Get to the point, Cedar Point
I think I'm in the clear. Besides some dry skin and a pink scalp, I escaped a day in the sun without getting seriously burned. In the end I went with a hypoallergenic SPF 30, to help keep down breakouts, and only had to reapply once.
We got a late start on the day due to "Mr. we don't have to set an alarm I'll wake up early;" and me who, when left to it, can sleep the day away without a clue.
So 1:00pm rolls around and we finally make it to the park. Got in for free, YES, and promptly had my required "freak-out" of the day. I got it out of the way early at the Top Thrill Dragster lockers (A.K.A. rape-your-wallet-boxes) so I was good to go for the rest of the day.
It was nearly perfect weather and I was only overly warm for the first hour or so of standing in line. But to further illustrate how pale I am I must share a story. Standing in line for TTD, the sun was beating down pretty strong, and I was a tiny bit sweaty. With this combo my skin became reflective, bouncing back the sun's rays like a shiny object might.
Preteen girl standing behind me is talking and I'm mostly not paying attention, until she starts talking about her hands. She's looking at them and tracing her veins saying how they only stick out when she's tired. Well when someone is talking about a body part of theirs you tend to check out your own to compare.
So I look down at the top of my hand and gross myself out. Due to the above mentioned circumstances my skin is now virtually transparent and my veins are HUGE, and blue, and bulging out. I then understood why that girl was talking about hand veins and her mom kept hushing her and glancing at me.
I had one other experience where I was painfully aware of my whiteness. After lunch I went to the restroom to re-apply sunscreen. It takes me at least a half hour to cover every inch of me and I had to rinse off my face and potty first. It was a small bathroom but at least twenty five people came in during the time I was slathering myself. All of them were tan, or had naturally dark skin. Some ignored me, but a few commented on how they felt lucky after seeing what I had to go through.
I felt garish and weird and rushed through the process as quickly as possible. I finally gave up when a mom and her son started having a fight in one of the stalls about the fact that he wouldn't go poop. It was way bizarre and if I have a little boy, JR is responsible for most of his public potty trips.
JR and I, now properly gooped-up, head out to enjoy the rest of the day. However we didn't foresee the attack of the Fluffies. I have no idea what kind of seeds or pollen these things were but they were everywhere. They reminded me of a cross between a dandelion seed and a cotton ball. They stuck in your hair, on your clothes, and most annoyingly on your skin.
It was the worst while we were in line for Millennium Force. The ride was broken down for a time and we were almost at a stand still. Apparently the Fluffies planned this so that they could converge on us en masse. Arg, I still can feel them clinging inside my nose.. ick.
We wanted to go to the bar later that night and we had ridden just about everything we wanted to, so after the Raptor we headed back. Just in time too since the minute we got off the ride it started to rain.
It was an exhausting day, but a good one. And I know JR isn't a big rollercoaster fan but he went anyway and tried to have fun for me, he's such a sweetie ^_^*
We got a late start on the day due to "Mr. we don't have to set an alarm I'll wake up early;" and me who, when left to it, can sleep the day away without a clue.
So 1:00pm rolls around and we finally make it to the park. Got in for free, YES, and promptly had my required "freak-out" of the day. I got it out of the way early at the Top Thrill Dragster lockers (A.K.A. rape-your-wallet-boxes) so I was good to go for the rest of the day.
It was nearly perfect weather and I was only overly warm for the first hour or so of standing in line. But to further illustrate how pale I am I must share a story. Standing in line for TTD, the sun was beating down pretty strong, and I was a tiny bit sweaty. With this combo my skin became reflective, bouncing back the sun's rays like a shiny object might.
Preteen girl standing behind me is talking and I'm mostly not paying attention, until she starts talking about her hands. She's looking at them and tracing her veins saying how they only stick out when she's tired. Well when someone is talking about a body part of theirs you tend to check out your own to compare.
So I look down at the top of my hand and gross myself out. Due to the above mentioned circumstances my skin is now virtually transparent and my veins are HUGE, and blue, and bulging out. I then understood why that girl was talking about hand veins and her mom kept hushing her and glancing at me.
I had one other experience where I was painfully aware of my whiteness. After lunch I went to the restroom to re-apply sunscreen. It takes me at least a half hour to cover every inch of me and I had to rinse off my face and potty first. It was a small bathroom but at least twenty five people came in during the time I was slathering myself. All of them were tan, or had naturally dark skin. Some ignored me, but a few commented on how they felt lucky after seeing what I had to go through.
I felt garish and weird and rushed through the process as quickly as possible. I finally gave up when a mom and her son started having a fight in one of the stalls about the fact that he wouldn't go poop. It was way bizarre and if I have a little boy, JR is responsible for most of his public potty trips.
JR and I, now properly gooped-up, head out to enjoy the rest of the day. However we didn't foresee the attack of the Fluffies. I have no idea what kind of seeds or pollen these things were but they were everywhere. They reminded me of a cross between a dandelion seed and a cotton ball. They stuck in your hair, on your clothes, and most annoyingly on your skin.
It was the worst while we were in line for Millennium Force. The ride was broken down for a time and we were almost at a stand still. Apparently the Fluffies planned this so that they could converge on us en masse. Arg, I still can feel them clinging inside my nose.. ick.
We wanted to go to the bar later that night and we had ridden just about everything we wanted to, so after the Raptor we headed back. Just in time too since the minute we got off the ride it started to rain.
It was an exhausting day, but a good one. And I know JR isn't a big rollercoaster fan but he went anyway and tried to have fun for me, he's such a sweetie ^_^*
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