We are waiting in line for tatsu, a ride at six flags magic mountain.
this should proove to be the longest wait of the day. Roller coasters are quite interesing. Though i am nearly done with the third harry potter book. I was really close to the end and just got to the twist at the end of the book when we had to take off walking to the park. I have gotten to the point where i really enjoy these books. The last books that I really enjoyed like this were the narnia books by cs lewis.
The day started wonderfully, with spudnuts. I have never had potato donuts before but they were spectacular! I think surely we need to get some of that action going in amarillo.
Ok so here we are a few hours later and I feel like a complete looser. I really don't understand why, but with each ride we went on the worse I started to feel. More than a few times I had to pray to keep from giving everyone else a shower they didn't want. Poor colleen just wanted me to ride all these rides with her and have fun but I finally just had to quit. I still can't get rid of the almost vertigo/queezy feeling in my head and stomach.
The whole thing is quite embarrasing actually. I am really glad that David is here so Colleen has someone to ride with. Still I am really struggling with feeling like an out of shape old disappontment ( largely in myself, not to mention to my wife ). So I am gladly waiting and trying to let my stomach settle while they ride the next big ride. Unfortunately, the iPhone has had some heavy use and only has about 10% battery left, which means I will be left truly to my own devices when it inevitably does die.
In the meantime, I am quite comfortable listening to the fairly decent speaker inthe iPhone playing my calmest playlist. On a side note the guy that was going to teach us to surf had a schedule change and had to cancel on us. I was really looking forward to learning, but there will be a next time.
I have thoroughly enjoyed California, though the one prevailing theme seems to be that I have to get back on tour. Tour was the time that I did things like this, crashing on peoples floors and not having a real plan but just going, it is when I feel closest with the lord and the most alive. I know full well that i am not to let circumstances alter or dictate my state with the lord. The feeling of whT t was the we did on the road, and the taste that some of the similar activities gives my heart just makes me remember feeling alive like that and I don't think I can handle not being there again. I really feel that the wilderness is a good place and it is of the lord, but we arent meant to stay there.
tonight we had a hang out by the chimenea (sp?) and cook smores evening. We got to spend time with the guys we're staying with (nate, "topher", and stephen) who are awesome guys. These are the type of guys i would hang out with anyways, so it has been great to just chill out with cool people. Plus nate makes a really crazy fire in the chimenea! I really can't wait to get home and get back to the studio though.
