Nephew visit, aaaaaaaa!
Aug. 25th, 2002 07:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oakenguyMy 12-year-old nephew is in Day 3 of his seven day visit down here. I managed to get him to the zoo today. That means we've hit all three of his big goals: laser tag, the zoo, and playing HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS of Playstation games.
I love him to death, but I had this dreamy image of the week where we'd take long walks and have deep conversations and I'd try to impart this...huh, what to call it, certainly not manly wisdom, more like It's Okay to Be A Geekly wisdom...that would give him a little comfort for junior high. Instead I've been his cheerleader for 23 attempts at getting through the Gauntlet level of 'Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance'. And let's not even talk about Spider-Man.
I know, I know, the irony of feeling frustrated by a boy who's obsessed with games and computers, who I can't figure out how to talk to...this irony is not lost on me. My parents must be laughing themselves silly.
I love him to death, but I had this dreamy image of the week where we'd take long walks and have deep conversations and I'd try to impart this...huh, what to call it, certainly not manly wisdom, more like It's Okay to Be A Geekly wisdom...that would give him a little comfort for junior high. Instead I've been his cheerleader for 23 attempts at getting through the Gauntlet level of 'Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance'. And let's not even talk about Spider-Man.
I know, I know, the irony of feeling frustrated by a boy who's obsessed with games and computers, who I can't figure out how to talk to...this irony is not lost on me. My parents must be laughing themselves silly.
