We took The Curly Girly Trio and two friends to the water park this morning. Darlin' and Lovey have been friends with our girls for so long and spend so much time with our family that I consider them to be surrogate daughters. We joke around the same way I do with B, M and L and it's a good thing too, otherwise, after what happened today, I'm not so sure they'll want to hang out with me again. Or. . . maybe despite the fact that we have such a close relationship, they still won't want to hang with me.
On the way to the water part, Darlin' asked, "CGM, are you going to go on the water slides?"
"Oh, I don't know," I replied. "I'm not a big fan of them."
"She'll go," piped up The Doctor. "We'll get her on one before we leave today!"
That brought on giggles and laughter from all 5 girls and I think cheers of, "Yes! She's gonna do a water slide!"
After we got into the park, The Doctor and L went to the Little Fishies area and the big girls went to the lazy river. I joined them there a few minutes later, but they were already ahead of me. Fine, I figured I'd need the relaxation now given I wouldn't get it later. After I finished my very lazy and relaxing ride, I spied the 3 of the big girls heading towards the BIG water slides.
I called out to them and they turned around.
"CGM! Are you going to go on the water slides?," Darlin' asked again, with glee in her voice.
"I don't know. . .," I said hesitantly. "They look awfully big."
"They're a lot of fun!," cried B. "You need to go!"
"I don't know. . . ," I replied, while walking over to them. "I'm afraid of heights."
"I'm afraid of heights too, but I faced my fear and you should face yours," advised Lovey, wisely.
By this point, we started the huge climb up to the top.
"Wow. We are getting really high," I pointed out.
"What? Are you chicken?," taunted Darlin'.
"Why, yes I am!," I replied and started doing the Chicken Dance right there on the stairs.
Darlin' looked at me like I was nuts and said, "Please! Stop!"
". . . cluck cluck cluck cluck!," I sang, while clapping my hands. "I am a chicken after all!"
B was ahead of us on the stairs, she looked back and then must have decided pretending she didn't know me was the best thing.
I sang another verse, full of clucks and claps and Darlin' turned bright red.
"You are embarrassing me!," she admonished.
"Well, good," I replied. "Glad to know I'm fulfilling my duty!"
"What duty?," she asked as we stepped on to the last landing.
"The duty all parents have to embarrass our children in public," I informed her.
"Our Mom doesn't embarrass us," Lovey said.
Then, even better I'm doing so now!
It was my turn to go on the slides and I picked the slowest one. The Lifeguard at the top told me it's so slow that if you go sitting up, you get stuck in the middle. That was an important piece of advice.
I'm going to interject with a side story here:
When The Doctor and I were dating, we met his brother, Sal and a friend at Universal Studios. After much cajoling, they got me on to The Hulk. Now, I hate roller coasters. Actually, I loathe them. I do not like the feeling of having no control over my body and that's how I feel on roller coasters.
So, here I am sitting on The Hulk, strapped in and I had a death grip on the harness. The ride took off, I squeezed my eyes shut and started screaming like a crazy person. I felt the ride stop, opened my eyes and saw we were upside down! I immediately squeezed my eyes shut harder and started screaming again. The next time I felt the ride stop, I kept screaming, assuming we were still going, and I wasn't feeling it. Suddenly, I heard Sal say, "Dude? Is she OK?" The Doctor leaned over and started prying my hands off my harness.
"The ride is stopped, CGM. Unless you want to go again, you'd better get up," he said trying not to laugh. Actually, he was probably outright laughing. I know Sal and our friend were! I have never moved that fast in my life.
So, back to today. . . I asked the Lifeguard if the slide was anything like a roller coaster.
"Maybe, like a really lame one," he answered.
"Well, you're looking at someone who freaks out on Goofy's Barnstormer," I informed him.
His answer was a fit of laughter.
I sat down and the water wooshed me down. I started screaming, because that's my thing, evidentially.
"Aaaahhhh!!!!," I screamed. "I am never doing this again!!!"
I repeated that phrase most of the way down. My eyes were open the entire time and as I came to the slow part, sure enough, I stopped.
"Just like The Hulk," I surmised. "At least I'm not upside down!"
I scootched myself towards the end of the slow spot and took off sliding again, resuming my scream.
I ended up in the water, stood up and said, "Never again! We are done! That is it!"
"I heard you screaming the entire time!," Darlin' said.
"What?? You were behind me! How did you beat me down here?," I asked.
"I took the fast slide!," she said, laughing.
B and Lovey joined us shortly there after.
"I heard you screaming the entire time you were on the slide!," laughed Lovey.
"You did?," I asked.
"Yes! In fact, the guys standing behind us heard you and were laughing a lot!," she replied. "And, I'm really sorry to say, but I tried to stop. I just couldn't. I was laughing too."
"Mommy, it was so funny!," said B. "You were screaming so loudly!"
"Come on," I said. "Let's go find The Doctor and the other girls."
We spied them on the lazy river and as they got off, the 3 girls went running over to him.
"Daddy! Daddy! Mommy went on the water slides!," cried B excitedly.
"She did?," he asked.
"Yes," replied Darlin'. "And she screamed the entire way down!"
"It was so funny!," Lovey added.
All The Doctor could do was shake his head and laugh.
I may not be known for my bravery, but I'm well known for my chicken skills.
"Cluck cluck cluck cluck!," I'll always sing while clapping my hands. Hey, if I can't be brave, at least I can be funny!
I'm sad to report that when I recently rode Space Mountain, I shut my eyes and gritted my teeth the whole time. I lived it when I was in high school.
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