The Circus Vargas and Seaworld (again)

     Okay, so this weekend we had the pleasure of having Mother Loveridge and  sister Lanae come down to spend some time with us and see the sights.  It was a lot of fun and we did many things.  Though it went by super fast we still had a great time and it was so wonderful to have family down with us.    So they got here on Friday in the afternoon.  Carolyn got that day off so we could prepare the house for their arrival (cleaning and shopping and what not).  So that night we decided to go to this circus that is in town for a few months.  I have never been to one and they haven't been to one in years.  We thought it would be fun to go see what they have to offer.  Little did we know or realize what was about to happen.  The tickets said to arrive 45 mins. early to have everyone in their seats on time.  We did and boy it was a long wait.  First off the seats were not bad but sort of uncomfortable.  Second off the music was mostly the same for the entire 45 mins!  I think I was about to go crazy.  Now that I think about it I think it got me in the mood for what was about to happen.  So Finally it started and things were going great and we were having a good ol' time.  Suddenly one of the performers walks up to us and ask us if I was always this funny.  I didnt think I was acting too out of the ordinary to atract the attention of the performers.  He then asked me to follow him.  He picked up a few more people on the way back to the ring.  I looked back and all the girls were laughing.  I was getting nervous, just a little bit, but excited to see how I was going to make a fool out of myself.  So the head clown of the show greets all of us and takes us out to the middle of the ring while the performer was explaining to the audience that we were going to make a "movie".  The clown started to dress us up and give us some props as well.  As he dressed us up he explained what each of us were to do by actions and no words.  There was music as well to go along with our parts.  I was the last one to get dressed and shown my part.  This is how it goes:    The movie worker walks in front of the camera and has the take box and does his thing.  He then sits down on the side.  The "Pink" girls walks on stage dancing to a swing song.  Next come a "Grease" dude and walks on strutting his stuff and fixess his hair and take the girl in his arms.  Now I come in as a "Preppy Nerd" picking up my date.  I find the two together and I then shoot the "Greaser". That  is the "movie".
      So we had to practice a few time before the "film" started rolling.  Everyone got there parts down the first time except for me.  The clown almost kicked me off stage but I begged (litterally) to have him give me more one more try.  He agreed and thank heavens I got it down.  So the film rolls and this is how it went....



So that is what happened.  In the end the clown gets the girl and we all get a laugh.  It was way fun to make everyone laugh.  Later that night the performer that picked me came up and said that I was really funny and had lots of amination.  He even asked what I did for a living and if I even watched cartoons!  I of course said yes and he was amazed.  I didnt realize that I was that funny.  So you never know I could make a proffession in the clown business.

    So the next day we went to Seaworld because the Loveridges have never been.  It was way fun playing in the rain and hearing about a possible tsunami that could hit the coast and watching all of the animals perform.  It was cold and wet all day long.  During the Shamu show we were sitting in a downpour.  Still the show went on and we enjoyed it.  Here is a slide of most of the pictures we took over the weekend.