7-11 Free slurpee day! We ran down the road, got our free slurpees and were back home in our backyard slurping away in under 10 minutes today.
7-11-2012 was a much different experience.
It was an adventure.
We were in Palmdale, CA. Daddy was working and the 4 of us kids were hanging out at the hotel, mostly swimming. Palmdale is a nice enough town, but there really is not much to do to entertain 3 young children in the dead heat of summer. So I thought a free slurpee would not only be a good treat, but a good errand to run.
Wellll, no one could tell us exactly where the nearest 7-11 was. I 'Yelped' it, and it wasn't too far. In the swag wag went. Easy enough, right? We were like the Israelites wandering out in the California desert. What should have been a quick trip ended up taking an hour or more. Finally found the 7-11 in a bit of a sketchy neighborhood. Would have just kept on driving, but since we had been driving entirely too long to get there I was not going to let a few dodgy characters deter me. No siree. There were free slurpees to be had, darn it.
Upon entering the quaint little 7-11 we queued into something rivaling a Six Flags line, snaking up, down and around the aisles, everyone just waiting for that sweet free slurpee to touch our lips. I'm thinking this must be a cruel and unusual joke. This line must be fast moving. All these people would not really be standing here in this ridonky-donk long line for a slurpee, would they?? So we stood. And we stood. And we stood. Yes, me and my 18-month old squirming in my arms, along with my 4 and 6 year old. Waiting for a free slurpee.
But by now we were at the point of no return. How could I turn around and go back to the hotel, empty handed? I could not! Machines were running out, sticky juices were exploding through the air, and we waited it out. That's right. We got a tiny little sample cup full of the one flavor they had left, but we got it. We walked out of that 7-11 with our little bitty sample cups held high! Our heads, not so much.
If I remember, all 3 kids fell asleep on the long ride back, albeit a much shorter ride than the one there. And I passed a 7-11 about 10 minutes from the hotel. Oh, the memories.
Long live 7-11 free slurpee day!
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