WARNING: Over 20 Don't Ride!!!!!

The Zipper

I won't go into to much detail about my experience at the fair because I am pasting my sister-in-laws story for you all to read. She just left out the part of every other second I was saying sh** or oh my h***!!! An experience that I will never forget!

(This is the start of my sister-in-law Nicole's story)
Nicklaus & I met up with his parents and his brother and his family to eat carnival treats and go on a couple of rides around 7pm last night. My sister-in-law Courtney asked me to go on The Zipper with her and of course I said yes. I ain't no wussy. (I have included a picture of the notorious carnival ride in case you didn't have a clue.) Well, we had to wait 10-15 minutes before we could get on because it was being maintained. I became a little nervous at the thought of riding it since they were required to "fix it," as the ride operator said. Eventually I sucked it up and jumped in our rotation cage with Court. (Oh my gosh, I'm feeling lightheaded just thinking about our experience. However it could be the side-effects of the energy drink my brother-in-law just let me try. I think I'm going to barf.) Immediately the ride started and at first it was really fun! Then it started becoming frightening. The force at which you are hewn towards the ground is not at all exhilarating(Courtney's thought on this-there is only a pin holding the door shut!). It's terrifying. My head felt like it was going to explode. Oh wait. That was Courtney's cell phone that flew out of nowhere and smacked me in the face(Courtney's thought- last time I went on the ride cell phones weren't invented to know it could fly out of my pocket!). While we were being thrown around, the cell phone was following suit. Eventually I grabbed it and held on for dear life. The ride seemed to go on forever!!! Yes I screamed like a girl and when it stopped I was more than relieved. I felt like one of those bawling yet estatic little kids in nursery who is reunited with their parent(s) after 2 hours of no mommy or daddy.
No.
The ride started going backwards. The sound of our cage turning was loud and...LOUD so I thought we were going to fly off the hinges. (More "screaming" and "no-no-ing") After what seemed like 5 minutes, the ride stopped. We got off, and literally staggered to our family. To my surprise, my throat was dry due to continual screaming. I don't know about Court, but I literally felt so accomplished for surviving that damn ride. I realized that my body is older (my arms are sore today from supporting myself, and I do push-ups everyday!)(Courtney's thought-after 2 c-sections and no stomach muscles my stomach muscles hurt!) and that I should probably weigh the pros and cons before I get on a ride like that again.

I don't remember getting off the ride and filling like and just spun around 100 times when I was younger, but being old you fill crazy when you get off, it was the craziest thing. I second Nicole that you really have to way the pros and cons on going on a ride like that again. Oh wait they have been weighed, I am a mother and mothers need to just watch not try to bring back the good old teeange years!!!
Have a good day!