As much as I want to be outside enjoying the gorgeous sunshine (and weeding my flower beds so my yard doesn’t bring disgrace to the neighborhood), it’s over 100 degrees today and I just can’t tolerate the heat. Not to mention that Lauren and I have alabaster skin that burns even when wearing sunscreen.
So today has turned into an “indoor” day. After spending the morning doing housework and playing with Lauren, I was ready to relax with some online Texas Hold ‘Em. I’ve been perfecting my game because the next time CCB and I are in Vegas, I plan to clean house! (Side note: Everyone laughs hysterically when I tell them that, but I’m already up to $1.6 Million chips online, so I am confident that I’ll do just as well with real money. Stop laughing!! Sheesh.)
In any event, I decided we could have a little computer time this afternoon. Lauren’s laptop is set up just a few feet away from mine in our office, so she was able to go online and play her cute little games while I played mine. She chose Club Penguin, which is the most useless game I’ve ever seen. You apparently create penguins and name them, dress them up, furnish their igloos and basically walk around and talk to other penguins. There are also games that you can play, but the whole thing is just a huge Arctic time suck, if you ask me. Which means, of course, that it is Lauren’s favorite game. Lucky me.
So there we are… Mommy is calling and folding and groaning because she was counting on that river card to complete her straight and it was NOT a Jack after all, and Lauren is happily humming away as she plays her little penguin game. And then she began to ask me for my advice.
Lauren: “Mom, should my penguin wear the pink skirt or the white one?”
Mom: “Hmmm… I think the pink one.”
Lauren: “No, I want the white one.”
Lauren: “Mom, should my penguin go to the Ski Hill, the Dojo or the Beach?”
Mom: “I think the Beach.”
Lauren: “No, I want to go to the Dojo.”
Lauren: “Mom, should I buy a blue Puffle or a purple one?”
Mom: “How about a purple one?”
Lauren: “No, I want a blue one.”
Lauren: “Mom, should I play Thin Ice or Astro Barrier?”
Mom: (sigh) “Thin Ice??”
Lauren: “No, I want to play Astro Barrier.”
And then Mommy’s head exploded. The end.
< ![CDATA[I believe pretend gambling games too. I think Vegas peeps are behind all that so you'll go there with a false sense of confidence. You're funny.
My head would have exploded too. :-)]]>