My husband surprised me with the news a few months ago. "Honey, I got a Wii! I wasn't looking for one, but I just happened to wander into the game store, and the guy said they had just got the shipment, and they hadn't even unpacked them yet. They're really hard to find, so I was lucky to find one, and I had to get it, and we can give it to the kids for Christmas..." That was back in September.

We love video games, and it's not that I didn't want a Wii. It's just that I don't need another device that encourages me to waste more time playing games. We already spend too much time playing PC games, and the kids got a v-smile from the grandparents a couple years ago. I know that once the Wii is unwrapped and installed, there will be almost no chance of turning it off. The kids will want to play it all the time. And worse yet, I will want to play it all the time! And I'll have to wait for a turn!

So Hubby brought it home, and we tried it out (after the kids were asleep). We played tennis, golf, bowling, baseball, even boxing! It was awesome! I lost every challenge except for boxing. I don't know what got into me, but I turned into a crazy manic Wii punching machine, and somehow I knocked him out. I was sweating and out of breath, but I won!

We love playing our Wii games, and we've plugged it in a few other times after the kids were asleep. I think I'm developing "Wii elbow." Maybe someone will develop a "Wii Stretching" game, or "Wii Yoga," or "Wii Physical Therapy."

We put it back in the box, and we're hiding it under the bed until Christmas. Don't tell the kids!