The park opened at 2pm. Jimmy is sort of a dare-devil (he's been sky-diving 3x). So, he wanted the boys to ride THE GOLIATH first.
I had just had Chick-fil-a for lunch, and was already nervous, (I could not believe he was breaking us in by doing the Goliath first!!) Jimmy & Linda went to the front row line & the rest of us went to the other line. The guys knew I was afraid of roller coasters & were not letting me get out of this ride. I was literally shaking & my heart was pounding. The ride looked terrible & I was more afraid of getting sick since I downed my food while waiting in the ticket line.
This is my scared to death face:) When it was our turn to sit down there was a rush of people. I got booted to the next row, sitting by strangers, and I was NOT going to sit with people I did not know! So, I kinda skipped out and did not ride. :) I am so glad I didn't. I really think I would have been sick. But, I was also bummed out because I chickened out. I decided I would have to ride something to redeem myself. And I kept hearing the words of AfricaKatie "do one thing a day that scares you..."
The ferris wheel is more like my kinda ride-Vagner, Adrian, & Chico rode it with me...and they were making faces & noises at the couple in the cart next to us who were making out. nice.
Fast forward to the last ride of the night- Jimmy made ALL of us ride THE SCREAM. (I got my pictures from the internet-so they were taken during the day-but we rode it at night!) scary!
Only Jimmy & Linda had been on The Scream during the day. All the guys & I were too scared to ride. However, Jimmy & Linda somehow convinced us all to ride it before we left.
The line was long-but we all agreed to ride it...a few of the guys tried to back out, but with 9 of us, we encouraged each other that we could do it! There were 3 little kids behind us-ages 8-10 and they LOVED this ride so it was kind of hard to be a chicken when little kids could do this ride.
Vagner & I had made a deal that we would both ride it. So I did not chicken out b/c I knew he would have an out & I secretly wanted to overcome my fear of scary rides.
Adrian surprisingly wanted to bow out, but his older brothers & Linda would not let him. Apparently he had made a deal with Mama Linda earlier that day when he made her ride a scary ride.
I kept telling myself that if Linda could do it, so could I. And the ride does not turn you upside down, one thing I am not ok with.
It was finally our turn, and I sat between Linda and Vagner. The ride shoots you 20 stories straight up in a few seconds....then drops you back down & up again& down again
I SCREAMED the entire time. And laughed hysterically because I was screaming so much! Linda kept asking if I was ok;) Vagner was completely silent!
It was an adrenaline rush like I have never had before. I loved it. I could do the ride again...and probably keep my eyes open. It felt good to do something that terrified me. I felt strong-like I could ride any ride at the park (which is a lie, but I probably could have in that moment.)
I don't like for fear to dictate my life...so this was a baby step in getting over my fear of roller-coasters. I never would have done it had I not had all the support from Linda and the boys. Nothing like a healthy dose of peer preassure to help you overcome a fear;)
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