This past week-end was rainy and so all the tennis matches, baseball games, whoseewhatsits were cancelled.\u00a0 What\u2019s a family of four to do with their found time?\u00a0 Indoor laser tag, natch.<\/p>\n
But first, in order to play, you have to choose an alias.\u00a0 Hubby was The Dominator (and yes, the 50 Shades of Grey reference was totally accidental), Sonny was Eclipse (Once upon a time I was falling in love, but now I\u2019m only falling apart.\u00a0 There\u2019s nothing I can do\u2026a total eclipse of the heart.\u00a0 Hey, Bright Eyes!\u00a0 Turn around and tell me who yer Daddy is.\u00a0 That\u2019s right – ME!\u00a0 Because Bonnie Tyler\u2019s \u201cTotal Eclipse of the Heart\u201d was released in 1983 which means there IS an 80\u2019s song for every moment in life.\u00a0 Including those moments when you\u2019re playing LASER TAG!)<\/p>\n
My name?\u00a0 Was Bright Eyes.\u00a0 Ha, ha, ha. \u00a0Kidding.\u00a0 Bright Eyes would\u2019ve been weird.\u00a0 My name was actually Ana Steele.\u00a0 Ha, ha, ha.\u00a0 Still kidding because unless you READ the 50 Shades of Grey nonsense, that name makes no sense and is even weirder than Bright Eyes.\u00a0 No, my name was actually Queen E (as in, replace the \u2018B\u2019 in Queen B with an \u2018E\u2019 while making a sign language \u2018E\u2019 to the woman entering the alias in the computer).\u00a0 The Alias Enterer just rolled her eyes at me because I guess she must see a lot of 40-something-year-old moms who flash pseudo gang signs at her.<\/p>\n
And Sissy?\u00a0 Was Floppy Dolphin.\u00a0 Which made it sound like she left her endoskeleton at the beach.\u00a0 But, quite frankly, that name was an improvement because originally, she was going to be POOPY Dolphin.\u00a0 And THAT made it sound like there was going to be an explosive diarrhea throw-down.<\/p>\n
We didn\u2019t realize until the first round of laser tag was over that they PUBLISH your aliases, scores and rankings on the monitors stationed throughout the place.\u00a0 Nor did we realize that they were going to be shouting OUT your alias name when they handed you your score sheet.<\/p>\n
But once we realized that, Sissy changed her name to something way less floppy, but still from the ocean.\u00a0 Something that implied danger from the depths had arrived: The CRACKEN!\u00a0 Release The CRACKEN!!!<\/p>\n
Except when we got back out of Round 2, it turns out the woman entering the new alias had made a spelling error.\u00a0 And instead of \u2018The Cracken\u2019 on the monitors, Sissy was listed as \u2018The Cracker\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cCracker?\u00a0 The Cracker??\u00a0 You got fourth place this round.\u00a0 Here\u2019s your score sheet.\u201d<\/p>\n
Oopsie.\u00a0 That\u2019s awkward.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s try again: I am the CRACKER!\u00a0 Release the CRACKER!!!\u00a0\u00a0Ew, nope.\u00a0 Still no.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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