end of the day, as a reward (instead of food!) I will allow myself a few games on my computer before bed.

It really is not the same. My laptop is old and slow. Kind of like me! lol

But this feels more dignified. I am supposed to be a good Christian woman of integrity, after all!

So I am going to play a few games and then hit the hay.

I have to get up before dawn tomorrow to commute over the river to see the Schnood! I can hardly wait! I have not seen that little rascal in four days!

The Schnood is my very good addiction.

Thank God for grandbabies!

Have a lovely evening.

I will talk to you tomorrow!

Love,

Zita

P.S. Here is today's hooping video. Day 255!


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