Descriptive Essay About Scrabble - 1106 Words

It is a sunday afternoon full of immense heat. My dreary husband and I are about to begin a game of scrabble. Such a bore, yet it is the only thing we can think of to do in the boring afternoon. My husband seems to have a pained look on his face. The kind of look that makes it seem my very presence in this room aggravates him. Maybe it is the heat, maybe he is just having a bad day. Little does he know that his day is about to get a whole lot worse, thanks to this not so ordinary scrabble board. We begin our game. I draw out my letters and place them on my rack. I have some decent letters, maybe I can make a play off my husbands word. He plays BEGIN, picking up very little points for his effort. I play JINXED of his word, hoping he will†¦show more content†¦I can tell the noise of my pieces annoys him, I like that. He seems on edge, and slowly starts to fidget and move about in his chair. For a minute, I do not think I am going to even make it to the end of the game. For a brief moment, I thought he was going to physically kill me first. However the look of anguish passes over his face and he slumps back down in his chair, seemingly defeated. Suddenly I see my next word, I play READY. Almost as if I am preparing him for his fate. I see a quick movement of a hand at the last possible second. Coincidentally, my husband plays the word CHEATING. I am almost certain he is doing just that, but I think I will entertain myself and ask anyways. Unfortunately I receive no response. To my benefit this helps me realize my next word, which was IGNORE. My husband is rearranging his letters furiously. It seems he is really looking for a special word to score big on me. I am anxious and afraid to see what he plays, because the game works both ways. He has found his word. He settles on EXPLODES. As my husband lays his last letter down, there is an almost ear shattering bang that comes from our air conditioner as it fails once again. But that was not the most frightening thing to happen at that moment. It was the look of disbelief upon my husbands face. He studies the words on the board. Looking about the room. I think he has figured it out. The words on my gam eShow MoreRelatedLogical Reasoning189930 Words   |  760 PagesUniversity of Colorado at Denver; Dean J. Nelson, Dutchess Community College; James E. Parejko, Chicago State University; Robert Sessions, Kirkwood Community College; and Stephanie Tucker, California State University Sacramento. Thinking and writing about logical reasoning has been enjoyable for me, but special thanks go to my children, Joshua, 8, and Justine, 3, for comic relief during the months of writing. This book is dedicated to them. For the 2012 edition: This book is dedicated to my wife