Labor Day Delights

After 2 1/2 months of monotonous work, I found myself with the possibility to embark on a much favored adventure: a return to the homestate for the all-around fabulous Minnesota State Fair, or more commonly known around Minnesotans as the "Abyss-on-a-Stick."

Fashioned with my New York bestie and her two roommates, we conquered the fair eating a wide variety of goodies from:
*hotdish on-a-stick
*deep friend fress fruit on-a-stick
*spaghetti and meatball on-a-stick
*pickle on-a-stick
*chocolate dipped bacon (yes, it was really good)
*mini donuts: which will apparently allow you to retire at thirty if you design a coffee carts serving these delectable treats and perch yourself on a good corner in NYC every morning for the next 6/7 years.
*sweet martha's cookies
*fresh french fries (the best french fries i have ever eaten)
*lefse + cinnamon sugar
*deep fried candy bar on-a-stick
*delicious keg rootbeer

and we witnessed amazing sights such as:
*princess' faces carved in huge bricks of butter
*the miracle of birth -- a women's arm that was lost insdie the pig's uterus, searching for a piglet.
*a little too much cow dung
*fabulous john deer tractors
*lots of gorgeous Minnesota art
*the worst thought out competition ever: buying clothes for cheap
*the worst theatrical display i have come across in years
*fabulous fashions
*a stand selling "deep fried spam curds on-a-stick"
*fabulous Minnesota fashions that only come out for the fair

it was a 5 hour delight. followed by hopping on the wrong shuttlebus to realize that the closest we would get to our car was 2 miles away, without spending another hour 1/2 on the bus. to which, when we declared we would 'walk' to our car, we heard murmorings on the bus of 'but thats two miles. are you really going to walk two miles?' and 'they're really going to walk' and 'i can't believe that they're going to walk.' -- honestly, it was ONLY two miles. Minnesotans, apparently we're lazy.

this was followed by a delectable dinner of salmon and a day spent water skiing and basking in the sun while downing beers on the lake. which resulted in a lobster colored chest due to the fact that that part of my body had not yet been exposed to the sun this year due to the fact that i have a job. total turn around from the 6 weeks spent on my dock last summer. *sigh* i guess we all have to grow up someday.

and now its September 2nd. and summer is over. what honestly happened to summer?! can somebody please tell me? it may be 92 and humid as hell, but summer is gone. gone gone gone.