After spending significant time on the reosmods site, I have my 18490 choice down to about two dozen mods. Regretfully, my budget says that I will be getting just one. I need to have a shorter list of mods to try for, or I'll waste precious time just jumping back and forth from one page to another. It's crazy, because I know that any one of them will do me just fine and become an extension of me in no time.
Ii want to share my experience with the mod selection process and the final result from the Woodvil Mini. As many of you know, it was a mad grab time for mods with each of us trying to get that one most special Mini. I had my first choice in my cart, feeling lucky, when at the last minute, when the final key was hit to finalize the purchase, it was snatched from my cart by one of you all equally lovely fast fingered reo fiends. I was so worried that they would all be gone the way the Reo Minis and Grands used to sell out in just a few minutes.
I zoomed back to the mod page and glanced at what was left. More than half were gone, but I quickly narrowed it to two different choices. I looked at each, tried to make a rational decision, and then took the plunge into trying another purchase. This time, I actually got to make a purchase. All day I wondered if I would like it *as much* as my original choice. It wasn't as *special* but did meet my general pattern of darker body and lighter door. I waited for it to come. It came. It wasn't quite as bright as the one with the top lighting in the picture, but then I figured out to go out in the sun with it. Ah, there was the more detailed woodgrain. Then, I remembered that direct sunlight could and would erode my nicotine, so I scurried back into the house.
After that, the strangest thing happened. I began feeling more relaxed and centered when I had it on my desk in plain sight or when I held it. The feelings began unconsciously and then spread into my everyday life. I began feeling comfort in a deep way in where I came from and the kid I had once been, born in an Appalachian county in the hills of Ohio, who loved to go up into the woods and wander for hours. This mod is the wood of my childhood: walnut body with an oak door. In many ways, it is what I am. I didn't think any of this when I bought it. I am not influenced by inanimate objects. All I know for sure is that I am so happy that I got this *second choice* mod. It helps to close a circle for me.
I guess what I'm saying is there is no one special mod that is a deal breaker because you never know when you buy a reo or a woodvil what will happen once it comes into your life. I also understand when someone says that a mod speaks to them because everything you feel is real.
I looked at the 18490s tonight, and wondered which one would sit on my desk a couple of weeks from now. I think that it matters, but I feel and know that it doesn't matter.