The Fair

[kriadydragon]

Went to the Kansas State Fair today after not going for about two years. There was a reason I stopped going - in part because I had to help take care of my grandpa and also in part because the fair has a way of going from fun to miserable. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy going to the fair - the animals, the rides, the food, all the stuff there is to look at. But it also means dealing with crowds (which can be a struggle for me), lots of walking, then sitting around for hours watching animal judgings when all I want to do is go home. And, of course, the weather.

This time, it was freakishly humid. Then it was hot and humid and my patience wore thin a lot sooner than it usually does. Thankfully, I wasn't the only one about ready to drop so we went home early. Needless to say, I'm tired, and one side of my neck ended up sunburned. Oh, well. Maybe Friday the weather will be nicer and I'll go again, this time to actually ride some rides.

Comments

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

".............it also means dealing with crowds...."

That is the part that keeps me away..........I know it sounds
strange, but I feel suffocated around large crowds.......and when
the environment associated with it is also trying, e.g. poor weather
or an enclosed site with a lot of bright lighting and racket, it makes it even more difficult.
Those situations leave me wanting to exit quickly.
Mom used to say it is because I live a quiet life and because of it
am not able to adjust readily to the difference.

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

I do okay in crowds as long as I'm able to keep moving. It's when crowds get so bad you can't move that gets to me. I don't so much get panicky so much as really, really angry to the point that I'm a hair's breadth away from yelling at people to move (which I suppose, in a way, is a type of panic). My almost-breaking point is when people crowd in exits and entryways because they're too busy talking to move. That about makes me want to combust. Luckily I'm not an aggressive enough person to actually explode and yell at people, but it gets so bad that I wouldn't be surprised if there came a time when I did.

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

That is exactly kind of crowd that I was talking about..........I need to keep moving and the stalls are when it builds up......and what makes me want to
exit immediately.....like you, I do not yell or scream as what good would that do? It is like yelling at traffic that is backed up.

[reen212000.livejournal.com]

Ack! I was in Salina in July. It was over 100 degrees the whole weekend and like 2000% humidity. A fat person such as I should not be in those conditions. It's really bad! LOL You're just never dry. I live in Colorado, and never have I been so thankful to return to the dry!

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

It's funny, because I used to live in Texas where the humidity would get pretty bad but I never noticed it. Then I move to Kansas and, suddenly, I notice it :P The weather yesterday actually would have been perfect if it hadn't been for the humidity.

[flingslass.livejournal.com]

Ah, State Fair = Royal Melbourne Show. Too many peoples and I grew up on a farm so don't need to see the baby animals. Just not my thing.