Here goes:
Many states have some...um..alternative ways of raising funds for teachers. Again, Texas is in the lead. (It really must be bigger and better in Texas.) They had a sign that said "Texas has your back! Back rubs $5 for 5 minutes." It also helped they had rather muscular peeps doing the massaging. They did these massages in their Texas flag shirts, of course. They had a line! The creepy guy award goes to the two men who showed up in their hotel bathrobes. They were charging a $1 to have your pic made with the "bathrobe caucus". I took my picture from behind. It was free.
Okay, I'm am in no way making fun, but every time I see this woman, it makes me giggle.(Just because I've never seen this before.) She has a cat that she pushes around in a stroller. This. Is. Not. A. Joke. It is a service animal. One of the girls looked it up and cats can be used as service animals for mainly two reasons: They can be trained to detect seizures OR they are used for people who suffer emotional distress. The cat has his own vest. I have so many questions. None are appropriate. I thought it was cray cray to see a cat in a window of a car at the Ashland City Wal-mart. That has been trumped. I wonder if she noticed in Sky Mall that you can buy a toilet training kit that teaches your cat to use a regular toilet. This could be very beneficial to this lady.
Did I mention that across from our hotel we have a Spa Stop? Well...let me tell you about this little gem! Our hotel room faces the river, so it has been nice to have this beautiful view. Just across the river sits the Spa Stop. It is a very spacious building that is just a smidge smaller than Java Jacks. If you don't know about Java Jacks, just imagine the building is just about the size of a single story gingerbread house, give or take a few centimeters. They have luxurious white plastic chairs and enough staff to hold down the white tent that covers the exterior portion of the spa whenever the wind picks up. We hope to visit before we leave because they seem quite busy. Yes, we are intrigued. Very high end in a Beverly Hillbillies kind of way. Maybe we can get one of these in AC.
The other day I spoke a little too soon when I discussed all the states dressing alike. I say this as Molly and I sit in our blue polo shirts with an outline of our state with Tennessee written in large letters across the back....in a sea of other people wearing....The. Exact. Same.Thing.
We ate dinner at a nice restaurant in Millennium Park. It was funny because the inside was all formal, but we decide to eat outside. They had the weirdest choice of music. The atmosphere said quiet and calm, but the music was like a party in the club! It also made me giggle when I went to the restroom and noticed that the o in the sign, which was composed of black resin letters was missing...so they replaced it with a sheet of paper that they colored black and taped up with large pieces of scotch tape. I guess they were all out of duct tape. I should appreciate the effort. Dinner was delicious. One thing we have noticed is that people aren't shy about Public displays of affection here. It's hard to keep a conversation going when the table next to you are kissing. Obviously, they skipped the garlic. We have noticed this several times. Maybe they are filming the next episode of The Bachelor and we didn't see the camera crew.
One more day to go!
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