What you miss...

FOOD?!?!? I adore Sonic Happy Hour drinks! I'm not sure if ADORE is a strong enough word. It was how I survived many a day with Rose Hill Primary school and people like the Stupidhaus'. It is through the love of Happy Hour I was able to persevere the ups and downs of the Primary School, the small town and grey days! It was through my love of Sonic Happy Hour I weaseled my way into two hearts of two AMAZING teachers at Rose Hill. (It is amazing how a Happy Hour soda can make a teacher your friend!!!)

There are a few things I have discovered do not exist in Indiana. I knew I would be hard pressed to find anything resembling a Taco Shop, but who would have thought I would have a hard time finding a Sonic? I discovered the first one in Clarksville, IN over Christmas break when I was sale shopping for my Christmas Crafts! It was conveniently HAPPY HOUR when I discovered it and I was stoked beyond belief!!! As I drove closer, I saw it looked like this:

A very deserted and CLOSED Sonic!

The next one I discovered was this past Sunday. Prince Charming was home and watching the Knights, so I decided I would venture out to Ace Hardware--our toilet will not stop running and I couldn't catch it, so I had to find a specific valve for our brand of toilets and they were only at Ace--I digress....so I decided I was foot lose and fancy free, I would enter S-O-N-I-C into the ol' GPS. AND HAPPY DAY! There is (WAS) one in New Albany, IN! Woot. Off I went on a mere detour to find this Sonic! It looked like this:

Horribly closed and boarded up! 

From a distance I started to get my hopes up! This is only 10 minutes from my house! 

Sad Day. The hunt shall continue...

I went to Google and searched for Sonic. I found a location finder and entered my Knobs zip code into the system. I discovered one across the bridge and put it on the to-do list for yesterday. It was exactly 1:54 when I left the mall at Clarksville, IN and decided I was already halfway to Louisville, so I would go in search of the last one within 20 miles of my house. It was perfect timing for Happy Hour, so off I went. I called Ms. Music Teacher to let her know her friend was officially crazy as I was on a hunt for Sonic. She called me brave. (This is why I love her! Most people would have told me I was crazy for going into the big city for a Cherry Limeade, but she applauded my bravery. What a great friend!)

This is what I found:

I didn't just order drinks....oh no! I ordered drinks, dinner, snacks and lunch for tomorrow. My mere happy hour $5 purchase was $19.82! Prince Charming is out of town tonight, so consider this dinner! I got home as the Jedi Knights were trying to get into the garage as they had just returned from school. This was the first time they had tried to use the garage code, so they were a brief shell shocked to discover I was MIA. I yelled I had a surprise out the van window as I was pulling in. Obe Wan was rushing over and the first thing he said was, "Sushi?" No, no Sushi, but I do have SONIC! They were concerned about my whereabouts but when I showed them the bags of goodness all was forgiven and forgotten. They were both thrilled to see they had two drinks a piece. DUH. IT was Happy Hour!!! (Said in a sing song voice....)

Cheers!!!

Do you see that GRIN? Yep, that is a smile of pure happiness!

Four more days until I'm Kansas bound. Sweet goodness. I need to go do laundry!