VIP Not Really

Thanks to the fact that I had been working with sales reps for groups going to Paramount's Great America this summer, I was given an invite to their annual Halloween Haunt this Friday night. It was a VIP invite and I was allowed to bring one guest...hubby of course. It included dinner, admission and parking...all for free. Lovely!

I suppose in my excitement of being VIP and getting all this special treatment and even more free stuff at the entrance, I forgot my motion sickness pills. No problem right? Wrong. Dinner Boo-fet consisted of BBQ chicken, rice pilaf, tri-tip, potato salad, meatballs, mozzarella sticks and Jello - lime green Jello. Remember this as this story progresses.

30 minutes later we hit our first rollercoaster. At night it's even harder to see where you are and when the next turn is coming. Tears were streaming out the sides of my eyes due to the cold wind burning my face. I was determined to stick it out but every cell in my body was being pressed in every direction and was screaming at me for getting on this ride. It was fun and I was queasy.

Andrew and I walked through the park, passing scary clowns, corpse brides and other riff-raff Halloween staff who were out to scare you. Admittedly, I hate being scared and just tried to put on a brave face. I think if any of them really tried to chase me, I'd have totally drop kicked them.
We made it on to two more rides and that's when it hit. The rice pilaf, the lime Jello, the potato salad...I could taste it at the back of my mouth. I ran for the washroom and was thankful that the park was so empty that there were totally clean stalls.

Now I've heard of people puking so hard it came out their noses but had never experienced it...until now. RICE is the worst possible food on the planet to vomit and it came up and out my nose as well as my mouth with the Jello and potato salad. If it could come out my ears I'm sure it would have too! Even after I came out (15 minutes later), I was still spitting out grains that had gotten stuck in the far depths of my nasal cavity.

I was determined not to be a wuss and continued out riding every possible ride I could with my very sympathetic husband. It was easier to stomach without food in the stomach but I still can't believe how much my body has lowered it's tolerance for such things. I used to ride these coasters all day without the faintest trace of motion sickness. What has happened??!!

I had fun overall but so much for the VIP thing! I felt pretty special going into this thing but was feeling more special needs by the time I came out.