So...yeah.  

We've been LOVING Dance Dance Revolution.  Played it for hours last night, played when we got up this morning, played when we got home from our outing today, and kept going all the way until around 9:00.  Whee!!!!  Big fun, lots of laughs at how terrible we are at it, but at least we are bouncing around a lot getting sweaty-ish, so that's good, right?

Until, I mentioned offhand that my ankle was hurting.  Which was my cue to stop.  BUT NOOOO!!!!  I wanted to keep going!  Which is why I rolled the living shit out of the very same ankle that I sprained about a year ago, or maybe less than a year?  I'm not even sure how long it has been, but ever since then that ankle has never been the same.  It has always felt weak and like it was trying to roll over, so I've learned to walk carefully, and take stairs and curbs cautiously because of it.  Which only makes it all the more stupid of me to not be careful with it while hopping and stepping around like a fool.  What did I think was going to happen?  

We decided to take a break and watch a movie, which then led to my ankle stiffening up.  When our nephews called and wanted to play XBox Live with Charles we had to stop the movie in the middle, so I decided to come upstairs and almost couldn't make it without just giving up, sitting on my ass and bumping my way up each step.

So the moral is that even though there is no required age limit to play DDR, there should probably be a minimum I.Q. level requirement stated up front.  Whatever that level is, clearly I do not meet it.  I should probably just go to bed and read for a while.  And then I'll probably poke myself in the eye with the corner of the book, or accidentally suffocate myself with my own pillow.  Is this the first DDR injury in history?  I should probably check.  This might be my one chance at becoming famous.  Except I don't want to be famous, I want to be rich.  Shit!  Out of luck again.

I'm 38 years old.  Isn't it against the law for me to play Dance Dance Revolution at this age?

Does it help if I insist that I'm only doing it for exercise?  Because Charles won't join a gym with me, or go walk with me, or even permit me to go walking at night by myself because women get stolen so regularly these days, so I'm down to this as my indoor, safety-of-my-own-home cardio option.

If I never post here again after tonight, it's because I died playing DDR.  But if that does happen, please spread a rumor that I burned up in a fire after I saved a bunch of kittens and orphans from a burning building, okay?