For her birthday, my niece asked her uncles if they would take her and her friends to a trampoline park. This was accomplished, and the day generated some observations:
- Trampoline parks are great for burning off the seemingly boundless energy of children.
- It’s amazing how much I can write in a noisy place with constant interruptions of one or more children coming back to the table to rest.
- It is adorable to listen to three ten-year-old girls discuss the chicken dance. Particularly if you should clap or peck at the end because “pecking is more realistic.”
- The black hole that is my nephew’s stomach drives him to rather insane lengths in order to satisfy it. I’m almost tempted to get him a bandolier of snack bars to get him through the day. All in all, a great time was had by all.
- It is still weird when I run into colleagues from work in non-work settings.