getting my money's worth

this is the first year that i have bought a season pass to king's dominion. while that came in extremely handy when trying to board a plane with no license, i have still made it a goal to actually get my money's worth out of this thing.

my attempts at putting a small group together to go to the park failed miserably, as everyone seemed to have prior commitments or out of town business, so when justin called asking if there was any chance i'd be up for kd today, i took him up on it.

the morning at the park was near perfect. it was overcast and relatively cool. and we had some serious coaster karma going on. aside from the fact that the new 'italian job' ride was completely lame, we managed to hit the good rides at exactly the right time--meaning very short wait times. in some cases we even jumped ahead because we were a group of 'two' and everyone else was in a larger one. so we took care of the big stuff right off the bat. and by the way, the volcano is amay-zing in the front seat.

in addition, my new favorite shirt seemed to be a hit among the ladies in the park. poor justin had to explain that we weren't dating to those who commented, so they would know i wasn't subtly trying to insult him. but i had to laugh when he said to one lady "'we're trying to get the perfect photo so i can add a caption saying 'this is why i don't like women.'" i had to point out the fact that he had just painted himself as my gay boyfriend, a fact which he was highly amused by.

as the morning turned to afternoon, the temperature rose, and frequent announcements were made relating to the fact that the national weather service had issued a heat advisory for the area. thank heavens they were there to tell us it was hot, because the sweat, nausea, and near passing out was not enough of an indication.

the sun and humidity were draining, so we took the afternoon a bit more slowly, enjoying anything that didn't have a long wait. standing in line in the sun for hours on end was not going to happen. we made the best of it and had a great time, but eventually it was time to call it a day.

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