It is just a moment?! - NO, MORE THAN JUST A SHORT MOMENT!!

(How much I love making references to songs I love ... :D)

Hello children!! :)

How have you all been? I have been going through some ups and downs, as you may have guessed. One of the ups happened yesterday when I went shopping with my sister* and my mother*. One chain of supermarkets over here (Netto) has (a newer version of) skip-its there, and offers them at a price of 3 €. If this price is justified or not, I will let you guys decide. We ourselves tried it out today, whatsoever. We weren*t shy concerning what we might end up with - broken bones, terrified teachers (WHOSE teachers anyways? I just love alliterations! ^^), death, ...!!

So super-courageous us took the skip-it (in neon blue) and tried putting them to our ankles, without knowing that the thing you put your foot through had an extra "entry" for thicker feet (There*s a part you can pull out, and then it opens) - like mine. After a little fight, getting rid of my left shoe, etc. I noticed that I am right-footed, obviously (Or that it works better with my right ankle), so I got rid of it again, put the shoe on, the other shoe off, and in it went.

The skip-it is supposed to blink/change the colour inside when you play with it, but after a short period of time, there was no light inside anymore (I DESTROYED IT!!! I just think it maybe needs batteries?). Also, the (probably useless) cap/hat that covers the wheel flew away while playing. SEVERAL TIMES. It ended up in the trash.

The start of playing being rather hard (I am not used to the thick "cord", which is actually all plastic - just like the loop at your ankle, and the actual wheel construction), I soon got the rhythm right and ended up with a record of 44 (or 43, according to myself) rounds all in all :), and since I am rather untrained, this is actually kind of great. I hope to beat that highscore soon, whatsoever!! :)

Okay, what I liked was -- playing skip-it again, that it worked out well in the end, that you can remove it even with big feet (BIGFOOT AHOY!).
What I did not like -- the entire construction is a little "cheap", and the entire thing is one huge piece put together.
... But then again, who am I kidding? It was fun to play again!! :) I hope I will play it more often from now on, too :). It brought a lot of fun, memories, happiness, and I just recommend getting this feeling to everybody! :D

Question for today : Do you do something on a regular basis that reminds you of your childhood or of the way your ideal childhood would have been (e. g. a game you still like playing, an instrument you learned back then and still enjoy playing, etc.)?

Have a wonderful rest of the day! ;)

(The reference was to a band called X-Mal Deutschland, by the way.)