Nerd Status

Cameron decided to sign up for bowling this semester.  It was a one credit class that he would take at the IMU bowling alley where he would learn tips to become a better bowler and how to keep score on his own.  He was excited to take it as he had always enjoyed bowling.  I remembered that Doug had really liked taking Health, Physical Education and Recreation classes at IU like bass fishing and volleyball, so I knew that Cameron would enjoy his HYPR class as well.  

The bowling class turned into Cameron joining an intramural bowling league with one of his roommates and several of the guys from SAB.  He knew that he might be the weakest one on his team but was really excited about it anyway.  Cora was also in a bowling league, so they went to Classic Lanes and practiced a few times before it started.  Cameron's goal was to break a hundred each time he bowled in the league and have fun as well.

After his most recent match, a video of him bowling a strike showed up on our camera reel.  It was fun to watch and nice to see Cameron having a great time with his friends.  Meg sent me a message shortly after I saw the video to let me know what a nerd Cameron was for his newfound interest in bowling.  She then gave him a hard time about "celebrating like he won the Super Bowl" just because he bowled a strike.  He instantly disagreed and an all-day debate continued between the two of them on whether Cameron was a nerd or not for being on a bowling league.

I heard Meg's story for most of the day, but Cameron did call to give his side.  He felt that he wasn't a nerd for being on an intramural bowling team and that the video was actually really cool.  I stopped him after a few minutes and broke the bad news to him.  For the first time in a long time, I actually agreed with Meg.  There was no way that Cameron could argue that being on a bowling team wasn't nerdy.  In fact, it may have solidified his nerd status in the Heinisch family.  It didn't mean that I wasn't impressed with the video, but that it was pretty hard to argue against Meg's point after seeing it.  He let me know that he was "disappointed" as a boy's mom was always supposed to support him in everything he does.  I disagreed again and explained that I would always support him, but there was no way that I could say that he was not a nerd while he is taking a bowling class and was part of a bowling league.  He finally reluctantly agreed with me.