Okay. I get it. I'm old.

Only 4 years since I last went to King's Island, that magnificent roller coaster park about 15 minutes from my house. I wouldn't have gone this year, except Ashley gave me a couple free tickets, and I actually had been wanting to go, but couldn't bring myself to part with $40 or so.

So I picked up Proudfit at 930 and we made our way to the park. He had to be back by 3 to get ready for work, but with an overcast day at the end of summer, we didn't anticipate too heavy of a crowd. Sure enough, the lines weren't too bad. We decided to ride the Italian Job Stunt Track first, as neither of us had been there since it opened. Pretty cool setup. Three mini-coopers in a train, with 4 in each car. You launch out quick and do a corkscrew and a couple drops. Then it stalls out and a helicopter "shoots" at you and something blows up in front of you. Then you dive into darkness (I guess like the subway scene) and come roaring out of a billboard into a spray of water. It was a lot of fun, only over too quick.
We took to the Vortex next, and rode in the first car. Same classic ride as always. Ashley had said to recheck out Flight of Fear, which entered my banned list a few years ago when it shook the tar out of my neck. They had changed it up. So we did. And she was right, it wasn't as bad as I remember it. Next we went on the racer. First car. We barely could fit in the car. And it hurt. My arms kept banging down on the safety bar. And my hips got bruised from being wedged in too tight. By now, I was beginning to regret spending my day off at KI. But we went on to ride Top Gun. First car again, and a smooth ride. I timed it. 47 seconds once you reach the top of the hill until you stop. Not exactly a record-breaker.
We decided to eat, so we went to Skyline. Not sure about the choice, but it was one of the more economical places. I had mentioned Tomb Raider, since I'd never rode it. Matt said it was fun, so we went over there. Tomb Raider is really hard to explain, but I'll try. You're in stadium seating, on a platform, strapped in. This is a good thing. because you start moving all around and flipping upside down, and literally hanging upside down for a good 10-15 seconds, putting way too much pressure on your neck and face. Ack! After this, both Matt and I were ready to go. In pain, tired of walking around in a misty mess, seeing people with way too many tatoos in way too many places that shouldn't be seen in public.
All in all, a good day at KI, but I'm still a little sore. And I have a slight tummy ache. Probably from Skyline.

We saw our baby yesterday. She has grown oh so much! The doctor said she was up to 4 pounds and 5 ounces! She said she was in the 65th percentile, so a little above average when it came for babies. She's still projecting out to October 8th, so hopefully things continue to go well for both mom and baby girl.

We had baby class last night. I must say that I wasn't that thrilled with our class. We have the save-a-baby class on Saturday and breastfeeding/baby care basics on Monday night. Then 4 more weeks of baby class (Lamaze) on Thursdays. Maybe I'm just getting really anxious.

Night club tonight. Domino city! Got to get our food ready to take. I'm gonna make a red beans and rice concoction.
Later!
TJ