I Love Roller Coasters, but not only at Kennywood

Today was one hell of a roller coaster ride. OK, maybe not a huge roller coaster. Maybe a short one with a big drop and a huge hill. The kind where you ride and are happy except for that one turn that cricks your neck but the rest was so much of a rush you can't stop your heart from pounding and you can't stop your legs from running back around to the entrance to get back in line to do it again.

Well that was my day. The stomach churning at the start of the day as I stood at the entrance of my Monday, my 1st day back to crazy work load from vacation. Totally unprepared for the track I had to navigate throughout the day but ready to tackle it nonetheless.

Then I slid into my seat in the car and the initial excitement washed over me as I phoned into Majic 99 and was caller #1.....then caller #8, the winning caller! Yes! I won the Kris Allen CD and a chance to win front row seats for Thursday's show. (I'll know tomorrow if I did or not)

As the day progressed I chugged up the first hill as I worked diligently on my spreadsheet, tracking and assigning issues, establishing order and then I crested the hill and spent the most amazing day riding the rest of that roller coaster. Every turn a thrill, every loop inviting and exciting. Only one weird turn of the track invaded and gave me a slight crick in the neck, which was, really a pain but as quick as it came it was gone and the exciting ride through my day continued.

The evening brought you to the end where you do a few circles and sort of calm down as you pull into the station. The 2 stooges that were here were, for the most part, well behaved (only 1 big time out each). Then the cars slid into the station with a couple of my favorite TV shows and I'm relaxed, mostly.

I exited the car and started back toward the entrance where there, I met an unexpected kindred spirit who knows all to well about the crick in the neck part of the track. And then I see a very inspiring tweet from @stevier that says "Grateful for all the people in my life. Thank you all. And that is all." So I think, with my exciting day and all who really touched me today, I'm pretty thankful for every friend I have on all their different levels. And with that I decided to hire a roller coaster engineer to remove that crick in the neck part of the track. And now that its gone, I've laid new and more exciting track that only leads to fun.

Tomorrow is gonna be great! and the day after that and the day after that and the day after that.....you get the point.