Circus Porn

That's right, Circus Porn!

No naked clowns were harmed in the writing of this post.

Picture this! As I bolt out the door to work later than usual I then find myself across town and hungry with more time that I expected (Thank you traffic Gods!) and a stomach crying out for food. I pop into a chain eatery and place a to-go order at the bar.

Service was quick, but slower than I had hoped. My salad arrives, I hand over my plastic, pay the bill and jet.

Cue 24 hours later when I cannot find my credit card.

After ascertaining that.

A) I don't have my card.
B) I don't remember them giving it back.
C) Finding the receipt, but not the card.
D) Calling restaurant. (They have it! Whew!)

So I zip over there as soon as Tim gets home, and although I'm relieved that they have it, I'm a bit nervous that they've had it for as long as they have.

I apologize to my lonely card for leaving it so long. We kiss and make-up and I call the company to check the charges on it.

And, holey moley...there is a charge from earlier in the day for 131 smackaroos at what sounds like a plus size porn company. I am steamed, angry, nervous, and can't get a human on the line fast enough.

I cancel the card to be sure, call Tim to check out the company and...umm...yeah. (sigh) We had a friend purchase some tickets to the circus for us as a special favor and I guess the purchase just cleared that afternoon.

So, not in fact a plus size porn company...just good old Barnum and Bailey.

Whew!

Lunch with the Elephants

Every year when the Circus comes to town one of the many open air markets in Baltimore, Lexington Market, hosts lunch for the elephants with and 11,000 pound vegetarian buffet. We hadn't been before and really enjoyed ourselves. We got there an hour before hand and were still several rows back. Apparently the people in Baltimore are serious about their elephant watching. Here are the buffets they had set out. They added more food as it went along, including watermelons that they smashed with their feet.

The clowns kept the crowd entertained while we waited for the "stars" to arrive. They even kicked the band out and sang some tunes (badly) and hammered out a few tunes on the drums. (We are not pictured below, it was just the best shot we could get of the clown.)

Here they come!! Yay! I think this was actually the most exciting part of the event. After waiting for an hour, it was great to see these guys coming in. They had them walk over from the arena a few blocks away. Can you imagine the person having to call their boss?? "Um..yeah...I'm going to be a little late. There are elephants walking down the street in front of me.".

And, here they are enjoying their "nummy" lunch. I particularly like the third one from the left who has his trunk swung way over to get some sort of delicious morsel.

Whoa...What?? I'm a parent?!?!

Holy smokes! This whole parent thing just snuck up on me when I wasn't looking. We had an awesome day for our buddy planned today. We took him to his first major league baseball game. Go O's!

The game was around lunch time, so I buzzed out to the concession stand to pick us up a couple of 'dogs and drinks. And..ummm...dude I paid for the stuff like a REAL parent...and I got extra napkins...and did up his 'dog just the way he likes...and HOLY SMOKES this is stuff "parents" do.

I know I've been doing this thing for awhile, but wow it walloped me over the head today.

We also took him to the circus with a few of his buddies.

Here I found myself again standing in line for dinner (highly nutritious day, I know) and I was standing next to other parents...insane.

Aside from the smack upside the head from Captain Obvious about parenthood. It feels good to have someone else's needs in mind. It feels nice to take care of him and provide him with spectacularly special days like this.

I can't wait for more.

C is for Circus

We can't wait to go to the circus with Liam next weekend with 3 of his friends. I look forward to seeing what he really gets into...or doesn't.

This was from when I interpreted the show last month.