"Ms. Helpful"

I had kind of a nice surprise on my way out of school today. A parent stopped me on my way out to tell me what their son's dream was last night. She started explaining that another student in my class was putting up a force field to protect him from meteorites falling from the sky. Then, he mentioned that "Ms. Anika was there." The mom asked what I was doing there and the son said, "Ms. Anika was helping with the force field and protecting me from the meteorites." The mom asked, "Why was Ms. Anika there helping?" He replied, "Because that's what Ms. Anika does! She helps!" Awwwww! That was so nice to hear as I left work for the weekend. When I was still 'Helquist' my preschoolers used to call me "Ms. Helpful, Ms. Helpless, and Ms. Help-a-Kiss." So, I guess that I am still being a "Ms. Helpful" even though I am an Enger. ;)

Now, off to play the board game Ticket To Ride with my boy to start
off the weekend (Anders and Em should be happy).

Okay, update. The game has been done for awhile, now. I wanted you to see the results of the unfortunate game.
This is how the game ended. Jon is red and I am blue.

If you take a close look at the pieces at the bottom, Jon won
by four points...ugh. But, good job, honey!

Jon overtaking me...ugh.

During the beginning of the game (when we were both civil), Jon said, "I'm glad that I have a competitive wife." I replied in saying, "I haven't even gotten upset this game; I'm trying not to show my competitiveness." Well, this soon changed when he blocked me from a city my train needed to get to. Things got harsh. Without saying anything, I stared the board and him down. Then, I made some minor threats such as not being nice to him. Jon proceeded to whine and complain that he had a competitive wife; oh how things change. But, apparently my drive was not enough to win the game. I mean, look at how close those pieces are, ugh! In the end, I feel like I was a good sport and he even was awarded a hug and some cuddles. It's tough being a loser. :)