We walk towards Mexico and see everyone flocking in that general direction too. Yani spots a Pirate Goofy so we snap a pic:
We happened to pass a gift shop though, so we decided to make one last shopping excursion. DC immediately wanders off
and Collette and Monica kinda linger near the entrance looking at some stuff. Yani and I go in search of a Pal Mickey that I wanted. So we're looking everywhere, Yani spots some POTC stuff and goes kinda crazy since she lurrrves
Capt. Jack. I think she ended up buying a cool hat though. We're still looking for the Mickey and I spot Collette and Monica who look kinda annoyed and I ask them if they want to go ahead to Mexico and grab some food and a table while we finish up here. Monica gives me a look and says "Why? Are you trying to get rid of us?" But she says it in a half joking way so I don't really know how to take it so I said "No I just figured you guys are hungry and could go ahead and grab food until we meet up with you." So she says, "No, go ahead, we'll wait." I shrug and Yani and I continue the Pal Mickey quest. I finally ask a CM and she tells me that they have them behind the counters. So Yani and I head to a register to buy her stuff and to buy my Pal Mickey. Yani proceeds to buy it for me and says it's my birthday present from her. Awwww!
So after I hug my Mickey we go in search of DC and then Collette and Monica. Once we're all ready to go we walk as quickly as we can to Mexico.
By now it’s like 8:30pm and the place is packed
of course. I’m looking for a place to sit near the lagoon and there’s nothing open. So I spot a little stone area to sit on and claim it. I turn to Monica and Collette and say “We’re gonna stay here and hold the spot, so if you guys want you can go and get some food and we’ll get our food when you guys come back.”
And that is when all hell breaks loose.
Monica decides to show her tail (as Sorul8 calls it) and starts her hissy fit.
She starts in “You know this is the second time you’ve said this and I don’t appreciate it. Are you trying to get rid of us?”
Me: “No I’m just telling you that we’re gonna hold this spot while you guys go get some food. Then we’ll get food when you come back, because there’s nowhere to sit and I don’t want to lose this spot.”
Monica: “I don’t appreciate the way you’re talking to us and dismissing us. This is the second time you’ve done this today and I’m tired of it. You’re an adult but your acting as if we’re children. I’m a grown woman and I’ve been following you around all day since you’re the so-called Disney expert (she says this very sarcastically) and I’ve stayed quiet all day following you. You’re not properly communicating though and just ordering us around and I’m an adult and deserve better!”
By this time I can’t believe
what she’s saying to me and am embarrassed because I know everyone is looking at us, but I keep all this anger in and calmly proceed to talk to her.
Me: “Look, I don’t know when the other time it was that I ordered you around, but all I’m saying is that you guys can get your food first because I know you guys are very hungry and we’ll stay here and hold this spot until you come back.”
Monica: “You don’t remember the other time? Don’t act childish.”
Me: “No I don’t remember what other time, please tell me when I said something like that to you, because I truly didn’t mean to order you about.”
Monica: “When we were in the store you told us to go ahead. I thought we were having dinner like we have been and we are all going to sit down at a table and eat all together but apparently you don’t want to be around us. I don’t know if you’re feeling guilty for making us wait so long to eat lunch or what. But the way you’ve been acting is ridiculous and the most you could do is tell us what we’re doing because I thought we were all going to eat dinner together.”
Me thinking, I made her wait so long for lunch?!
OMG this lady has completely gone wacko on me.
Me: “Well I’m sorry you felt that way, I did explain to you that we were coming here to eat when you asked me, but it’s like a fast food eating where we get our own food and find our own table to eat at. But since it’s so full right now and I don’t want to lose this spot because they’re going to put on a show in a little bit and I wanted us to have a good view while we eat. “
Monica: “You said we were going to have dinner. So I thought it meant we were all going to sit down at a table all together like we have been and eat together.”
Apparently she is suffering from some sort of separation anxiety and she’s obviously not listening to anything I’m saying to her. At this point Yani jumps in and sarcastically says, “Well there aren’t any tables if you haven’t noticed, so we’re holding this spot while you guys get food and then we can get food.”
I think Monica gave her a displeasing look and she said something to her.
Me: "Well I truly didn't mean for it to come off that way and I'm sorry you felt that way, but I explained it to you twice and I thought you understood, but apparently you didn't. We're going to sit here so you guys can do whatever you want because you're obviously not listening to anything I'm saying."
She says more repetitive stuff that I don’t remember because by this time my head is basically buzzing from control of not yelling at her for being so dense. Then she and Collette walked away.
