We Went Bowling. Sort of.

Saturday night Baba Sanfour and I decided to go bowling. He's only ever been once and we've never gone bowling together. In preparation for our big night out I packed glittery colors onto my eyelids and donned the perfect bowling outfit while Baba Sanfour dabbed on his cologne and put on his jacket. We finally arrived at the bowling alley to find a gigantic line of people waiting at a collapsable table. After shifting through the crowd of people we finally discovered that the line was for some strange gambling-like bowling competition that the alley holds every Friday and Saturday night.

"So, what if we just want to do regular bowling?" I asked the obviously preoccupied woman at the desk.

"It already ended," she replied.

"So there's no way that we can just play a regular round of bowling?"

"No," she scowled.

Defeated, Baba Sanfour and I whimpered as we walked out the door of the bowling alley and back to the car.

"What do you wanna do?" He asked.

"I don't know. I just wish they had regular bowling," I sighed, "I've never been to a bowling alley that does this weird gambling thing. We don't have this in Georgia! Do you know of any other bowling alleys around?"

"I don't know."

We finally resolved to call 411 to find another bowling alley nearby. The operator gave us the phone number and address and called the bowling alley to get directions. We arrived at bowling alley number 2 at around 9:45 at night, only to be greeted by an exceptionally full parking lot. After hunting down a spot (I'm good at this- I work at the mall!) we jumped out of the car and scurried inside. We were initially impressed with the atmosphere. This alley was significantly cleaner and nicer looking than bowling alley number 1, and actually looked like a lot more fun. We stood in line at the counter only to learn that there was an hour wait for an open lane. At this point we were both ready to drop a bowling ball on our big toes.

We reevaluated once again and finally decided that we would stop by the movie theater. However, on the way to the theater we decided to stop at the drugstore, which led to a trip to the grocery store, which finally led to the movie rental shop, which eventually ended with us sitting on the couch watching a movie and eating cookies that we happened to get for free at the grocery store because they were price marked incorrectly. Whew! So, date night didn't quite end up where we expected, but at least it was an adventure getting there!