Wii

So Jeff and I borrowed my sister Suzanne's Wii for the past few weeks. It was fun and entertaining, but I'm kind of glad we don't own one. I would spend way too much time playing games. But it was definately fun to have in our home this past month.
Our favorite by far was the Wii sports, especially tennis and bowling. It's kind of funny that I feel a sense of accomplishment by reaching the Pro level in those two games, when all it means is that I spent way too much time playing Wii.
We also played several of the games in Rayman's Raving Rabids (I think that's what it's called). They have a variety of different games - some are meant to give you a little workout (like having to pump your arms up and down to make your character run), while others are more skill-based. Jeff's favorites were the shooting games that we paired up on, and my favorites were the music ones where you had to pump your arms up and down in time with the music.
Last night, we were going through and playing each of our favorite games and sports trainings one last time, since we gave it back to my sister today. When we were on the sports menu, we noticed that we had never tried the "Wii Fitness." When we clicked on it, we discovered that it takes you through a few exercises that are supposed to grade you on your speed, accuracy, etc, and then it tells you what your "Wii age" is. The idea is for you to play Wii Fitness several times and lower your age. The lowest you can get is 20 (I don't know what the highest is). The three exercises it has you do is returning tennis balls, hitting home runs, and knocking down spares. Jeff went first and did very well, and he was told that his Wii age was 25. After seeing what the exercises were, I was a little nervous. I had only done batting practice - I had never done either of the other two extra trainings (while Jeff has). Well, I didn't do that great, so I thought I might be ranked in my 30's, possibly up to 40. But when my results came back, it says that my Wii age is 60. 60! Ouch!
So now you know. I thought that I was 8 years his junior, but I'm actually 35 years his senior.

p.s. - And thanks again, Suzanne and Kenny, for lending us your Wii.