BINGO

The cats are gone until Monday afternoon.  So us mice joined other mice (Lisa and Pat, who put their kids on a plane to visit their grandparents) and played.  Played Bingo.  Yep, you read that right.  Not dancing, or drinking, or out being footloose, but bingo. 

This is my second time playing bingo.  We went to a bingo hall (who knew they even have these??).  Apparently it's legal because all money goes to the community charity.  So really we were donating to our community rather than gambling.  Ummm yeah...!!

So we joined a hundred or so hard core bingo players. These people are serious about their bingo.  They set up their "shrine" using statues or stuffed animals or troll figures.  Then they take out their bag of daubers.  Various colors and labels. Speciality bags made just for daubers. They buy multiple packs of cards and tape them together. The games are all in a particular order, so one must get them in order and highlighted just right.  Some people rent computers too that play the game for them.  It is big business and oh so serious!! So shhhhhhh!

Actually you have to be quiet and super concentrate because you are trying to fit a pattern and find all the numbers on multiple cards.  And keep up with the numbers being called. It's a bit stressful at first.  There is no time where you relax and just hang out.  Focus, focus, focus!!

We were oh so close several times.

And really not close at all on others.  

So at the end of the night, we won nothing!!  Zip, zero, nada. But we had a fun evening with great friends.  That is the biggest win of all!!