i'm so mad right now. i had to pay for dinner tonight.
i am babysitting my cousins kids this week (what ARE they called? second cousins? first cousins once removed? what are they removed from? help!) and today we took a little trip to the living planet aquarium. with the rest of the world. it's shark week, btw. should've checked that before we went. but anyway, we had free tickets and we went. and i'm not complaining because it was cool. especially these pink jellyfish that glow in the dark. say wha?
the first thing we see is a shark bingo card that if you get blackout you can come back and get a prize. yay prize. we took a few. (let's not mention the fact that sara couldn't find the shark exhibit anywhere for like 2 hours... ha ha ha ha ha "it's coming up.. uh let's go see the otters first. oh look, south american adventure, you want to see the tree frogs, right?" *cough*)
after wandering around forever we finally get to the shark tunnel and there's no exhibit signs! what kind of aquarium has no signs? little m kept asking me all day what the different fish were called and i had no clue. i'll admit i made some names up ha ha... "that one is, uh, 'bulging eye shark...'" (oops) totally digressing here. we filled out the dang bingo card and took it back to the prize table, where we got a little prize (and that plastic crab has caused its share of meltdowns this day, thanks) as well as a bookmark which gave us a free meal at rubio's. sweet. babysitter doesn't have to cook dinner, i'm in. closest rubio's 30 min. away. meh, it's only 4:30, it'll kill some time.
we get to rubio's and walk in the door, so excited about our free dinner coming up. wait in line a good 10 min., order my 3 kids meals (yes, one for me too), then proudly hand the lady the bookmarks. she looks at me in disdain and says "these are for rubio's..." i was so confused... weren't we in rubio's?? i swear... oh wait, there's a sign... rumbi? what? how did this even happen? i was too embarrassed to admit i was in the wrong place, so i just paid for the kids meals and we ate at rumbi (not hating life, it was delish, as always).
concerned, i pulled my phone back up and sure enough, it said we were sitting in rubio's at that moment. so weird. finally finished dinner (dinner takes so long when you're 3 and have a massive cheeseburger, btw) and walk outside to see rubio's just next door. we walked around to the other side to find the door because i was cashing in those free meals whether we were full or not! we couldn't find the front door!! we walked back to the other side where rumbi's door was and what do you know rubio's was right next to it. like RIGHT next to it. i took a picture but i'm totally too ashamed to post it because it was RIGHT there. i guess this made me feel a little better because i clearly saw rubio's and went to reach for the door but grabbed the wrong one. easy mistake. esp. when ushering small children along.
walked into rubio's and ordered 3 kids meals (which i ate all by myself because the kiddies were full... paleo out the window today and i'm feelin' it :-/ ...but dang i forgot how much i love churros!) got back in the car and drove 30 minutes back to draper.
still mad i had to pay for dinner.
