I told the guys how much I missed spending game nights with them when I was down and out with infectious mononucleosis. They asked me what it was like being isolated for a few months until I was well enough to be around other people.
I told them how rotten I was feeling and how difficult is was for me to be all alone with no one to talk to. I said it was like my colorful life had suddenly turned monochrome. They were sympathetic, but I soon realized that I was monopolizing the conversation and how monotonous my monologue must have been for them.
They were good guys, though, and were happy that I was doing better and able to spend time with them again. Then one of them opened up the board game and said, “How about some high-stakes Monopoly tonight?”
Written for Linda G. Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt. Linda has asked us to find a word that starts with “mono” and use it in our post. Above image credit created by Midjourney text to AI-Art.
This, That, and the Other 
I always liked being the thimble.
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I liked the race car.
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I like the globe from the 2000 edition. Otherwise, I like using the thimble or the iron. I think the iron is “retired” while the thimble was, but then returned. I discovered I like collecting some pieces even if the bulk of the game set is obliterated. I don’t know why, maybe the translucent money, our Millennium Edition is nowhere in sight… I believe it got strewn around… when I had three adolescents and two little tikes. Aside from that, it’s weird… because we generally take care of our games and keep them. I have the two golden dice from the Millennium Edition in a different game altogether that had ordinary dice originally.
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I remember game nights fondly and a lot of them around a Monopoly board that used to be my Mom’s from her youth.
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