Zoo Trip

On Saturday, I decided I wanted to take Elise to the zoo.  Jason said he'd go "If I wanted", whatever.  I'm not going to beg him to go with us to the zoo.  I think he was secretly dying to go and didn't want to admit it.  Once we got there, I could definitely see why he'd be so excited, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

We drove across town to the petting zoo, parked, unloaded the stroller, and strapped Elise in.  Meanwhile, I'm taking a little gander around the parking lot and observing the other folks heading into the zoo.  Have you ever heard of "The People of Wal-mart" because "The People of the Zoo" are fierce competition.  Some people shouldn't be allowed to reproduce.

We get up to the window to pay and read the sign that says "NO CREDIT/DEBIT CARDS."  Oh perfect!  The only place in the entire state that doesn't take a debit card and doesn't have an ATM machine.  Jason asked the woman if they take checks... score!  Let's write them a $6 check.  I smuggled my iced tea in, but inhaled it in the first 15 minutes we were there.  While I was petting the donkey (because this is a 5 star zoo, people) I noticed a building to get drinks.  Excellent!

I marched up to the window while Jason pushed Elise to the picnic table.  Then he said "Steph, read the sign."  Well, there were about 6 different signs, but the one he was referring to said "CASH ONLY."  Jesus! People!  Next stop, coke machine.  Sonofa--!  I just gave all my change to the fireman on the road for Fill The Boot.  This is how I get re-paid?!  Looks like I'm gonna have to swallow my spit until we leave.  Luckily, the petting zoo only has a few exhibits... you know the typical horses, buffalo, donkeys, goats, sheep, longhorn.  They did actually have some bears and lions. Probably the most entertaining was the spider monkeys.  Only because they were scratching their butts and opening their mouths at everyone watching.  I, honestly, do not like monkeys because they are creepy, but on Saturday they were the most entertaining thing there.  At least we got our $6 worth.  On our way into the only building with air conditioning (which also happens to house all the snakes) a woman took it upon herself to look at my baby in her stroller and say "awww, she's sunburned."  I didn't even respond, I just pushed the stroller past her into the building. 

Jason said "did you hear her?" 

"Yeah, she's NOT sunburned, she's red because she's hot, that lady is stupid" 

So, we headed back to truck to leave.  We sat in the truck with the AC on full blast, mostly so I could recover Elise could get some air.  All I had on my mind was locating the nearest Sonic.  We finally found one, but as I mentioned before, it's completely impossible for my order to be right.  Even just a drink.  I pushed the button and ordered "One large sweet tea with lemons and one large un-sweet tea."  Silence.....  then "what was that?"  So, I repeated myself.  FIFTEEN minutes later, a chick comes out and asks me if I ordered 2 drinks.  Oh great, no telling what I'm gonna get.  They managed to get it mostly right, with the exception of my lemons.  I was about to push the button again to get them, and Jason said "just forget it."  It would have been more trouble than it was worth I'm sure.  Next time we go to the zoo, I'll be sure to stop at the ATM machine beforehand, make sure to smuggle extra drinks in, and will definitely take pictures of the crazies.