Just like a Kid in a Candy Store

I didn't really know the effect arcade games could have on me until....it was all free!! Let's be honest here, I love free stuff. No matter what it is, if it's free..I like it! It could be the more worthless piece of junk...but if it's free...i'll take it!

Early this week I had to go to Cleveland, Ohio for a couple of days of training for work. It was absolutely the worse training I've had to sit through. I arrived at the hotel on Sunday and studied most of the evening. Then we spent all of Monday in class and listening to the same stuff that I had heard at different training sessions prior to this one. And then Monday night...we all went to Dave & Busters for some food and fun...

Dave & Buster's is a restaurant with a MAJOR arcade room! When we got to the restaurant we were given tickets for free drinks and a game card with 50 credits or dollars or something on it...but since I don't drink...I ended up trading the free drinks other people's game cards and eventually ended up with 3 of them! And boy was I excited! I was swiping that card over and over again...and having the time of my life! I played basketball, dance dance revolution, and much more! I didn't get close to finishing off the 3 cards 'cause I ran out of time...

As I'm sure most of you know...when you play arcade games you win these tickets that you can trade in for prizes. Well, when I realized I didn't have enough time to use up my cards I started using it on this one game that you just hit a button trying to get the light to stop in the right spot to win as many tickets as possible. Well, I hit the jackpot and ended up winning 450 tickets!! :)

I was soooo excited!! I seriously looked like a kid that had just walked into a candy store and was told I could have whatever I wanted. I didn't want to leave! I mean how many times do you get to go to an arcade and basically play all you want and not feel bad about wasting money!?!! Like, NEVER!

When we finally had to go Liz and I ended up cashing our tickets in for these frogs! We were so excited! What can I say...I'm still a kid at heart! :)

Tuesday we were back in training and I was having an even harder time trying to keep my eyes opened because I had stayed up way to late talking with Liz! It was so good to see some friends from school! I think that is the thing I miss the most about BYU...the people.

Here is a picture of Darren, Tina, Me, Emily and Liz during our lunch break at training! It was a good trip...not the training part...but the rest of it.