AGGRIEVED

I knew this year was going to be a different kind of birthday celebration—the kind where we were quarantined. We usually observe birthdays in our house with some fanfare and a week-long celebration, a leftover from when B was gigging and traveling a lot. But this year, with mandatory isolation in place and all non-essentials closed to the public, our celebration would be modest. We’re not extravagant people, but I admit I was dispirited, aggrieved like I had lost something: no shopping to buy that one new birthday outfit, no new haircut and color, no date night out of the house, no friends, no chocolate party.

AROUND THE HOUSE, FAMILY, FOOD, GAMES, MONKEY BOY, THE GIRL, TRADITIONS, BKat GroshongMarch 26, 2020Birthdays, Gifts, Pandemic, QuarantineComment

GOTTA GO FAST...SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

The Girl and Monkey Boy got an Xbox for Christmas along with a stack of not-new-games, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and 3, and Sonic and Knuckles…This morning Monkey Boy announced that he was going to complete the entire game of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and beat the big, bad boss at the end, “I’m going to do it in one hour, maybe two.”

AROUND THE HOUSE, MONKEY BOY, THE GIRL, GAMESKat GroshongAugust 20, 2018Comment