overcomming fears

It is getting late here 12:35 am cst

I cannot sleep yet I am sitting here swatting at mosquitoes there seems to be a lot of them tonight and I need a snack lol.
 
Earlier tonight while Paul was working on the e-mag I went for a walk. The carnival is still on in the soccer field but half the rides have been taken down.

I knew I was going to take the plunge and ride the ferris wheel. It was a scary prospect as they go quite fast here, but tonight the operators seemed to be a little milder than on the weekend.

I got on and the ferris wheel moved 3 places and stopped for someone to get on. I had butterflies in my stomach and I totally wanted to get off and put my feet back on the ground, but I stayed on. After going around once, they stopped and put a kid on with me I was glad for that. I could have got off but I decided that I was going to stay on and enjoy the ride. It sped up quite a bit, and I chatted with the boy beside me. He was really nice. We laughed about how some people swing the seats and that we would never do that as we would not want to flip. I told him I was glad he came on as the ride was not as scary because I was not alone when it sped up.

Interesting about how someone you do not know can come along in your life and help you move past a fear and take that leap.

We went around 3 times and I was glad that I did it.

Afterwards I played the lotteria game. For a dollar you pick a rolled up piece of paper from a big plastic container. All the papers have Spanish lottery game picture on it and if your picture matches select prizes hanging up with same pics on them  you could win.

The funniest part is that about 75% of the prizes were plastic buckets, and bowls for the kitchen. I did not win tonight, but when I played the other nights I won some bucket two a package of  3 med size plastic bowls. They are great for storing vegetables and fruit in or leftovers. The next night I won a bucket with a lid on I think it is supposed to be an iced bucket.  Their game had the biggest line ups too and a lot of women were walking around the carnival with bowls, buckets and containers lol.

When I got home I noticed the prizes I won were made in Guatemala and El Salvador. No wal-mart rubber made at this carnival lol

 

Side - note reply to comments

EarthEnergy to right on mosqioto nets. I was checking them out on ebay but I am trying not to impulse buy lol and as it turns out we did see some at a hardware store on the island, but so far we have stuck it out without buying one and it is not so bad. Although it just rained so I hope they do not bug us tonight.

WordFire thanks for the compliment. A big part of us being here is to help show people to go for whatever their dreams are. I had a few good role models when it came to getting off the 9 - 5 grid and travel.

MsCapriKell  The whole experience has been great even the hard parts lol because they pushed us past our limits. We really did have the opportunity about how much our thoughts and feelings create first hand.

Zoe  That is great you watched that documentary with your kids. Loved what you had to say about the carnival too.