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I’m tired. today was pretty fun. Beck, Claire, Ben, Tanya and Beck’s mum came by about 10:10am to pick me up. Ben was speeding a lot of the drive down, and I found out later that before they left, both Beck and her mum had had a quiet word in Ben’s ear about not going too fast. Beck’s mum had already been booked twice in the space of two weeks for speeding, around the same place too. That’s gotta suck. So they mentioned to him that it might be a good idea not to drive too fast, as we were following them ’cause we didn’t know the way.

Anyway. got there. went on the batman ride. That’s apparently a tradition, that they (meaning beck and her mum and sister) always have to go on the batman ride first “because it’s the first thing when you come in the gates” so beck says. And I think also because it’s the tamest ride (apart from the looney toons river thingy) and a good one to start off with. I got bashed up pretty bad by that one, and beck reckons it’s to do with what section of the simulator you sit in. I was right on the side, and got thrown around A LOT. to the point where it was scaring me simply because i thought i would break a bone or something. Well, break another bone. Apart from the one in my back. After that, it was lunch time. So we headed on to an ATM. There was a food place right across from the ATM, so we went and checked it out, but Beck decided “aw no, it’s too healthy”. I think because they had sandwiches and *gasp* salads! God forbid! I made general disapproving noises as we headed away, but when it’s not that important, I don’t like to challenge people on decisions. Especially not Beck. I’m not weak, I just choose my battles. Instead, we ate at this little food stand in looney toons village, and all had like chicken nuggets and chips in these cardboard boxes made to look like treasure chests.

Beck’s mum said the food’d want to be made of gold for how much it cost. It was disgusting. I don’t know what the nuggets were, but they didn’t taste anything like chicken. I had three joined together like it was an amoeba that had split and multiplied or something. And there were these chips that looked like they had cancer. *gag*

We needed something REALLY tame after lunch. so we waited in line for maybe 15-20 minutes to go on the looney toons river ride. I”m not sure what exactly it’s called. You go in, they tell you to say “Yeah!” enthusiastically when the PR person gives you a double thumbs-up signal, then you have to say “awww…” sadly when they give you the thumbs-down. There’s really no point at all to this exercise. It isn’t relevant to what happens next. We then go into another room, watch some poor sad animatronics, then on to the ride. it’s a sort of boat, and you go around and around this dark channel, with some poorly timed animatronics along the way, and every so often a tree or a huge rock will ‘almost’ fall on the boat. then there’s a waterfall the boat has to go through, and everyone’s gong “oh no! turn it off! turn it off!” like it wouldn’t have gone off anyway…. and surprise surprise, it turns off just as the boat gets to it. And there’s another one straight afterwards, and that one turns off straight afterwards too. A lot of unexpected thrills. Right at the end, the person waiting to make sure everyone gets off the boat says “Porky’s just got something he wants to say to you all”. and porky the pig says “the-a-the-a-the-a-the-a that’s all folks!” in what sounds like the oldest sample tape of all time. and everyone was just silent. as if that was the perfect summary for the ride.

The day got a bit better from there in, we went on the spooky coaster ride, which i love, which is just so cute and cool and has some really great parts like where you go up in a elevator type thing in your little scary cart, and then you go down a steep slope backwards, then it’s got a kind of mine-ride thing going on with the 90 degree angles the cart goes around. it’s fun. Then we went on the wild wild west ride. I never fail to scream right before the boat goes over the edge, and the scream ends up getting lodged in my throat very painfully . I didn’t see the picture they take of you on the ride, but Beck said it’s like one they’d put up on the wall and use to advertise the ride in the park, because I’ve just got the best expression on my face, and i’ve got my hands up in the air like those people having so much fun on the ads do, so that must have been BEFORE the scream was shoved back down my throat by gravity.

Beck and I then went on the Lethal Weapon, and I got knocked around badly on that one too. It’s not so much of a thrilling ride as one that makes you feel like you’ve just gone three rounds with that guy that bit that other guys’ ear off. I think that analogy would work so much better if i had a decent memory. After the ride, the part of my back where the break is was really painful, and it felt as though there was a knife in my spine cutting through the muscles surrounding it. i had to just sit down and lean against a wall. we had a rest while Ben went on the ride, then went back out to the main street where a parade was happening. It was starting to rain, and beck’s mum was worried we would get caught in a storm on the way home. We left at about 3:30, and got home about 4:20. We got a bit of rain on the way home, nothing too serious.

Beck called me tonight to tell me that she had to take her cat to the emergency vet clinic, and that he had a 40 degree fever and was really sick with a urinary tract infection, that if a cat has it for three days or more they can die from it. She was pretty upset and said the vet said they’d need ot keep her cat overnight for some tests and things, and that it’d cost around $500-$600 to do that. I’m so sure she called me to borrow money. She would never come right out and say it, but she’s done that before and knows that when someone needs something and I can help, I find it really difficult not to offer assistance. This time though, i really couldn’t I felt terrible about her cat, but I don’t have the money anymore. I don’t have my savings at the moment. Not after 2 birthdays (one being mum’s bday, fairly expensive) and easter depleting all my funds. I’ll top it up when I get paid for my overtime next wednesday. I hope Dusty’s alright.