I devote a great deal of time and money to my kids–especially when it comes to sports and video games. This is no more apparent than in the weeks leading up to the start of school. This is the time I refer to as pre-season. This is a calm before the storm, because everything that follows feels chaotic. We are running around from sport to sport, spending evenings on practice fields and at games. The same is true of video games. Between now and October all of the hottest games will be releasing updated titles. Battlefield, Black Ops, Madden, etc. Somehow all of that gaming stuff means less in the face of Fortnite, but I remain convinced that fad will burn itself out in time. Ultimately it has to, because there is not much else that can be added to the gameplay itself save new maps.
School is also going to be a big change for us coming soon. High school specifically. My eldest is about to take on young adulthood (formerly known as ‘the teens’) and I don’t know that either of us are ready for that.