A Small Victory

[Bob the Bardbarian]

I often have these inner monologues in my head.  On my quests to complete my goals, no one has gotten in my way.  The only person who really slows me down, and puts me off track, is myself.  And there are times when I need to take a step back, remember what I'm doing, and fight temptation.

This was one of those times:

*come home after an 8-hour work day, a 3-hour round trip commute, and picking up supplies for making kits for the homeless*
Brain:  "Man, what a day!  I am so tired."
Me:  "Yeah me too."
Brain:  "Hey, let's play videos games.  I wanna play video games."
Me:  "No Brain, we have cleaning to do."
Brain:  "Bullshit!  Team Fortress 2 is calling, and you've got sentries to build.  I mean, it's not like the kitchen is gonna get any dirtier between now and tomorrow."
Me:  "No Brain, we're going to clean.  We'll play TF2 later."
*notice bag of chips in kitchen*
Brain:  "HOLYMOTHEROFFUCKCHIPS!  I want chips!  CHIPPIES!!!"
Me:  "No Brain, we're having soup for dinner.  No chips."
Brain:  "Soup again?!?  My life sucks!  EVERYTHING SUCKS!  I want that crunch.  I need that crunch!  Soup isn't crunchy!!!"
Me:  "No Brain."
Brain:  "OHMYFU-  Fine, look, Bob, we can have the soup, but we can still have some chips right?
Me:  "..."
Brain:  "I mean, they're jalapeno kettle chips man.  Come on, you've had a long day.  You deserve them."
Me:  "... Well, I guess a few couldn't hurt."
Brain:  "Attaboy!  Dig in!"
*walk over to bag*
*open it*
*reach into bag*
*take out about 5 chips in hand*
*move hand towards mouth*
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*place chips back in bag*
*close bag, and place in cupboard, out of sight*
Brain:  "... I will break you Bob.  You know that right?  Someday, I will break you."
Me:  "It doesn't matter what I do 'someday'.  What matters is what I'm doing right now."
*clean kitchen*
 

[Haikoo]

Great victory!!!  Sometimes brain tries so hard to sabotage us. It's not an easy thing to fight that down. Keep up the good fight!!