If you haven’t seen me on Twitter and Pinterest that much lately, I have an excuse. Actually Facebook should be honored it has survived. My relationship with my kids and husband have not taken much of a hit either because I have kind of brought them down with me.

You see, I have a new addiction. And if it is my new drug then Emily is my pusher. You see, I avoid putting games on my phone. I know my boundaries and I know that, much like having sugary foods in my cabinets, if I have a game on my phone I will play it. Too much. So I don’t put them on there.

Back during the Words With Friends epidemic of 2011, I watched people talk about epic games on Facebook and Twitter and ran the other way. Combine my need to constantly fiddle with my phone with my obsessive competitiveness over board games and I would be a goner. My house would start to look like an episode of hoarders while I gleefully scored record points on some app on my phone.

But when I read Emily’s post about a new game that was like Pictionary on your phone I was intrigued. How addicting could this be? Just a little fun drawing from time to time while waiting for appointments. Plus after seeing how badly Emily drew I figured it would be a good chance to kick her butt (see competitive nature above).

Well Houston we have a problem. I have gotten all my friends playing DrawSome and we can’t seem to stop. I don’t know why on earth it is so fun and addictive, but who knew watching someone try and draw Angelina on a tiny phone screen could be so hilarious? Throw in the challenge to draw wedgie or fart and you can see why I can’t stop.

The hubby got an iPhone last week and I think he was more excited about the fact he got to finally play DrawSome than actually having the phone. Why no I wouldn’t let him play on my phone no matter how much he begged, why do you ask? And now Lily has downloaded onto our iTouch so she is in on the action to. My favorite drawing of hers was a stick figure of a girl next to the word Gaga. I was so thankful she didn’t know how to draw Lady Gaga. Proud parenting moment ensued.

So aside from the game causing me the sad realization that I have really fat fingers, I have discovered that if this whole blogging thing goes south, I may be able to draw stick figure drawings of various celebrities for a living. It is always good to have a back up plan.

Remember my “dangerous” post a few weeks back about how I really needed some “real life” friends? Well it turns out when you put things like that out on the internet it doesn’t end quite as scary as you think.

First of all, thanks to you all, I had so many “me too” comments on that post. There are few things better in life than knowing that you are not alone. Especially for a blogger.

But secondly, and most surprisingly, and most awesomely (is that a word? well it is now), a few women in my real life reached out to me (not that my internet friends aren’t real- you know you are). One conversation with one such friend resulted in a trip up to Great Wolf Lodge last weekend with my two girls.

There were 4 other moms from school and their kids heading up there since our school was out last Thursday and Friday. I jumped on board because a) we love Great Wolf Lodge b) I needed some girl time and c) I am always looking for ways to entertain my kids when they are out of school that does not involve me participating in any sort of craft activity.

And MAN was that trip good for the soul!

First of all, the fact that ten kids, not all of whom are super close buds at school, hung out all weekend, got along and totally enjoyed each other’s company without a single fight (outside of a few sibling squabbles) is some sort of miracle. I came home loving every single one of those kids, another miracle.

But as you might suspect, what this mama really needed was some good old fashioned girl time. Time that may or may not consisted of sharing a giant plate of nachos and a bottle of Pinot at 3:30 in the afternoon while the kids ran around playing Magiquest (we SHARED the bottle like responsible parents). Well that was just a teensy part of a whole lot of good bonding.

The lesson here? a) it is always 5:00 somewhere b) nachos rarely end well but Mexican is always worth it and c) sometimes putting yourself out there ends well. Ends very well.

Well I am just going to assume since there were no comments in yesterday’s post we are all in agreement. Deal?

So I had a heartfelt parenting post in mind for tonight. But then the other computer that Ryan had planned on using tonight to get some work stuff done became possessed. Actually Silas spilled milk on a keyboard that was already wonky (the z, ? and arrow keys don’t work- so every time I need to use those I go searching the internet for them to cut and paste- good times).

But if I thought that was bad, I hadn’t seen anything yet. Now it randomly adds a’s and q’s whenever it feels like. Sometimes I will come over to the computer that hasn’t been touched in an hour and I see this:

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Do you think it is trying to tell me something? Like keep your darn kids away from my keyboard!!

So it seems as though the “marriage expert” wife thing to do is to give the computer over to my hubby. Aren’t you impressed with my selflessness?

So I won’t leave you completely empty handed, can I use this moment to beg for your vote? I know. Horribly tacky. But it is for a trip to NYC!!! I love NYC!!!! Bird’s Eye was one of the sponsors at Blissdom and asked us how we get our kids to eat veggies. So not only is it a shameless ask for votes, but is also informative. So it is a win for everyone. Seriously, thanks if you take the time to vote (simply click over and hit the “like” button under the video).