fayette county fair!

tonight i experienced the fayette county fair! it was ... well, it was stereotypical - underage drinking, expensive carnival rides, cheap alcohol, a polka band, and the who's who of la grange. but seriously, it was a lot of fun!

let me start at the beginning. first, today was matt's last day at work before his sabatical. we surprised him with a dinner of about 25 people, when he thought he was meeting his in-laws for dinner. (oh, this is after i realized that my fabulous 3 day weekend will now be full with new orleans residents fleeing from gustav. 31 of them in total as of now.) so we had a great dinner with lots of great friends. then we headed over to matt and jen's house for a few minutes, and then on to the fayette county fair.

first, you park in a grass field with rebar poles with flags marking the rows. as you drive up you're inticed (sp?) by the glowing lights and flashing signs. when you get inside you are once again hit by the lights and smell of turkey legs, funnel cakes, and alcohol and you hear the music from the LIVE polka band. it is quite the experience! we mostly just hung out and walked around, but we DID ride the ferris wheel and we DID eat some funnel cake. two things i think that are mandatory when going to the fair.

this weekend marks my one year anniversary of living in texas. (technically i moved here on september 1, but it was labor day weekend) last year my mom, dad, and i were going to go to the fair, but we got distracted by moving and such. i'm glad we didn't go - i feel like i had the greatest first fair experience tonight. i actually ran into people that i knew! it was fun to just roam around and find the very few people that i knew (and didn't come with!). it was a fun night for sure.

and now i'm off to bed. pray that gustav somehow magically dies in the middle of the gulf before it has a chance to cause any more havoc.