A day of fun at the theme park.
admin on Jun 21st 2008
During this last week I actually took a day off from work and went to a theme park. It was for me kind of a strange experience. After my dad had his heart attack I decided come hell or high water I am going to make time to have some fun. I caught a glympse of myself going down the same path he did, working every day and waiting for life to be over. So this time when the opportunity to spend a day on the rides came up I said “Screw the job, I’m going.” I have to admit that it felt good.
As I walked through the park thoughts of the last time I visited came back and I realized just how long it has been. Rides I went on last time aren’t there anymore. Dozens of new roller coasters have sprung up. Going on a thursday morning I realized just how many people are able to do thngs like that regularly where this was a once in a decade visit for me. The park was positively packed with people and it wasn’t even a weekend.
I don’t really have a profound thought to put foreward in todays blog. I feel totally relaxed and ready to go back to the grind for at least a few more days. I spent the better part of the day trying to keep my nephew from getting onto rides he shouldn’t and convincing my niece to get on rides she should. (she’s positively terrified of even the kiddie rides) I had to bribe her to get onto each of them that I managed to get her to ride. Once she rides them I’m sure next year they’ll be fond memories and she will want to ride them but she needed alot of prodding to get her past the fear. I even managed to get my mom onto the tilt-a-whirl. She needed quite abit of convincing that she wasn’t too old to go on the rides as well.
Aside from that I visited a few of the bigger roller coasters, and spent a while on a water park bench. There is a certain wonderment that only comes from watching young ladies in string bikinis playing amidst the water. I’ve always been too worthless to go and join them, but the simple pleasure of viewing the spectacle is something I will never deny myself of.
All in all the experience was a right solid good day. Even if I did feel out of place.
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