Vertigo

This past weekend David and I took the kids and my parents to the Ga Aquarium. If you've never been it is well worth the trip.

The whole place is incredibly cool. The Beluga whales were beyond amazing.

The whales would swim right up to the viewing area and rub their backs against the glass.

This one was doing a solo swimming act.

I guess my equilibrium problems started in the Beluga whale exhibit but it definitely got worse when we headed into the tunnel.

On the left is the people mover (which of course I was on) and on the right the people were walking at their own pace. Overhead were a bazillion fish swimming in random circles. How could you not be dizzy with all this random movement going on?

And this silly whale shark kept swimming over my head.

So here's what happened. In an attempt to regain my balance I'd lift my left foot up and flail my arms around like I was trying to take flight. One would think the normal reaction to experiencing vertigo would be to lean back against the nearest wall. But no, not me. I've got this weird pelican dance thing going on.

The first person I hit with my thrashing arms was a poor pre-teen. I whacked her right on the forehead. After profusely apologizing to both her and her mother I made a promise to myself that I'd keep my hands and arms to myself.

That lasted all of 2 minutes. I was not so lucky the next time. Apparently my arms were flying a bit lower this time and I smacked an older guy in his man parts..... I looked up into his eyes after I committed this atrocity and realized a simple apology was not sufficient.

So I did what any other proper Southern lady would do; I ducked and ran !

I decided to leave the all the other touchy and feely exhibits of the aquarium to the kids after that. My hands remained permanently burrowed into my pockets :0)