It was a dark & stormy night...
No wait that is a Snoopy story line...

A tale of wandering, darkness and slime...
<Yeah - that sounds better...>

To start out...
Barkeep, Please get another round for everyone... *G*

The week begins...
Monday Jan 24, 2000...
I call the local radio station to request a song...
I start talking very sweetly to the DJ to request a CCR song...
He agrees to play it... *G*
Making my day a good one...

Then he asks - If I had a Monster truck - what would I name it...

<You can see the wheels of mischief turning in my brain... >
<Knowing this Kitty - Look out... *EG*>

I said...
"Well Honey... <In my sexy blonde thang voice...>
I would call the truck something that would cause extreme fear and
make men shake in their boots...

<Pausing just long enough to hear the DJ take a good sip of coffee...>
<Wheels of mischief turning @ full steam ahead...>

I would call it PMS...

The DJ snorts coffee through nose - starts choking & laughing at the
same time... He then regains his composure long enough to get my name
& number for a contest draw... I mention that my birthday is on Friday
and those motorcycle show tickets would make me very happy...

With some clever editing on his part to snip the spewed coffee and
choking... He puts my song & comments on the air right off the bat...
Ahhhhh... The sweet strains of CCR... *G*

About an hour later he calls me back...
Oh so sweetly he tells me that I won the tickets to the motorcycle
show & the monster truck show... And asks me if that made this biker
babe happy... <*Big Smile...*>

Oh yes!!! I am one very happy birthday girl... *G*

Motorcycle show tickets, Monster truck tickets, gift certificate for a
nice dinner out & Monster party passes...
All right in time for my Birthday... Cool stuff...
Totally made my week... *G*

The down side...
Later that day... I have to go pick up Harley at school....
My kid & I, we both get stomach flu - Here I am thinking who to give
the tickets to if we are still sick... At this point, I felt awful...
The kid faring better than me with this flu from hell...

Tuesday Jan 25, 2000
No school, No daycare... Arrrghhhh!!!! My kid driving me nuts...
Both of us sick... 1/2 of Monday, all of Tuesday & 1/2 of Wednesday...

Thursday he is much better and goes back to school...
<*Big sigh of relief...*>
Finally I get some rest & start feeling better...

Thursday night... Monster party cancelled & rescheduled...
Good timing - One more night to recooperate... Cool... *G*
Waiting until they get another day set for it...

Friday Jan 28, 2000
6:30 am... Get Harley up for school... Wait for the bus - no bus -
phone the school... School out for the day... PTC's... <Oh shit!!!>
Got up too early for nothing... <*Grrrrrrrrrrr...*>

Bored kid time...
Let him watch Barney the purple thing from hell...

Pure torture... Pure and true torture!!!

Here - Barkeep - refils Please... *G*

My birthday morning & I wanted to go back to sleep... <*POUT!!!*>
Give him lunch and he wants to sleep... Cool!!!
Finally a break from that nasty purple dinoburger...
I zone out too...

Wake up a while later...
I am feeling much better... Even a bit frisky...

I don't have to give up the tickets... Bonus!!!
<*Big Grin...*>
I get to go to the Motorcycle show...
I get to go... Neener neener neener... I get to gooOoooo...
<Little dance...>>

Not realizing that we woke up late... The alarm didn't ring...
We were suppose to be up at 3pm - it is now 5pm...
I then notice the time... ->OH CRUD!!!<-
I am suppose to be there for 6pm...

I read an e-mail with info that rendevous place @ Don Langkamp's
suppose to be within walking distance of motorcycle show...

My error...
I totally misread the post being in a hurry...
I fire off a quick e-mail saying that I'd be there but late...
I get Harley to the sitter then head for Don's...

Guess what...

I don't know the city very well for living here all these years...
Kitty gets lost for 2 hours... Basically chasing her own tail...
<*Grrrrrrrr...*>

I finally give up and head for the venue...
I get there at 8 pm... Park the truck out in the back 40 & walk in...

Not noticing the trail of funny glowing green stuff that has dripped
on the ground...

Dazed and confused, I walk around for a while looking for the group...
Jim, Kaslo & Treena, Darcy, and Don & Gladys... Can't find them...
Memory slipping I guess - either that or I can't recognize people
from the photos... There are more trails of green slime... ???

