Day to breathe...

If you haven't clued in yet, the pictures from this post and the last one are not ones I took. But that's because I've been too tired to take pictures. And I figure that you might not want to see another picture of my office space. Hell, I don't want to post another picture of my office space. So there.

So besides the fun stories I told you yesterday, the other thing that we did was go walking for absentee ballots on Saturday morning. That was fun. It seriously was. See, there's something nice about being in a state that is not only 1)organized about their absentee ballots (it's a science here), but also 2)counts the absentee ballots. I even got a badge and everything. But we had no lanyards or string to put them around our necks, so we had to hold them in the palms of our hands. Megan and I felt like we were in an episode of "Family Bonds:"

(knock-knock)
Me: "Absentee ballot collection." (hold up my badge to the peephole)
Megan: "We need you to look in your peephole."
Me: "Open the freakin' door!"
Megan: "We know you're in there, we can hear you breathin'!"

But it was actually quite nice and a little bit of fun. I got to talk to some of the voters here and assist one couple with filling out their ballots.

It also helped that when we went to the Iowa Democratic Party Headquarters, the guy handing out the clipboards to Absentee Ballot collectors was HOTTTT. He must have been the hottest guy ever in Iowa. And then we found out he wasn't from Iowa.

Um.

Either way, we'll be happy to go and collect more.

But yesterday, Sunday, we had a rare opportunity - a day off!

So we dropped off laundry, went to Target, and stopped by an orchard to get some apples and cider and pie. Then it was a nice couple hours of relaxation before a game of poker - but we decided to just hang out instead. Nothing terribly fancy, but it was nice.

So here's another fascinating Iowa food tidbit:

This place we go to order lunch, Chicago Dog and Deli, has an item on their menu called a "Walking Taco."

Yeah.

Here's the description: Walking Taco...Served in a Doritos bag with all the toppings

Call me crazy, but that sounds buhsgusting. Hey, why don't we throw some taco meat, lettuce, tomato, salsa, cheese, and sour cream in a Doritos bag, shake it up, and charge people for it?

And it's $4.00! Are you kidding? If I want to hurl, I can do that for free. Puhlease.

Oh, and reason #1204983498571248907 why Embassy Suites sucks - check this math out:
80 suites,
100 guests on average,
8 movies for rent via tv box =
ONLY ONE PERSON IN THE HOTEL CAN RENT A MOVIE AT A TIME.

Yeah, Megan tried to rent "Stepford Wives" and apparently, only one person can purchase a movie at a time. Check out her blog to read the whole saga. It's also the "Partner in Crime" link on the left.

(Scratching head)

Whaaaa?