We were in Galveston, a Texas seaside town on the Gulf of Mexico, a few weeks ago for a little pre vacation vacation. We both needed a chance to get a base coat of tan in before the main tanning event the following week, and we figured we only had a small window of opportunity before the oil made it that way. We saw houses on stilts, the high water mark from when Hurricane Ike tore through and I spent a small fortune on sunscreen.
We also found this huge chess set in the middle of Downtown Tourist-Central Galveston. It was about 178 degrees that day and the humidity was roughly a thousand, but because we're both head strong eldest children who can't turn down a chance to compete at something we played a game.......to the death.
We take our games very seriously.
Every night after dinner, we play a round of Tetris to determine whose going to do the dishes.
Now it may SEEM like he has the advantage on account of the fact that he's been playing chess competitively since before he could walk, but I have raw, untutored talent on my side.
That and my lovely, stubborn insistence that everyone finds so attractive.
I shrank his shirt in one of many laundry related disasters.
It may be hard for you to tell, but for your information, since you weren't there, and there were no witnesses...... I won!!!
Just kidding! We quit half way through and went to get ice cream. Besides being bossy eldest children, we also have short attention spans and nonstop vacation ice cream cravings. And a fear of tan lines. Did I mention we're from California?
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