Carnival day take 2.

I hade a great carnival day, hope you enjoyed it if you made it there.
Spent most of my shift on the JOY stall either blowing up balloons, or handing them out. I particularly liked giving them out, gave me an excuse to walk up to anyone and say, ‘you look like you need a JOY balloon' and forcing them to talk and chose a colour or two. Was also great handing them over to the little kids, just to see the look on their faces when you bend down to their height with a dozen or so colourful balloons in your hand and they get to chose the one they wanted.
Of the many many people I walked up to I only had one person say ‘I don’t think so’ in reply to my ‘you look like you need a JOY balloon'. Sad thing is she really did look like she needed something to cheer her up. Oh well going to a happy event don’t always mean you personally need to have taken joviality along with you. What better place to be completely miserable than in the middle of 10,000 happy people. I should have given here a hug.

Oh and cheers to you guys that came and said hello to me, it kind of makes my day that you do that – even though it’s a bit spooky you knowing loads about me and I knowing nothing about you. Allan (Pasco Vale – east enders fan) did we see you there mate, Dino and I saw someone that we though might have been you, I certainly smiled at that person. We were mid-picnic at the time, behind the JOY tent.

BTW Dino made a great picnic pity you didn’t get to share it with us.

Pictures of Carnival day to follow on the JOY site as soon as folk send some pictures to me!!!

[Joe]