Day Eight - Parade Two
Got a pretty good sleep last night, having the place to myself for the second night in a row. Not sure when exactly my family would be arriving I busied myself with short tasks. When they arrived Sheila was able to meet my son and the family as she had hoped which was nice. Got to show mom where I work which was cool. She hadn’t come to the fair in several years so I think she was impressed with some of the newer attractions.
God, I remember when she and my brother came to visit me when I was Info Boarding. It simultaneously feels like a lifetime ago and just yesterday.
I made my son an ID and name tag that both listed his position as ‘Drool Supervisor’. Everyone got a good chuckle out of that.
We made our way to the parade but since it was drizzling they were in rain configuration which results in a shorter parade and the Seuss car being unavailable. My son obviously didn’t understand what was going on but he was very good throughout the whole thing. Near the end he seemed to catch on and start waving his hand up and down and wiggling his butt a bit. Overall he was quite a hit, our little prince of the parade.
People kept saying “look at the cute baby in the parade!” as we drove by. My son seemed to find the whole thing fascinating.
Afterwords we got some Hunky Bills and ate in the staff lounge, formerly the boardroom. After our late lunch we visited the headquarters of my former department and my son was once again the center of attention and a lot of affection. They talked about giving him my old call sign. It was cute.
After getting some fudge it was time for my tired family to call it a day. I on the other hand was only half way through my day. The rest of my day was largely uneventful thankfully.
