Wii, Wii, Wii all the way home

It's been almost a month since the surprise Bug gave me.
It was a Sunday and Bug's weekend care-giver was working, but Bug called to invite me over. When I arrived he was waiting outside all giddy with excitement. He was wiggling around on his seat. His eyes were alive with mischief and he couldn't wait to get both of us inside.
He directed me to his bedroom... I know, this was mighty familiar to the first time we met.
I sat on his bed and he was more agitated with excitement.
'Open the drawer in my dresser.'
I opened a drawer and it was empty, he said the one above it. Even before I got it opened it felt heavy. There was a brightly decorated gift bag lying on it's side in the drawer.
'Bug... what did you do?'
Bug laughed, his body was tense with anticipation. I lift the bag from the drawer and pulled the tissue paper away to reveal a new Wii.
I'd been humming and hawing for months about getting myself a Wii. My son saved his Christmas money and bought himself a black Wii. I'd seen these funky red ones in the store and thought they looked cool.
'I tried to get you a red one but they were all out,' Bug said.
I held the cardboard box and looked at the my new black Wii.
'I wanted to get you Donkey Kong Country, but I didn't have enough money. I saved up for it.'
I told Bug that this was perfect. We could go shopping, get the game and I'd also get another controller. I'd seen pink ones and thought they were perfectly gay.
I've been enjoying my new toy. I did get Donkey Kong Country Returns and it's been a blast. I actually still have my Super Nintendo (SNES) from the mid-nineties and I have Donkey Kong Country for that system. Before Christmas I pulled out the old SNES and worked my way through the levels of the old game. It was mindless fun. My son and I played the old game and laughed at how crude the graphics looked compared to the amazing imagery on the new Wii game.
Bug's been watchinh me conquer the DK levels. It was fun to hang out with him and both of us were engaged in the game. Bug said he couldn't wait until I got the New Super Mario Brothers for Wii. He liked watching Super Mario when he was a kid.
Last week the both of us were out and about. We had lunch in the food fair at the mall and then stopped into the video game store. I saw the new Mario game and bought it. I also got another controller, this time a blue one! I tried my hand at the Mario game, but even when I was younger I wasn't very good at it. But, I'm sure with lots of practice I'll get more competent.
But, for now my calloused thumbs are healing from too many hours of directing Donkey Kong and is buddy Didi through the amazingly fun, yet difficult levels of the DK Wii world.
Thanks Bug!

Until the next time...