Domestic Oblivion

Keep Hands And Feet In Vehicle At All Times

Cutter had a little 5th grade buddy spend the night a few weeks ago.  It was the  first time this kid had spent more than two hours at our house.  While we were eating dessert and playing Blokus, he says matter of factly, “your family is really, really nerdy”.

About three weeks ago Butters ate Mason’s third Rubik’s Cube.  He wasn’t sure that he wanted to spend yet another $10 on a replacement; he’s been all out  of sorts because he doesn’t have something to obsess about.  Until last weekend, that is,  when Davie-O introduced him to the game Magic.

The boy types here at Chez Star are sort of nerdy.  They attend Pokémon tournaments at the game shop, have birthday parties that include epic games of Battlelore and Risk, and often invite their friends to spend the night so they can play D&D without interruption.  Mason’s new love and obsession for Magic really came as no surprise.

What did surprise me, however, was that he called the game shop to see if they held Magic tournaments.  By himself, when I wasn’t home, he called the game shop.  This may no seem weird to you people, as he is 12 years old, but this is a kid who won’t even call his friends and usually refuses to talk to his grandparents on the phone.  Calling the game shop was a big deal.

So, on Wednesday night I took him down to the game shop for his first real Magic game.  He was clearly nervous, and asked me to walk in with him.  Luckily, the woman running the game knew him from D&D, and kindly got him a partner and watched over him.  I was told to return two hours later.

When I showed up at 9:00, I knew better than to go inside.  How uncool would that be?  Being the youngest person at the game and having your mom wander in?  So I parked the car where he could see it from the shop, and I waited.  About five minutes later, Mason ran out to the car and the following conversation took place.

Mason:  Would it be OK if I finished up my game?

Mom:  Sure.

Mason:  Would you mind waiting for a few more minutes?

Mom:  No, that’d be fine.

Mason:  Hey, Mommy?

Mom:  Yes?

Mason:  Would you mind waiting in the car?

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