Random Thoughts and Musings

Around Christmastime, several things happened to throw my life into an upheaval. I scrambled and scraped and rearranged and reassembled to help make the transitions as easy as possible for Tween and I to deal with as they happened. No matter what I did, I felt like I was just barely treading water, and the water was slowly creeping up higher and higher over my shoulders and neck.

Several friends from my favorite social networks banded together and sent the most amazing Christmas present to Tween: a Wii. More specifically, gift certificates that would allow me to purchase the Wii for her, after her father failed to do so despite his previous promises. Our area had a serious Wii shortage around Christmastime, and it was not until February that I was able to get to a store at the same time as they had the Wii in stock.

I purchased the Wii, and with the help of a yet another friend, the Wii fit (for when we have our own space and can use it without having kids running over us). I brought it home and broke the packaging down, placed everything in the storage container I had purchased specifically for this purpose, then put it in Tween’s room for her to discover.

It was a few hours later, after she had finished homework, taken a shower, fed the cat, cleaned her room … and was putting something away. Suddenly, I heard, “Oh my GOSH! OH MY GOSH! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! OH MY GOSH! MOOOOMMMMM! MOOOMMMMM! It is FINALLY HERE! Look! My WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!” She was standing in one spot, dancing a jig, squealing, screaming, and crying.

Since then, she has played the Wii with anyone she can rope into playing. For the first few days, she kept telling me how much her arms hurt from using them. **giggles** After that, she seemed to grow accustomed to the use of those muscles. Now, all I hear is, “This is so fun!”

So thank you, once again, to my favorite Christmas Elves.  You have no idea how much delight you have brought to our home.

xoxo