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Ugh. One of the reasons I don't get on LJ too much is that I find I waste too much time. I might just be slower than most people. I don't know.
I just had to write about our day at Six Flags though. Yesterday, the girls, all three of them, and I went to Six Flags for a lot of the day. We started the day off kind of slow and ended it with a bang, as both Hannah and Meggan rode rides that they normally won't ride, so that means I got to ride lots of fun rides too. Yay me.
As I said, the day started off slow with us riding the typical stuff we always do: I start with the Ga. Cyclone, which I won't be riding anymore because it hurt my head and neck way too much, as does the Scream Machine. They are just too rickety and jerky, and that used to not bother me at all, but it appears it does now, extremely so. Then we headed over to the Mine Train, Hanson Cars and the bumper cars, there we refilled drinks and headed to the water park, Skull Island. Very routine creatures are we, but I usually ask after every ride what the children want to do next, and it is the same ole thing every time. Oh, Meggan will separate at some point with her friend, if one comes along, but it's the same for Hannah and me. The day will continue with us meeting up and all together riding Thunder River right before the end of the day.
This day was different. For one, we started off on the Wiley Coyote roller coaster, small, less than a minute long, 58 seconds to be exact because we timed it. Hannah decided she would ride it, and she loved it! Let me explain how big of a big deal this is for her. To push herself, Hannah has made a goal to always ride the Mine Train each and every time we go to the park this season, and she looks plain scared, even saying, "Don't touch me"! Very stern like, because she can't stand the second of being distracted from gripping her hands into the handle. She makes me hold her hand, but only I can touch her, and only on her hands usually. So, to make the move to go on another roller coaster was almost unbelievable. She did go to the park saying that she was definitely going to ride Splash Water Falls for her first time with Natasha specifically, but that was all I expected from her. Even that I wasn't sure she'd go through with, but indeed she did. Much to my surprise, she also rode the the log ride too.
As I mentioned earlier, Meggan usually separates from us, and that was the case this time too. She and Natasha went to ride the Mind Bender, only the best roller coaster ever in my opinion, which Tasha had warned her earlier that she really wanted Meggan to ride it with her. After Meggan rode this, there was no stopping them. They rode the Ga. Cyclone, Batman, and the Ga. Scorcher all consecutively.
At the Ga. Scorcher is where we all met up again, and I rode it twice in a row, as the lines were barely existent while Hannah and Meggan got rehydrated and ate some peanuts. Natasha rode with me, and once we even got the front car. It was great, and the first time I got to ride it all season. Then, we rode the log ride where we got a great picture of us riding down the longest water fall. It is a picture that I will treasure because we are all together having a great time.
We then went to Thunder River and Splash Water Falls where again, the lines were almost nonexistent. Making great time, we decided to run to the Goliath roller coaster, and run we had to to make it before the park closed. We barely made it in time too because we made several wrong turns, and we were running hills and everything, me even carrying the book bag and other stuff. But, make it we did..... barely. Now this is some huge roller coaster. We were up at night, and could see the whole city at the top of it, with all the lights blazing, and I swear we were climbing this thing at a 90 degree angle to get to the top. Sheez, it was tall.... and long.... and just the funnest ever! We laughed and screamed and had the most fun ending to this great day. We got the picture to prove this too. I looked terrified, Tasha looked all relaxed like she does things like this everyday, and Meggan.... I don't even know how to describe how she looked, maybe just miserable that the ride was ending. Because Meggan now loves roller coasters!!!!
We basically closed the park last night getting home around 10:30, which I felt kind of bad for Jon, barely seeing us last night. But, as we were driving home, we were all kept saying that it was the funnest day we'd had in a long time. Each of us felt content with our day, feeling successful in trying new things, getting to do things we each wanted to do. And, we felt close, and I noticed today that the girls still look happy, sharing a great comaraderie as they play WII and doing some house work.
