Do you have a Wii?  Let me back up, have you heard of the Wii?  Surely you have.  If not, come out from underneath the rock!  The Wii is taking over my life… again.

That’s Mii!  Big head and all.

I go through Wii phases, as I do with most habits and hobbies.  Right now I am in a Wii phase, in the zone, if you will.  It started the end of April when Mario Kart came out.  For the next three weeks I played the crap out of Mario Kart.  Every night I was playing, and getting pretty good!  I could actually beat B.  Not that I am competitive or was trying or anything.  Not me.

If you do the math, I stopped obsessively playing Mario Kart on Monday.  Nintendo must have some marketing geniuses out there who knew this would happen because what did they do, released Wii Fit yesterday.

Love it!  My only complaint, I have to get up and it makes me sweat.  What?  That’s the point?  Well crap, I guess I should have read the box better.

I am kidding.  It really is pretty cool.  How genius is Nintendo?  They made a video game that appeals to all ages, all sexes and it incorporates exercise!  It might not appeal to you workout/aerobics buffs who will scoff at the simple exercises and claim it isn’t really a workout, but what are you doing reading my blog anyway.  Shoo!  You make me feel bad.

Last night we started off slow, just playing some balance games and trying a few yoga poses.  And you know what, I feel it this morning.  I am not in horrible, uncomfortable pain, but I still feel some tension in my calves and thighs.  According to my Wii Fit bank, I played/worked out for 22 minutes last night.  Not bad, I say.

After my workout (don’t laugh fitness buffs, I thought I told you to leave!) I took a quick break to watch American Idol.  Woohoo David Cook!  And then it was back to Wii!

A group of my online friends were getting together a Mario Kart game.  I ended up playing with them until 10:30!  Time flies when you are getting the crap kicked out of you.  Remember when I said I was pretty good?  Nope, apparently B just sucks and he is the only person I can beat.  Either that or not playing for three days will really ruin your game!  Another genius marketing ploy by Nintendo.

So that was my night.  Wii Fit, American Idol and Mario Kart.  All part of my avoiding and procrastinating.  What, I have 11 days to pack.  That is plenty of time. 

P.S.  To a certain someone out there, B says, when are you going to woman up and play online with us?  Really, he said that.  I can’t make this stuff up.