The best thing today is that it’s almost over. Today was hard and I’m ready to go to bed. I was warned that the inflatable I was working on today had been in sand. The owner told me it was at the dump in Tyler. I thought he was using a euphemism. No, it was at the dump at a party for the sanitation workers.

It turns out it wasn’t sand but a very fine alkaline dust. If you know about burning man, it was like what I’ve heard playa dust is. It didn’t want to come off and it was everywhere. It’s also one of the hardest bounce houses there is to clean. It’s 3 rooms with pylons that whack you in the head and a tunnel that is definitely made for small children’s bodies. It took over 3 hours and I took a vinegar shower after because my skin felt like it was shriveling off my body. There are official names for each inflatable, but I give them my own special ones. This one is now officially called burning man.

i am so tired, but I’m off until Tuesday so tomorrow I’ll hit the ground running.