The tale of Chuck Norris

So, as many of you know, I spent the past 6 days in Wine Country...which was awesome. A lot of wine, some actual wine "tasting," family, friends, roller coasters, and Huey Lewis. Can't get much better than that, right?! Oh, but it does. I would like to tell a little tale about 3 middle school children who made the trip absolutely awesome. It was actually my favorite part of the past 6 days.

My dear friend, Amanda, and I took a trip to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk on Monday afternoon/evening. This trip was actually affiliated with her church youth group, so we spent the time with the youth pastor and the aforementioned middle school kids. They were a total kick in the pants (btw, that's an old person phrase, they told me so). They also think everything is "boss" or "bitchin." Oh, how I am starting to feel the generation gap. BUT IT GETS BETTER.

On the way home, due to the youth pastor's blown tire on the interstate, we took all 3 children home in Amanda's car. It was about 1 am by this time, so the kids were totally sleepy-drunk and thought everything was HILARIOUS. At one point, the two boys start telling Chuck Norris jokes, which I think is hilarious because I am also sleepy-drunk and heck, who doesn't love a good Chuck Norris joke? The girl that was with us asks, innocently, "Who is Chuck Norris?"

And that isn't even the bad part, folks.

The boys immediately lay into her: "WHAT!?" "HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW WHO CHUCK NORRIS IS?!" "GOD, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU RIGHT NOW" Etc, etc. I'm laughing to myself in the front seat, thinking at least 2 of these kids know who he is.

And then the boys say, "He is totally the guy from the Spongebob Squarepants Movie!"

I kid you not.