So about a month ago, my husband started playing this google maps game called Ingress. If you don't know what it is, it is basically an overlay of google maps with things called Portals. There are two teams--the Green Enlightened group and the Blue Resistance group, of which you pick your side when you join. Then you 'hack' the portals and attack the portals from the other team to gain points (AP). The part I like about the game is that it gets me out walking to new and interesting places.

So anyway, shortly after he started, he got the rest of the family joined in. And I've enjoyed exploring areas that I've never been to before. I've discovered trails and parks that I otherwise wouldn't have known as I've gone out during the day while he's at work. So he, of course, was the first to level each time and is currently a level 7; I leveled to 7 a few days after he did. However, now he's irritated because I'm over 100,000 points ahead of him (and will probably level before him). I tried not to show him, but he clicked on my profile. And someone on his Ingress Hangout group asked if anyone knew who gymmom was because they'd seen that I'd done a lot of taking over of portals in their area--so he asked what I'd been doing that day...hacking portals, creating fields, completing missions, of course.

I guess I just find it funny how competitive he is about it. I just enjoy getting out, walking the parks and exploring, and my nephew is enjoying going out with me to all these new parks and playgrounds.

Now my kids joke that I'm the Ingress Alpha... and he gets pouty.