Columbus Day

I don't believe we've ever had a more eventful Columbus Day. There was the year we were at Disney World, but even that was like an afternoon siesta when compared to yesterday. First, B got braces. Then thought we'd taunt B at the State Fair with corny dogs and all things fried. The kids had free tickets from school and we had lots of friends who were going. But it seems that everyone in the entire Metroplex had the same plan, and so just getting to the fairgrounds and then into the park was a special challenge. We were not among the 200 who were treated for heat exhaustion, thanks to bottled water, the air-conditioned car show buildings, and the last Watermelon Chill in the Midway vendor's lil freezer chest. We avoided the 20,000 "future Mrs. Jonas" hopefuls who were packed in like sardines at the Jonas Brothers concert. A and her friend had kind of wanted to hear them, but after realizing they were too short to see anything and it was too hot to stand still, they decided it would be better to enjoy other things that Big Tex had planned for them.

All in all, it was a good time...maybe sort of. The heat and crowds were way overwhelming, and A and her friend were done with the whole experience after just a couple of hours. But we did get to hear one of our youth sing on the big stage; her girls' group opened for the Jonas brothers. The dog show was entertaining and B enjoyed the pig races because he stayed into the evening w/ a friend of his. And there's so much education to be had at the fair. Really, where else are you gonna see a 1,000 pound sow? You don't see that kind of magnificence every day, i tell ya'.

I guess our last conversation last night as our weary heads hit the pillows sums up the experience best:

Cy - I love you.
Cl - I love you, too......hey, let's don't ever do that again. OK?
Cy - OK. [drifts off to sleep and dreams of parking-lot traffic and fried lattes]