Oh, the struggle I am enduring right now!
As my advancement exam date rests
just one week from now, I am torn between
studying and between baseball.
It's just not fair. If only the
days were as long as you would like. I'd
have all the time I needed to study and
play SOM. Not only that, but I
could follow the spring training notes
various websites offer.
I honestly don't know where to begin once
this test is over. For the better
part of four months (with time off due
to surgery), I have been studying for
an exam that will take an hour to complete.
It seems like such a waste.
After all, I could have played countless
SOM games with that time.
I don't know where I'll begin. I
honestly still haven't upgraded to 6.0. I
kind of didn't want to until after this
test. Now that it will be over
soon, what will stop me? Nothing,
really. I'll soon be knee deep in the
division winning Cardinals!
One interesting thing happened this past
week. My wife had a friend of hers
spend about a week with us. I was
able to get him into SOM fairly easy.
I'll have to admit teaching is a lot easier
on a computer than with the
board game. It kind of reminded
me of my experiences with the game early
on. I used to try and teach every
one of my friends in the neighborhood how
to play. I even got into a fight
once over it!
It'll be interesting to see what I will
do with all my free time now. I
hate to say it, but I probably still won't
be joining a SOM league. With
new orders in the horizon, another ship
will be calling for me. Until I
leave the military, I will have to live
with the game on my own. Now that
is a struggle...
Rodney Polston
rodneypolston@stratplanet.com