waiting in line

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.