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Our Trip to the State Fair (Or Why it's a good thing we fly to Disney!)
Part One: The Journey
Things started out really well Saturday morning. I got up on time, mom got up on time, Jarrod and Ethan were easy to get up. Jarrod wasn't terribly bad to get moving. OUr goal was to be out of the house and on the road by 8 am. We did a great job...in the car by 8:11am!!
Before we left the drive way we did one last check...clothes...check
food...check
ticket vouchers for fair...check
meds....check
Okay we had everything we needed....
The journey was very good. Ethan and Jarrod watched Curious George and mom and I chit chatted. All was good until she asked me if I had thought to pick up print out of the hotels in the area...you know...the one where we wrote down the name of hotel where we were staying, the address of said hotel, the phone number of said hotel, and which had our confirmation number on it! I didn't grab it, I thought you grabbed it
oops...which hotel did we make the ressie at? Quality Inn? Days Inn? Comfort Inn? we knew it wasn't the Holiday Inn because she remembed calling them and they were more expensive (don't go cheap people!! go for the one that costs a little more!!)This is what the paper looked like that we printed from the internet. We knew that it was the top one but what was it?
We finally decided it was the Comfort Inn. But there was probably more than one in Richmond. I did remember that it was on West Broad Street and that it was 4.1 miles from the fair (don't believe everything you read
).We did talk to one of the very nice folks working the fair and he got us the phone number. I called the hotel and had to ask if I was booked at that hotel or not
They said we were! Boy did I feel like dork!!!!Now finding the fair was not as easy as it should have been. Mom said there would be signs to tell us where to get off the interstate. WRONG! I saw one sign that said "Richmond Raceway". I thoguht that was where we were going but it didn't say "State Fair Here Idiot" so we didn't get off. We drove, and drove, and drove...till mom finally called the *77 on the phone and talked to a very helpful state trooper. He told us how to get there, but itw as still a little confusing...did he say 81 South or 81 and 1 South? So we pulled into a convience store....Me: "Yes, can you tell me how to get to the state fair?" Clerk: "Where is the state fair? I would like to take my kids to it?" Inside my head, "Well if I knew that ya moron I wouldn't be asking you!!!!" out loud, "it's at the Richmond Race track" Clerk: "Oh I know where that is!!" So she gave me directions.
Now the strange thing here is that before I got out of teh car to go inside Jarrod says to me, "Colden says when you are done at the gas station to turn right and then at the light turn left." Jarrod you don't know where we are so you can't give us directions (Colden is his invisible friend!)
So I come out and say Turn right out of the gas station and turn left at the next light and we'll be there!
So his "invisible friend" gives good directions!!!
The people working the rides were less than friendly and acted like we were in their way! The custodial staff was less than stellar as well. They had bright orange shirts on that said "Extreme Clean". Yeah, well, I wouldn't call what they were doing as Extreme! Man they spilled more garbage and walked past it rather than pick it up.
So, I need to call a dermatologist and wait for a referral and see what he says. 
We went there once this summer. We usually go to Autorama, though, as it is closer, and has a more "family" feel. Sad to see it close, though. 
Yay for new furniture. 
Have fun with no boss this week. 
Miss seeing you and Todd around here.
Just need to physically be here.
