Sunday 24 February 2008

Caution: Wii Pregnant

We be Wiiing.

Despite the ridiculous difficulty in obtaining a Wii in most of Canada (anywhere you look, they're back-ordered or out-of-stock), we got one.  Last weekend.  It was a great weekend.  I whooped Col. Mustard's ass at everything, despite my being huge with baby.

I thought this weekend would be an easy victory.  HA!  Turns out the Col. has been practicing.  A lot.  Especially at tennis, which I have actually played in real life, while he has not.   I don't know how many best-of-fives we played last night, but they all ended after 3 matches, and never in my favour.  He can hit those balls and make them go so fast, while mine just lob over the net with a nice pregnant arc.

The Col. decided to run on the elliptical after trouncing me at tennis, but I wanted to redeem myself at something, anything.  So I decided to take up a new sport: bowling. Nice low impact, not really cardio, I thought it would be great.  And it was. I am the MASTA of bowling.  I played until I racked up my skill level to 784.  Then I noticed that my butt really hurt.  I was using muscles I didn't know I had anymore, so I decided to call it a night.

My ass thought otherwise.

My ass and lower back ached so much that I couldn't sleep for most of the night, on top of the regular night-time wakefulness a pregnant women suffers in her third trimester. Luckily for me, the Col. woke up with Sacha and took him to church while I tried to sleep in.

They just got back from church.  Turns out there was a pancake buffet breakfast.  I ate Cheerios at home.  Serves my heathen-wiiing-ass right, I guess.

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I welcome any tips on how to play Wii tennis and spike those balls so I can beat my husband,  whose advantage seems to lie in the fact that he is so clearly accustomed to playing with his.

15 comments:

  1. [...] had a rough emotional weekend. If your one of my dear pregnant blogging mamas go read this, or this or [...]

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  2. Oh you crack me up! Especially the last comment... not that I have ANY advice about Wiiing. And they are impossible to find here in the States as well. You'd think that after a year of being on the market they would have plenty in stock or people would have gotten them if they wanted, but they are still out all the time.

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  3. No advice on the wii but I did laugh with the "serves my heathen ass" LOL. Rightthere with ya.

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  4. So jealous you have a Wii. I am impressed you are playing, at 8.5 months pregnant I can bearly get off the couch, and sleeping is non-exsistent! I would also be extremely upset that I missed the pancakes as well.

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  5. I suck at Wii tennis - but boxing - now that's my bag.

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  6. I wonder if it's considered spousal abuse if you beat your husband up on the Wii...

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  7. Well, if it is spousal abuse, then I am GUILTY because I can outbox my husband any day on the Wii.

    Although, I have no pointers on tennis. My heathen ass and my flabby arms are a disgrace on the virtual court.

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  8. I have no Wii tips as I'm still Wiiless. You cracked my heathen ass up though - especially the part about the Col. playing with his balls (ha ha).

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  9. Been cracking up over your post. Can't wait until we can get a Wii too! Game on!

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  10. Its all in the timing of the serve I have found.. try tossing the ball up and then almost immediately hitting it... result is a smashing almost impossible to return serve. Gets my hubby every time! :)

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  11. Hilarious! I love the Wii, although I'm afraid to get it because we will be ADDICTED. Our friends have one an it's bad enough as it is.

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  12. No wii tips, but I do love to bowl on the wii.

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  13. We're buying a used Wii from a friend but it hasn't come home yet. Because the tax refund hasn't either. I'm kind of excited, but apprehensive because we have a gamecube and ps2 which I have absolutely zero interest in.

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  14. I think they should have a Wii game that simulates parenting.

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