Everyone in my family has got their own thing that they’re into. For my dad it’s horror movies, for my sister it’s beating me in video games. when it comes to my mom however, there are a LOT of things that she likes to do: cooking, cleaning, decorating the house, playing tennis, watching basketball, etc. I could say more but,  it would take so long that I would be hearing the “100 years later” guy in my head.

P.S: “The guy” is from spongebob and if you don’t get it.. just pretend like you do for the sake of the awkward silence that comes after every bad dad joke is told.

When I was doing some Big Brain thinking and looking outside my window like i’m the main character of a anime, I had remembered the one thing that my mom likes to do, and is better at now that she is able to go outside due to the BURNING weather.. it’s SPORTS. These sports are some of my mom’s favorites to play, and are handpicked by how competitive the sport can be to play with family starting from, “Just The Right Amount Of Fun And Competitiveness” – “This Can Honestly lead To War Play At Your Own Risk”.

Basketball (Just The Right Amount OF Fun And Competitiveness) – 

You might be thinking.. Basketball? But, I can assure you that in basketball you will be almost guaranteed to have a fun time. I admittedly have never been good at sports, but then again I was almost always versed up against either my mom or my brother and..  they can get VERY competitive. A battle with them would have me  losing to some bizarre tactic that seems like it should be illegal, but is PERFECTLY fine because it’s “basketball”. Every time this happens my mom likes to say one of her favorite lines from any show or movie she likes,  last year it was “You’re not scared are you.. scaredy cat” (it’s from Naruto for those who don’t know, and I promise you I did not make that up). This week’s quote  is “You just gotta get’cha, get’cha  head in the game!. (Like I wasn’t trying my best already?!).

P.S: The quote is from High School Musical and is by far one of the best songs in the franchise, in my opinion.

Football (A little heated but it’s all out of Love) –

Football is an interesting sport to play with my family, because you never really know what you’re gonna get. You would either get the boys who take it way too seriously, and end up pushing kids around like they owed them some lunch money or you would get the ones like myself, who gets dragged into playing the game because they ran out of players and you’re the only one available.

Spoiler alert: Joining that game without knowing how to play, was a BIG mistake.

That day I was running like my life depended on it, and not because I was having fun. In the end, even though football isn’t my most FAVORITE sport AND it may have caused me a little bit too much for my liking.  it’s still more fun to play than some of these other ones. (i’m looking at you, TENNIS.)

Tennis (This can cause a few broken bones.. Ouch)

If playing tennis with my family has taught me anything it’s to NEVER make my Mom mad. If she’s in a good mood and you somehow end up getting hit by the ball you can at least get an “Sorry, my bad”. But if she’s already upset, you might as well just close your eyes and prepare for impact. Even if you think you’re safe because you’re on my Mom’s team news flash.. YOU”RE NOT. This ball will be bouncing and turning like your grades at the final days of the marking period, and end up upper-cutting you in the jaw, leg, and stomach all at once. To make things worse, this injury can lead you in the HOSPITAL.

Moral of the story: Don’t make your Mom mad, it won’t end well for anyone involved

Tug Of War (This Can Honestly Lead To War; Play At Your Own Risk) –

Good old tug of war the game that to some is a children’s party game that is only a LITTLE competitive, but to my family it’s Survival Of The Fittest. There would be kids fighting each other and adults pulling the rope like they just found out that this week’s rent was past due. I would like to say that it gets better, but It would only get worse when my mom found out I was playing.

My mom would make it her life’s mission to get me out of the game by any means possible, this could involve tripping, bribing me with Funko pops or really any collectible she could find, distracting me with the “What’s over there?” game, you name it, she probably did it. Before I knew it my siblings, cousins, and my own mom were all giving me the “You Better Run” grin as if to give me hope, I would actually be able to escape. By the end of the game, they had won, and I would have ended up having more bruises on me than an iPhone after your baby sister  “PLAYS” with it.

Once again you have reached the end of my wonderfully long rant about things that don’t benefit you in knowing, congratulations!

Hope you had a good laugh and thanks for sticking around,

KAT