All Hail the XBox

There is something that I don't understand and that is males and video games. Jason got himself an XBox last June as a present to himself for his 21st birthday. I remember really liking the nintendo I got when I was 8 and the supernintendo that followed a couple years later. However, now at 22, I'm pretty much over it. I'll play with Jason sometimes in his sport games or the occassional Tetris, but after a game or two I'm sick of it. Jason bought the new splinter cell last night. It's a game where you're a ninja. It's the sequel to the first splinter cell which Jason has beaten twice. Now, at every opportunity this grown man is glued to his game and it really enthralls me. Jason is not the only man with a love of his game system. I don't know if every man takes the game so seriously that they want to be a ninja like Jason is telling me, but I've seen other guys with this same behavior. I heard myself ask a question to Jason this afternoon that I'm positive my mother asked me as a child, "How can you play that thing for so long?" I couldn't believe the words came out of my mouth. So, now I'm trying to get in touch with that inner child that used to find pure bliss in sitting in front of my supernintendo and beating mario world. I will say I still enjoy a good game of mario cart, but who doesn't I mean come on!

I love the spring. It is beautiful here! Absolutely stunning. Spring comes early in Nashville and I am digging it. I took Sophie for a long walk today through a nearby neighborhood that I love. Most of the homes look pretty old, but it's a fantastic subdivision and the houses are kept up very nicely. All of the flowering trees were in bloom and little pink petals covered the sidewalks I was walking on. There was the smell of fresh cut grass and the trees are becoming that fabulous spring green color. It was a great walk on a great day. If we ended up raising a family in Nashville I'd love to live in a neighborhood just like that. It's been a good day. How could it not be with beautiful weather. It seems like no matter how hard things are in my life at times, if it's a beautiful day I feel all right. Spring has come, God's still in control, life is good.