Sunny 9 for 2006 February 8

Aaron and I are so horrible at surprises. For this Valentines Day we already have the presents we are giving to each other, and we have already used them. It is like this every holiday. I don't know why we just can't wait. I felt like I made progress on our anniversary because I gave him his gift the day before, but only because he wanted it! I just don't know why Aaron and I are so impulsive. I would really be mad at myself if I didn't really think it was more fun to find things out early. Like why wait when you still get the same effect? I guess I look at it like when you are having a baby. Why wait to find out the sex? Is it more gratifying waiting out the whole 9 months? I don't think so. It is still a great surprise whether it is at 20 weeks or 40 weeks. So why go threw the torture on the "unknown"? Plus you kinda need those exciting things since pregnancy is so long...but that is another subject for another day.

Back to Valentines Day gifts. I like picking out what I get, that way I know I like it. Aaron and I got each other board games. Not just any board games. We went ahead and took the advice of some friends and family and bought the game Ticket To Ride. A game tried and true, and it is fun. We played it last night and the night before with Lorna while house-sitting. I also think it is way fun because I won 2 out of 3 times, and the time I didn't get first I was barely second. I love being good at games.

The second game we got was Tigris and Euphrates. We haven't played it yet because you need at least 3 players and it is kinda complicated for Lorna, so we can't wait to try that one out. Anyway, I love, love, love playing games. I am a big Settler's fan and anything like it. I could never get sick of Settler's because it is different every time between whom you play with and how the board is set up. You will never hear me turn down a chance to play it.

On a more melancholy note, Aaron has finally broken me down and he got his own Xbox 360. Just when his old one was turning out to be my friend and frequently over-heating. I'll guess I will just have to have fantasies of smashing the 360 with a hammer (I think stemming from my childhood) or hurling the console onto the cement pavement.