Celebrating the Midnight Sun

Today the annual Midnight Sun Festival is going on (it's always on the Sunday closest to the Summer Solstice). They expanded it this year, and now it's twice as big..it's usually crowded there, but now it's ridiculously crowded..they even have rides now! My favorite things there are the food (so much to choose from!!), petting people's dogs haha, and going to that shop downtown with all those polar exploration books (when dad gave me birthday money, I couldn't wait to spend it there haha)..one book I got partially because of the title: Penguins Have Square Eyes! The inside looked pretty funny too..I definitely couldn't pass that one up lol (I wonder what the shopkeepers think when they see me.."well, time to get out the ladder again!" :P). Now, like at the state fair, there are people yelling at you and practically dragging you off the street so you can buy their ~awesome~ product..like one lady held out her hand to mom and I and was like "let me see your glasses!!" Umm, NO, I can clean them myself, thank you very much. Ugh, so annoying!! After a couple or so hours mom had to go to work (which is right downtown), and the festival is no fun by myself (especially when it's really crowded), so I just went home..yay quiet apartment :P

I was at the store the other day when all of a sudden the announcement thing went "CHERRRIIIEEEESSSS"..it had me dying :P

( June 23-24 )