game night

Last night, we were scheduled to go to the Nashville Sounds game with Sara's softball team. One of the coaches arranged for us to get tickets on the party deck with free food, etc. One small problem - when we got there, the parking attendant told us that the game had been cancelled. Apparently the field was uncovered during the strong rain storms this past weekend, and the infield was like a sponge. Hopefully we'll get to reschedule it for another time.

While eating at Backyard Burger, I told Susie and the girls about my story from yesterday's lunch at Wendy's. We laughed about it for almost 30 minutes! (Either Sara or Meg said that "badonka-donka" sounded like some kind of candy. "New from Nestle', Atkins-approved low-carb badonka-donkas!") Susie has this tendency to laugh at things to the point where she can't stop laughing, and this was one such occurrence. That's one of the many things I love about her!

After we got home, I threw softball with Meg and Sara for a little while, then we all decided to play Monopoly. I came out strong, buying property left and right, and winning the "free parking" money a few times, telling the girls that this was how to win Monopoly. Susie had some key properties, and so did Meg. All Sara had was the orange corner, consisting of St. James, Tennessee and New York. The key to it was that she acquired enough money to build hotels on all three. Bottom line, Sara won by a landslide. And I was the first to go bankrupt.

Maybe there's a life lesson in last night's Monopoly game. I had the most property, and even had three monopolies, but I was out first. Sara only had one monopoly, but she invested heavily in that one area and won. The lesson? Go with what you're good at, focus your energies in the right direction. Everyone has God-given abilities for a reason, and we should be using them.

As much fun as we had last night, I can tell you one thing for sure - there's nothing more humbling that a 9-year-old who insists on counting her money at the end of a game of Monopoly.....