I went to my grandma's house outside of Sugar Grove one afternoon because nobody was supposed to be there, and I told my friend Amanda that she could come over with her friends - because she was trying to get away from her boyfriend.
I was there for a couple hours waiting, when all of the sudden my grandma came from one of the back rooms, asking what was going on. I was surprised, because I thought she was gone - and then it got even worse, as a bunch of people from my showed up to check in on her as well.
As mom and dad walked in, I told them that I thought the house was going to be empty, and that it wasn't a good time for them to come because I had some friends showing up soon. They came in anyway. Later in the evening Amanda was finally able to come over.
However, as planned, she didn't come alone. She had a whole carload of people with her. Apparently not only was she trying to escape her boyfriend, but so were many of her friends and other family. All of my family started getting annoyed as they came in through the front door, some of them even bringing their pets with them - almost like they were refugees from a hurricane or something.
I told mom that I had warned them about this, and I took Amanda into one of the back rooms so I could talk to her - leaving all the other people that I didn't know out in the living room with grandma and my family. (Dogs barking, kids screaming, people wandering around everywhere... heh)
I told Amanda we wouldn't be able to stay, cuz my grandma would go nuts, and somehow we instantly turned up in Atlantic City on the boardwalk in the late afternoon. She and I were looking in storage units which were actually on the boardwalk. Perhaps there was going to be an auction? I'm not sure, but they were all open, and all filled with things of little interest to either of us.
Amanda just kinda vanished at this point, and I wandered into a "Skill Center" on the north end of the boardwalk. They didn't have slot machines or regular casino games, but they did have carnival type games which paid their prizes in cash instead of stuffed animals or something. The first game I came across was something like "Quarters" You would throw your quarters at tiny cups, each one marked with a different cash value. Get it in the cup, win that amount.
I was digging in my pocket for change, and came up with a handful of mixed silver change. I had plenty of quarters, but some of them were stuck together with a big glob of pink bubblegum. I was looking around for a place to stick this gummed wad of change, but I was aware that security was watching me and I didn't want to get in trouble.
I left the casino and headed down into the city a bit, which turned into Lancaster Ohio. I was walking underneath the Rt 33 overpass over Broad St and came upon a bunch of skids of "stuff" sitting in rows in a vacant parking lot. Most of it was construction supplies, but there was one skid of old Commodore PET computers that I saw.
I was trying to think of a way that I could load all of them into my car, but then some guy came along with a truck and started loading them up himself. I was screwed because my tiny car couldn't hold them. I'm not sure if he was allowed to take them, or if they were just there for anyone - but he told me that they were auction goods.
