Day 6

The new expansion pack for World Of Warcraft comes out today. For months my husband has been constantly bitching, whining and in general being a prick about how much he hates the game, doesn't know why he continues to play, doesn't know why he wastes the money and should just go ahead and get it over with and cancel his subscription.

He sent me a text message this morning practically begging me to get this new installment as soon as possible. We were going to wait until this weekend at the earliest because funds are a little tight right now. We happen to have an emergency stash of cash though and decided it would be in our best interests to use it and replace it on Friday. It's been so long since he was actually excited about anything, let alone the game, that I'm willing to do whatever we need to do just to have a few hours of relative peace and a vacation from his constant negative attitude.

As with every stereotypical male cinematic figure who's life is going less than ideally, all he sees are the clouds and not the silver lining. He's so deeply ensconced in his rut that he's lost sight of the fact that he's actually *in* one and thinks thats just life as he knows it. Time and time again you see it in movies. The wife/mother is the strong central character and the husband/father is the one looking for greener pastures, wishing that life were different, better. Perhaps most famously George Bailey and most recently even Shrek got in on the universe altering, world changing, 'go fuck yourself' practice of never having been born. And no matter how hard the women in their lives try to point out all the good things about their situation, all they see is the bad.

Of course this all leads me to the not so silent prayer that the game will install correctly and he'll be able to log on, load and play with no issues. Because if everything from package to play does not go swimmingly, I'll be hearing about it until he turns off his computer and makes his pouty way to bed.

So join me in silent prayer that this little endeavor gives both of us some peace. Think of it as your good deed for the day. Your karma will thank you.