The Year After

[sonofchrysalis3 3,719]

“Oh my god” is all the receptionist could manage to say as I staggered in through the front door and collapsed across a waiting room chair.

 

It’s a miracle that I survived the drive from the job site fifteen miles away. The doctor’s office I’d stumbled into was just a walk-in clinic, and they were wholly unprepared to receive a patient who had completely stopped breathing.

 

I woke up some time later, lying on a cold vinyl bench with about a dozen electrodes stuck to my chest.  A woman in a blue uniform was talking to me, but I was under anesthesia and couldn’t understand much of what she was saying. Something about me having respiratory shutdown, and that I should rest. Darkness enveloped me, and I passed out to the sound of my own screaming.

 

Today, I’m sitting in front of my computer, sipping my iced tea, and smiling at the gold box I just caught. Thank God for Tanki Online.

 

For the past several months, the electrical contractor company I work for has been toiling over a new school that’s being built about an hour from where I live.  We, the employees, have been told that sixty hours per week is the bare minimum amount of time we can give to finish the project by the deadline.

 

That schedule worked out well for the first week or two, but one by one, people started calling in to work, saying they were having joint pain, or allergic reactions to the immense concentration of asbestos dust in the air, or one of a myriad of other physical discomforts. I was having them, too, but I kept stubbornly working, determined to prove myself more resilient and reliable. Slowly but surely, the workload of my AWOL coworkers was shifting to me.

 

The spirit might have been willing, but the flesh proved too weak. My allergic reaction to the asbestos turned into a sinus infection, which wouldn’t have been much of a problem, if it weren’t for my overtaxed body already starting to break down from the stress of too much heavy labor. I was literally too stressed-out to continue.

 

Now, I’m watching the freshly-recorded video of my Firebird Hornet blazing around a Novel DM, going ham on the unsuspecting passerby. For the first time in almost a year, I feel at peace inside.

 

One year ago, I quit playing Tanki Online and retired from its official newspaper because I thought I didn’t need it anymore. I guess I somehow believed I had outgrown the concepts of relaxation and escapism, so I abandoned both and promptly threw myself entirely into my work. As a result, I have advanced tremendously in my company, and I am very proud of that. But I’ve also lost thirty pounds, and I’ve had bronchitis, pneumonia, anxiety attacks, and the traumatic episode that played out Friday. At this rate, I may never live to spend all the money I’m making.

 

That’s why I’ve decided to slow the heck down and focus on enjoying life again. Everyday pleasures like writing a poem, drinking iced tea on my porch, and obliterating enemy tanks with this suspicious-looking new turret called “Striker” won’t make me forget how short life is, as I was so concerned I would a year ago. If I’m going to die, I want to die happy.

 

That might just mean dying after diving into a gold box.

 

 

Edited April 9, 2017 by Yisroel.Rabin

[Yisroel.Rabin 16,224]

One mistake;

It's "Tanki Online", not "Tankionline"!

 

 

Welcome back man! Feel free to enjoy yourself as much as you wish. We, here at Tanki Online, believe in instilling drama-free zones. Unless there's an update launched that day, in which case, drama is all you'll see. :P

 

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Meme of the Day:

 

[Guest Maserati]

Welcome back man!

It’s a miracle

Miracles are everywhere ;o, wlc back.

EDIT: oh yeah interesting read, but sad that you had those bad things... But yeah, enjoy life while it lasts.

Edited April 10, 2017 by Lord.Shadow

[VaudeVille 1,428]

Look who's back! <3

Btw, health is wealth.

You should perhaps consider quitting that job and taking up something else.

I'm an athlete and let me tell you that even half an hour of yoga a day will work wonders for your body.

Try it for a few weeks if you can and you'll be feeling much better already.

Edited April 10, 2017 by VaudeVille

[Kuhaku 87]

clap clap clap

 

The best thing for you to do is to work out, do physical activities, swimming, soccer, basketball, etc... NOT play tankionline, of course an hour or two won't have much affect but 3+ will definitely have a massive impact later on. Make sure you get plenty of exercise if you want to recover....

 

That is of course if you weren't just lying about getting injured but whatever

[Hex 11,520]

So you were respawning this whole time?

 

 

 

 

Jk bro, welcome back!

 

 

Edited April 11, 2017 by Hexed

[Crip 4,735]

Waw, back from the dead?

 

Nice restart!

[mydoom.exe 5,154]

A legend returns.

 

Welcome back Chrysalis!

[TTK_229 1,080]

Oh lit fam

[Truthteller 4,204]

Welcome back!

[Hate 5,582]

Welcome and welcome back! Welcome back to the Community, dear tanker! Well presented and well written, easy to read and nothing complicated.

[ZeusVinsi 84]

Nice Article!! Very Easy For Understanding!!

[pieface101 285]

At this moment, Pie is running around screaming his head off.

 

Please excuse him as he attempts to comprehend the nature of the situation and respond accordingly.

 

But seriously, SOC3 is back?

[TTK_229 1,080]

One mistake;

It's "Tanki Online", not "Tankionline"!

 

 

Welcome back man! Feel free to enjoy yourself as much as you wish. We, here at Tanki Online, believe in instilling drama-free zones. Unless there's an update launched that day, in which case, drama is all you'll see. :P

 

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Meme of the Day:

 

I remember my friend Aidan once accidentally said something like "cotuation" marks instead of quotation marks. :))