San Juan County Fair - Highlights of the Summer

The county fair is big here, B-I-G, big. For the middle of August it IS what is going on in town. The first night of the fair my family headed over for the hypnotist show. We did not anticipate BEING the show, but we were, at least Parker and I were.

It was a very small crowd so rather than ask for volunteers the hypnotist asked us all to close our eyes and do some of the relaxation. Well, turns out Parker and I seem rather susceptible to suggestion and we ended up on stage. The following pictures are courtesy of Jenna's new phone and the explanations are courtesy of everyone one there who has recounted the stories to me, repeatedly.

This was what we looked like each time he told us to "sleep"

Drum solo with air drums. Apparently I rock.

At one point the hypnotist told me that I would not remember the number six, hence, if asked to count I would skip six and go to seven, 3-4-5-7-8-9. Then he had me stand and count my fingers. Of course I ended up with 11 fingers. I know I have 10 but according to all the accounts I was completely stumped as to how that happened. Jenna said she laughed the hardest at that part.

Jenna also said she knew I was totally under because she and I had started the day swimming and running, then we took the kids to play in a river, then went directly to the hypnotist show. I came gross and wearing a hat, which you see I have left behind in the stands. Yes, the entire performance was done looking like THAT! Uugghh. (I also would like to thank Jenna for the picture that looks UP at me, making my bootie look that scrumptious. Hello J-lo!)

This one, long story - just know that I was rubbing my rear to save myself from a perceived shock that kept running through the chairs. The faster I rubbed, the faster the shocks would stop. I think I was sweating by the time I was finished.

Here we had been told that there was a party going on inside our shoes. We were to listen in and have fun with the party.

For some reason this was the one that made me laugh the hardest later. We had dropped into the water and all of the sudden we saw something behind us. It was. . .JAWS.

So we swam away as fast as possible. I so love Parker's face here. I think I will have that blown up and framed.

Oh, so many more humiliating moments I could share but these are definitely the highlights. At the end the hypnotist suggested to me that for 5 minutes following the show each time a person shook my hand and told me what a great job I did I would then cluck like a chicken.

The laughs just keep on coming.

I avoided the show the next night, for reasons that need no explanation.