the new trivia night for The Nurse Ratcheds!

So after about three times out at the Flying Saucer's trivia night, (and three times of getting beat because we didn't know crap like the name of britney spears' younger sister's baby's name- yes I'm serious.) we decided to try another trivia night that takes a few more functioning neurons. So The Nurse Ratcheds went to Mother Eagan's downtown and it was great! We didn't win, but the questions were almost never about pop culture (and that's all of our - dare i say it- downfalls?) This week the Nurse Ratcheds consisted of Mindy and her wife, Donna, and me and Adam- our smallest group to date, but one of the best groups in my mind!

The questions were more challenging in the right kind of way (more like Trivial Pursuit Genus Edition rather than the fluffy millenium edition) There was even an entire round with a Brain Theme. i was really excited (Adam felt really intimidated and didn't want to be the one writing for this round -although in his defense it was after he wrote 12 down for the number of cranial nerves, and i started naming them- he's so cute). We got every question easily, but around the ninth question, our neighboring table was complaining about how they've gotten maybe one or two questions right. I leaned over and sympathetically (but kind of sarcastically) said, "oh, I'm sorry, did you not get your bachelor's degree in neurobiology?" It was quite possibly the most obnoxious thing I've ever said out loud. But she was really nice about it, and was like no, of course not, did you- and i sheepishly said, yeah, i did. They laughed, and i couldn't believe i had just said that, so i was laughing too. Adam was really perceptive, and said, "come on, that's like the only time she'll ever get to say that!" We had a great time all night- even if we didn't win- it was a blast (and, i might add, we did get a perfect score on the brain round!)