Just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby

First ever? That’s pretty easy to answer. Picture it: Yellowknife. 1988 – although it may have been earlier, or even later. I’m not great with dates from when I was a kid. Christmas morning. I, of course, am up early. It’s always early when I was a kid. I could always sneak out into the living room, and take my stocking back to my room. I’d open that, then fall back asleep.

So after I take the stocking, open it, and then in turn, wake up again – I run and wake up my parents. Mom gets up first, and turns on the coffee and starts the preparation of breakfast. We open gifts, and I open this huge box: NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM DELUXE SET.

The box was huge, and there was another smaller box that I was told I could also open. So I guess, short story long; my first video game was actually 3 video games: Super Mario Brothers, Duck Hunt, and Gyromite (for use with R.O.B. the robot). I was really too young to really enjoy Gyromite. I remember the first couple of levels were easy. Then it got hard.

Anyways, good morning my friends. It’s a chilly day out there. I can see frost on the grass in the front and the back. Least I don’t have to go out until after lunch. The plan is I’m going to head over to IG Shady Acres after lunch (that way I can do some chores, and have brunch, and letting the garbage men empty the trash bins), haul the last of the stuff up from the basement, and get my moms antique sewing machine over to New Shady Acres.

Other than that, maybe burgers for dinner. We have two buns left in the freezer, so that might be yummy. This is the last day of my two days off. Then it’s a stretch of another 5 days. So I just want to relax and not do a whole lot.

Podrick is waiting patiently for the birds to appear, I think Pippin is sitting on a heater vent patiently waiting for the heat to return again. Podrick was on his best behaviour when my mom was over for her birthday dinner. He’s very interested in my mom. He’s the first cat that we’ve had that actually seeks out visitors when they come over. Podrick is a social cat.