My Lamb is really quite the social butterfly. On Friday she asked me if I could take her to a party on Sunday for a friend at Chuck-e-Cheese. The invitation had sat in her mom's car all week, it seems. So mom RSVP'd, Lamb's grandfather went out with her to buy a present, and I got the duty of wrapping the present and taking Lamb there. For about 2-1/2 hours.
The horror of the noise level is only matched by the horror of imagining some bad guy spiriting Lamb out of the place if I let my guard down even for a second. Yes, I know. I'm paranoid. But as long as I hang back and let her fly without my obvious presence looming over her, what harm does it do? Forgive me if I don't completely trust in the security level of their hand-stamp system backed by a high school student at the front door.
She had a ball. I'm not the biggest fan of the place, but they do know how to run a children's party.
About Me
- Brian J. Dunn
- I live and write in Ann Arbor, Michigan. University of Michigan AB and MA from Eastern Michigan University. One term in the Michigan Army National Guard. Former American history instructor and retired nonpartisan research analyst. I write on Blogger and Substack. Various military and private journals have published my occasional articles on military subjects. See "My Published Works" on the TDR web version or under the mobile version drop-down menu for citations and links.
