A Day at Six Flags

Each Sunday, at my church, I lead the College Sunday School class. I prepare some sort of Bible lesson for them each week, but I also try to break it up every month or two with something fun for them. So, since it is Summertime... I brought up the idea of us all going to Six Flags. The "kids" loved the idea!! We then, had to come up with a day that was good for everyone. Sunday turned out to be the best day for everyone because of Summer class schedules and work schedules. So... yesterday was the day!

I average about 8 to 10 "kids" in my class each Sunday, which is AWESOME considering that this is the first "college age class" that has ever been a success at our church!! Other people have tried to lead this age group and keep them involved in church, but have had no luck... for whatever reason. I've been doing it for two years now, and it seems to be working out well!

Yesterday, for our Six Flags trip, it worked out that almost all of my "kids" could go! Only two were unable to. My Ashley had a trip to Atlanta planned with her boss to buy more products for their store. Another girl is in Guatemala for the Summer for a school trip.

It ended up with 10 of my College Kids going, myself and a girlfriend of one of the boys. Twelve us in all.

I drove my car and since I didn't have another official "adult" to go with us... one of the college boys borrowed his mom's van and was the other driver. Although....If we go again.... I think I am going to find another official "adult" to go with us!! I was a nervous wreck watching this young man as he followed behind me!!! Lesson learned..... young drivers don't need to be driving on big highways with a bunch of other "young people" in the car with them!! Too many distractions!! But... by the grace of God.... we all made it there and back, safely!

We had a GREAT day! The weather could not have been more perfect!! It was sunny and hot, but not SO HOT that it was miserable. There was even a breeze every now and then and part of the afternoon, was overcast. The park was not crowded, like it sometimes is. We were able to ride all of the rides that we wanted to, and probably could have ridden more, but chose not to.

The only thing that didn't go well was that one of my boys became dehydrated and got a really bad headache. But, once we got him some ice water and some food, he was fine. This happened late in the day, as we were winding down our day. We left the park about 8pm and stopped for dinner on the way home. After taking the kids to the church to get their cars and driving another kid home, I walked in MY door about 11:15pm.

I was EXHAUSTED!!!! My legs and feet were hurting so bad!! I tried to go to sleep, but ended up getting up and taking a warm bath, which helped.

This morning... I am still tired. My legs don't hurt so bad, but my left foot hurts pretty bad when I walk on it. I'm not sure what's going on. I wore my old tennis shoes. Maybe that is why it hurts. I don't know.

I honestly don't feel like doing a THING today!! This may have to be a total "waste of a day" for me. Thankfully, it CAN BE!! **Smile**