Gaming + ADD = Addiction
I always thought I'd work with my life partner some day. When I
was a child I dreamed I'd marry a doctor and live in a foreign country
in a remote village with our 5 children and be the local medical aid.
Then when I chose to be an architectural/interior designer I thought I'd marry someone in that field. (I know, I know, I'm female. The stereotype is true. ;)
But I ended up with a computer engineer. Yeah, I know what you're
thinking. But, here's this: he totally didn't/doesn't fit the computer
nerd/robot mold that Hollywood had created in my head. He's more
creative than I am in many ways (as I'm discovering most computer
programmers are). I just can draw better than him. :)
So here's the problem. I've never liked video/computer games, in fact,
I've avoided them like the plague. I'm of the team that thinks they rot
your brain and causes secretary spread amongst other societal
calamities.
Then when I chose to be an architectural/interior designer I thought I'd marry someone in that field. (I know, I know, I'm female. The stereotype is true. ;)
Herein lies the irony. Michael and I are even a better match than I initially thought, because I've discovered that I'm a total hypocrite. All those years of condemning video games and guess what? I've become a closet video game addict. I go to bed at night exhausted and instead of closing my eyes to sleep, I sneak another Drop 7 game in. If I hear my husband coming up the stairs after slipping another fews hours of late night work, I quickly and silently shut off my iPhone and pretend I'm sleeping and if he tries to talk to me, I act all annoyed that he's disturbing my slumber.
Dear Michael, Most of the time I really am sleeping! ;) ;) So now my son has someone to blame his gaming addiction on. His mom, who used to nag him constantly to get outside and smell the fresh air and get some sunshine, exercise, meet some girls for heaven sakes!
