Erie Excursions
Glenn and I went to Erie to visit his family. We left on the third and picked up his sister in Lancaster. I was relieved to see that while her house is definitely nice and slightly larger than ours…it’s not necessarily better. (I had the intense feeling she was trying to one-up us since she already had a house and decided she needed to move after we started looking for places to live)
We spent the fourth kind of relaxing after the trip and went down to bay for fireworks. They launched them off of a barge on the water, and it was a good show. The breeze made it actually feel cold.
Glenn took me out to Presque Isle the next day after some yard work. We walked along the north pier and then rented a canoe to paddle around the lagoon. I took enough pictures that if you flip through them quickly, you can see him paddling the boat. 
Me and Glenn on the North Pier of Presque Isle
Sunday we went to Cedar Point. We drove out in the morning and I thought I was doing pretty well (last year I got sick; it was really hot) This year it was cooler and I went on some rides and felt relatively okay (though close to blackout on the first drop of Millenium Force) After a few wooden coasters however, and the new coaster the Maverick, I wasn’t feeling so great. We went on calmer rides, but they didn’t help. Finally I just nursed myself with water and took a nap on a bench while Glenn rode other coasters alone. That seemed to do the trick, so I started working myself back up to the coasters. I rode Wicked Twister, Wildcat, Disaster Transport, Iron Dragon, and then didn’t feel as great again. I didn’t want to ruin the night, so I went on Raptor a second time against my better judgement. I knew as soon as it tossed my head back and forth at the end that I was going to get sick. Luckily I made it off of the ride and over to a corner of the platform. I felt fine immediately and apologized to an attendant. He immediately praised me for picking a great location to be sick; off to the side, not on the ride, right by the hose… and I was just laughing because I think that’s a fairly ridiculous conversation to have.
A really cool photo Glenn took while we waited in line for the Iron Dragon
We tried to drive home. I told Glenn that we should get a room because it was too late, but he said he’d be fine. An hour later we were at a rest stop, sleeping…didn’t wake up until five the next morning.
Other highlights from our last day include a fair amount of eating and seeing Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. On our way home we stopped at Penn State and saw Jeannette!!! We had a great lunch at Mario and Luigis and also went to the creamery and had ice cream and bought ice cream (they pack it on dry ice to take) We stopped at the lion (which I’d never seen) and took pictures.
Me and Glenn and the Penn State Lion
I can’t wait to scrapbook all of these!
Glenn’s birthday was the day after we got home, and I tried to make it really special. I made a carrot cake, which is one of his favorites, and I prepared lamb loin chops in the slow cooker. I’ve never made lamb, but I know Glenn likes it, so I figured it’d be a special birthday treat. I sliced my knuckes a few times while grating carrots, which took forever, and I had no clue about the lamb. To my surprise, both dishes came out really well!!! (I’m so not a cook!) Glenn enjoyed the dinner and when he bit into the carrot cake he exclaimed “Wow, this is really good!” I beamed. 
I think mission accomplished because he said it was a really good birthday
The birthday boy
