These kids of ours have no concept as to the importance of playoff football. As good parents we do what we can to teach importance from the non. With only three more weeks remaining until Super Sunday our work in this regard remains incomplete.
Back in the college days my world came to a stop on Sundays during football season. Six hours set aside to accommodate the viewing of a morning and afternoon game. Little did I realize at the time the luxury that this was.
I watched today’s playoff football games. Both. With the kids. Both. Watching, present day, is on the opposite end of the spectrum compared to viewing when I was in college. The kids don’t watch, so it became more an exercise of watching around them. To keep them occupied I simultaneously played, in sequence, Dino-opoly (Monopoly with a dinosaur theme), Chutes and Ladders, Candyland, Paper Doll, and Balloon Lagoon (or Balloon Galloon as my daughter says - four years). The boy, meanwhile, was intermittently on YouTube watching Hot Wheels videos or in his room setting up a track playing Hot Wheels.
In college I used to feel pent up, restless, and loaded with energy after all that watching. Six hours mostly sedentary. Now, worn out and largely spent on account of all these board games and parental involvement with the offspring. Yet, somehow, I feel more fulfilled present day after watching and gaming as opposed to the prior luxurious leisure of college.
The reward for my footballing dedication and enduring too many games today? Dinner of homemade split pea soup! Thank you, my lovely Wife Klem. Revived. Football’s Championship weekend is in seven days. Bring on the Chutes and Ladders.
-klem
1 year ago
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You apparently do not yell loud enough during the game. I don't mean yell at the kids. You know yell loud enough so the players can actually hear you through the TV when they get the penalty flag. This often scatters the children off to their rooms. It is a side of Mr & Mrs Aslowerpace you should really not see.....
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, Mrs. Aslowerpace. That’s a technique that’s worthy of consideration for the 2009 season. Without directly yelling at the kids one is able to attain a buffer between the game viewing and commotion around the viewing area. May need to do a few personal case studies during this upcoming Championship weekend for advance feasibility study purposes.
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