Interesting Things From Our Spring Fling

The 'Rents and I had a great time at our annual Spring Fling at the Glory Of Rome Tuesday and Wednesday.  We sure didn't bring home a pot o' gold, but we had fun and had two great meals and was able to relax and pretend we were in Las Vegas for a day.  I've tried to come up with a full Top Ten list of interesting things from our Sping Fling, but I'm coming up a few short.  So we'll just call this Interesting Things From Our Spring Fling:

1.  Dad and I tried lobster for the first time.  We've never  had lobster tails before, and to my knowledge, we've never even had lobster in a salad or any other type of dish.  So we tied the plastic bib around our necks, grabbed the metal crackers and tackled the lobster.  Mom made me cover my lobster's head with a napkin because she was a bit nerved by its beady little eyes staring at her.  We acted like we knew what we were doing even though it was a virgin experience.  It wasn't bad - if we'd waited awhile to eat it, I think the meat would have gotten rubbery like most shellfish, but it wasn't bad.  I will say that I think lobster is a bit overrated.  We worked and worked and had maybe 7 bites of the edible meat.  I told this tale to some co-workers today and they agreed with me that lobster was overrated.  I don't think I would try a whole lobster again because it's way too much work, but I would definitely eat a lobster tail, especially if all I had to do was just pick it up with a fork.

2.  Shortly before we had our virgin lobster experience, we ran into a friend from our new church at the buffet.  She's probably one of the coolest people I've gotten to know at our new church, too -- she runs one of the TV cameras every Sunday.   She didn't seem at all uneasy about seeing fellow church members at the restaurant of a casino, as some people would; she was just there to eat some steak and lobster.  She was very at ease, and as she was leaving, she stopped by our table and talked for a few minutes.  I have to give her props, too, for telling and showing us what parts of the lobster to eat and not eat. 

3.  Shortly after the virgin lobster experience, we ran into another person we knew just as we were getting ready to leave the buffet and head back over to the boat.  This aquaintance was one we knew from our old Thursday night bingo days.  She was a regular patron at the VFW bingo, and a very sweet woman.  She also is a stripper.   Yes, as in exotic dancer.  Talk about your extremes - first we run into a woman from our new church, and then we run into a woman that's a stripper.  Wow. 

4.  On the way to the Glory Of Rome, as we were driving through New Albany, Indiana, we spotted the first Daisy Dukes of the season. Yes, it was 78 degrees as that time of the day, but I still think she was crowding the season a bit.  She also had flip flops.  I was disappointed that she wasn't wearing jellies.