DarqByte

So Laura and I got a Wii Fit the other day… Last week, to be exact. I headed on down to Fry’s to get Julia’s birthday gift, which is season 1 of Gossip Girl (hey, I didn’t decide on the gift; she asked for it by name). I shouldn’t have, but decided to go check out the videog game department, despite knowing what games were already out…

Lo and behold… As I’m getting closer to it, I see some Wii Fit accessories sitting in a palette in the aisle. I start glancing them over seeing that they’ve still got the Yoga mat thing and whatnot. Then it strikes me: is that a Wii Fit in there? Sure enough, there was a stack of Wii Fits inside the shell of accessories.

I immediately called Laura up and told her the news. It was irritating to me that the Wii Fit was finally in stock somewhere and we’ve been in this mode of saving money for a couple months now. Damn the Wii Fit, finally becoming available when we’re trying to be fiscally responsible!

I didn’t pick it up at the time. After getting off the phone with her, I continued to poke around and see what was out. $90 for a Wii Fit, while not necessarily expensive given the hardware involved, was a chunk of change. I was nearly ready to leave the video game department in the state I had found it when Laura texted me that she kinda wanted it. Oy. I picked one up and purchased it, along with Gossip Girl.

So now the Wii Fit is sitting at home. The board itself is propped up against our main living room wall, awaiting use with the game. I’ve only used it twice since getting it a week ago, once the day I got it to test it out and another time.. Saturday, I believe. It’s pretty fun, actually. There are aerobic exercises in there, strength training, yoga, balance training… All sorts of goodies. There are 2-player modes a well, which I’m looking forward to testing out with my lovely wife.

She hasn’t had the chance to use it yet, but I have a feeling that will change tonight. I’ll make her get on the damn thing this evening. I really want to use it much more often, since I want to get into better shape. Believe it or not, it can actually help with that.

In the coming future, I’ll also talk about the dog gate my father and I are building, as well as Halloween — we’re preparing to batten down the hatches this year!