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Another Mardi Gras

*This post has been edited since venting wife has had time to sleep - not that anything is better today but sleep is always a good thing*

Mardi Gras:

Time when we decided it would be too rainy and storming to go this year: Monday night, 8pm.

Time when we decided although it wasn't raining in Baton Rouge, we still shouldn't go: Tuesday morning 9am.

Place where we found ourselves Tuesday at noon: In car driving along Interstate 10 towards New Orleans

Drinks consumed: 2 (me), 12 (Hubby, known from this point on as FW)

Times we found wallet to be empty which required a trip to the ATM for more drinks: Once although would have been twice had we stayed longer

Amount of men seen wearing a diaper: Only one this time

Amount of half-naked women wearing nothing more than their trousers and a painted top half - Six

Amount of boobie painted women we took pictures of: One, once we remembered that we had actually brought a camera with us

Parades seen: half of one

Beads and other items caught: Maybe ten

Beads and other items that hit us in the head/eye/parts of body and then stolen by kids nearby: Probably thousands

Doorways peed in by FW: Only one this time

Times FW burned others with his cigarette or cigar: Three

Times FW acted in such a way that others around laughed at him, even though the others were wearing diapers/santa outfits/painted boobs: Several

Times wife tried to keep a "I'm not with him" distance from FW in order to save embarrassment: Five or Six

Splinters gained from throwing spears at parade: One

Person who slapped spear in head causing splinter: FW

Illogical disgruntled ramblings and criticisms of wife told by FW: One major

I.D.R and C forgiven by wife: Check back later

Plans to take FW back next year: None

In conclusion, Mardi Gras was a blast.