To get away from the home where the kitchen remodel is occurring, we decided to get far away and go to Santa Cruz. And of course, if you go to Santa Cruz you have to go to the Boardwalk. It is our routine to take the kids but we know that they won’t go on scary rides like the big roller coaster because they are terrified of them. As such our routine is very organized and efficient. Here is where things go bad. The kids invite a friend. The new kid wants to go on ALL the rides. The new kid talks the kids into going on all the rides. Now I have to go on all the rides. I am old and feeble and more terrified than they are. In the past, the kids would stand in line, and when they finally get to the ride and see what it is they take off and run, but now they have promised their friend they would go. So we get on the Giant Dipper and I realize that their screams are out screamed by my screams.