there'll be days like this

the children are short, the days are long

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Oh, the sickness

I have a feeling that things are not going to be pretty around here for a little while. The "sickness" is setting in. For those of you not familiar with the sickness, let me fill you in. The sickness is marked by some or all of the following symptoms:
  • An inability to think about anything without thoughts of video games intruding.
  • An inability to listen to any rock song on the radio without imagining how it would be played on Guitar Hero or Rock Band.
  • Lack of awareness of any bodily functions such as need to urinate, hunger, thirst, fatigue, or body temperature while playing a game.
  • Scheming how you can get your children to bed by 5:30 so you can play video games.
  • Complaining that your friends forced you to watch 2 episodes of Flight of the Conchords during an 8 hour Rock Band session. (I don't care if it was funny.)

I know I'm not the only one with an easily diagnosed case... Admit it!

3 comments:

jamie said...

why do i have a feeling we're going to be reading a post ranting about the meddlers at the Vermont Department of Children and Families in about a month.

"ma'am, where are your child's pants?"

"shhhh, i always screw up going into the bridge"

"ma'am, please, put the controller down, it's time to.....is that a bucket full of urine you're standing over?"

"i haven't had a chance to dump it into the toilet yet. could you move, i can't see what i'm doing!"

"your children appear to be subsisting on old Halloween candy and half-empty cans of Red Bull. when was the last time they saw a doctor?"

"you're going to be seeing the doctor if you mess me up during 'Holiday in Cambodia'!"

etc., etc.

hazzardous topics said...

If I've said this once I've said it a million times set the clocks ahead. The children can't argue with a clock. So it's sunny in January. They'll never know.

princess cortney said...

the kids won't be eating old halloween candy. i ate that the last time i was over!!
it was good, too.
clm