Day 3

Todays visit at Heritage Point for the Electronic bowling activity started out a bit rocky, but ended up being the best day yet. For some odd reason, I thought it started at 11 so I was ready to go and get there at 10:45 to set up. Then I get a call from my Aunt saying where are you, the activity starts at 10:30!!! I felt absolutely terrible for making such an awful mistake by mixing up the times like that but luckily I got there only about 10 minutes late… phew!

When I go there I was warmly greeted by all the elders who I have grown to know over the past couple of weeks. I apologized and then apologized some more for being late but they were very understanding and were just happy that I got there. Luckily, one of the players named Paul, who I had met the week before, knew how to get the game started and get the teams situated. The second I got there, I hoped right in and took control of the game and the team/player orders. Five minutes later, it felt like I had been there the whole time.

There were some new faces today and I was more than happy to teach them how to play and use the Wii remotes. One of the new men was the husband of Rita, who has come every single week and bowled strike after strike after strike. Rita and Morris, I learned, have been married for 67 years and I loved watching them get in to some friendly competition.

Throughout the activity, I had some new people stroll in to the activity room wondering if they could play but I told them they would have to wait, as we were in the middle of a game. When 11:30 rolled around, the normal ending time, I offered to stay and play another game if any one was up to it. All the men and women were SO excited that they all stayed and we even had to create more teams for the newcomers! It felt very rewarding to see how happy they all were at getting to spend more time with each other while being active and having fun.

Today I saw some of the highest scores I have ever seen in Wii bowling, it was truly unbelievable! I was so happy and relieved that despite the rocky start to the day, it ended being one of the best and I can't wait to go back.

As an extension of the bowling activity, I was thinking about organizing and hosting a Wii bowling tournament that the residents could sign up to be in. I am still working on it, but I feel like that could be something really fun, new, and exciting to do. :))