Addicted to Age of Empires

Two nights ago I was sitting at my computer clicking my mouse on town hall to create more villagers to chop wood, mine for gold and build more houses.  Then JB called downstairs asking if I was coming to bed.  I said what I always say when I'm engrossed in something, "I'll be there in a minute," which means I might come to bed sometime tonight.  Back to the computer.  I'm playing Age of Empires with my two boys, Andy and Johnny.  I've sent out my scout to find their civilizations, but I don't know where they are yet or how fast they are building their military, which is making me nervous because they could strike at any moment and I haven't built my stone walls up yet to protect my villagers! ...2 hours later...my city is burning to the ground and little skeletons of my soldiers and villagers are scattered on the ground. I have lost again.  I desperately want to start a new game, but it's late and Andy has to get up early, so I force myself to exit the game and shut off my computer.  As I shut my laptop I look around and realize a lot of housework has piled up today while I was playing games.  I start the dishwasher and swear tomorrow I won't play that game all day. 

I made it until 1:10 yesterday.  I picked up Johnny from his clinic and we started playing the minute we walked in the door.  Andy called from church at 3:00 asking for a ride home.  I told him I would get him as soon as we finished our game.  Johnny had already burned my village to the ground, but I escaped by ship and began a new civilization on the other side of the map!  I felt so clever.  Andy walked in the door a few minutes later.  He had started walking and got a ride home.  To be fair, we live less than a mile from our church.  However, I may have told him to walk ten miles if I was in the middle of a game.  Andy joined the next game and we played until Jenna arrived home from her weekend trip to North Dakota.  I told everyone TIME OUT!  We all ran to hug and kiss her and ask about her trip.  I think we let her talk for about ten minutes before we got back to the game at hand.  Ten minutes was really a lot of time when you consider that crops had to be replanted and villagers were running out of gold to mine.  There was work to be done!  JB came home from work five minutes later.  Well, it felt like five minutes, but I think it was closer to an hour.  Johnny had a lacrosse game and we had to eat dinner, so we had to put the game away.  I made it the rest of the night without playing! Today is a busy day.  Andy and Johnny both have activities to go to all morning, Andy has an appointment this afternoon and Johnny has another lacrosse game, but I think we have some free time between 1:00 and 2:30!