“Games lubricate the body and the mind.”
The day is pretty, at least from the window. It’s warmer than last night but still in the low, very low, 30’s. A brisk breeze makes it feel even colder. I’m late today because I was up too late last night and slept in, way in, this morning. We went to our usual Thursday night trivia, and I swear the questions played to the our strengths. My team won, first time all season. We were third going into the final question and decided to risk the 25 points, the highest amount you can risk. As soon as I saw the question, I wrote down the answer. I knew it in a heartbeat. The answer is one of those weird pieces of information my brain deposits in some memory drawer just in case. Which state was admitted to the Union as a direct result of the Civil War?
We used to play Go to the Head of the Class when I was a kid. I’m thinking that’s when my brain started to save all those pieces of information that are seldom needed but stay around just in case. The board was filled with rows of desks, each row was a grade and you moved from the first to the eighth. I still have our game. The box is in rough shape, but all the pieces are there, and the board is perfect. The pieces already have names like Sis, Cowboy Joe, Butch and Susie. I’ll have to pull it out so my friends and I can play it some night. I’m guessing the game was a Christmas present because there was always a new game under the tree. I still give my friends and family a game for Christmas. It is just one of those traditions I love to honor, and it keeps our childhood alive.
I am almost caught up with Christmas, finally. I have two boxes ready for my sister and her family in Colorado, and tonight my friends and I will exchange gifts, eat Chinese food and play a few games. I might even put on Christmas music. I know I’m bringing up the small aluminum tree my sister gave me. I love it for its ugliness. Nothing says Christmas more than a silver aluminum tree!
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February 11, 2011 at 3:27 pm
Congratulations!
Those trivia´s are becoming quite popular over here too now days.
I don´t know why those odd and weird things gets stuck in my brain, but I know the state is West Virginia.I have no idea why I know it though 🙂
Snowstorm here today and now the temperature is falling fast and it´s quite nasty cold outside.
Have a great day now!
Christer.
February 11, 2011 at 11:38 pm
Thanks, Christer,
It is really a fun night with trivia, dinner and a few drinks.
Warm weather is coming but I don’t know when!
February 11, 2011 at 4:56 pm
Yes, but which was intended to be the Fourteenth State of the original Union?
Cheers
February 11, 2011 at 11:39 pm
Minicapt,
I don’t know the answer. I know Vermont was the Fourteenth, but not which was intended.
February 11, 2011 at 8:03 pm
I must be losing my mind. “Merry Christmas”.
February 11, 2011 at 11:41 pm
Thanks, Z&Me,
It was a bit late but just as merry!
My sister’s boxes haven’t gone out yet, but they’ll be having a Christmas too after they comes!
February 11, 2011 at 11:27 pm
“I love it for its ugliness.” Yes.
February 11, 2011 at 11:41 pm
Absolutely, Rowen!