So, one of the fun things we gave ourselves for Christmas was a Playstation 2. My wife keeps calling it the "gift for the boys" (meaning everyone but her). So Thurman and I enjoy playing the games together, he likes the Bowling, and we both enjoy the Star Wars Racing Revenge, Hot Wheels World Race, and the Burnout 3 games (with all the fun crashing a five year old- or 32 year old- could ever want).
And then, later at night, I became addicted to Star Wars Battlefront. Who knew it would be so much fun to be a Stormtrooper and shoot not only the Rebels, but the Gungans and Ewoks as well?
So, at times I feel conflicted. There are certainly much better, and more productive things I should be doing. But I do try to make sure things are taken care of (dishes done, lunches made, etc.) before hopping on. Maybe it's just part of the make gene to become addicted to things for a short time. These things always go in phases, and my wife has learned that it's often best to just wait and let myself burn out on things like this.
She's a lot more patient with me than I probably realize, so kudos to her. I know she put up with a lot more stuff about me than I do about her, that's for certain. But I still felt a little bad about her not being able to share on the "family gift".
So, when she came to me with one of her ideas that gets her excited, I was ready to listen. And a few days later, she's bought her plane ticket to go to Paris. (ok, ok, there's more to it than that)
Her sister is already there on a study abroad, and her parents are going for a week or so in March. She thought it would be fun to tag along, and her parents were excited to have her stay with them. So, it's not like we're out a lot of hotel money. I'm a little nervous about being with the boys alone for a few days, knowing their mother is on a different continent. But I can manage, I just won't have high expectations for anything but survival those days. :)
So, I guess I'll wait awhile until getting Star Wars Battlefront 2. In the meantime, I guess I'll find something useful to do.
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Men usually survive a brief wife absence. My boys just survived ten days without me, but if you want to survive the homecoming allow me to offer you this advice:
Make sure you wipe the accumulated bathroom goo off the toilet and bathroom sink. Just to give you a heads up on that one!
Nice to see you online!
Yes, we will survive. It is a good thought to clean a bit before she returns.
What was not stated in the blog is that I'm actually going to Puerto Rico next week for a couple of days. But mine is a business trip, which is kind of like a vacation on someone else's dime in exchange for some responsibility. :)
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