Nikita's Big Day

    Nikita reached the age of 15 on the 15th. We took her for a long walk. Well, in Nikita's world it was a big walk. Hoover and Lizzie tagged along. She enjoyed the walk, partly because she got to trot around on her own. She could walk on her own because even dad could catch her if she "sprinted." After dinner we held a small party in her honor. When we sang her Happy Birthday, she completely ignored us. Then again, she is 15 and may not have heard us. When we gave her the birthday treat, then she started to pay attention. After the party, Nikita decided she wanted to play...with the PS3. She got stuck between Hoover and the video console, trying to get out, her nose bumped into the on button. Too bad she didn't know how to turn it off. After all her celebrating, Nikita was dog tired.

    I'm ashamed to admit this but I LOVE Comic Con! I'm even more ashamed to admit I REALLY LOVE LARP! LARP means live action role play. In other words, this is pretty much geeks battling with foam swords. We went to Comic Con in Indy on Saturday. I absolutely loved it. The first thing I did was go play LARP. There dad and I picked our foam weapons and "bruised" each other in our battle. We then went to the exhibit hall and checked out the artwork, collectibles and comic books. Dad discovered he could be rolling in the comic book dough. Except his mom sold all his comic books for around $160. We found two of his old comic books and they were both over $100 a piece. These are memories dad doesn't prefer to talk about.                                                                            We went back to the LARP room and we were able to watch some of the LARP tournament. I have to say some of those LARP people are extremely quick. It was great fun to be part of the audience participation. We left Comic Con all geeked out and very happy. I'm not sure mum will be up to doing it again. It may have been too much geekiness for her. 
      Last Saturday I went up to Michigan to play A LOT of soccer against some really good kids in Michigan and Illinois. I had a lot of fun playing up there. The Michigan and Illinois teams were a lot better than Indiana, but it was exciting to play against kids better than us. It was a good experience to learn what level of soccer we are at and what we need to improve on. 
      These past two weeks have been amazing. Now I am on spring break and hopefully more adventures will come. That includes failing at my March Madness brackets.