Last night, Rosanna and I went on a date consisting of us walking to our new little village (take a little stroll if you wish, though the Google guys didn’t go through it. Shame). We had Pei Wei on the mind, but decided to look around at all the cool little places there. It rocks. Guys, we’ve got a Pei Wei, Chipotle, Cold Stone, Cabina Italian Kitchen (basically the Italian version of Pei Wei), Caribou, clinics, GameStop, Wal-Mart, Cub Foods (big 24 hour grocery store for you non-Minnesotans), USBank, Culvers, Wendy’s, Subway, TiresPlus, a dentist office, and more… all within easy walking distance of where we are. Unbelievable. Wait, did I say GameStop? Yes, yes I did. I told Rosanna before we went to dinner that I wanted to drop in and see what the current state of Wii supplies were. I’d been trying to get one since Christmas time with my birthday and Christmas moneys for sometime, growing weary of the “Do you have any Wiis today? No? Okay. Thanks.” side of the conversation I’d been having for six months or so. I figured it’d behoove me to get to know some of the managers at such a convenient GameStop and see if I could get a head’s up as to when a shipment was coming in. It’s not what you know, really. It’s who you know. Anyway. In we go, and the only people there is an assistant manager and an employee. Rosanna likes to make fun of the classic gamer type, y’know, the kind of person who lives vicariously through a video game character because he can’t be successful in any other part of his life? I didn’t ask her about it, but these guys impressed me as having a good head on their shoulders. At least the assistant store manager did, but that’s probably because he’s the kind of person that would make it to assistant store manager. “Hey, guys. What can we do for you?” came the inquiry. Bracing myself for the I-hate-answering-this-question-500-times-a-day attitude I’d been accustomed to receiving, I ventured another question. “How’s the Wii demand these days? Are they still selling out as soon as they cross the door?” Imagine my surprise when the manager said, “They’re still selling out quickly. But I think we’ve got one in the back.” IT’S MY LUCKY DAY!!! “Bring that puppy out here,” says I, and they do. A brand new Apple-inspired box of Nintendo’s latest goodness. “Oh, and we just got a used Mario Kart in the store, if you’re interested.” Now, this game just came out, and to get my hands on a used one was pretty cool. Save some money, get a game that you can play with other people? I think so. Bottom line, we ended up with a) a Wii, b) Wii Play (with an extra Wiimote), c) an extra nun-chuck, d) Mario Kart Wii. Quite a start. Rosanna wants this horse game, My Horse and Me, and I’m gonna admit that I really don’t care about the game, but I’m glad that Rosanna is finding an interest in such things. Thanks, Nintendo, for a game system that my wife and I can have fun with together! We’re also interested in Wii Fit. Big time. So yeah. If you’ve got a Wii and you want to befriend us, or if you’re up for some Mario Kart, please let us know. We’ll be looking forward to leaving you in our dust trails soon. And I enjoy playing games more now because I have time for them because I’m getting things done. w00t!