In Which I Go To The Fair.

  First things first, I started my new job last Monday. The first day was horrible and I wanted to cry. But it's gotten better each day, and I'm starting to feel comfortable. I have my own desk, which is exciting. I've kept it pretty neat, but I haven't really done much real work yet. 

  Yesterday we went to the State Fair to visit my sweater and eat exotic foods. We had a hard time finding my sweater. We circled the building three times before I finally spotted it right next to the exit!

I didn't expect it to be folded!

Then we proceeded to eat our way through the fair. Like last year, I did my research and made a list of the things I wanted to try (deep fried kringle, mac & cheese dog, bacon caramel corn, bacon wrapped smoked pork belly). Last year, I only ate one thing off my list, then I was too full to eat anything else the rest of the day. This year, we decided to all share everything so we wouldn't get to full. First, we found one booth we missed from last year (fried noodles with chicken and veggies - they were excellent!), so we shared that. Then we wandered around and I spotted the booths that were on my list. Then it all went to hell when Karl wanted a grilled cheese (not on the list, but a favorite). That filled us up, and it took a couple of hours before I got hungry again. But by then, my feet were tired and I didn't want to walk all the way to the other side of the park for anything, so I settled for a pork burger (another favorite, but also not on this year's list). I ended up not trying anything from my list.

We love cream puffs!

  We rode the sky ride to the other end of the park (got caught in a shower while we were up there) and got our obligatory cream puffs. I think this is the first time I've ever eaten a whole cream puff. We were damp and tired, so it was time to hoof it back to the car and head home. All in all, a fabulous time at the Fair.