I just finished my big French project! Yee-ha! I have absolutely no work on deck at the moment, which is rare. Normally I would also find it a wee bit worrisome, but right about now it seems positively liberating. I could use a week or so to unwind and catch up on some "life stuff" (blogging, reading, cooking). Moreover, the kids are off from school next week, so maybe we'll be able to do some fun stuff if I'm not feeling like I should be working.
Today was a gorgeous day, sunny and mild. Pete had a field trip to Plimoth Plantation, which I was dying to chaperone, but Julie had a relapse of Mommyitis and refused to go on a playdate (she had an early-release day).
Tomorrow is Pete's birthday, but we had his birthday dinner (his choice: pizza and cake) tonight because he has a Little League game tomorrow at 5:30. He's going to be mighty surprised tomorrow when he opens his present from us. After years of explaining why I won't buy him a gaming system, I went to Best Buy today and bought the kid a damn Nintendo DS Lite. If you hear a shriek of joy coming from the east tomorrow, that's Pete. I also got him a Yu-Gi-Oh! game for it and will tell him that his gift includes one more game of his choosing.
Warning! Warning! Do not get him Rock Band or Guitar Hero. I have seen too many adults succumb to the lure of playing Led Zeppelin with their kids. I have a friend who bragged that he "kicked ass" on Hit Me With Your Best Shot!!! These are adults. Kind of.
Posted by: Di | April 18, 2008 at 05:15 AM
okay, why'd you cave? I think we are the last holdouts in the universe.
Posted by: melanie | April 18, 2008 at 02:51 PM
Well, I guess he plays all these things at his friends' houses, so it's not as though I'm protecting him from the whole thing. And I let him play almost anything on the computer, so there was really no reason to hold out anymore.... To tell you the truth, one BIG reason was that I couldn't think of a single other thing to get him! We do try to limit the kids' "screen time," so I told him that this is not in addition to the TV and/or the computer, it's instead of it.
Posted by: Karen | April 18, 2008 at 03:34 PM