sunshine and tulips

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By heather | April 11, 2008

Sunshine and tulips
Rides, music, games and springtime
Amusement park fun!

We happen to have one of the top rated theme parks in the country a mere 20 minutes away. Which is nice because we can go at off-season times and keep our visits short and enjoyable, instead of miserable because we drove forever to get there and have to wring out every last second of FUN goddammit and then everyone is tired and pissed.

This was my first trip in years because I don’t do well on rides. I also hate Southern summers. After every roller coaster I have to sit down for a half hour because vertigo makes me walk sideways and crash into things, plus I despise being sweaty if I’m not working out. Why tramp around a steaming theme park when I could be lounging by the pool with a frozen drink? Why wait hours in lines of obnoxious teenagers and vacationers wearing ill fitting shorts for a ride that I won’t enjoy?

I can manufacture panic attacks quite easily on my own TYVM, without having to hang upside down 100 ft in the air before plunging to the ground at 70 MPH.

It’s time I admitted it: I don’t like theme park rides. I also don’t like to ski. How very uncool of me.

No one told me that having a child changes how you view amusement parks. Or that a lot of the kiddie rides require a parent.

I learned yesterday that kiddie rides are MUCH more my speed. All this time I’ve been wasting on the loopy rides, I could have been going on this:

And no one blames you! You can’t very well take a toddler on a roller coaster now can you? How cute! And while your 18-month old cuddles up next to you as the ride goes around in a circle, or maybe it even goes WAHOOO UP AND DOWN, you can be totally secure in the knowledge that you are under no obligation to ride anything that requires you be over 36 inches tall.

Totally new perspective.

Anyway, here we are first thing in the morning. Excited although we aren’t sure why. Something in the air…