So off I stare into the lagoon and the lit WS going over what just happened in my head and feeling completely frustrated and embarrassed and angry by her stupidity. I mean I explained it to her twice what the plan was and apparently as Yani starts speaking she tells me that Monica had asked her too and Yani explained to her that there were going to be fireworks and that we were going to Mexico to eat and watch them before we left. I don’t understand, apparently it’s like talking to a wall to her. By this time it’s freezing cold again
so I pull out my jacket that I had bought earlier and Yani and I huddle together to keep warm and DC who’s been quiet the entire time says she’s going to go get some food.
So Yani and I sit in silence and I stare off again into the lagoon, which is now lit by torches, and we’re grateful because the heat of the torch is warming us up some. I start to feel the big bulge in my throat as my anger/frustration is still in me. DC comes back and sits by me and offers me some of her food, but my appetite has completely left me and then she tells me about how rude Collette and Monica were in the lines getting their food, not to her, but to a CM. I just shrug it off and then I feel my throat bulge giving way and moving and the first tears start trickling down. I look away from Yani and try not to look at DC and try so hard not to sniffle because I hate crying
from anger/frustration because of someone else’s stupidity.
So I’m silently crying
and a damn sniffle gives me away and DC turns to me and says, “Li are you crying?” Which makes me cry even more as I say nothing and then she puts her arm around me and hugs
me and says, “Don’t cry Li, you’re in Disney, you’re not supposed to cry.” Which makes me give her a watery smile, but tears continue to slide out. I start saying I don’t know why she acted that way, that I had explained things to her twice and even Yani told her and then DC says that she told her too. I said I wanted to surprise them with the fireworks since it’s their first time ya know and we didn’t get here in time and I didn’t mean to be rude if I was, which I didn’t think I was. I think that people understand what I’m explaining to them, I forget that in my head I know what’s going on and I thought I explained it well enough for her to understand, but apparently she’s retarded and didn’t understand me, which I don’t see how that happened because even Yani told her and you. Ugh it’s just so annoying!
Then Yani in her infinite wisdom says, “You know what? Who cares, let’s just enjoy ourselves and forget about them.” This makes me feel a little better, but now I have a freaking headache
from the crying and lack of food. I have a sip of DC’s drink and then Illuminations finally starts.
This is the only pic we got, which Yani’s camera happened to capture:
After Illuminations we gather up our stuff and turn around to leave and Collette approaches me with this huge smile on her face and practically jumping saying, “That was awesome! Oh my God that was so awesome.” I don’t even know what to do and give her a half hearted smile and nod and turn to look for DC and Yani, who are hovering behind me. There’s no fooling Collette though and she grabs me and asks, “Are you ok?” I nod my head because I don’t trust my voice because that damn bulge is back. She says, “You’re not ok. Are you crying?” I’m not even looking at her and shake my head no because I’m determined not to give them the satisfaction of seeing me cry, but tears are already blurring my vision and I just want to leave. Collette grabs me again and starts hugging
me and telling me not to cry and starts making up excuses for Monica and I don’t remember what else and by this time I’m crying
like a freaking baby and telling her that I didn’t mean for her to feel that way and that I thought she understood because I had explained it to her twice and that I wanted the fireworks to be a surprise. By this time Collette is crying too and still consoling and hugging me and apologizing for Monica still and then she calls out to Monica and then Monica starts talking and saying stuff and then Collette says that we all need to have a group hug and not be angry with each other. I honestly did not want to be hugging Monica so Yani was my buffer as we grouped hugged
and my tears had subsided a little, even though my headache
was bigger now.
After our hug we gathered our stuff again and starting herding out of the park. Collette and Monica walked ahead of Yani, DC and I as we stayed huddled together from the freezing cold. We made our way to the bus stop and packed ourselves into the overcrowded bus back to the resort.
When we got back to the resort, Yani and I stayed behind because I was still waiting for our Croc so I said I was going to check something at the desk and we’ll be up. Then under my breath to Yani I said, “I hope that’s enough communication and they can stand to be briefly separated.” Yani laughed and shook her head in complete understanding. Our Croc had not arrived, nor had a package I was waiting for from my house. As we’re headed back to the room, I see that the food court is still open and ask Yani if she’s hungry and wants to grab some food. We never got to eat in Epcot (a margarita would've been completely helpful there though) so we grabbed some pasta and sat in the food court to eat our dinner. We started talking about what happened and by this time I was in complete anger
mode and no longer crying and just angry that she ruined the day. I mean I didn’t even invite her and that’s what made everything worse. As we finished throwing our stuff away Yani says again, “Just ignore them and enjoy yourself, that’s what’s important.” Then she looks at her watch and hops to me and gives me a hug
and says “Happy Birthday Li!”
I laugh and hug her back and say thank you and we walk back to the room passing some weirdos swimming in the freezing cold and call it a night.
Happy Birthday to ME!!