It’s finally the day we get to go to the Indiana State Fair. I have printed off discount tickets which will get us $2.00 admission apiece. I have discovered where we can park for free. And today is even $2.00 sample day for the concessions. This means that we could feasibly be in and out of the fair for less than $15.00, including trying 4 of the ridiculous fried things they concoct. We’ve NEVER tried four of anything at any state fair we’ve ever been to.
I have looked all over the state fair material, and I don’t believe the Indiana fair has a Big Bull like Iowa does. This disappoints me. I love the Big Bull because he’s so ridiculously massive and looks like he ought to be in a cartoon. They do, however, have a Big Pig, and I will be seeing him at least once today.
When we lived in Texas the Big Pig at the fair was more often than not an Iowa pig they trucked in for the occasion. There was usually a discreet sign posted somewhere near the back of his pen that said he was from New Hampton, IA or someplace like that. I hope the Indiana Big Pig is an actual Indiana pig.
Hopefully there is a petting zoo at which I can get my hands very dirty by petting farm animals. Especially piglets. Actually, especially all of them. I have no preference at this point.
We have birthing class tonight, so we can’t stay super late at the fair. That’s probably just as well, because it’s unlikely I will have the stamina for hauling myself around the fair for longer than 4 hours anyway. (The good news is that I don’t think it’s supposed to be very hot today.)
So…I need to get to work. The house needs tidied, I need to prepare some kind of snack for us to eat for dinner (probably vegetables to clean us out after eating the fried stuff at the fair), the laundry needs to be folded, and I need to go up and see Henry and make him sit outside with me for awhile. He hates sitting outside because then his paws touch the grass, and he’d really rather not. I’m trying to break him in to this whole nature thing.
Anyway, FAIR DAY!
