It's one of those mornings. You know, one of those mornings where one of your 11-year-old sons is hassling you for the back-allowance you owe him from last week, the other one is trying to fib his way out of a been-caught-cussing incident, and the baby just came home with a fever and a runny nose after an all-nighter at Disneyland. You know, we all go through these days sometimes, right?
To make matters so much better, DH is conveniently needed at work until late tonight. The phrase "it's busy season" is a get out of jail free card for the guy. I mean, who wouldn't want to head to the quiet sanctity of an office with a view right now? And did I mention he has all the Mountain Dew he can drink there? I would call him a lucky bastard, but his parents were happily married when they conceived him.
So, being the glutton for punishment that I am, I also decided to tell the boys that the Xbox needs to go off for the afternoon so they can go outside and play for a few hours. You would have sworn I had just forcibly converted them to Judaism, sent them back in a time machine to 1944, and given them a one way train ticket to Buchenwald. Can we say meltdown city? Sometimes it worries me how emotional kids can get over a white box with a small green button on it.
I guess I just don't understand video games. Yes, I spent a little time on the Nintendo when it first came out, but mostly my video game experience has been limited to me sitting on the couch watching my older brothers play Zelda or Kid Icarus. There were only two game controllers, and I had three older brothers so, you do the math. It was seldom that I played video games. Personally, I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything. I mean, what value is there in sitting in front of a screen pushing little buttons for hours and hours on end? [...she typed on to her computer screen.]
I don't know how, but sometime between the boys wailing about their forcible outdoor time and putting the hung-over baby down for a nap--it got quiet. Too quiet.
Ah, shi*. I shouldn't have typed that. The baby just woke up and the boys came in from outside.
Next time I'll just keep my big blog shut.
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