Mentioning work, it is getting too late, so off to cleaning I must. Tonight, we eat out, and I am hungry!
I just had to write about our day at Six Flags though. Yesterday, the girls, all three of them, and I went to Six Flags for a lot of the day. We started the day off kind of slow and ended it with a bang, as both Hannah and Meggan rode rides that they normally won't ride, so that means I got to ride lots of fun rides too. Yay me.
As I said, the day started off slow with us riding the typical stuff we always do: I start with the Ga. Cyclone, which I won't be riding anymore because it hurt my head and neck way too much, as does the Scream Machine. They are just too rickety and jerky, and that used to not bother me at all, but it appears it does now, extremely so. Then we headed over to the Mine Train, Hanson Cars and the bumper cars, there we refilled drinks and headed to the water park, Skull Island. Very routine creatures are we, but I usually ask after every ride what the children want to do next, and it is the same ole thing every time. Oh, Meggan will separate at some point with her friend, if one comes along, but it's the same for Hannah and me. The day will continue with us meeting up and all together riding Thunder River right before the end of the day.
This day was different. For one, we started off on the Wiley Coyote roller coaster, small, less than a minute long, 58 seconds to be exact because we timed it. Hannah decided she would ride it, and she loved it! Let me explain how big of a big deal this is for her. To push herself, Hannah has made a goal to always ride the Mine Train each and every time we go to the park this season, and she looks plain scared, even saying, "Don't touch me"! Very stern like, because she can't stand the second of being distracted from gripping her hands into the handle. She makes me hold her hand, but only I can touch her, and only on her hands usually. So, to make the move to go on another roller coaster was almost unbelievable. She did go to the park saying that she was definitely going to ride Splash Water Falls for her first time with Natasha specifically, but that was all I expected from her. Even that I wasn't sure she'd go through with, but indeed she did. Much to my surprise, she also rode the the log ride too.
As I mentioned earlier, Meggan usually separates from us, and that was the case this time too. She and Natasha went to ride the Mind Bender, only the best roller coaster ever in my opinion, which Tasha had warned her earlier that she really wanted Meggan to ride it with her. After Meggan rode this, there was no stopping them. They rode the Ga. Cyclone, Batman, and the Ga. Scorcher all consecutively.
At the Ga. Scorcher is where we all met up again, and I rode it twice in a row, as the lines were barely existent while Hannah and Meggan got rehydrated and ate some peanuts. Natasha rode with me, and once we even got the front car. It was great, and the first time I got to ride it all season. Then, we rode the log ride where we got a great picture of us riding down the longest water fall. It is a picture that I will treasure because we are all together having a great time.
We then went to Thunder River and Splash Water Falls where again, the lines were almost nonexistent. Making great time, we decided to run to the Goliath roller coaster, and run we had to to make it before the park closed. We barely made it in time too because we made several wrong turns, and we were running hills and everything, me even carrying the book bag and other stuff. But, make it we did..... barely. Now this is some huge roller coaster. We were up at night, and could see the whole city at the top of it, with all the lights blazing, and I swear we were climbing this thing at a 90 degree angle to get to the top. Sheez, it was tall.... and long.... and just the funnest ever! We laughed and screamed and had the most fun ending to this great day. We got the picture to prove this too. I looked terrified, Tasha looked all relaxed like she does things like this everyday, and Meggan.... I don't even know how to describe how she looked, maybe just miserable that the ride was ending. Because Meggan now loves roller coasters!!!!
We basically closed the park last night getting home around 10:30, which I felt kind of bad for Jon, barely seeing us last night. But, as we were driving home, we were all kept saying that it was the funnest day we'd had in a long time. Each of us felt content with our day, feeling successful in trying new things, getting to do things we each wanted to do. And, we felt close, and I noticed today that the girls still look happy, sharing a great comaraderie as they play WII and doing some house work.
Mentioning work, it is getting too late, so off to cleaning I must. Tonight, we eat out, and I am hungry!