With the entire STEEM blockchain stopped, I decided I'd come up with a Top Ten list of the things I did while waiting for it all to get fixed. Unlike other more famous Top Ten lists, this one is more fact than funny. Also, please note, I wrote this yesterday (Monday) afternoon.
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No. 10
Hang out in Discord. It might seem counterintuitive any other time, but when I can't do anything else, it suddenly makes a lot of sense.
No. 9
Use SteemPeak to write a post and then save it for posting later. That's how this post got written, since I couldn't even get on Busy, let alone Steemit, to do this. I like Steempeak.
No. 8
Watch STEEM continue to trade. I'm not sure how this is done, but apparently it doesn't need a blockchain. I'm kind of amazed that it's not tanking, too, but more or less doing what it's been doing for a few days. (Yeah, it went up quite a bit since. Remember, I wrote this yesterday.)
No. 7
Run errands and do chores. Mondays are kind of that way for me anyway, so instead of letting Steemit keep me involved and the rest waiting until later in the day, the garbage bins are already back from the curb, I've showered and the laundry is done. No, it hasn't been folded yet (let's not get too carried away), but my shirts are all hanging up.
No. 6
Play with the granddaughter a little more. I need to see if she's up from a nap she was supposed to be taking a few hours ago.
No. 5
Watch Steemworld cycle through error messages and nodes. That's been going on for several hours now. I really like Steemworld, and I appreciate it even more right now for its tenacity. It's got one job, and that's to spit out user information, and dang it, it's going to continue to try to connect as often as it takes.
No. 4
Eat lunch. Actually, I've had breakfast and lunch and now it's only two or so hours before dinner. For the record, I generally eat all three meals regardless of whether STEEM is accessible or not, and since the blockchain has only been down twice since I first logged on in January, that means I've managed to eat and work for most of it.
No. 3
Constantly wonder when STEEM is going to be back up. Check frequently to see if things are working. Refresh pages. Look to see on any of six different Discord channels and their assortment of links whether or not anything new has been said about what's going on or what specifically may have happened. Keep doing this until service is restored or its bedtime.
No. 2
Wonder what everyone else I normally talk to are doing right now. Find out they more or less are doing what I'm doing—spinning their wheels and twiddling their thumbs—though by the sounds of it, they have more of a life than me, which is not at all surprising.
No. 1
Convince myself it's not a good idea to make that post—An Open Letter To STEEM—where I enumerate quite emphatically all of my complaints and sound reasoning for rage quitting. Finally succeed with the thought that no one wants to hear about me rage quitting.