Damn the torpedos, full speed ahead!
All right, I am getting all settled in across from the new and improved, Turtle Lady, but I really didn't care, this was a good spot too I think, with more room and less kids screaming in your ears.
I wipe the lounger off, face it away from the sun and put stuff down on the table and the lounger next to me for "she who is NOT being disturbed, this morning."
I was ready for some serious vegging, and my hand soon found a couple of little lumps in my pocket.
NO NOT THAT, STOP IT, I mean painkillers.
"Yes, here at AKL, we do vegging right".
I figure I've got about an hour and half before Smidgy makes her way down, time to relax, look and just gaze around, take a quiet peaceful walk, look at some of the bird dislplays,,,,,
"I got a peacefull easy feeling, and I know you won't let me down,,,,,,,,"
Yes, I just broke out in song, I am now listed as the worlds' smallest flash mob in Guinness Book of Records.
Except, there wasn't anybody anywhere near me at that time of the morning to hear me, thank God.
Then I looked behind me, behind the fence that separates the poolers from the bird section, and there is a cast member doing cleanup with the birds, staring at me with his mouth open.
I was busted and considered asking him if he had any requests, but knowing that a lot of these cast member barely speak English I just walked away and sat down again.
But I was antsy, I needed to move, needed to walk, needed to dance,,, "Gotta dance, Gotta dance"
Ok, I'll stop now
I checked in on Turtle Lady 2012, and she was doing just fine, she had grabbed my two loungers and two more. She is now set up for seating for the Boston Pops.
I came back to my lounger only to find somebody really strange sitting in it already. In the one I had wiped off, across from the table I wiped off too.
I looked over at the table, and sure enough, a lot of stuff has now been added to MY stuff on the table.
I was not happy, but I was not going to be pushed around anymore.
"What are you doing here?"
"No way I was going to sleep knowing you were down here, so figured it's best to bite the bullet and get my butt down."
"Oh, swell. Great to have you."
Hour and a half you thought, right. Shoot, my pills haven't even kicked in yet. hey, maybe she'll start first on the crossword puzzled, that will keep her busy for a long time anyway, and I'[ll still get my nice, wonderful, early morning pool time silence.
I looked over,,, and,,, YES,,, she is, she's bending back the page to the Crosswords, oh, I hope they are hard today.
Oh, they were hard allright:
"Steve, Ballplayer Henry's brother, 5 letters."
"Tommy"
And it didn't stop.
They say silence is golden but it seems I am caught in a bear market today.
But it really turned out to be great spot again.
She had checked herself on our Table spot that we had everytime we came down last time we were here, and she was just incredulous that the new and improved Turtle Lady would take that many loungers and chairs.
It then became a game to see if anybody yet has joined her! So far,,, Uh UH. She is surrounded by at least 10 of her very best towel friends.
Went down the slide a couple times, the water was perfect temp and I spent more time than I normally do in the pool, just hanging on to my wife floating around.
Between that, and reading about the comet getting closer and closer to the earth, time just flew by, to the point that eventually, the Yellow Jackets moved in.
This is usually around 1:30 for those interested .
We were kind of out of the limelight I thought from the YJs, but they had a trick up there sleeve.
For the last 2 hours, a cast member was manning a podium behind us, right in front of the bird overlook, outback, outlook, over and out. Look, I don't know what to call them. They are just there to talk and answer questions. Well, apparently, there is much more than meets the eye with these double agents!
With the Yellow Jackets fired up near the pool, the cast member who usually gives animal and bird info is now rounding up kids to play games on the concrete, and
"Don't mind the stupid looking guy trying to read, we'll go UNDER his lounger if we have to."
Diane thought this was just hilarious , watching me try to read with all the screaming and yelling going on, it was like trying to read at a Black Sabbath concert.
click on the above, pretty sure that's a chance to hear the Sultry 99 speak again.
And if you click on the picture below, I don't do anything but sit there,
"just like always" I'm sure she would leap to add.
Not much later we went back up to the room to change for the rest of the day's events.
On the way a woman came up to Diane which would then turn out to be a common occurance for the duration of the trip.
She asked her if she had the time.
It's obvious we are both wearing watches, but they never asked me, always went up to her first, I guess she either had a friendlier face or a more knowledgable face, that's why it was so funny.
You see we both have digital watches, but I've had mine forever, and I know without even thinking how to change the time when we switch time zones, not so with her.
Hers is extremely confusing, and really can't be done without the instruction booklet, which is sitting at home right now.
