I breathe deeply, select a suitable listening channel on the Interstellar Radio, pull a mug of tea from the Tea Dispenser (suitably 'fortified' if supplies permit), and settle in for a long wait. Again.
"Long wait" pretty much describes a 'Conda jockey's life in just two words..
On the bright side, I guess it would let you get a lot of reading done..
Most games have some sort of paddling-pool-and-water-wings beginning to ease you in: Oolite takes the rather more Darwinian approach of heaving you straight into the ocean, often with a brick or two in your pockets for luck. ~ Disembodied