Today I went to a pinball carnival.  My bf told me about it and I was like ok, what is this?  We went today, and showed up to a wonderland of video games from my childhood.  The bestpart of all is there were enough pinball machines per person that you could always find a machine to play.  It was in a huge room with rows of games.  They had other arcade games too.  They had Pacman and Mrs. Pacman, Centapede, and all kinds of other ones.  It was loud with bells and dinging sounds.  There were a couple hundred people there. 

Something I thought of was that I never felt uncomfortable there.  Usually when I get in situations where there are a lot of people and especially a lot of noise I get totally anxious.  This made me think of why I felt comfortable.  I felt totally unjudged there.  It wasn't like being at a nightclub where everyone is sizing everyone up.  It was just a fun place, where people were having fun.  There wasn't an element of guys or girls trying to hook-up with someone.  Everyone was dressed like me too :-)  No one cared, and I love that.  I think it breeds competition to dress lavishly.  Just my opinion.  I hate it too bc it is so uncomfortable.  I love jeans and jeans are not considered professional by whatever person made that rule. 

In any case, it was fascinating to me that I actually left my bf and wandered around and played games. 

After we went there, we went to my bf's friend's house in the mtns.  He had his own arcade game that was enormous, as well as a big screen tv and huge speakers with Guitar Hero.  We played Guitar Hero and my bf and his friend played the arcade game.  

Then we went to this German restaurant that was so delicious.  I had something that was called like Frickendilishus, and was it ever.  The view was beautiful.  The people who own it are so great.  Our host was so very nice. 

I was so happy today.