I'm okay at lots of different things and I survive day-to-day living just fine, but I'm not outstanding at any one thing. I'm not known for being/making/doing anything impressive.
The culinary arts elude me. The mechanical arts befuddle me. The creative arts escape me. The athletic arts … well, I tripped over them.
But. This weekend I discovered that there is an art form in which I excel. Oh yes. I am amazing at … Connect 4.
You know, the kid's game.
People, I am a Connect 4 savant.
I don't know what came over me this weekend, but I was channeling some serious Connect 4 juju. It was amazing. Not only was I winning every game, but I was trapping my opponent. It didn't matter where she plunked her black coin in an effort to block me, I had different options of places to go for a win.
Different. Options. For. The. Win.
Of the twenty or so games I played, I only lost two. My two losses had less to do with the skill level of my opponent and more to do with the distracting background music playing on the stereo (dang you, Kenny Rogers. I cannot resist your voice of velvet or your storytelling song writing style).
When my husband arrived home later Sunday afternoon, I was still riding high on the wave of multiple Connect 4 victories and the new found knowledge that this was my calling. Excitedly I began to regale him with details from all of my wins.
He looked impressed at first, then kinda puzzled. Finally, he started to laugh.
Laughter wasn't the response I thought I would receive. Kudos and accolades? Yes. Perhaps even a small, tasteful trophy. But laughter? No.
I asked him what the crap was so funny. His response? "Before you go joining a competitive Connect 4 league, you do realize that you played and won against a ten year old, right?"
What a buzzkill.
In my defense, my opponent was a ten and a half year old who displayed surprising amounts of skill.
When she wasn't distracted by me flipping pieces of homemade Chex Mix at her.
More importantly, there is a Connect 4 league? I have got to look into this. Connect 4 is my calling.
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