It was only as I was turning onto disneyland way that I realized that I had majorly screwed up! I had told my dad by email that I was going to meet him at the Matterhorn at 9. Yet, I had his ticket. Thank goodness that he thought the matterhorn was a hotel. So he had all ready emailed me to say that he would meet me by the main gate. At 9.
I got to the hotel at 8:45, ran up to give Laura some advil, ran back down to grab as many things as possible from the car (I had hit CostCo for so many snacks that you would think I was packing for Central America trip all over again), ran back up with some water and crackers so that the advil wouldn't upset her stomach. And then realized that it was 9:30 and my dad was just sitting out there. By his lonely old self. At the main gate. ugh.
So I left the kids with Laura and MacKenzie (henceforth referred to as Kenzie), ran to the monorail, got off at Tomorrowland at a jog, ran to the front gate, found my father(at 9:50, 50 min. later than I meant to), walked as sedately as needed for my 79 yr. old father, all the while, worrying for my poor friend was sick and stuck in an hotel room with 3 active kids between the ages of 9 & 10. Got to the room with said father in tow, found out that Laura had taken the advil, had barfed while I was gone but was a tad bit better but not enough to go into disneyland, realized that it would make Laura better, faster, if I just got everyone out of the room (OK I am going on what I would have wanted at this juncture and I can assure you I would have been willing to send my kids into d-land with almost anyone at that point), and got the kids into d-land with dad in tow again (how much could that have been for him, i wonder??).
We had a lovely time with Vera, Brian and Glenn for a couple of hours before we heard from Laura, back from the dead, and we met up with her. Had a great time with all of them. Dad had to leave at 5 (he is after all unused to all these people bumping into him and walking all that way) so we upgraded him to an annual pass so that we can all meet up there for future trips, in the uncrowded weekdays, and he went off on his own, home. Lost the deBolts at 7 when they left us there. We went back to the hotel for a snack and back for some night time fun rides. Missed the Halloween Fireworks, that are supposed to be awesome but you need to actually get your place to stand or sit or kneel in about an hour ahead of time, something that we were not willing to do. Thank goodness Laura can go on the whiplashy rides, as I cannot.
Sunday found us there having a blast again. Did I mention that it was really crowded both days? I was being bumped and jostled at every step. I managed to find a t-shirt that I loved with Tinkerbell on it, a t-shirt for Leo with Grumpy on it that I really loved, and Teresa managed to buy a robotic type Pluto that she really loved (OK, I don't love that, but it was a good 2 out of 3). Got our 2 day park hopper tix upgraded to annual passes, got the tobins over to the John Wayne airport in time for their flight (does in time mean 2 hrs. early?) and headed home. Got home to take a nap (did I mention that I slept in the same bed as Teresa the massive sweaty but cute girl and Leo the active leg thumper boy?), got up and hobbled out to the car to start unpacking (hobbled? Did I mention that my hips and feet were complaining at the loudest possible volume that your body parts can?), managed to get a lot of stuff out of cute honda before suddenly being hit by a migraine.
Migraine only managed to be a problem for a few minutes, as kids were in bed by 8:30 and we were in bed and asleep by 9:30. Woke up at 7 AM this morning, much improved.
Do I regret going to D-land because of the sore hips, feet and migraine? I will have to make sure that I get regular snacks when we go next, make it only one day at a time, make it during less crowded time periods (middle of the week), and try to do yoga regularly until then, and lose some weight and get more exercise. Yup, doing d-land will make me try harder to be better to my body. Who would have thought that would be the result of a 2 day trip there? tee hee
