Jump Around....... Not on My Head!

Yesterday afternoon Christy and I decided to play the New Super Mario Bros. game for the Nintendo Wii. We had both briefly played it over at my sister's house a few weeks earlier and we were ready to go. The first few levels were a little rough as we got used to learning how to work with each other. (For those of you who have not played the game, it allows you to go thru the worlds with each other on the same screen.) I would yell at her for jumping on my head and she would yell at me for telling her what to do. The aggravation would grow slightly with each new world we made it do.

We finally made it to the last level around 8:30pm. This one was much more difficult and there was definitely an increase in the amount of 'friendly' yelling at each other for mistakes. We made it all the way to Bowser's castle around 9:30pm. Then we spent the next 30 minutes losing lives and getting angry at each other. We finally decided to call it a night (even though we were on the last part of the game).

It was time for bed, so I got my stuff ready for work and went to lay down. As I lay there, I began to realize something. I spent around four hours yelling back and forth with Christy about a video game....... and couldn't have had a better time! After almost 10 years of being together, it is still easy to have a great time with her even when things aren't going perfect.

We plan to try to finish the game this weekend some time. Hopefully Bowser's castle will go a little better the second time around. Either way, I look forward to spending time with Christy, even if she spends another 30 minutes jumping on my head.