This is the Great State Fair

This weekend my friends from Waco came up and we all went to the Great State Fair of Texas! It was a good thing they had me there cause I’d gone earlier in the week with co-workers for a team building project for five hours so needless to say I knew my way around! Lee, Kristy, Molly and Steven came, I was very sad because Glenn wasn’t able to make it back from Waco in time to go with us. We parked and started our adventure; we did all sorts of things like played games (I won a rose and no telling how much money it took me to win it!) We all ate, Molly and Steven had corn dogs, the boys had turkey legs, Kristy and I had Slurpees what more could you ask for? Some of the highlights of our trip to the fair were the giant swings (my personal favorite) it just makes you feel like a kid again, you could see to downtown when you were on it! Then we went in one of the many fun houses! At first we thought we weren’t going to be allowed because there was a sign that said no open toe shoes (all the girls were wearing flip flops). But the carnette (my feminine version of carney) that was manning it said she had things to put over our feet (doesn’t that sound clean). So we donned these very interesting contraptions that were clear plastic that slipped over the front of our feet and elastic looped around the back (can you say ghetto, but who are we kidding this is the fair). We made our way through the fun house knocking into walls, almost falling over, playing dance dance revolution and then the finale! We walk up these stairs were we were instructed to sit on this bench when we sat down we could see that it was obviously the last part of the fun house. I didn’t know what was going to happen. The carney asked us if we knew what to do and as we were shaking our head no, he pulls a lever and the bench comes out from underneath us! So we are unexpectedly dropped onto this big conveyor belt that obviously ends very quickly. I start worrying that we are going to be dumped onto a hard surface, but when the belt ended and we all fell onto another soft conveyor belt! And finally we reached ground and assessed injuries. I had ended up racking Lee (sorry Lee) and Kristy ended up getting a nasty rug burn on her arm! While we did come out a little beaten up we got a big kick out of it! We kept walking around the fair and when it started to get dark we made our way to the Ferris wheel. We all enjoyed it (well, Steven did enjoy it as much). Then we stayed to watch the light show!

Afterwards we went to dinner at The Melting Pot, an absolutely wonderful fondue restaurant. I’d been there before but I don’t think everyone else had. We enjoyed and very good and very long meal (note to the wise: if you want to eat a full meal at a fondue restaurant block out at least 2 ½ hours). Kristy and I almost couldn’t contain ourselves when they brought out the cheese! We had our meal and then the dessert which was wonderful! All in all it was a great day with friends! We were all exhausted but it was worth it!

Blasted: To the cold I woke up with on Sunday.

Yippee: It’s a Monday I can’t really think of a Yippee.