The casino gave me my vaction pay, so my check was frigging huge. D. and I had Chong's fish fry for lunch. You probably have no idea what that means, but I'm not going to bother explaining it. HA!

We drove to Random, because there were a few things I needed from the store, and we thought we would see a movie. We could see a ferris wheel from the WalMart parking lot. There isn't usually a ferris wheel there, so we decided to investigate. Apparently, there was some sort of carnival going on in the mall parking lot, of all places. Rides, games, greasy looking carnies, the works. How odd.

We ran into Arthur and Christine and the kids. James, the three-year old, was adorable. He ran out of one ride, and without even stopping, ran right on to the next one and sat down. The guy running the ride was confused, until Christine ran up and handed him James' ticket.

D. and I discussed it, and discovered our stomachs are polar opposites. I have no problem with the Tilt-o-whirl, but I fear the Zipper. He likes the Zipper, but wouldn't go near the Tilt-o-whirl. We decided the only ride we could go on together was the ferris wheel. Christine didn't think James would sit still, so we brought Arthur and Helen (6) with us.

Helen: I don't wanna go on a ferris wheel, Ana. I wanna ride this big ride.

Ana: This is the ferris wheel, hon.

Helen: Ooooh!

She was a little freaked out when it started to go up, but loved sitting on the top. She waved every time we rode past Christine and James waiting at the bottom. James tried to join us, but Christine caught him.

Then, we wandered through the games. Helen wasn't very good at shooting darts, so D. and Christine (also not particularly good, but better than Helen) pooled their tickets together to get her a fairly decent prize.

The only game James could play was one of those where you pull the floating creaures out of the pond. While he was playing, D. looked at the prizes.

D: Oh, wow. Inflatable mace!

Ana: Huh?

D: I'm so getting an inflatable mace.

Ana: Freak.

He ended up letting Helen and James actually select the floating frogs for him. It took him 10 bucks, but he finally got a high enough prize level to get the inflatable mace. He gave all the putzy prizes to the kids.

Christine wanted to get home, so D. and I wandered through the mall. He found a gaming book he wanted, and I got a "Make 7 Up Yours!" shirt. Yeah, you've seen the commercials. They had it in all sorts of colors, but naturally, I got a green one. I rock.

We knew the movie wouldn't start till 7, but at 3:00, we realized we couldn't conceivably waste any more time in Random. We drove home, and then went back to town for the movie. We saw Rules of Engagement. We had popcorn and SourPatch Kids for dinner. It was pretty cool.

The End.

(It occured to me about 1/2 way thorugh writing this that my tone was somewhere between a letter to my parents, and some sort of grade school essay, but I couldn't stop. Maybe I'll be all sarcastic and neurotic and shit again tomorrow.)

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