Old Lady Can't Spin

I am a glutton for punishment apparently, so I dared return to Kennywood this weekend. With Mila.

When last we checked, she's too short to ride anything in Kiddieland. A little careful thought into her shoe selection did nothing to change that, unfortunately, but you know what's swell? She is tall enough to ride a few things. They just aren't in Kiddieland.

The Whip, for example. She can ride that. She just has to be with "a responsible person."

I couldn't find one of those, so she rode with her sister and a friend a few times and then with me a whole bunch of times. Like, a dozen times, if not more.

She can also ride the Kangaroo, which makes even less sense, but whatever. She rode that about a dozen times.

And the carousel. She can't ride the one in Kiddieland, but she can ride the regular one. I have stopped questioning the logic in these things and instead prefer to focus on the pure joy that kid throws into the world when she's riding crazy stuff.

So, Mila has a few rides that will get her through the summer. Hopefully. There's just one problem - everything she can ride spins. She loves spinning, but me? OMG MAKE IT STOP PLEEEEEEASE.

I can't do spinning.

I used to think spinning was awesome, but somewhere between college and when Alexis was born, spinning started to make me sick. With time, it has only gotten worse. At this point, looking at something that spins is enough to leave me pukey and miserable for days.

For real. I'm not exaggerating. A day of Mila being super happy has me still "off" TWO DAYS LATER.

So if you have a cure for Old Lady Can't Spin, now would be a good time to throw it out there.

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[hello haha narf]

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[Mary]

If Dramamine doesn't work there is Meclazine which is marketed under Dramamine II,