For some reason I'm not feeling so great right now. I feel kind of feverish and slightly nauseated. Maybe it's just my reaction to the noise and dirt at work. Or maybe it was the leftover pizza I had for lunch. In any case, I just wanna lie down somewhere and close my eyes for a little while.
This Saturday is opening day for Cedar Point's 2012 season. Yay! Mark and I have season passes. I doubt I'll be going that day though, partly because Mark has to work on Saturday (like always), and partly because it will be super crowded and the lines for rides will all be 3 hours long. Also because right now the idea of going there and riding roller coasters makes me tired. Now, don't get me wrong, I love CP and roller coasters. But a little goes a long way with me, especially regarding the rides. That's why my favorite time of year is Halloweekends, since there is more for everyone to do (haunted houses and attractions) than just ride rides. I find that the older I get, the less tolerance my equilibrium has for multiple roller coaster rides in a row. And when you have a season pass, you don't feel the urgency to ride every single ride in the park in one day. And you also get really picky about waiting in line. If anything has more than a one-hour wait, you say nah, nevermind. I'll ride that some other time. So, many days we end up only riding a few rides, which is perfectly fine with me. Cedar Point is a great place to people-watch; it attracts all kinds of interesting folks, and if all you do is sit and watch people all day, you will be entertained. Plus I like the cheesy musical shows, and they have a Snoopy/Peanuts ice skating show that is actually pretty impressive (and a nice cool place to hang out on a sweltering summer day). I'm curious to see how good their new dinosaur attraction is. I bought Mark and myself tickets to see it - it's not included in admission or the season pass price - so it better be pretty good. The tickets were only $5 each, but since they make you pay extra, I hope it lives up to the hype.
The other day I was looking at ice cream makers on amazon, and for some reason I really wanted to get one. But as Mark pointed out to me, the last thing he and I need is to be eating more ice cream, and after the initial novelty wears off, it would probably just end up taking up space in the cupboards. So my impulse was squelched, and no ice cream maker. And I don't know why I wanted to get one so much; I'm not really that much of an ice cream enthusiast. Maybe because most of the flavors available at the store are not to my liking. I'm always looking for an Edy's Slow Churned chocolate-chip ice cream, and it doesn't seem to exist. I love chocolate-chip ice cream, and the only one I can ever find is Breyers or Pierre's, which are ok, but they're not Edy's. They end up disappointing me and I regret buying them. So if anyone knows anyone who has a cousin that's a friend of a brother of someone works for Edy's, tell 'em they need to make a slow-churned chocolate-chip flavor. And if they already do, tell them to ship it to my Giant Eagle.
