One hot summer day in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, I lay outside with my Aunt Tracy’s step daughter Janessa, and cousin Jordyn who was three. Jordyn is splashing around in the freezing cold baby pool, laughing every time she would splash one of us. Of course, when we check the time it is around 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Janessa and I had been talking about hanging out with one of her friends from the area, so we texted Jillian to see what was going on tonight. The Redwood Valley fair was going on so we decided maybe we should just go to that for a little while. Going downstairs we talk to Tracy about taking us to the fair, and making sure that Janessa’s dad, Steve, wouldn’t get mad at us (he was quite crazy sometimes). Tracy was okay with it
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Being terrified of carnies I am a little anxious to get there. Ever since I was little I’ve always been iffy on them, just because of all the stereotypes about carnies, and because let’s be real they can be pretty scary. Getting to the fairgrounds I now realize that it’s time, and there’s going to be many carnies there. I stick close with Janessa and Jillian as we walk through all the activities that are going on. We meet up with a group of girls that go to their school, and start talking about what rides we want to go on. Of course, walking by all the carnies they try to get our attention, being the younger girls there, and eventually one gets Janessa’s and another girl in our group's attention. At this point the only thing running through my mind is, “who is stupid enough to stop when a carny tries to bribe you with something.
No keep walking.” The carny and Janessa start to talk about the game, and eventually the carny says,
“Okay, so i’ll make a deal with you. If you get win all three sets I have a prize back at my camper.”
At this point I am just thinking, “what the hell is wrong with you?” This is what made my fear of carnies even worse. Being terrified at this point, I text Tracy telling her we’re ready to get picked up. Within five minutes she is there, and I couldn’t be anymore happy to
Being terrified of carnies I am a little anxious to get there. Ever since I was little I’ve always been iffy on them, just because of all the stereotypes about carnies, and because let’s be real they can be pretty scary. Getting to the fairgrounds I now realize that it’s time, and there’s going to be many carnies there. I stick close with Janessa and Jillian as we walk through all the activities that are going on. We meet up with a group of girls that go to their school, and start talking about what rides we want to go on. Of course, walking by all the carnies they try to get our attention, being the younger girls there, and eventually one gets Janessa’s and another girl in our group's attention. At this point the only thing running through my mind is, “who is stupid enough to stop when a carny tries to bribe you with something.
No keep walking.” The carny and Janessa start to talk about the game, and eventually the carny says,
“Okay, so i’ll make a deal with you. If you get win all three sets I have a prize back at my camper.”
At this point I am just thinking, “what the hell is wrong with you?” This is what made my fear of carnies even worse. Being terrified at this point, I text Tracy telling her we’re ready to get picked up. Within five minutes she is there, and I couldn’t be anymore happy to