Nossa….
I loved my whole birthday weekend! I started with a 1 hour massage with Millie and then the party - lots of friends came to our house for a game-party and it was FUN!
On Saturday we flew to Cleveland to surprise David’s parents - it was the day of George’s 70th birthday party. it was a gift for him and also for all of us - it’s always very fun to visit! I also had the opportunity to glaze my own little ceramic “pots” that I had made in our last visit in December. (right?)
On Sunday, back to Indianapolis, David took me to a Spanish restaurant (Barcelona?) and we had great, really delicious food (the idea was to go to San Torini, but it was closed - so we’ll go there next time).
I was pretty happy!! We drove to Mason, to our next adventure for my actual birthday: Kings island!
9:30 am we arrived in the extremely empty parking lot - very unusual!! We actually entered the park, but had to wait until 10am for the “streets” to open to general public, so we gathered there with some dozens of adolescents. The excitement was building up - everybody was getting more and more anxious and at 10am we heard the National Anthem in the speakers all around the park. It was sung very beautifully by a woman - no instruments.
At10am the sidewalks inside the park opened and we kind of run to our first ride:
Face-off (now called InVertigo): its was a great ride to start! and actually one of my favorites!
David:”The 2 fee-requiring “rides” were on sale from $25 to $5, so we did both of them, and they were amazing.”
Slingshot: I loved it! They aim you to the sky and…. VUPT! There you go like a little ball shot in the air! I felt like I was levitating - I opened my arms as if I were meditating - it was almost a spiritual experience. I recommend - and it’s not scary at all.
Xtreme Skyflyer: It was like a dream - I didn’t know what this ride was about (David knew) and the woman explaining was talking real fast. We had to put on a heavy “front vest” that had a hook in the center of our backs. We walked up to this kind of podium, in the center of this “ride”. Then, they said hold on this kind of low wall (that appeared from nowhere) to help you continue to be standing up… Then they continued talking and David and I had to hold to our arms in a specific way, and then suddenly “VUPT!”we were facing the ground! There was a hook pulling us up from the ground until 153 feet high. Well, after the shock of being so high up in the sky I remembered that I was the one to pull a cord that would unlatch us and make us “fly”. David had decided way back when they were speaking very fast and told them that I would do it. Ah! It was hard to release that right arm (that was grabbing Davids arm) to find the yellow thingy that I had to pull. But then, when I do it - nothing - the free fall was really scary in the first second or so. Then it was just the amazement of flying. Really really REALLY unforgettable. I recommend to anyone that is not afraid of heights.
David: “After that, we rode every single (grownup) coaster, multiple times as we wanted - 4 on The Beast, 3 on the very nice new coaster (Diamondback). About half of the coaster rides were “walk on”, that is, there was at least one empty stall when you got into the boarding area. We did a lot of waiting for the front car, which Pri loves. By late afternoon we were almost tired of roller coasters and quite hot, so we spent a little over an hour at the water park, to which we’d never been.”
I happily bought a swimsuit for me as part of the gift that Donna had given to me for my birthday, and also paid for the lockers, then David and I could enjoy the water park together. It was the refreshment I needed, since I was feeling really hot and tired. I even tried a water slide, which confirmed that I don’t really like this type of “ride”. But being in the water for an hour made me feel ready for more!!
So.. we still went back to more roller coasters, including the Racer, according to David, his first roller coaster. We also had a lot of fun in the “Scooby-doo” castle - for kids - we had to shoot the targets while the car was moving to make the cartoon move. David beat the record of the house! 
I had a blast. It was a very fun, exciting and relaxing day!!
What a lucky person I am! Thanks David for wanting to share this unique celebration with me!
