When You Are a Geeky Mom and Have Boys…

…they love you. They really do.

I am gushing tonight. I like to see them happy.

I gave my young boys my Acer Phenom X3 computer today, and they are flipping out. You see, last year I’d bought them some very nice computer games for their birthdays (Civilization & Colonization, and other graphic-demanding games) but when we tried to install these games on their meager single-core processor, budget-grade desktop computer, the games wouldn’t work. The games required a beefy graphics cards and, at the least, a dual core processor. I couldn’t afford to replace the computer at the time, so we had to wait. They were devastated, to say the least. The computer games went on the shelves and have been collecting dust for the past 5 months or so, until tonight. I finally got around to switching all the computers, installing software, and setting everything up.

So they installed some games and are AMAZED that the graphics are in color– and not black blocks! And the sound does not stutter, and the images move fluidly, and the sounds are synchronized! I asked them, “Do you love me?” And they smiled and said YESSS!!

It’s great being a geeky mom. lol. The next best thing to acne treatments has got to be a souped-up computer for teenage gaming. LOL!

So I am quietly sitting in the living room, listening to their exclamations and watching them play. The kids work hard– they are all my right-hand men– and I really enjoy giving them something that brings them such delight.