{March 26, 2011}

Today we had Megan's birthday party at the Space Center where we, and three of her friends, played laser tag (actually only Megan and her friends played that) and tons of games. Ian and I got hooked on a game called Cyclone and both of us hit the jackpot giving us each over a hundred tickets. Towards the end of the party we decided to pool our winnings in hopes of taking home either a lemur or squirrel cat (which I have no idea what the latter is, yet it sounded cool). Unfortunately we were short. When Megan learned of our dilemma she offered to throw in her tickets as well. Still not reaching our goal of 1750 tickets it was decided we'd hold on to the receipts and come back at a later date to win more and get our prize. Then my dad, who had already contributed $25 worth of tokens to us, threw in two more dollars. Ian and I were off with 4 tokens a piece. A scant five minutes and eighty some-odd tickets later, we had hit our mark. After some deliberation we all settled on the quizzical black lemur with glow-in-the-dark eyes. He has since been named Abraham...or Abe for short...thanks to his comical beard. I'm aware that we probably could have purchased him much cheaper, but the satisfaction of winning games and working together more than makes up for the larger price tag.

Taken with my iPhone using the Instagram app with the Walden filter applied.

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