game night...

...which happens to be many of the nights around here.  We luuuuv board games.  Specifically strategy board games, like Catan and Carcassone and Chess, but every once in a while we'll pull out the ol' Monopoly, just for pure competitive fun.  We start out the game on our own teams but by the half-way point there ALWAYS ends up some merger which usually starts the ruthless

'I'm gunna take you down'

spirit of the game...which usually leads to a total slaughter of the other players.
Lol.
Sort of.
I mean, if I am really honest, I am still trying to live what I preach about playing for the fun of the game but...let's face it...I.  Am. Competitive.

As the years have gone by, I have learned to mask those intense feelings that arise in me when playing a game; I have learned to play the Mom role pretty well.  But I said mask.  I didn't say moved beyond or conquered.  No.  I said mask.  And that's because when I play games, I still want to kick your butt!!!  =)  Of course, it's not all the time that I want to destroy my opponents {wink, wink with a big ol' smile} but it does still have its place in my twisted life sometimes.  Which makes it fun.  I have learned to not take life so seriously, not to get in arguments with my brothers {big mischievous smile} over a stupid game or be totally upset over losing...I guess that's the whole grown-up thing.  But, come on!  You know when there's a competitiveness in the game, it makes it that much more fun.  ...or maybe that's just me.  =)  Either way, that's how it is around this joint.  And we love it.