My son has had a very rough year at school and recently started treatment for ADD. He has done amazingly well, and had an entire month (with only one bump in the road) with great days at school. My husband decided to treat him to a "fun night", and of course, he chose Chuck E. Cheese, animatronic beacon of fun to children everywhere. He told me that the Chuck that comes out on stage is a robot and so is the one that comes down and hugs the children. I told him I didn't think so, but he assured me that he had an amazing brain that could figure these things out, so I conceded. Even after seeing the Man/Mouse walking around, he's certain it's a robot. Then again, I would think anyone working at this particular Chuck E. Cheese would do well to be able to go on autopilot. What a circus. I have never seen one of these places SO busy. I have crowd-o-phobia (don't ask me for the real name, I don't feel like looking it up) and the noise and crowd and lights are really too much of a sensory overload for me. So I am immediately in panic mode and ready to leave. Then I eat a ton of pizza and bad salad and finally decide to go next door to Robert's craft store (like Michael's) and buy the remaining yarn for Nico's blanket. (I'm going to attempt to design a teddy bear on the off white background and give it a blue and brown border). Immediately, I'm getting gas pains enough to nearly double me over, but I perservere, wanting to waste as much time as possible without going back to the Cheese. Finally, I couldn't wait any more, so I left my yarn at the service desk and went to get Mat and Mat's wallet. They were just wrapping it up, and so we finally got to leave.
I hope never to go back again. I know this is too much to expect with two children younger than Vinny to contend with, but at the very least, I can assure you I will NEVER go back on a Saturday. NEVER.
Now we're going to watch season One of Battlestar Gallactica (the new one) that my brother lent me. Chat atcha later!
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I knew a guy who worked at a Chuck E Cheese years ago. He was Chuck. He would ride his motorcycle to work while in uniform.
In a way, I'm kind of jealous. The new Galactica series is so mind-bendingly awesome, it's like someone took an entire continent's worth of awesomeness and distilled it into one little awesome pill.
Actually, by now, you've prolly seen it already. So did you like it?
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