A Handsome Cut

Last night, I was up playing video games.  MLB The Show, specifically.  I scribble myself notes from time to time playing games.  Usually this is something that I do for role playing games and things where you need to solve puzzles and backtrack and all that, but with baseball, I get pretty involved.

The current version that I am playing is the 2021 version.  I don’t need to pay yearly for minor upgrades and roaster updates.  However, I can get pretty involved in the game and my player.  I’m a two way guy, pitching and hitting.  I’ll make notes on match ups or if I see trends in how I’m being pitched or how hitters are approaching me at the plate.  

Recently, I’ve been hitting the seams off the baseball and I’ve been dialed in on fastballs, since I was struggling in the weeks previous to high fastballs.  So, the AI adjusted and started giving me a lot of those.  I adjusted back.  So, now I’m seeing a lot of curve or off-speed pitches away or low.  Since the game doesn’t have a deep system in place for trends and scouting reports and the like, I keep those myself.

Well, last night, I reached for my little notebook and I caught the side of my thumb with the edge of it and got a little paper cut.  Right at the edge of my thumb and nail along the side, right near the bottom of the nail and cuticle.  It wasn’t bad, but dang did it HURT!

So, I got up and grabbed a bandaid and got back to it.  It was 22:07.  I started a new game and was on the mound.  I was just finishing the 6th when Lil Miss got up.  She just needed to use the toilet, so no big deal.  After that, she come over and her little sleepy face wanted a hug and wanted to know what I was doing.  The exchange was too much!!!!!

Kiddo(K)- Hi Dada.  I just needed to pee.  Whatcha doing?  Playing baseball?

Me(A)- Yup, just playing baseball.

K- Oh!  You doing good?

A- I’m doing ok.  Thru 6, 4 hits.  1 run earned and a walk.  It’s 1-1, so I’m doing ok.  

K- Oh.  Well, I hope you win.  <pause>  Are you wearing a bandaid on your thumb?

A- Yup, got a paper cut.

K- Why are you wearing a Kiddo bandaid and not a Dada bandaid?

A- Well, you see Kiddo, we don’t have Mumma and Dada bandaids, only Kiddo bandaids.

K- Why’s it a Hello Kitty?

A- Because it was on top and anything I picked was gonna be for kids, so it doesn’t really matter, does it?

K- Oh!  <pause> Well, you’re very handsome.  <Kiss on cheek>. Love you.  Nigh’night.

And off she went.

She and J have talked and J has told her and complimented me before with things like, “Kiddo, doesn’t Dada look handsome in his new shirt” and things like that.  So, rocking the handsome Hello Kitty bandaid.  LOL

Let’s go, Kiddo… You are just too much and too amazing.  Also, your ability to wake up, get up, chat with me, but then fall right back into bed in less than 5 minutes amazes me.  We love you and I’m glad that I can be handsome in my bandaid.