Today, I was in a room filled with over a hundred puzzlers. It was a surreal experience when I realized that most of the time, my puzzling experience involves me and my cat. I didn't know whether to feel embraced or reminded that it was only a brief moment in time are my puzzling reality was isolating and lonely. Puzzles are lonely.
There was a reason I was volunteering and not competing. I tell people that it's because I'm not a speed puzzler. I'm not... but if the whole truth be told it's because I would only be able to qualify for the individual round. To be a part of the pairs and teams, one needs other people to puzzle with. I don't have that. So I volunteer and get to watch other people puzzle together and hope I can make it through the day without seriously reflecting how lonely I really feel inside in that crowd of puzzlers.
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