Making With The Crazy…

Friends,

Today we celebrated my nephew’s third birthday with the discord offered by a singular franchise in America that offers everything that little kids need:

• pizza
• gentle, non-threatening video games
• cheap beer to keep the adults quiet and/or mildly amused
• fuzzy robots mouthing the lyrics to 80s pop tunes reworked to spread the corporate message of FUN!
• loping, rideable amusements offering one solid minute of fun for one solid token

Yes dear reader (and lurker! welcome!), tonight I joined in the Chuck E. Cheese experience in my capacity of Uncle Bob; claiming all the rights and undertaking all of the responsibilities that title bestows on me.

And yes, it was the perfect distraction from the troubles, from the escrow documents, from the home inspector’s report (roof patches are evident!), and all the rest. My nephew ran over me with the rollicking school bus (“get out of the way!” he squealed), we whacked many moles and earned many prize tickets for the effort, we ate cheap and stiff pizza, and enjoyed every minute of it.

Hell, he even got on “Club C TV” by standing between the camera and the blue screen. Make a face, get your 15 seconds of fame, then get off. Simple and hilarious.

There was even a brief point when I forgot what I’ve gotten myself into and actually had fun for a little while. I miss that.

The weekend continuance of the mayhem looks promising too. More later.

Your best (and stuffed) pal,

bob