At least the day wasn’t a waste in that game. I did pick up Azelf, which was the last one I needed to get the National Pokedex. And once I got that, I was able to go get Ditto and start Dittoing a bunch of stuff, like Piplup, Infernape, Turtwig, that evolved scorpion whose name eludes me [edit: the name comes to me now, Drapion], Spiritomb, and Eevee.
That’s convenient.