Semi-Speechless Saturday

Not many words, but lots of pictures, because it's been a busy week! Here we go...and in no particular order:

Cedar Point, and more Cedar Point!

Before the Guardian Mile last Saturday...

The boys' times are improving!

Big boat in a tight space, from the bridge,

after the race, storms moving in!

Knitting colorwork for hands,

working inside-out, so it's not too tight,

Second pair, first fingerless glove.

New car...yay!

HalloWeekends are coming...

Was your week busy? Are you looking forward to fall, getting back to the routine? I'm back to work, and it's going well, but I'm out of words today...lol! Still, it's good to see you here. 🙂

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health! 

Weird Mom Injury #437

So, I feel like I have to start at the beginning, when my son and his family got into town on July 3rd... If you're a regular reader, you know that they arrived in time for the annual 4th of July party, and both girls also started new, yarny projects.

Things were moving along swell, as we were all meeting friends Cedar Point on Monday, with the hopes of riding the big rides, which we did...

including Siren's Curse with this crew, 

Top Thrill 2 with this crew,

Wild Mouse with this crew, 

and many more with zero photos, lol! All in all, the day was great, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat, but I did not come away completely unscathed...

As a designated rider and kids companion for those lacking 48-52", I even got to spend some time on the round-and-round rides! That was super fun, but some of those seat belts are ridiculously small, impossible to buckle around me and one, tiny child. Being committed to companioning and following rules is how I ended up with the start of a hand injury, as I tried to force a belt to buckle until my hand slipped...ouch! But I soldiered on, riding and snapping pics of the funtimes! 

On this one, The Atomic Scrambler, my grandson said to me, matter-of-factly, "Gramma, nobody wants to ride with you. We're all gonna ride by ourselves!" So they did. 

He was feeling less independent when it came to the purchase of Dippin' Dots...

We ran around the park until the sun went down, and then one last ride, Magnum 200XL! Though it is a roller coaster with an initial hill of 205 ft, we only had a 10 minute wait, so it was a no-brainer for sure ... until I grabbed the lap bar while going around a curve, cementing the injury. Here is the swelling after a shower and ice on Monday night...and Tuesday morning, no better.

As it turns out, I have a partial radial saggital band rupture, which means at least 4 weeks immobilized (aka Weird Mom Injury #437), and maybe surgery later. For now, I found the little "hand socks" I was given to wear under the splint to be flimsy and uncomfortable... and I can knit for a limited time if I take off the brace, so I whipped up a couple small, fingerless gloves...

...then returned to the rule-following wearing of the brace for everything but showering. Looks like knitting will not be my go-to hobby for a bit, so maybe I'll make use of that season pass to visit the roller coasters and thrill rides a few more times before I return to work next month...but I'll steer clear of rides with static seat belts...Power Tower and Siren's Curse, brace or not, I'm comin' for ya again!

What will you be up to for the rest of the summer? Whatever it is, don't be a stranger, and if you're headed to the Point, hit me up! 

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit (and Ride!) in Good Health! 

Picture Pages

Picture pages. Because I was looking through my photos, and realizing that there were many that should be in the blog, but were not yet! I've had a busy last couple of weeks at work, and today was my last day for the next 6 weeks...🎼🎶School's out for Summer! (Or, as I said, the next six weeks.) To celebrate, my daughter suggested that we take an impromptu trip to Cedar Point, so we did, as soon as I was off the clock! The 6-year-old, now 48 inches, picked the first couple rides including the Corkscrew (his first time!)...TWICE! In line with his daddy and me, he was pumped!

He enjoyed the classic coaster (hence twice, and eventually a third ride later in the day!), and the afternoon was off to a great start! Eventually, it did start to drizzle...but it was ok. Not too cold, and we were moving a lot, so it was still a great day!

Before we headed for home, my son-in-law checked the wait time on Top Thrill 2, just 45 minutes! I wasn't sure I'd fit in the seat (last year, I had to take the fat-lady "walk of shame" from Millennium Force...sad face here), but I DID fit this seat! And IT WAS AWESOME! As we got to the front of the line, the guy assigning seats said, "You wanna try something for me?" I didn't even think about what he could mean, but I was pumped to be assigned to the FRONT SEAT!!! So fast! So flippin' fun! No photos (you can't take ANYTHING on TT2, rightly so, but then I also couldn't even buy the pic they took) but the one pic I took in the car on the way home shows that I was still running high on adrenaline an hour later!

Pretty sure those black dots are the pieces of bug I did not get off my face...lol! I rode Top Thrill Dragster back when it was new-ish, and it was awesome then, but also a super, super short ride. You barely had time to react to the thrill, then it was over. Now, with three launches and a max speed of 120mph on the last one, I have no words...just shouts of excitement coming into this park every time! 

In other news, we have started taking that very adventurous 6-year-old to one of our favorite parks, with rocks to climb and waterfalls to find. Know what we learned? This kid, like his Pop Pop, is part mountain goat, apparently!

His mom used to go with her dad (aka Pop Pop) when she was a kid, so I'm sure this random Thursday afternoon trip she took with her father and her son was a walk down memory lane. 

In between those trips, Jess and I took the boys to a children's museum, where they all had fun...not that they'd show you that in the photos...

and next week, I head out to the Zombie Knitpocolypse 2025! So, I have things to do and people to see before then. Will there be another ride on Top Thrill 2 before I leave? Most likely not, but when I get back, I'm going sgsin! Hopefully I'll get to head to CP with my granddaughters when they come to town this summer! 🤞🏼

Got Summer plans? Tell me about them in the comments! Want to get to "The Point" with me? Hit me up, I am so ready for a fun summer!

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!