Disney-Day 2ish
A couple of notes: (A) I’m fine. I’m a little tired and my stomach seems to be giving me some fits (largely because I keep forgetting to take my enzymes), but I seem to have recovered from the chemo; (B) This blog is written as if it were still yesterday; that is, it is currently 12:50a on Sunday morning and I am pretending it’s still yesterday; and (C) I say this is Day 2ish only because today was really our first real day in the parks. Yesterday was more of Disney batting practice. And now, on with the blog!
Today started bright and early for me (like at 4:30a, that is). I have this problem, you see. When I am excited about something, I have trouble sleeping. I woke up at 4:30a and my heart was racing and it wasn’t until this evening that I realized how excited I was about going to Disney. The rest of the gang woke up at 7a and we ate breakfast in the condo and headed out ot the Magic Kingdom (I mean, really! Disney World to my daughter *IS* the Magic Kingdom, so there really wasn’t much of a choice).
The morning activities were more suited to my daughter, as we stopped on our way back to Fantasyland to get autographs from any character we saw. Now, while my daughter has an autograph book, MaryBeth doggedly also got each character to sign a copy of my “I’m done with chemo” shirt. Most of the characters write their name, but some of them use stamps. Buzz Lightyear is one of the characters that uses stamps — usually! Apparently, on hearing that I was at Disney celebrating being done with chemo (I have a button saying so, and everything), he decided to sign my shirt himself; according to his handler, my shirt was the only authentic Buzz Lightyear autograph given out today (Down cynical side! Down! I am sure the handler wouldn’t just say that to make us feel good…Down you cynic)!
A partial list of our signees include: Mickey, Minnie, Buzz, Snow White, Belle, Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty), Cinderella, Alice (in Wonderland), Pooh Bear, Eyeore (probably the cutest signature for the day), Chip & Dale, Pluto, and Lady Tremaine (the evil stepmother from Cinderella). Not bad for a day. More tomorrow, I hope. There’s plenty of room on the shirt!
The pictures today are largely daughter-centric. I spent much of the day either standing with my daughter to get autographs or riding rides with my sons. The former is much more conducive to taking pictures. I was able to get some of the other kids, though, and a rarely seen picture of my wife (don’t tell her I put it in). The embedded slide show is below or you can open a somewhat larger version by clicking here.
Tomorrow (um…today) starts at about the same time, but we are having a Princess breakfast in Norway (well, the Norway pavilion in Epcot. Afterward, my best friend from college, Seann, and his family are coming to join us for a day of roaming the nations of Epcot. Not sure how long we’ll last, as we didn’t get home this evening (um…yesterday) until a little after 11p (though, we did come back to the condo in the middle of the day so that my daughter – and wife – could take a nap; the boys swam; I puttered around the condo).
Time for me to take a shower and head off to bed for a brisk 5+ hours of sleep. Heck, I’m at Disney, I can sleep next week.
Merle
Sounds like so much fun! Love the photos!
I love that you rock a t-shirt with your own picture on it!