If you are a parent, you can probably relate to my situation.  For those of you who are not parents, someday if you become one, you will find that you will not get any free time until they go to bed.  Even after they go to bed, chances are you will have something to do, like make their lunch for school or do laundry.

But when I have all my work done, I like to sit at the computer and take a moment for myself.  Okay, each minute for me seems like an hour, but I still need to balance the amount of time I play online games versus the amount of sleep I am giving up.  Quite often I will only sit down for an hour before I start falling asleep.

I quite enjoy playing classic games such as Pac-Man and Mario.  On a good night, I try to beat my high scores that I have written down on a paper.  I also play the classic Duck Hunt from time to time - it is much easier than the original game I played on the NES years ago.

Some nights, when I feel like winning some money, I play some casino games.  I am talking about fake money of course in games like blackjack and poker.  My wife doesn’t mind that I gamble as long as it doesn’t take away from food on our table - and this is the perfect outlet for that.

In some respects these games we play at night are a date for us - it is the one time of the day that we spend together where we can talk.  For parents, life starts after the kids go to bed.