Manic Mandy

So yesterday I went on a field trip with Celeste's 4th grade class to the State Fair. As a side note, she goes by her middle name "Celeste" at home, but insists on going by her first name "Anna" at school. Quite complicated I must say.
We had a great time! I was assigned to keep track of 5 girls; my little Anna Celeste being one of them. The girls wanted to go over to a reptile adventure show. So we got there early and sat in the front row. Soon a huge crowd was gathered and the show began. This guy brought out all kinds of nasty animals. Giant snakes, alligators, and a giant snapping turtle. When he brought out the snapping turtle as part of his grand finale, he asked that the crowd scoot back and that nobody try to touch it because it could bite their arm off. It was a vicious thing! He lugged the thing out of the tent, grunting the whole way. It was snapping all over the place, but he was using his expert skills to keep from getting his arm ripped off. Then he says, "Can I get a strong Utah mother to come up here to volunteer for the photo op of a lifetime?" Nobody raises their hands... except for Manic Mandy. Her arm actually shot way up quickly. Manic Mandy is who I call the girl who comes out of hiding every now and then out of nowhere. Here she is. Manic Mandy's eyes got cut out of the shot because they looked creepy. She also had a little bit of a tough time lifting "Spartacus" off the ground. He weighed about 120 lbs we were told and did not really want to be lifted up by Manic Mandy. But she did it anyways.
The rest of the time Manic Mandy was like a celebrity at the State Fair. Complete strangers were pointing her out and calling her the Turtle Lady. She even offered to sign autographs. People were quite impressed that she would even volunteer to touch that beast.