The trip from hades

Oh my goodness I went on my first adventure with the youth group from my church and boy was it an ADVENTURE. We went to Six Flags over Georgia and it was crazy fun. I even managed not to swear, which in and of itself is hella impressive considering I put my sailor husband to shame some days. Just as we were all getting off a coaster there was lightning in the sky and they shutdown the park. It wasn't a big deal as the park was closing in an hour. And that is where the fun began. 3 of the groups were together but the 4th had lost his cellphone. So we were keeping an eye out for him. While looking for him the rain started coming down and the thunder was getting worse. We found him and all went in to eat. While we were eating the sky just opened up and buckets of water started falling. The 2 drivers went out to get the vehicles closer so we wouldnt get too soaked. I guess while opening the Van lightning struck the pole next to it and our fearless leader felt a little more electricity than you want while opening a car door. When he got in it the Van didnt even try to start, no click no nothin. While all of this is going on, those of us in the park are trying to keep track of bored teenagers, hustle to the bathroom, eat, cleanup, get kicked out of the restraunt because the park closed, hide in a gift shop. They tried kicking us out of the gift shop but we told the guards what was happening and managed to get a reprieve on our expulsion from the park. There were lots of phone calls and our drivers having to come and go between us and the car getting more and more wet. We kept getting told different stories, your typical everyday lack of communication as can be witnessed at any place of employment. At one point we did get kicked out but thankfully they had a place we could huddle and be dry. At that point I was just waiting for them to turn us out. It was a total lawsuit waiting to happen not to mention very dangerous. At one point, when we were still in the park, I went to the bathroom with 3 others. There must have been a strike not far from us. The light and the noise actually scared me enough to scream/swear (if you consider DAMN! a swear word) and the girl who was with us screamed like I had forgotten girls can scream. At that point I was doing what I could to not only stay inside but keep the kids back in too. So yeah it was an adventure. Thankfully we all handled it really well and no one throttled a kid. I did snap at one but that was when she asked "Are we all gonna die" I went into total adult mode and snapeed my head to her and growled "we dont say things like that" I was so pissed and annoyed that I guess I missed the security guard who had been helping us say "nobody dies at six flags." Then they finally got the lazy, inept, lying, confused, or uninformed mechanic to get the jump and we were on our way. This fun started at 9pm and we left around 12:30am which is absolutley ridiculous. All of that to get a jump, not to mention the "rumors" I heard passed among the kids about what was going on, trying to keep them calm, getting them to understand that we had no control and we would let them know whaen we do and the frustration the adults were dealing with.

All in all it was actually a good trip just the 3 hours it took to get out of the park and the 2 hours to get a jump sucked serious ass.