scratch the itch

I have noticed over the many years that I have spent playing video games that every now and then I get this I-have-to-play-this-game feeling and nothing will satisfy it except several days if not weeks of playing whatever the game may be. Well, my little itch struck yesterday and I have consequently spent the last two days playing a game that I thought I left back in 4th grade--and a game that I probably should have left back in the 4th grade. Not like there's a whole lot I can, because I have learned--the hard way--that ignoring this itch is a very stupid thing to do and can often result in insomnia/maniacal behavior that will not abate until I have played the game.
So my time has been utterly consumed though I think that by the time I beat the game--which shouldn't take much more than 2 more days--I'll be cured and maybe then I'll finally be able to get back to working on Heart of the Cold, but who knows; I've been procrastinating so long it looks like I'll never really get around to that... (sigh)