Rural Practicum 2012: Anaktuvuk Pass.: BINGO!

We are playing bingo!
Well, really we are waiting for it to start. So far there has been only elders coming in, but it has been interesting.
Problem of the moment? No daubers... We asked about them, and were told to use pencils.... Then when we looked forlorn due to our lack of pencils.... "I jokes. I have some in the back."
After waiting until 8 to start, we thought it was 7, we were happy to discover, neither of us knew how it worked. So we sat and talked about it, then called my mother. After we still were unsure, we asked the lady who sold us tickets. We opted out of game one, and we're waiting to play another game.

Well, we were sadly, SADLY, mistaken as to the rules. It appears, our first go round and purchase of sheets, was ONLY for game one. And how it works here is you buy a sheet for each game at the beginning of each round. Once we discovered this we scrambled to cover spaces. And three other women walked over to our table to help!! We were a sight, to say the least. Due to our HORRIBLE start, we are trying round two, with only one card, to prove ourselves. One lady even took my sheet to help.

What an experience. But I do have to say, the women here were WAAAAY more helpful than at a bingo parlor.

All through the beginning of the next game they asked us if we were getting it and telling us to follow the pattern.

Well, neither of us won, so we sat out the next few.

I played $5 worth of pull tabs and won $1! Go me.