Yesterday’s old school game post got me to thinking about the modern game I currently enjoy playing.  It all pretty much started around the time I got pregnant.  I would get up in the middle of the night frequently and couldn’t get back to sleep.  And so I dove into the equivalent of Scrabble with strangers on my iPhone.  I loved playing with this one guy from heaven only knows — New Zealand maybe — because it was day where ever he was and it would be about three in the morning my time.  The guy always beat me!  It was brutal losing EVERY time.  After a certain point I think he moved on to more cerebral waters.  I have some regulars with whom I usually have a game going.  Some are friends I know in person and some I’ve been lucky enough to meet through Facebook.  I’ve only tied twice and I have shamelessly posted a screenshot of my highest scoring word above.  I’m still trying to top that.  I’ve also been trying my hand at playing in French which has been VERY humbling.  As in I believe the gentlemen with whom I was playing might have thought I wasn’t firing on all cylinders.  Still, I enjoy the challenge of playing with people who are better in the hope that I will become better, too.  Tennis great Rafael Nadal said, “My motivation and aspiration is the same, being number one or being number five.  So that’s the truth.  And my goal is the same – it’s to always be happy playing, it’s to enjoy the game and improve always.”  He’s a bigger person … I want to be number one!  😉