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July 31, 2005
Going to the boat
If you're in Council Bluffs, Iowa, saying you're "going to the boat" means something totally different than if you're Gus and living in Oak Park, IL.
In Council Blufs, "going to the boat" means you're in for a night of losing some cashola while sitting on the floating gambling machine. I worked on a river boat one summer, between college and going to Germany, as a table games assistant (actually, a fancy name for data entry clerk in the pit). What an eye-opening experience, especially working the 8pm to 4am shift... but I digress...
There is a new playground in Oak Park, the perfect toddler size playground where Gus can climb on everything and do everything on his own. One of the pieces is a boat, with a cot, and a steering wheel and and and...everything wonderful. We pretend that the cars that drive by are fish and whales. After visiting for the first time, Gus could not stop talking about the boat. It was really the first time I had noticed Gus talking about historical events (other than people). He would bring up the boat during random times... during our going to bed talking, while playing, while eating...and there were no other boats around to suggest he was talking about something in his presence.
His little brain... it is working its magic!
Posted by janna at July 31, 2005 09:15 PM