Have batteries...

will Wii box.

It's been nearly a year since my brother, Alex, set up my Wii and my nephew, Alex, showed me how to use it. I played for an hour or so with it, designed my Wii Mii, bowled for a little, boxed until I hit 500 points and then it told me that it was probably a very good idea to take a break.

Which I ignored.

Then I played for another couple of hours having every good intention of "boxing" myself down to a less tubby amount of me. And then, the next day, my arm was stiff and my back hurt and I was cursing myself for not listening to the much smarter Wii console that told me to take a little break.

And three days later I still didn't play with it.

And over the summer, nope.

So, my New Year's resolution is to try to do something to get me out of my "sitting in the comfy chair" funk during which I've watched season four of "The Wire" and the first three years of "Homicide" (I heart Clark Johnson) and went in search of the Wii controls.

Didn't disconnect the thing when Giuseppe painted the living room this summer. Just moved everything not plugged into the television or VCR to a "safe" place, which I found! Plugged in the cord, inserted the disk, and...

Nothing!

The batteries in the controls are dead. But they're AA batteries. Who doesn't have AA batteries just hanging around the kitchen junk drawer?!

Apparently, I don't.

Came across four rechargeable AA bats, but can't find the bit that plugs into the outlet. Found an unopened pack of AA with some lightbulbs in the basement. They were covered in a crunchy coating that (I'm guessing here) probably isn't white chocolate.

One trip to Super Fresh and $38.27 later and I've got batteries and a chance to keep my one, single resolution and boxed for half an hour. All wins, no completed third rounds and a little sweaty before dinner. All is good.

Already boxed today, so day two of the resolution gets a gold star in the "Done" column!

What to do next?