Ahh.... The entertainment that is St. Patrick's Day! Gotta love it. A time when otherwise normal, hardworking, responsible adults ditch work, and start getting sloshed before 10:00 a.m. while freezing and watching an otherwise lame parade go by. Downtown Peoria tends to take on an adult entertainment type feel well before the lunch hour- despite the presence of numerous children diving in the middle of the street to collect cheap candy.
No doubt Kelleher's will be filled to capacity, and I don't particularly care for crowds -or green beer spilled down my suit- so no Friday cheeseburger for lunch today. Wah!!! I will try to stop by the Judge's Chamber, because watching Union types get drunk always provides a few good laughs. Plus, Union guys happily buy strangers (or maybe just strange women) drinks.
It is also good fun to watch wanna be politicians take part in the parade. They are busy trying to appear as upstanding citizens while the surrounding citizens are busy getting sloshed and making fun of their bad ties.
I hope the Police Department is out in force tonight as well as the State Patrol. Since St. Paddy's Day falls on a Friday this year, I predict driving tonight will be even more dangerous than coming home New Year's Eve.
I will be home watching "High Noon" while munching on green popcorn. Enjoy yourselves, but remember: Drinking green beer is fun. Puking green beer is not.
Go Richwoods!!!
Love,
Paulina
