Horray for Wii!

Today was a very good day. Okay at first I wasn't very happy getting up but I did anyway knowing today my mom and I would at least try to go get my Wii. All was that of a typical Friday except the fact the day drug on so slowly. It seemed to take forever just to get to lunch time when we would go to the bank to pull my money out then go eat. Of course, I think the rainy, overcast day might have had a little to do with the day dragging on forever. When we got there around 8 AM it felt as though it was 6 PM. We ate at Burger King at lunch, sharing one of the "burger shots" 6 pack thing having 3 burgers each. We were surprised at just how good it tasted despite being fast food and what we ate filled us up well too so we ate pretty inexpensively.

We returned to the office and I played Phantom Hourglass till about 3 ish when I got my vacuuming done. I played on my comp a short while after just before we set out to get my Wii. When the time finally came to leave. I was feeling pretty excited at this point. It really felt like it would happen this time. My mom and I had some confusion on whether to go to Walmart or Hastings. I wanted to go to Hastings but it didn't matter enough to me to insist on going there over Walmart. In my mind, as long as I got my Wii, I was happy. After all I was the one paying for it. We had a few other things to get besides my gaming stuff but once we got that we headed for the games only to find they had no Wii consoles left and hardly anything of a Wii game choice.

This didn't stop us. We decided to check out Hastings next to see if we could have better luck. We got there and looked around. Again we didn't see any consoles. Though this time, before we left, we asked a clerk if they had any. They said yes, that they kept them in the back. We asked them to check on that for us. They did. When they came back they told us they had no new systems but they had used ones. Of course, my first thought is "what is the difference in price?" whereas my mom was leary about the whole used console thing. Well to get it used it was 169.99 as opposed to the new price of 199.99. I liked the first price better and having dealt at Hastings a bit, I knew they had a respectable quality check on all used items, seeing as if a CD you're trying to sell has even one slight scratch, they won't take it. So I was actually not bothered one bit by the thought of a used Wii especially if it meant saving approximately 30 dollars. It did help my mom to know there was a 90 day guarantee on the machine too. So if anything happens within that time, they will replace it.

We also looked at games and controllers. Well I decided against buying two extra controllers. The Nintendo brand controller was 40 dollars while an off-brand, Nyko, had them for 30. Well I have a Nyko memory card for Game Cube and it has had no problems so I think this controller will be fine. Of course, I looked at the prices of these plus the SD card to go with it, the nun-chuck was 20 and the card also 20. We decided to hold off on those and go to Target to scope their prices. Glad we did for their SD cards, which also looked alot less crappy than the ones at Hastings, were 5 dollars less. The nun-chuck was the same price so I bought those two things plus Bleach: Shattered Blade, which I was excited to see since it was the first game on my list I had seen all night. Lucky for me, it was only 20 dollars unlike most Wii games. Target was sold-out of the controllers so once we paid for these new items we trudged back over to Hastings to pick up the controller. Luckily the two stores are a stone throw away from each other so it wasn't a waste of gas, just a slight waste of time.

As we were pulling into the parking lot however, some stupid person decided to pull out right in front of us while we tried to turn in. Luckily no one was hurt and there was no collision. Thank the Lord for watching over us there, if he hadn't been, no telling what could have happened. At first I was just going to go in alone seeing as I was getting one item. I ran in but shortly after I was startled to see my mom pop up from around the corner. She had apparently texted me saying she was coming in but I didn't get it as my phone was on silent. We got the remote and headed for the check-out counter where some random lady came up behind us saying she had just been in line and had to go back to get a larger size of a shirt because she feared the other size she had wouldn't stretch enough because she is pregnant. She oddly enough found it important to let us know she was. Why I'm not really sure. My mom was actually ruffled by this whole thing. Me? I actually didn't mind her cutting in front. I only had one item and was in no hurry. Guess I was just in a nice mood. Of course, I am usually patient and therefore people take advantage of me often.. Kinda like that lady.. But it was still my mom more ticked about it then I even came close to being. Of course don't get my mom wrong, she wasn't feeling good anyway. I hope she feels better.

We finally checked-out by this very high-energy girl. She was fun. I liked her personality. She helped us out and asked us about getting a Hastings card. Well it was free so I said "why not?" then after looking up my driver's license she said I had already gotten one. I had no knowledge of this. I asked about a replacement card and was able to get one for free. This made me happy cause I felt left out. My mom got one too but she was a first timer, not getting a replacement like me. I didn't even know I had one in the first place. As I left I was full of excitement and anticipation, although I knew it would still be another few hours before I could play. We still had group to go to.

Group was nice. We arrived early but it was all good. At least we didn't have to stand out in the rain to wait for others to come. We were in the building almost immediately after arriving. We started out with a lesson about Godliness then we went on about discussing it. We went into some other discussions about our lives hen randomly ended up in random chatter by the end. That part was the most fun for me. Don't get me wrong, I love God, I just really enjoyed getting to chatter away to Jeannette(sp?) and she didn't seem to mind at all. I got to talking about all sorts of things that I like, such as role playing and talking about my fan-character, Syrus Allen and her story. I also somehow got into showing off some of my best drawings. She and her daughters seemed incredibly impressed. It made me feel so good. Unfortunately I got a little too involved so my mom had to call it to an end so that we did not stay too late and end up worrying my little sister, whom, as it turned out, was already in bed by the time we left.

I was glad to get home, I was getting tired but I couldn't rest yet. It was finally time for me to check out my new Wii and play around with it. I definitely wanted to check and make sure it operated properly. Everything went just fine. I found not a single error in all of my testing plus getting the software updated, which took forever. I was tempted to play the Bleach game but it was too hard to get out of it's package so I just popped in the Wii Sports that came with it. The clerk earlier was so nice, he actually checked and made sure it was in there before selling it to us. Although I still checked as soon as I got it in the car afterward as my mom asked me to. Everything played so well. I made myself a little Mii and made it look as closely to my image as possible then played some bowling. I hate bowling but oddly enough I enjoy Wii bowling.. Alot. I guess it's cause it's so easy to get a strike.

It didn't take long before I was too tired to continue. But I have all day tomorrow to play with it and get accustomed to it. It's already alot of fun and I can also play my game cube games on it by plugging in game cube controllers! Gah! I can't wait to try everything out! But until then I must sleep. I just hope the little bit I played doesn't make me sore so it is too painful to play. My shoulders feel tired right now and I'm not sure if it's from playing the Wii for even that short time or from typing all this out about how my day went.

Of course, you guys are lucky. This is just the short version. ;P