Friday night rolls around and I'm exhausted. Without any ideas for fun, cleaning the condo is weighing at the #1 spot.

Enter salvation!

The residents of Chateau Nice inform me that they are planning to go to Friday Night Bingo! Hoorah! I'm in like Flinn!

Beliving strongly in "Saving the Best for Last", I arrive late. So late that I cannot purchase a Bingo card! But, no worries, the evening's entertainment is far from hinged on the balance of obtaining a newsprinted game card! By simply relaxing and examining the surroundings I found that Bingo night was an all around entertaining evening!!

Did you know that in an effort to streamline Bingo, Bingo Country has eliminated the presence of letters from the game? It's true! Now you can achieve ultimate Bingo satisfaction by revelling in the numbers and not ever have to be confused by a B this or a O that. Less confusing means faster game play. Or at least I assume!

Also, the mean age of Bingo players is not defined by the colour of their hair! Nay! Bingo professionals run the gamit from 25-75 everyone can partake and have a good time! As long as you keep quiet and focus on dabbing! We discovered the hard way. In fact FUN at Bingo seems to be strongly discouraged as it can be distracting for those submersing their life time of woes, spackled onto a lifetime of regret.

But, we didn't let that get us down! We may have been without Bingo Dabber Caddies, Lucky Charms, cholesterol problems and Bifocals, but gosh darn it! We represented the youthful essence of Bingo once lost in a stagnent community centre atmosphere void of levity fueled by the never ending quest towards the jackpot. Our optimism did not lie in the faith that the next $27 Bonanza card would bring $20 in our pockets, but, that it was fun gosh darn it! Fun.

Loretta even went and even partook in their delicious fare! She looked beyond the rice pudding and butter tarts at the food counter and recognized the potential for a hot meal. Walking away with a hot dog, she was the unsung hero.

In fact we all were. Matt, Pat, Mariza, Loretta and I... we were all heros that night. Sure, we didn't walk away with the jackpot. But, we did walk away winners.

Now, that I think about it... We were the only ones that actually walked away!

Wow.