About 80 bucks. That’s what I woke to discover had been spent on digital gems, coins, or whatever kind of bullshit my sons had desired overnight. Once we were all in bed, they had fetched the tablets, reset my password, and went on a shopping spree.
After repairing the damage, I hid the tablets, TV, DVD player, speakers, gaming console, and streaming device. Our entertainment center turned into an empty table.
That was two weeks ago.
I won’t say that it changed our lives. We aren’t digital addicts, but streaming entertainment had become a crutch during the current restrictions on our movement. We quickly cleansed and upped our time around the dining room table, outside, and wherever we were welcome (and a couple places we weren’t welcome). We gorged on audiobooks and Lego building. We got a little sick of each other and worked through our aggravations. I was pleased to see that we had not gone mad with the rest of the world.
I set some things up last night to introduce my sons to one of my favorite movies as a kid, Ridley Scott’s Alien. We watched it after playing a rather complicated 1989 board game based on the sequel.
Balance has returned to our lives as the world outside becomes more imbalanced. It is as it should be. We master ourselves more each day.
God bless and thank you for reading,
Jason