This means I blew it big time again (after blowing Friday's quest and getting no hat). This time, I had just finished my 20,000 point jungle cruise when my DD shrieked from the other room that she was never going to get to the pirate game on the HSM quest in time. It was 9:48 p.m. and she was just getting to the golden mickeys in the Mark Twain room. I told her I would open a pirate game and hold it for her.
I open a level one game but do not start (she's a level one player still), and wait. The "VMK closed in ten minutes" warning comes on and she is on item number 34/40, about to cry. I told her to finish the next three questions and join my in the pirates game lobby. She does, and joins my game, thrilled that she'll finish HSM quest in time, which she does (as do the two other players that joined after 9:50 and were thrilled to find an open game).
After I start the game and it gets under way, I click to exit the game and resume my baseball shoes quest, which I had 7 minutes to finish and nothing time-consuming except play the song.
I entered an empty music room to wrap it up. And crashed.
No baseball shoes for me. I have a jersey and pants, but no hat or shoes.
Now it turns out she could have finished HSM today. Arg!
So what are shoes and hats trading for?