Waterslides ... Life's Way of Telling You... You're Old!

OK so I went to the water park on Tuesday. First time in... ummmmm... well....that isn't important. I went over the map a few days before and said yep I want to ride this and that and this and that.  Even said I would ride the Cliff something another.

Well we got up bright and early and started our trudge to the Beach.  I was still psyched and so was Zoey. Any time she can be in the water NOT for practice she is all about it.  We got there found a check in spot for everyone and ....off we went. We all head out to check the place out. We elected to ride The Twilight. A water version of Space Mountain. :)  Well because I was scared and not tell a soul. I thought riding in the dark would be great.  So picture this... two person tube. one person the size of Mount Rushmore the other the size of a 8 yr old.  Mount Rushmore is in the front and the adult size 8 yr old in the back.  and we are off... down this dark tube... not to bad at first and then a dip and swirl. My eyes are open. I see the end I see the drop. I scream and then we are dumped in the get out pool... stuck in the tube. I have a wedgie. My whole butt is hanging out. I have to get that out before I can get out of the pool. Zoey is cracking up! Mission accomplished. And Mani survived too. 
Next slide ... it is an easy one. You will love it they say. Well they neglected to tell me how high up I had to go. If you know me ... you know I am afraid of heights!  But up i climb ... the whole way trying not to hyperventilate!  I am up. It is my turn I sit down and think. Lord please let this be fun, please don't let me go off the side, please Lord. Amen. The guy says take off. I said do I have too? He says ... "well yea", as to say you knew what you were doing before you got up here!  OK I lay back... and off I go. Awww this is easy I say. Even wave at the Zoey up top. Then in a flash there was a rougher turn and up the side I went and  down and around. More of the same of this again and again.  Lord... HELP!  The end  is in sight.  The little tube you stop in seems like it was so far away. But I made it and with no wedgies!
The rest of the day was spent in the lazy river. LOVE IT.  and in the pool ... LOVE IT.  I left the other water slides to the girls. 

Nine hours later...wrinkled toes and fingers . We leave to have had the best time ever with the Schmitz Family!

Perspective

it is amazing how perspective changes in an twinkling of an eye.
july 3 was my moment. i woke with a headache that was like nothing
i had ever had before. knowing that i had gone to the dr only days
before and had high bp made me even more worried. i took myself to
the er. there i was told i was dying repeatedly. it was scary. a few friends
rallied by my bed. test were done. zoey came to see me. was i going to
to be taken from her? i cried. i was scared. as death was spoken over me
life was being spoken to me. i was transported to a level one hospital.
more tests. i was alone so the only one there to speak life over me was
me. i had to advocate for my life. i had to speak to the mountain myself.
so i was praying and talking alot. test came back their results were different
from the ones preformed earlier. i know what they believed but i also know
my God and He is a healer. whether quickly or in time, He has the power.
after a week of healing i was able to see things in a different light. things aren't
important. updating FB, emails, TV, etc aren't important. relationships are great,
but the best one is the one with the Father. laying there in that bed unable to
move let me see that i needed Him and that if my relationship with him isn't
where i need it to be then i am spending that much more time getting it right
time i could be spending with Him on the matter at hand. perspective...changed
the time is now. i have heard it, seen it, read it but the saying didn't make sense
until now. thank you Lord for opening my eyes.