The state fair ramblings will post roughly about this time nightly, give or take. Also, for a more full effect, stalk my Facebook page for pics, videos, and other tidbits that might not be in the blog post. Please excuse any typos, as these posts are being posted rather late in the evening. Thanks. :-)
Today was a very strange day at the State Fair. First of all, I was able to get in without any problems. My friend who works at the gate, and who I spoke with last night, saw me coming and waved me on in. My mom was in the Oz Gallery at the woodcarving table (she does this a couple of times at the fair every year), and talking with people about woodcarving and the woodcarving group she is a part of at the senior center. After her shift was over, we decided to go and see what we could see. I was just a tad hungry, but felt like I could see a few buildings before eating. We went into the Grandstand, and had the chance to test-drive a massage chair. Oh, my. It was absolute heaven. The chair will compress your arms and legs, little nodules will massage your back. It's not like the kneading fingers machine...I hate those. It was a gentle rubbing on my back. The chair will occasionally tip back or forward to stretch your back just a tad, and little nodules rub the bottoms of your feet. The only drawback is that at several points during the session, the areas that held my feet in place would compress, and some larger nodules would dig into the bottoms of my feet in a painful way. I don't know if that could be adjusted. The salesman hardly spoke to us. He just set the chair into action, didn't try to sell it to us, didn't even ask if we liked it. I think he was done. Many of the people who were sitting at their booths had been there every day all day, and I could tell that they were sooo ready for this fait to be over. Their faces told the story. They are just plain done. There were a few who still had some fire in them, and were busy selling and interacting with the people, but they were few. In the Pride building, they had a booth dedicated to bees and honey, and I bought about 12 straws of flavored honey. Love that stuff! If you ever see straws of honey for sale somewhere, let me know. The only place I ever see it is at the fair. I have one contact already, and but would like to have more. When we got to the next building, the floor dropped out. The walls and floors got wobbly, and I got dizzy. I have had this happen to me before, and I knew what was happening. My blood sugar levels were bottoming out. I only have myself to blame. I didn't eat anything at home before coming out to the fair, I had been working hard mowing that morning, I had done a lot of walking, and now I had hit a wall. I felt like I was going to pass out, so we had to get somewhere to eat, and fast. I didn't think I was going to make it. Suddenly, I remembered that I had honey sticks! I downed a couple of those, and was able to make it to the food court building, where we got some Chinese from ChinaGo. I give them an A for being so quick in getting the food to me, and they were friendly. The food was very good. I felt much better after eating. However, the drop and then the sudden boost in my blood sugar levels had left me physically depleted. I had no energy left in me. By 4pm, I was ready to go home. Yeah, 4pm. Mom was pretty tired as well, and there wasn't anymore she wanted to see, so we headed for the gate. On the way, she stopped to get a Monkeytail, which is a banana dipped in chocolate, and rolled in either nuts or crushed Oreo. She enjoyed it. However, you should know that they can be very messy. Grab some napkins if you happen to buy a Monkeytail.
Tomorrow is the last hurrah. After tomorrow is over, the rides will come down, the vendors will pack up their buildings and trailers. Some vendors will travel to the next fair, some will be done for the year. And I will be lost. I hate to see the fair come to an end, but the year-long wait between fairs makes it all the more fun. At this point, I need your feedback. I need your likes and comments. Have you found these postings informative, entertaining, etc? Is there something the posts didn't include that you felt should have been in there? Or maybe you were bored with the whole thing (I hope not) and scrolled right through. If you enjoyed these fair ramblings, I need to know, and that will determine if I will blog next year. I enjoy blogging about the fair, but if there's not enough interest, I won't bother people with it. Let me know in the comments or in Facebook messenger what your thoughts are. Tomorrow I will post my final blog post of the 2018 State fair. I have had a blast! What will I do tomorrow? I have no clue. I do know that about 6-8pm, the fair begins to wind down. Buildings close at around 6pm, and the midway closes at 8pm. I'll pick up my ribbon during that time frame. Then I'll come home, blog, and put my feet up. In tomorrow's blog, I'll let you know if I lost or gained weight. By the way, today's steps: 13,000. Today's post was a little shorter than the rest, but I didn't even do all that much today. Thanks for reading today, and may God bless you.
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