The Geek Factor . . .

I feel giddy because I'm about to unveil a fact about the Hubby that will increase his Cool/Geek factor exponentially. Even better is the part about me just learning this tasty morsel over the Christmas break. I cannot believe he's hidden it from me for almost 14 years of marriage AND a year of dating. (I may have dated him sooner if I'd only known . . .)

As the RedDog opened a gift from one of his aunts on Christmas morning, a little gasp of joy escaped from the Hubby's mouth. I immediately saw a gleam in his eye and realized he had just mentally claimed the gift as his own. It was a shiny red yo yo.

After all the present hoopla died down, the Hubby grabbed the yo yo, tore off the packaging and began dazzling us all with his mad - and I mean MAD - yo yo skills. He was walking the dog, goin' round the world, putting the baby in the cradle, sending it up its own string, putting it to sleep, etc.

Meanwhile, I was planted there, watching with my jaw firmly planted on the floor. I did not know the Hubby could yo yo. I didn't know he had this hidden talent we could have been flaunting for years at parties and for cousins. In our kids eyes, his Cool Factor just went way up.

"Oh yeah," he calmly tells me. "In fact, I started a yo yo club at my high school."

And there's the Geek Factor. I'll just leave it at that.

(ps. In all fairness, I'll share a geeky fact about myself tomorrow.)