Day 12 ~ Tag, You're It

Day 12

Jan 12, 2014 

My firsts: First driving lesson with Isaac, my grandson

   Laser tag with my 2 grandsons and my friend Kelly

This afternoon I picked up Isaac, my “bonus” grandson from his first Driver’s Ed class. Bravely, I asked him if he wanted to drive my car to our next destination. He said he didn't have a permit and I said we would just be driving on the side streets. He accepted my offer and actually did pretty well even while feeling his share of insecurity and apprehension.  

Isaac drove us to The Edge in Belleville to do our little laser tag adventure. Tyler, my grandson, has done it (he estimated) about 25 times in his life! He and Isaac are pros and were more than willing to help Kelly and me with our virgin attempt. We received a few pointers and some dos and don’ts from one of the laser tag employees and then we were off to the vesting room! We donned our laser vests, grabbing the one that matched the number on our ticket. After that we entered a massively-large room filled with peaks and valleys, walls and windows, black lights and glowing colors. Since it was my first time, I was trying to figure things out and wondered why my “gun” was disabled so often. I didn't realize that I was being targeted and “shot” without my even being aware. I got smart as the 20-minute clock ticked away and decided the best thing to do was to take cover…and TAKE AIM. My ranking immediately improved and went from 35 to 31 by the time the game was over. I will definitely do it again now that I am so much the wiser about what makes one a more worthy competitor.

I remember thinking I have got to get into! It’s my “first” for the day! “Kid-dom”, here I come! At the start, it was kind of confusing. I lost my fellow teammates in this maze of confusion, but once in a while I found them and commiserated about the equipment or our various defeats. By the end of the event, I was feeling “in the moment” with what was expected in this oh-so-new realm of techno-fun! Look out, fellow “laserers”! The next time I won’t be so easy on you! By the way, Tyler came in 4^th place…show off! Go, Tyler!