Big Kid

This evening I had an incredibly fun time, and it was completely unplanned. We planned to go see Mr. Popper's Penguins at 6:50 with Manda and my families at the Dollar Theater where my sister works. Well, as is normal for us, we showed up at about 6:52, only to discover that the movie was sold out. Who knew the Dollar Theater was so busy? Problem was, Manda and my parents had already bought their tickets, popcorn, and drinks. Meanwhile, M&M, Manda's sister and brother-in-law, our nieces, and I were all out of luck. Anyways, there was another showing at 9:30, so what do we do? We buy/exchange tickets for that one and sit down on the grass to eat popcorn and pass 2.5 hours...

That got boring after about 30 minutes so...we got Starbucks and went to the park. This particular park had a brand new playground. When was the last time you played on a playground? It had been quite a while for me, and I suddenly turned into a little kid, in a big body, which was a problem. There were these rope ladder/web things (picture below), and I thought it would be fun to try and crawl through one of the holes. Well, I got my head through easily, and then my arms and shoulders, with a bit of difficulty, and then I encountered a problem. Evidently, my butt and hips are larger than my shoulders, cause I was firmly stuck, and every attempt to get out only succeeded in almost pulling my pants off.

So there I am, stuck in the playground equipment, when some little girl decides she wants to climb on that rope grid... She lets me know I am in the way, which I assure her that I know. She then tells me to move, and I point out the fact that I am stuck and cannot move. She then scolds me, asks me why I got in there if I couldn't get out, and proceeds to become incredibly annoyed and yell at Manda, TJ, and I as we try, to no avail, to free me.

Finally, I am able to backtrack and corkscrew my self back out, up and over my shoulders again. I was, needless to say, a bit embarrassed, and yet it was so much fun!

The moral of the story...if you ever find yourself needing to waste a couple hours cause your movie was sold out, go play on a playground, get stuck cause you are larger than the average kid, and get scolded by kid who is much younger and smaller than you.

Go be a kid! It's fun!