Obsession

So today, I drove up to Cleveland to spend time with my family.

After having lunch with aunt, cousin, cousin's husband Rich and their two kids - Kyra and Trent, I also attended a birthday party with them at this place called "Pump It Up." It was fun to watch them run around... but our adult fun came later after we dropped the kids at their babysitters.

My Aunt Carol, Cousin Tonya, Rich & I headed to Dave & Busters to grab dinner & play some games. However... the way there and our visit definitely exceeded expectations with my Aunt's extremely off-center and witty conversations. For example, on the way to D&B I was trapped in the car and forced to listen to a conversation about how the baby boomers are now needing to take AIDS and STD information classes now that their generation is actively dating and ridiculously uneducated with those kinds of issues/situations.

Can we say, "AWK-waaaaaaaaaaard?"

Some more highlights:

(Now, my aunt was the main one who DIDN'T want to go to Dave & Busters to play games. She thought it was dumb and a waste of money. That was until... Aunt Carol became OBSESSED... OBSESSED with this one game at D&B. To the point where once she started playing, she kept swiping her card and yelling, "Just ONE more time!" She became extremely...vocal in her playing. Cheering when she got tickets, booing and cursing when she didn't. We literally couldn't pull her away.. she became quite the spectacle. Eventually her card ran out of money.)

Tonya: You're out of money. Guess you can't play anymore. Let's go.
Aunt Carol: What?? No. I want to keep playing!!
Tonya: Mom, our cards are empty. And you don't have any more cash.
Aunt Carol: (yells) I HAVE MY DEBIT CARD! LOAD 'ER UP!

Tonya's Husband Rich: Wow. We have a problem.

. . . . . . . . . .

(After talking to a extremely cute guy who stood next to us, watching my aunt play)
Guy: Well... Nice meeting you. Have a good night.
Me: Bye!
Tonya: (watching him walk away) I'd have picked you up from a hotel in the morning for that.

Aunt Carol: (without looking up from her game) MMMMMM-Hmmmmmmm!