First, I have to apologize for the lack of post yesterday. Sickness has overcome me in stages. It first started with waking up: "Oh wow my throat is killing me." And it slowly progressed to: "Man my head feels really heavy." So we're at: "Why is my nose leaking!"
Anywho, Sunday, I went to the county fair with Sam! We hadn't been there since we were younger, our single digit years are some of our best, and we were kind of taken aback at how expensive everything was. Entrance fee, refill fee, tickets fee, games straight up cash, and turkey legs for $9? Highway robbery!
Of course, once you're in there and realize all of this, you can't do anything else, other than spend more, because that turkey leg looks downright appetizing.
So we only bought ten tickets to go on the rides, because we didn't understand that tickets were a type of currency at the fair and that a certain amount of tickets were traded in favor of the ride. We really only intended to go on the swings. You know those rides. The one that hitches you into a chain hanging swing and then proceeds to spin you.
Sounds fun, right?
Sam and I were making fun of the people on the ride that were already nervous or who were scared. We acted very big and bad about how the swings were kiddie to the extreme and how we were really excited to go on them to relive childhood because these rides are for children.
Oh, we ate those words when we were strapped in. First, you're not really buckled in. It's just a bar that hooks down. How safe is that? Next, the girl behind Sam insisted on swinging herself too, so she would bump into Sam. Then, you're really high off the ground.
I didn't realize my fear of heights until then.
So you're spinning over the fair ground, without a grown-up to wave to and impress because you're older and trying to relive your childhood. You've realized how bad an idea this was and are offended at the little kids smirking knowing looks at you as you unwillingly let out a scream. And when you just start to enjoy the wind in your hair and the idea of swinging your legs, the ride brings you back down to Earth.
At least I got to eat fried oreos afterwards. That made everything really worth it, even the taunting looks from the kids.