I walk through the canteen & buy an apple juice... No lemonade there...
I walked right by Kaslo & Treena - I didn't recognize them even though
there was a trail of that green glowing stuff around them...

I roam around some more... Ask a few questions...
Smirk & laugh at some guy trying to sell his old HD for the price of
a new one... There was rust on every visible
weld point on the machine... The scoot had seen better days...

Looking for trikes - there are none there... <*Pout!*>
There were quads and other 4 wheel Hondas, John Deers and a
few other 4 wheel ATVs... Nothing spectacular...

Went by the racing scoots, bike accessories...
No helmet displays other than for the racing scoots... <*Grrr...*>
I really wanted to check out the helmets... Oh well...

I check out the vintage scoots... Next to nothing for vintage HD's...
<*Pout!*>
A nice collection of other scoots though...

Then I go browse around Heritage HD's display - nothing catches my
fancy... Then the Indian scoots - same thing...
It must be one of those nights...

I look at the prize offering of the gymnastics club HD draw...
Gawd - the Fatboy is school bus yellow... Uggg....

The other scoot isn't too bad though...

Talked to the Motorcycle safety course people...
Greg was very helpful... Pointed me to another free draw box...
A real sweetie...
Told me to start out on small disposable scoot & take the course...
He hoped to see me in the summer... *G*

I filled out multiple free draw ballots and wander around some more
looking for the group...

I watched the good looking men try out the HD's for fit...

Meooow!!! Hmmmm...
<*Big Smile...*> Watching closely...
A gorgeous guy in tight black jeans tries one of the sporties... *EG*
Hmmmmmm...
Somehow I am wishing I was one of those scoots - er nevermind...

Definitely eyecandy... *EG* Long black hair & a smile to die for...
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...........

I am just about ready to go over & give the guy my phone number, the
announcer distracts me announcing that it is closing time...

Where did he go??? Dang - I missed him... <*POUT!!!*>

I walk back to the canteen, peek through the locked doors & Darcy sees
me & flags me down... There they are finally after all my wandering...
Glowing faintly green....
<*Big Smile...*>
I get a warm welcome from all...
I shake someones hand then it hits me... A funny fuzzy warm sensation
as the green slime starts to take hold...

We all go to leave for Don & Glady's place...
I don't know where it is - since getting seriously lost earlier...
Jim suggests that Darcy ride along with me...

On the way to the truck I warn Darcy that I am a new driver...
Darcy offers to drive my truck as he knows the way - I decline...
He then asks if I take directions well I say yes and we take off...
<I think it is because I am a new driver... *G* SFSFSF...>

I warn him that I lane drift... He assures me that my driving is ok...
<There are still nail marks in the arm rests...&g; *G*
We arrive at Don & Gladys's place after a harrowing trip down Gretzky
way with me driving...

There is an icy green glowing sheen going from all the vehicles up
the walkways to the door... I am still puzzled by this but being in
a nice warm fuzzy feeling fog, I follow Darcy in...

Darcy took some pictures of Pete... The little guy was in the
aquarium... Nice little guy... Eats mice, hamsters etc...

Coffee, food (Great food - Thank you Gladys...) & beer...
Great company & conversation too...
Talked about the Sunrun & other stuff... *G*
Thank gawd that someone didn't try to feed me to Pete - the snake...

I go to leave and the glowing green slime has coated everything near
me... I say my good byes & wander out the door slipping a few times
in the glowing green slime...

I drove home in a warm fuzzy green haze...
The glowing green slime dripped from every crevice of the truck...

My kid was wondering what all that gunky slime was...
I told him to nevermind it and that I would try to wash it off later...
But by the time we got home the truck was glowing a funny green color...
Even the cops left it alone...

Dumb questions... How does one get this slime off of everything???!!!
Why do I have a funny craving for dandilion leaves and a revulsion for
salt... <Puzzled & thinking...>

-> Blink!! <-

OH CRUD!!! I'VE BEEN SLIMED!!!!!
<*Big Smile...*>

Kat...
<bs#108 - The wandering one...>