A few weeks ago, I started the ball rolling on this trip to Cedar Point. A three hour car ride to the best amusement park ever! Except that recruiting people was difficult. As time ticked down to my planned date, people started getting busy. Some people got sick. Some people went out of town. Unfortunately, I am one of those people that easily gets influenced by people\’s decisions. I felt so disappointed as the day went on. Watching crazy drivers drive vintage cars in a nearby race track (pictures to come) cheered up slightly, but I was sad that I couldn\’t spend a lot of time with the people who were leaving in August. So I cancelled the trip and rescheduled it.

At least I won\’t have to wake up early tomorrow.

In other thoughts though, I remembered one awkward moment related to amusement parks. It was my first boyfriend and me. He was visiting me during spring break, sacrificing his last spring break of high school to see me in Northern California. I surprised him the day he arrived with two tickets to an amusement park. He looked downfallen and disappointed. Not his thing. Yet I already spend a lot of money on it. (Meaning…I was poor at that time…and $30 is something I couldn\’t give away). We went on a rollercoaster for my sake and basically, he refused to let go of the safety harness. He wasn\’t that easy-going about it either. Yeah, a little awkward. No wonder, it didn\’t really work out. :)

Next memory. When I visited Minnesota, my friends there made a big deal about how we should go to Cedar Point. By that time, I had gotten older (and possibly mature). I demanded to see what made their city of Duluth so great rather than driving down to a park. Two years later, now in Pittsburgh. It\’s not because I want to be entertained, it\’s because I want to ride the best of the best. Where is my 6 lb burger by the way?