25. Play halo with Chris, and try to enjoy it

When my husband and I met he wasn't a "gamer." He didn't have any game consoles nor any interest in obtaining any. Then we got married, and he stayed the same. Why game when you can play in the garage with tools and wires?

Enter my best friend Jill, and her husband Phil. You see Phil and Jill are gamers. They play all sorts of games, but they especially love halo (they call their x-box the halo machine . . .) So one night when we were bored at their house they brought out the halo machine and we all played. It was super fun (minus my less than ideal playing ability). After that, Chris was hooked.

The next day we went out and bought our own halo machine. And while Chris's love for halo continued to grow (he got really good at it!) I was not as much of a fan. I preferred playing Lego Star Wars (aka any game that takes no skill). Mostly because I am really horrible at games that require skill. In fact, I am so bad a halo that when the four of us play together they have special "laura" rules, like you can only kill me with a certain gun after the game is half way over. Yeah, I'm that bad.

But Chris enjoys the game so much, and so do Jill and Phil. So I would love to get better at it so I can play with them and enjoy it as well. But getting better requires playing. So that is why I put this on the list, I need to play and try to enjoy it, in hopes of actually getting good and having fun :)