Anyway, back to my addiction. Josh got an itouch for Christmas this year. He also received a few gift cards for itunes from various people. With his plastic, play money he promptly went to itunes and got a few songs, then got a few games... My first addiction was solitaire. I mean, at least you are using your brain. Right? Anybody with me on this one? HELLLLOOOO???? I confess I played solitaire enough that A. Josh wouldn't let me touch his itouch (hence the name "itouch", not "utouch"...), and B. I got my score down to one minute and twenty six seconds to finish a game. OCD much? Nooo.
Then he teased me by showing me the game that has caused a rift in our family. Fruit Ninja. I love this game. It is fun AND you totally get to improve your finger slaying ninja skills! Surely that has its place in society. Somewhere out there. The gist of the game is to slice multiple pieces of fruit without hitting bombs. I know. Super mind challenging. Just work with me here.
So when I started playing this game I was HOT STUFF when I got my score up to 300 or more. 400? Bustin' some moves now! As I have played this game, somewhere along the way, Josh and I started having some competition. "Friendly" competition to be sure. Not.
There is no such thing as "friendly" competition with a very competitive sixteen year old. He likes to win. A. Lot. I didn't know this about myself, but I like to win too! A. Lot.
Not so long ago we were playing at the same time in my room. He on his itouch, me on my iphone. It was a quality homeschool moment. In fact, I think that there should be a college scholarship for such gifts and skills. We were very intense in our playing when all of a sudden Josh finished up one of his rounds and he rolled over yelling, "I HAVE A FRUIT NINJARY!!" Then he yelled out that he had carpal tunnel in his fingers.
A fruit ninjary... I love him. He really does crack me up. I thought perhaps he was going to get a full ride scholarship to college for his texting skills, but now, now it is going to be for his finger ninja skills. We are so proud. I knew that homeschooling was not just a waste of our time all these years.
Back to the competition. He has been rubbing it in my ear, as he stands over my shoulder, telling me how I stink, how I am old and don't have the right skills, how he is a ninja master, blah blah blah...
When what doth mine fingers do? They whip out a 750 in arcade mode! Yes people, a SEVENHUNDREDFIFTY!!! The fight was officially on. He actually got a little testy right then. I laughed, in my sweet, homeschool mom voice, and assured him it was probably an accident. Then I sat over his shoulder telling him how bad he was, and where are your skills, and look at that pitiful score.
Truly, I was feeling good.
It went from a small war to a large scale assault. However, I still reign. Yep, just today I was playing a few games before I got out of bed. Oh, and one game lasts one minute so it's not like you are doing an all out day commitment here. Like a golf game or something. I had played about five games when the golden pearl was dropped into my lap. Or onto the screen for my ninja skills to shine. You see, the bananas that drop out randomly are worth something. There is a double point banana, a fruit frenzy banana, and a freeze banana. I got all three, two times in one round!
The winner is the momma with 950!
Yes sirree, and that one is for the mom's out there that are old and decrepit. Your finger ninja skills are simply waiting to be honed in for the win!
Now go out be a winner of Fruit Ninja. One piece of fruit at a time...
Tammy
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Has it really come to this. Oh my word. I am not sure what to say here!
You know the saying, "If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything." That totally applies here. Do you remember when I was giddy that he passed all his OGT's? Well, they didn't have a ninja skill section so I just didn't know how it was going to go...
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