Introduced the eldest grandson to a software package that allows him to create his own role-playing games. He’s using the ‘puter hooked to the tv and I’m next to him on my laptop.

It’s a wonderful experience as he’s learning the power of creating games instead of playing them. He can create the dialogue and environment himself and control the number and power of monsters that the team he creates will encounter.

I’m also reminded of why paired programming is not my fav style of development. I’ve installed a copy of the software on my laptop so I can delve deeper into areas of interest, and suddenly I’ve become the research guy on the two-person team 🙂

And I thought I was going to have an easy winter hols break from work, haha

Grandboy (interrupting himself as he’s singing the song, “Love is All You Need”): Grandpa, is love really all you need?

Me: Well, you probably need a warm bed and some food to eat at some point

Grandboy (laughing): Way to ruin a great song, grandpa. They should call you Song-Breaker 😀

Grandboy: Grandpa I had a really bad nightmare last night

Me (preparing for a tale of zombies and monsters): O no. Would you like to talk about it?

Grandboy: Yah. I dreamt I logged onto my game and all the high level people I worked so hard for had vanished. It was horrible.

Me: Ah. I know the feeling.

Grandboy: You had a dream like that?

Me: Yep it’s called retirement planning, boy

Grandboy (playing Plants vs Zombies): Grandpa I learned that it’s sometimes not a good idea to go rushing into the area. I did that when I was younger and got killed. So now I look around before going in.

Me: Sounds like real life, boy.

Grandboy: What? O yah like if you run into an area filled with lava.

Me: Or go into a staff meeting unprepared

Me (Staining a wood wall with toxic fume-y chemicals)

Grandboy: Grandpa I’m having a hard time breathing and it feels like the room is spinning.

Me (Alarmed): WHAT? Boy let’s go outside and get fresh air. Hurry.

Grandboy: It’s ok grandpa. I was just (spinning around in a circle) SPINNING FOR FUN and I’m out of breath now. But going outside is a good idea. This place stinks