Guess what we got? Finally!

A Wii Fit.

They are so hard to find. I wish I would have pre-ordered it on Amazon, but I stupidly thought I could just run out to my local Target and get one after they came out. I was wrong.

We have looked everywhere. I’m on a mailing list on bestbuy.com, walmart.com and circuitcity.com to notify me the second they have them in stock. About a week ago I got an email from circuitcity.com and by the time I went to their website to buy it they were already out again. It’s just insane.

Every time we go to the store we ask if they have them in back, knowing full well that they don’t. Each time we’ve walked out of the store Wii Fit-less. I’ve been cursing everybody who already has one. Those lucky bastards.

But now that’s all changed.

One of our local movie theaters offers free movies every Wednesday and Thursday. This week’s movie was Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium. The kids have already seen it, but they were willing to see it again if it meant going to the theater with all the video games and being able to down a full bucket of buttery popcorn.

But when they got t the theater it was all sold out. So instead they decided to see go to a different theater to see Speed Racer. However, that movie was an hour later. So they decided to kill some time at K-Mart. Lee and the kids made their way to the video game section. As usual they didn’t have any Wii Fits.

Somebody asked Lee if he needed any help. Lee said, “I know you don’t have any, but I was just wondering if maybe you had a Wii Fit in back somewhere?” They didn’t. So Lee and the kids started to leave.

As they were heading out an employee hollered out to Lee. “Sir? Sir! Come with me.”

Lee looked at the kids and asked, “What did you do? Did one of you take something?” Lee thought they were getting in trouble for shoplifting.

The employee led Lee back to the video games. He said, “Were you looking for the Wii Fit?”

Apparently they get exactly one Wii Fit in about every two weeks and the Fed Ex guy has just left. The game was still in the Fed Ex envelope. So Lee snagged it.

He called me and said, “I’m at K-Mart and they have a Wii Fit. Do you want me to buy it?”

I think my exact words were, “Fuck yes.”

So now we are the proud owners of a Wii Fit. I’m so excited.

Of course we took it out of the box and tried it out the second they got home from the movie. And I was pleased to find out my Wii Fit age is only 37. Granted that’s still three years older than I actually am, but it could have been much worse.

At my friend’s suggestion I gave the hula hoop aerobic exercise a try. And I suck at it. I can’t get my hips to move in a circular motion, let alone catch the flying hula hoops coming at me. After a few seconds I usually end up standing there on the Wii board shaking my booty. The kids get a hoot out watching me try. Needless to say, they kick my butt at hula hooping. I think Skyler doubled my best score the first time she tried. And it took me four times to get that best score.

So if I’m not blogging you can bet I’m shaking my booty playing Wii Fit. I’ve got to figure out how to beat the kids at this game.

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