Bingo Anyone?
Bingo, Anyone? Each year someone asks, "Want to come to bingo?" And each year, without fail, I say yes... only to be reminded that I don't actually like bingo! Sure, a game or two is entertaining for a few minutes, but by the fifth game my eyes start to glaze over. All I really want to do is chat with my friends instead of listening for numbers and frantically dabbing little squares on a card. Of course, we didn't stop at five games. We kept going until we were all thoroughly saturated with bingo, eagerly waiting for it to end and growing increasingly frustrated that our cards never produced a single winner. Well... almost. My friend Carol won the very first game, but naturally it happened to be the smallest prize of the night, so even she felt a little shortchanged! Before you think I'm being a total Debbie Downer, I should add that we did have fun. We were together at our beach club, laughing, catching up, and enjoying each other's company. Thankfully, we ...
