'Sending Out Invitations'

'Rule #1... No sending out invitations!'

This isn't going to mean anything to anyone but me, but it was the joke of the day yesterday so I had to include in here! And just because we could, we sent out all the invitations that we could!!!

Jack! OMG! Yesterday was the most fun that I had had in a LONG time. Yesterday was Six Flags with the girls from school and it was a blast! It was a long day filled with adventures gallore! It started for me at 5:30am when I got up and got ready. Two of my friends, Leah and Ciera, were at my house by 6:30am and we left towards Six Flags. We were going to be meeting Kristi at a truck stop in Milwaukee and continue from there. I had watched the weather all week to see what it would be like and the chance of rain only increased. We ended up in some rain in Milwaukee which was kind of heavy and actually saw someone in an accident (luckily it was only one car and no injuries). Leah drove the whole day down there which was kind of nice. We took her mom's car because her Jeep is in need of some fixing. Leah has a bit of road rage, but it is so funny. She has a lead foot, but overall a pretty good driver. We made it unscathed so I suppose that is good for something.

I was kind of bummed that it continued to rain as we got closer (well on and off). We successfully navigated to the correct spot to pick up Kristi. I don't think there was a moment of silence in that car the entire way down or back we were all gabbing so much! So much to catch up on and well we are usually talking about something when we are together.

Upon arriving at Six Flags it was continuing to rain, but thankfully it wasn't a down pour, more of an annoying drizzle like rain and the rides were still going. Because of the inclement weather during the early hours after opening the lines stayed relatively short for a while. Leah was a roller coaster virgin so we broke her in with the Viper first. A pretty decent one... wooden, doesn't go upside down... but still good. Kristi and I took the second row and Ciera (had been on coasters, but never to Six Flags before) and Leah took the third row. Kristi and I held our arms most of the way and I'm glad to say that both Ciera and Leah liked it. After the Viper we took a leap and hit up Raging Bull. Now if you know Six Flags, this is a CRAZY ride and has a HUGE first drop! I love the ride, just not the first drop, gives you that stomach in the mouth sort of feeling. Because you can sit 4 across on this ride we took the second row. Kristi and I would have took the first row, but we decided to all sit together and Leah didn't want the first row. I think we could have gotten Ciera to come with us.

I kept my arms up for some of this ride, but definitely not all of it. Leah kept her eyes closes for the whole thing and ended up getting a bit of a head ache and queasy afterwards. I felt kind of bad because that kept her from going on a few other rides with us. After Raging Bull, Ciera, Kristi and I did the Giant Drop. Freaking scary, but fun! Then we hit up Batman and Iron Wolf during with Leah also sat out. We got on both of those rides relatively fast as well so Leah didn't have to wait too long for us. Iron Wolf shakes your head too much and I didn't care for it, but loved Batman. Batman and Superman are my favorite rides. Then we headed over to Superman where the line was pretty long. We had Leah wait in line with us this time because we would be waiting for a while and she could just skip the ride when we got up there. However, about half way through, Kristi got a little queasy and her and Leah left the line. Kristi just needed something to eat and then felt better. By this time it was about 1pm and we still hadn't had lunch. After a total of waiting for about an hour and a half Ciera and I got on the ride! I was nervous that she might not go on because as we got closer and closer she could see more of the ride she looked a little apprehensive. But she came on and really enjoyed it! I was excited that she liked it so much!

Lunch came next. We had packed a TON of food and sat in the car gorging ourselves. It was all so yummy. We decided that while we were here we might as well put on our suits and hit up the water park. Some of the water slides looked super fun and wanted to try them out. None of us had been to the water park there so wanted a new experience. By this time the rain had stopped, but it wasn't extremely warm. In fact, the sun didn't come out until we were leaving at 7pm. So... we toweled up the windows of the car and took turns slipping into our suits. Aren't we ever the innovative group, lol!

The first water slide we went on was called the Tornado, but personally I think the Vortex sounds better. It was a water slide for four. You have to carry this huge tube up a billion stairs before getting on the water slide. We all thought it was kind of dangerous. The wait in line for the water slides wasn't that bad, but kind of cold after we got wet. The Tornado was super fun!!! But the water was kind of cold. I would have liked to go on again, but we decided to hit up some of the others. We did some more rides on tubes and one where you went down by yourself on a mat HEAD FIRST! Now that was a crazy one, but also fun! The only bad part was the water spraying into your eyes. We probably spent an hour at the water park and then decided that we would do a few more rides before leaving to come home.

We did the Viper again because Leah wanted to go on that one and would go on it. Kristi and I took the front this time and Ciera and Leah sat behind us in the second row. Held our hands up the whole time and even Leah had hers up for part of it. We told her we had to do in honor of Robin, our friend who couldn't make it. Lol! After this we wanted to do Raging Bull again and American Eagle and Superman again. But because of the time and the impending three and a half hour drive home, we decided to do Superman again because Kristi didn't get on it the first time. The line was shorter this time and only took about an hour to get through. Leah waited in line with us once again and then skipped the ride once we got up there. Because the line for the front row was just about as short as the other rows we took a chance and went for it. Two front rows for me on the same day! But front row on Superman was definitely the BEST! It was so worth it and I kept my arms up for all of it expect for like two seconds where we were about go upside down. I really wish Leah would have come on with us. She said she will next year.

Yes... Jay quote 'You are already planning next year?!'... we are planning a next year. And hopefully next year Robin can come with us. But next year we are going to rent a hotel room because that was just TOO much driving in one day. Especially for Leah because she had a 45 minute drive before she picked up Ciera and me, and a 45 minute drive after she dropped us off. I can't wait until next year because this year was too much fun! We talked and talked about EVERYTHING! And we definitely sent out invitations!!! I know, you don't get it, but seriously it's just too funny!

Our drive home was pretty uneventful until we got around Fremont. Jay called me around FonduLac letting us know that we were headed into storms and pretty bad rain. Ugh, just what I wanted to know. It was a good thing I brought my glasses along otherwise I wouldn't have been able to see anything. Leah drove until Fremont where the rain got too hard to see anything and we exited and sat at a gas station for a while. Then Ciera said she would try driving and got us home safely. The rain let up after a while and I calmed down a little. I'm a nervous wreck when it's bad weather and we are driving. But the girls were both great drivers! We left at 7pm and got home at 11:30pm! Long drive and even longer due to the weather! But at least the traffic wasn't too bad. We saw enough cops with people pulled over though and for sure thought that we were going to get pulled over at one point, but apparently the cop was not paying attention because he didn't pull us over.

Overall the day was UBER FUN!!! I'm so glad we were able to get together and have some fun. We are planning a study session this following week.

More later... CIAO! LOVE ME!