I Suck At Bioshock

I'm not sure how stay-at-home parents do it. While Karen transitions back to work after being out on maternity leave, I decided to take some time off from work this week. I figured this week would be a great time for some father-daughter bonding. After all, it would just be me and our baby daughter (Briana) at home together with no plans.

Don't get me wrong. I absolutely love taking care of my baby daughter. From a purely social aspect, however, it gets very boring because Briana can't exactly talk back. The best she can muster is a little cooing sound complete with a smile. I can see why so many stay-at-home parents consequently turn to Facebook as a means for social interaction. (That reminds me. Some day I will post status updates on Facebook about every time Briana poops... just to experiment. I should probably do it while I am on vacation.)

Regardless, time passes by quickly when you are taking care of a child. If you were like me, you'd think taking care of a child is no problem: I'll just change her, feed her, put her to sleep and be productive while she's sleeping. Oh how wrong I was to think that.

Briana's feeding schedule is never the same. Her napping schedule is never the same. So you never really know how long of a time frame you have to be productive and do things. And really, you can't be too productive because you have to always be at her beckoning call in case something happens.

Needless to say, I have not done anything productive in terms of home improvement projects. I had imagined that I would crank out some home improvement projects while on vacation. Wrong! Heck, I couldn't even mow the lawn. (I had to wait for Karen to return home so that she could watch Briana while I mowed the lawn.)

Again, I'm not complaining. Like I said, I have thoroughly enjoyed taking care of Briana. If I could, I'd spend endless months doing father-daughter bonding if I didn't think that our house would eventually end up in total disarray... which our house probably will end up in anyway.

So what have I been doing to be "productive" while Briana has been napping? Well... I've been doing the one thing that is actually attainable as a goal while taking care of a three month old baby daughter: playing video games in the next room over while she sleeps. In particular, I have been playing Bioshock.

(The video below is a trailer for Bioshock.)


Too bad I suck at Bioshock. Bioshock is a great game, especially for me because you can never fully die. Every time you die, you come back to continue the game... it's great! For anyone curious, the game is a first person shooter. Set in an alternate reality during the 1960s, the goal of the game is to make your way through an underwater city known as Rapture while mutants and such attack you.

Anyway, I have been constantly playing the game (and dying numerous times). It's definitely a great game. And it just so happens that I finished the entire game yesterday. Woo hoo! Sure it has taken me quite some time to complete the game. (I have, after all, been a little preoccupied with a baby.) I'm definitely looking forward to getting another game to play now. I'm not sure which game yet.