random thoughts: State Fair!!!!

I promised I would get to it and now that I have tidied up the living room a little bit I can. On Wednesday Matt, Steph, Linda, Kuo-Chen (my super adorable rotation student from Taiwan) and I finally got to the always amazing NC State Fair. Sure it meant having to leave work two hours early but it was darned worth it. Let me just start by saying it was sooo cold out that night, Matt will laugh at my saying this but it was 48F. I should have worn more layers. Being a veteran of the fair, I took the lead and almost ran the whole way from the entrance to the roasted corn. I can't even describe how much I love fair corn. Maybe because its dipped in butter, maybe it is all the things that I sprinkle on it, who knows but it isn't the state fair with out it. We munched our corn while viewing the display gardens because they are Linda's favorite part of the fair. Afterwards we headed back into the fried food fray and began our decent into fried-ness. In an effort to show Kuo-Chen everything that is right with American we might have gone a little over board with the food. We ordered fried snickers, a blooming onion, fried mac and cheese (new this year). Kuo-Chen got fried oreos, Dan (our lovely British friend and Kim's fiancé) got the fried pecan pie and ribbon fries for Kim. Meanwhile, Steph was chowing down on a giant turkey leg. I'd like to point out though that all food was bought for the purpose of sharing except for the giant turkey leg, that was all Steph. After making all of that stuff disappear we decided that it was time for some veggies, fried veggies! It is the state fair after all. After the veggies and pickles were done, things were sitting heavy so it was time to check out some animals. We wandered through the exhibits for a while and even got to pick up a baby duck when we realized it was time to head to Hogway Speedway. Now, my dad pointed out that as a vegetarian I should probably object to the poor little animals being treated like this. I'm not so sure though, they get treats at the end of the really short track...and they're so cute! We managed to sneak in some fried cheese and ice cream, albeit separately before heading out. You all might be surprised to hear that the cheese wasn't my idea. I had explained it to Kuo-Chen earlier in the week and she was so amused by the idea that she insisted on trying it. I was in a food coma the whole way home. It is probably a good thing for my arteries that the state fair only comes once a year.