"Press "A" twice to make the screen go blank, then press "C". When the screen reappears, press "A" again for English. Now press "B" until the minutes appear, release "B" and the minutes will start flashing. While holding in "C", repeatedly press "B" 60 times to advance one hour. But you must time the presses of "B" with the second hand, or it will reset to 12:00 on it's own......
It's brutal, believe me. I have done it on my own winging it before, but it took me an hour to do so, and in the process I accidentally turned on the alarm that kept going off at two in the morning. I didn't care, I couldn't hear it, but,,,,,,
So she's not touching it, she's learned to compensate in her mind, kind of for the time difference, or just ask me.
But she is also 6 minutes off, anyway, so now, she's either and hour and six minutes off, or 54 minutes off!
And it was just hilarious watching her try to quickly figure out the real time when people would ask her, and not look like a monkey with a new toy instead. When you're under pressure to come up with what should take 2 seconds made it even better.
One time somebody DID ask me, and I said my watch isn't working, but my wife can tell you the time.
Yes, I"m easily amused.
I went for ice and we tried to sit on the balcony for a bit to take advantage of our great room before it was time to make our way to the Poly and the Luau.
Now, one more little quick video, actually, more like an "audio". Boy sound carries up to here.
Lovely, isn't it?
We decided to leave a bit early, and with a couple of Sunny D's, we hit the bus stop and caught a MK bus with only a five minute wait. The problem was, there was a huge crowd waiting, and the bus was already filled from stopping first at Kidani. We both got to stand the whole way.
Boy, did I notice it too. The unfun=ness of standing.
At Magic Kingdom I just wanted to go and sit down for a bit. I know the sun takes a lot out of you, but geesh.
I quit smoking, I've even lost 12 pounds since the Coronado trip just a couple months ago, and this is how I'm rewarded?
Our Sunny D's were history by the time the ferry came, but we still had plenty time at the Poly so we each got a PINA Colava, and just took a slow stroll around the grounds.
(no Ponzi, nobody dumped their coffee grounds on the sidewalk that we had to walk around)
Geez, it's hard enough writing these things and I have to anticipate what he's going to jump on too.
As for the Lewow itself, I wish I could help you.
Really, for info on it go read Shan's report, I really have zilch on it, nothing stood out.
We had pretty darn good seats, up front on the side.
And that's all the good I can say about it.
Our waitress was extremelly frazzled and un friendly.
THe food which is served family style, turned out it came from a dysfunctional family, it was luke warm at best, and not very tasty.
The all you can drink beer and wine are a joke trying to get her attention to get a refill, and the show was stupid and it STUNK.
Ok, one part was good, the fire baton twirling guy was terrific, but that was it.
Main course was roasted or steamed chicken which I don't like and bbq pork, which I do like and was ok.
Yeah, rice, big deal, and weird fruit slices that most people would never bother with putting on their own plate at a buffet; pineapple, mango slices, kiwi, pineapple, mango, kiwi, oh my!
The best part of the dinner was that we can now cross it off the list and never have to consider it again, from now on we stick to Hoop de Doo, that show is worth it, this whole ordeal wasn't worth half the price.
We considered maybe stopping in to MK on the way back for a bit, maybe catch the parade or Wishes, but we both were kind of tired, and usually one or the other of us is going to have a problem after eating a meal like that where the last thing you want is to be waiting at closing time in a gigantic line for a bus. Besides, we have a whole week yet with Todd and Jackson to enjoy the park.
Boy, did that decision come back to haunt me later on.
All for one, one for all!Nope, not at all. My DW and I share steel silverware all the time. Usually stainless steel.
Anyway, we used to get leftovers after they closed for the evening. Never steak, of course, but other stuff. Once they badly estimated how many baked potatoes they needed. We must have brought home 50 of them! Had baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, potato salad, potato pancakes, etc, for a week, until they went bad
We traded it in for my DH's Nissan Pathfinder and I recently got a Sentra, which is the creakiest 4-cylinders I've ever driven, but it does get good mileage. 
Only to reach the end and nothing 
Then I make myself go back and read the whole thing again so I can truly appreciate each installment without the overwelming dread of the hammer actually falling hanging over each word! I am glad you seem to have had at least a couple of days of peaceful vacation so far, I guess that's gonna change soon, huh?
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) and regular customers at the retaurant gave me a Christmas card with a $50 bill in it for an extra Christmas tip!!! so I told nebo, this is EXTRA money, for ME to do what I want. NOT go towards something we were going to do anyway. so there!!!
