fun with the wii
Oct. 18th, 2011 11:35 pmWe hadn't had our Wii too long when ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
carrieb and big_bubba came to visit a few years ago. We were sitting around once the kids were in bed--or not in bed, what with my then-insomniac child--and playing with the Wii. I seem to recall a certain person fell in love with Guitar Hero, which still cracks me up if I think about it. (Still play any, Carrie?) I've always thought that the most fun part of playing with the Wii is making the little Mii characters that looks like you. It's strange how you can get them to actually resemble the person, considering how cartoonish they are.
So I finally got a Wii Fit (Plus! advantages in waiting several years past the beginning of a craze is that you get the updated technology!) for October Christmas. On one hand, I should mention that I picked it out and put it in the buggy myself, so no one assumes that my husband was trying to tell me something rude. On the other hand, I could also mention that this was a few days after said October Christmas, and due to a miscommunication (so he says! haha he thought i was picking my own gift up while I was out shopping one day. Which... no. He felt bad about it, but I was somewhat prepared for it after I didn't notice a flurry of secretive wrapping on his part.) But anyway, I bought it because I no longer go to the gym and I need to do SOMETHING exercisey. I was thinking (and rightly, so far) that an exercise program with an element of fun involved would keep me interested. I can sacrifice a little quality in my program, if necessary, because whatever I do is going to be better than what I was doing before, you know? So I have been working out with it every day since then, except for the weekend and Friday, all of which had more natural calorie-burning in them than I'd have gotten from the Wii Fit anyway. It's fun, and I think I'm feeling and even looking a little better already, even though I've been snacking like crazy. (Hard not to. We have house guest leftover food products that must go. Cookies and candies, etc. Because it's SO much better to eat this junk than to just throw it away. Of course.)
Anyway, all of this is to say that it is pretty fun to be riding my bicycle around a video game island and see Mike and Carrie standing on the sidelines waving at me. *laugh* Hi guys!
Sometimes I get in a huge funk after a big event is over, and I was afraid that would happen after M's parents left, but somehow I managed to come through it with renewed energy and vigor and a zest for life and a bunch of other cliches, too. I have determined that we will not let our house disintegrate into chaos like it was before--it's pretty nice now, and so I am committed to spending a little time each day keeping it that way. I am also committed to using the Wii Fit every day (at least every weekday), and a couple of other self-improvement type things. Oh, plus I have great plans to become independently wealthy. Progress on this: 0. Ahh, well. The yoga has still kicked my ass.
I deleted a large part of that last paragraph because I'm tired of annoucing big intentions and then not staying motivated about them and then four years later I look at an old post for some reason and see that oh, yes, I am supposed to be a quantum physicist by now, according to what I wrote then. Or..whatever. I have never expressed an interest in this career past that I recollect, but the theory is still there. You know what the only thing worse than someone navel-gazing on their blog? Someone deleting their navel-gazing paragraphs and then telling you they did it. Whatever.
My nerves are a big frayed this evening. It is partially PMS and partially OMG I am raising a hopelessly disobedient child. There's that theory of six months good behavior and six months bad. I'm afraid, people. Very afraid. But, I'm going to decide that it's something else, and my sweet little girl will be back soon. Maybe it's the weather. We blame anything else on the weather, in this house.
Past bedtime. I'd much rather sit here and doodle (have been into Zentangles lately. So much fun! And so relaxing!) but I guess it's time to find a bed. Sweetest dreams... :)
carrieb and big_bubba came to visit a few years ago. We were sitting around once the kids were in bed--or not in bed, what with my then-insomniac child--and playing with the Wii. I seem to recall a certain person fell in love with Guitar Hero, which still cracks me up if I think about it. (Still play any, Carrie?) I've always thought that the most fun part of playing with the Wii is making the little Mii characters that looks like you. It's strange how you can get them to actually resemble the person, considering how cartoonish they are. So I finally got a Wii Fit (Plus! advantages in waiting several years past the beginning of a craze is that you get the updated technology!) for October Christmas. On one hand, I should mention that I picked it out and put it in the buggy myself, so no one assumes that my husband was trying to tell me something rude. On the other hand, I could also mention that this was a few days after said October Christmas, and due to a miscommunication (so he says! haha he thought i was picking my own gift up while I was out shopping one day. Which... no. He felt bad about it, but I was somewhat prepared for it after I didn't notice a flurry of secretive wrapping on his part.) But anyway, I bought it because I no longer go to the gym and I need to do SOMETHING exercisey. I was thinking (and rightly, so far) that an exercise program with an element of fun involved would keep me interested. I can sacrifice a little quality in my program, if necessary, because whatever I do is going to be better than what I was doing before, you know? So I have been working out with it every day since then, except for the weekend and Friday, all of which had more natural calorie-burning in them than I'd have gotten from the Wii Fit anyway. It's fun, and I think I'm feeling and even looking a little better already, even though I've been snacking like crazy. (Hard not to. We have house guest leftover food products that must go. Cookies and candies, etc. Because it's SO much better to eat this junk than to just throw it away. Of course.)
Anyway, all of this is to say that it is pretty fun to be riding my bicycle around a video game island and see Mike and Carrie standing on the sidelines waving at me. *laugh* Hi guys!
Sometimes I get in a huge funk after a big event is over, and I was afraid that would happen after M's parents left, but somehow I managed to come through it with renewed energy and vigor and a zest for life and a bunch of other cliches, too. I have determined that we will not let our house disintegrate into chaos like it was before--it's pretty nice now, and so I am committed to spending a little time each day keeping it that way. I am also committed to using the Wii Fit every day (at least every weekday), and a couple of other self-improvement type things. Oh, plus I have great plans to become independently wealthy. Progress on this: 0. Ahh, well. The yoga has still kicked my ass.
I deleted a large part of that last paragraph because I'm tired of annoucing big intentions and then not staying motivated about them and then four years later I look at an old post for some reason and see that oh, yes, I am supposed to be a quantum physicist by now, according to what I wrote then. Or..whatever. I have never expressed an interest in this career past that I recollect, but the theory is still there. You know what the only thing worse than someone navel-gazing on their blog? Someone deleting their navel-gazing paragraphs and then telling you they did it. Whatever.
My nerves are a big frayed this evening. It is partially PMS and partially OMG I am raising a hopelessly disobedient child. There's that theory of six months good behavior and six months bad. I'm afraid, people. Very afraid. But, I'm going to decide that it's something else, and my sweet little girl will be back soon. Maybe it's the weather. We blame anything else on the weather, in this house.
Past bedtime. I'd much rather sit here and doodle (have been into Zentangles lately. So much fun! And so relaxing!) but I guess it's time to find a bed. Sweetest dreams... :)
