I love rides at amusement parks, fairs, and carnivals. Well, I used to. I should have known better when my niece Zoey asked me to ride a spinning ride with her at the Beaver Dam Strawberry Festival, however, I wanted to make her happy. In the process, nausea set in. Watch. I'm in the baseball jersey with red sleeves, Zoey has a pink tee on, she had a blast!

This picture tells a better story of what I was going through.

Hillary Wise
Hillary Wise
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I was holding on for dear life, and I was holding onto the cake ball I had eaten not 30 minutes earlier. At one point, I tried to lean back, NOPE! I also made a classic mistake, I closed my eyes. Here's a tip, don't close your eyes when you already feel nauseous and you are not in control of a spinning carnival ride. I think the fact it was a heart-shaped compartment was cruel irony; in that I used to LOVE rides, hearts, you see? Granted, the situation at the Kentucky State Fair was a little different, it was humid and I was in a dark, hollow compartment and me and Zoey weren't the only passengers, so the spinning happened, again, without any control.

As much as I don't want to admit, I'm getting older. I'm not discouraged, because I have yet to attempt a roller coaster ride. I think if I get on a ride that doesn't SPIN, I may survive. Alas, I bid goodbye to: Tilt-A-Whirls, Scramblers, the Mad Hatter Tea Party, those centrifuge rides and the like.

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