Back before the COVID pandemic I used to attend amusement parks in my state on a fairly regular basis. My parents started taking my siblings and I to these places when we were all extremely young and it continued well into our late teen years. Nowadays it’s nice going for nostalgia, food, drinks, and rollercoasters. I don’t care how old I get, I never lose my love for roller coasters. They’re loads of fun and can give me excitement that lasts for days after I return home from my time at the amusement park. During college, I rarely had chances to attend because ticket prices increased and made it impossible for me to afford. I had friends with wealthy parents who would carpool together and head to the parks for a day or a weekend at a time. It’s easy to get resentful of those who have money, but sometimes you have to remember that money is often temporary. Those who have it might lose it, and those who don’t might actually earn it someday if they slowly work their way up in whatever industry in which they work. I’m also able to afford cannabis products these days that would have been impossible for me to afford when I was younger. Cannabis edibles were really expensive when I was a college student, and the few friends of mine who made them always made them too weak to notice any real effects. Nowadays I can walk into a local medical cannabis dispensary and find affordably priced and potent cannabis edibles that I can eat before heading to the amusement park for the day. Usually I’ll pack some with me in my satchel if I’m allowed to bring food into the park. As long as I can eat my edibles before entering the park, I’m usually fine.