Pee or death.

I am a huge fan of roller coasters.

I love them.

For some reason, I was extremely anxious this past weekend when it was my turn to ride.

Ryan chose this one. It is the newest ride at Carowinds.

Walking from the waterpark to the roller coaster was a short distance.

I couldn't talk on the way there.

I had this overwhelming fear that I was going to pee in my pants on the ride.

Don't laugh.

I'm serious.

I have described my bladder before. I have had two children. I sneeze... I pee. I jump on a trampoline... I pee. I do a dive into the pool... I pee. I have issues.

Anyway, I kept thinking about this roller coaster. What if I pee my pants? What am I going to do? I can't control it. If it starts, I can't stop it. WTH!

Like I said, on the short walk to the coaster this was what was going on in my head.

Then, I saw it. "It" being the roller coaster.


What the hell? It goes forward... then does the whole ride backwards. As you can see the the drawing, the roller coaster isn't one big connected track. It just... ends.

I'm going to pee for sure.

While waiting in line, there was this fan. Looking back, I realize it was there for park visitors who were standing in line waiting for the roller coaster.

When it blew across my face, for a split second I thought it was death.

What are you talking about, you ask?!

Remember this little movie?



So on top of the peeing fear, I was now worried that I was going to die. The roller coaster was going to derail and go flying across the amusement park and I was going to die.

Peeing my pants was looking a lot better than dying.

Then, it was our turn to get on the ride.

I took a deep breath as the gates opened and let us walk to our car.

Ryan decided on the next to last car which just so happened to be number 13.

I am not even kidding you.

I was 13L.

He was 13R.

We are going to die.

Then, I kept thinking that I was "L". "L" is for left. You know the saying lefty loosey. Yep. The left side will come loose and I will die first.

Just before the ride began, I was on the verge of a panic attack.

Well, I didn't pee my pants and we didn't die.

However, I didn't ride another roller coaster.

I couldn't handle the pressure.