Barking Space

Nerdism

I’m a self-proclaimed nerd.

But when it comes to Scrabble, I am in an area that far surpasses the common nerd. Something about the game just gets my mind working in overdrive.

I really don’t get to play that often. The games that you find for computers are either too easy, or too difficult to be believable (the computer spells seven letter words every turn). It becomes boring or tiresome.

As with most things, human competition is best. There is a great deal of variablilty between players. Not to mention it is a lot more fun to trash talk each other.

With the computer, you usually have a good idea within a few moves whether you will win or lose the game. But with people, you have no idea.

When Facebook implemented the Scrabulous application I was pretty happy.

The ability to play extended turn-based games of Scrabble with multiple opponents was a very exciting prospect, so I wasted no time in installing it. I don’t normally like installing applications into my profile, but this was a huge exception.

Someone asked me why I like the game so much, and it occurred to me that the philosophy of playing the game is a lot like life…

You make the most with what you’ve got.

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Escape

Recently, Mrs. J and I left Little J with a babysitter so that we might enjoy some time away from the daily routine.

It was an interesting mix of relief and guilt all rolled up into one package.

To our credit, we only phoned once to check in. It was more for the babysitter than anything, as Little J can be quite the fusspot in the evening hours.

In another sappy moment, I realized that I had several photos and movies of the tyke on our digital camera, so in true softie fashion I plugged the camera into the TV and had a little slideshow time.

Adult in Training

It’s amazing how much of one’s life a child truly commands. I certainly anticipated my life changing when we had the little one, but I never realized how different it was until this weekend.

And it is a good thing to spend time away once in a while. If not for your own sanity, then definitely to strengthen the family bond.

I know in my heart that I will not be able to hold onto Little J forever. One day, far in the future, she will separate from us to live her own life. The strange part is that I am preparing her to do that.

Someone once said that the best leaders are the ones who train their followers to replace them or surpass them.

And that is what we do as parents. We try our best to enable our children to do the one thing we fear the most – lose their dependency on us.

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Quests

I think this is the most schedule-challenged time of my life. This is including University, where I was actually taking two courses that overlapped by half an hour.

It’s also one of the most physically demanding things I will ever do.

What about the rest of you?

What have been your busiest times/hardest tasks? I’m interested. It’s nice to know that I could be in great company.

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