I've always said, the sooner you fall behind, the more timem you have to catch up.
Like when the Sox give up 5 runs in the first inning.
So since I am way behind now, I'm going to work on this chapter and then go back in time and take care of all the usual sarcastic call outs, ok?
Yes, I did watch Idol, there went most of my time on the puter, didn't know it would go for 3 nights this week.
But what really screwed things up was Wednsday morning:
I woke up at 6 wondering what I am already doing with a Lemonhead in my mouth. (I sometimes use these when I need a smoke)
As my mind gave way to clarity, I realized I didn't put any in my mouth, what we have here is an escaped tooth.
Well, escaped as far as getting out of it's cell, now it has to try to get out of the prison.
It's a crown right in the very front of my face, I've had one there since I lost the real tooth playing hockey back when I was 15. Every once in a while it makes a break for it, once it even tried in the middle of a karaoke song, it actually flew out of my mouth and I made a terrific basket catch with one hand when I realized what just happened.
Right now, the only thing I am glad for is that it didn't try to take the basement escape path by having me swallow it in my sleep. (no wonder I never sleep well)
Problem is, I've been considering makeing an appointment anyway with my dentist for a back molar that's really starting to wake me up in pain at night.
But there's no dental ins., and can't do both now. Arrgghh!
Got in to see him yesterday, but he had a heck of a time getting the crown to fit back in, had to cut some gum away.
What I'm wondering is:
I have always heard that smoking causes veins and arteries to contract, and even make gums recede. By quitting smoking could I have caused the gums to return to normal and "push" the crown right off the tooth remnant?
Since I've quit smoking I'm now getting toothaches, back hurts a lot now, had my crown fall off on it's own,,,,,,,,
Oy vey
By the way, to re-cement it in place and getting it back in there, (which he doesn't guarantee cuz it's been originally made all wrong since it's not his),,, wanna guess the cost?
254 dollars
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This following chapter falls into the "really hard to write" category.
I know, and probably rightfully so, that up until the end, just about everything I write will be just filler until then, if there are any jokes, they will just die a slow death. I can tell right now what most of the posts will be about.
This kind of reminds me of the July report with the Soccer Groups,,,,,the confrontations with them ate every chapter.
SO,,,,,,, if you wanna save some time,,,just head on out to back,,start with the last picture and just go from there,,then we'll talk about Henry.
We've got the Pop Century park break pretty much down pat by now, the big difference is that instead of what used to always be pool time it's now "lie around on the bed" time.
For me, I feel a bit of relief;
We've got the table service meal out of the way so that let's us play it by ear more now, and,,,,
I never brought the pills this morning which means I've still got 3 doses left. (9 pills) This also means I have done a remarkable job preserving these pills this trip. (compared to how I usually am)
I must have been more relaxed because I even dozed off for a while.
The problem with this is that now it's like going through the morning ritual all over again and needing Smidgy to help me.
There is now another SERIOUS problem on hand, one not to be taken lightly.
I've used all my regular socks.
All I have left are about 8 pairs of the "shorty" ankle length ones I wear with gym shoes and shorts.
I have to either use the shorties, or, shudder, put the dirty regular socks back on.
I'm not going to answer this.
No, really, I can't cuz I distinctly remember the quandry, but I don't remember what I did about it. I can guarantee you one thing, I didn't do a load of laundry just for SOCKS!
Sooon it was time to begin the priming.
With the trip widing down I wasn't holding back on the libations, plus, didn't want to have to bring too much back with us. "Drink the beer, drink the beer, lighten the bags, lighten the bags."
This will sound bad now, but we brought fully dressed Sunny D's with us, each of us had two little airplane bottles with us, and I had a plastic cup filled with ice and Black Velvet for the walk to the bus stop.
I'm also bringinig 3 friends with in my "dry" pocket to take later when Backo starts acting up.
I know, quite a picture I paint of the non-conforming traditional Disney tourist.
Walt's probably rolling over in his freezer!
As Smidgy was still getting ready I went outside for a smoke in the Rubik's Cube and took a picture of it.
Looking at the picture I got excited and couldn't wait to go in and show Smidgy.
"Diane, c'mere, look, after 9 days I finally solved the Ruik's Cube. See,, all white on the one side!", and I proudly held the camera up to show her.
"Steve, all the sides have to be the same, not just the white."'
She can take the fun out of anything.
At the bus stop we finished our travel drinks in the plastic cups and got in line.
Here is where we met a great couple from the South that popped in this report earlier.
I don't know what their real names are but on the Dis they go by Worm and Purple Nurple.
We started talking to them in line, then we sat right across from them on the bus and just wouldn't let them be. He's from Lousiannna, she from "em i crooked letter, crooked letter i, crooked letter crooked letter i, humback humpback i."
But what made them so cool was that they laughed at any dumb thing I said, a sure way of gaining my affection.
When I asked him where he's from and he said Loulsianna, I said to him, "Oh, Shreveport?"
"Yeah, how did you know that?" he asked me.
I didn't really answer him at the time, but I would have said, "Elementary........."
"When I asked where you are from, you responded with "Lousianna"."
"Had you been from New Orleans, you would have said, "New Orleans."
"Now, since I only know two other cities in the whole state, Baton Rouge and Shreveport, I figured that if you were from Baton Rouge you would have said so, but if you were from Shreveport than it would have just been , "Lousianna."
At Epcot on the way in once again we caught up with them, and they were still laughing.
I didn't want to let them go: "Diane, what do you think, can we keep them?"
But they had to go have relations at the building that says that for guests and we lost sight of them then for good. But Smidgy did tell them about looking for the report when they get back, and for the first time, someone actuallhy did.
We went directly to the Nemo Pavillion and rode Nemo,
I tried at the last minute to take a picture in here but didn't have the camera set up. I think these are the Jellyfish.
then had a 10 minute wait to see Crush, and we didn't even have to stand in line, just not venture too far away till the doors opened.
This was when the hearing aids really paid off,, for the first time I could really hear everything, even the quiet little kids asking the questions in the front and we really enjoyed the show.
After walking thru the Caribbean exhibits and looking at the sea horses, (my favorites),
I wanted to "freshen" my Sunny D in a rest room and asked a cast member for directions. (yes, I will stop and ask directions for potties, but I'll cross the Canadian border before I'll stop in Wisconsin to ask for directions)
Here, is where I was told to go.
I think this is just hilarious.
On the left is a door that says "cast members only" on it, on the right is a restroom door for the public.
Hilarious!'
Says a lot about what Disney thinks about the average size I guess of their guests is. Either that or the cast members for the door on the left are just the brooms from Fantasia.
here:
My friends made the sacrifice for me in there along with a little bottle and it was time to use our fastpass for Soarin'.
I originally took this picture from Soarin' and I was going to try to pass it off as coming from behind the Canada pavillion where the waterfall is back there.
Just to see if everybody was paying attention but I know someone is going to believe it and never read the joke/expanation so I passed on it.
Probably would have got Smidgy.
Which brings us once agiain to,,,,,,,,,
"Catch the hidden Mickey"
Are you ready?
This time we are going to get it.
It will be right on the side of the golf ball.
Look closely and you'll see it.
There, right,,,,,,,, THERE!
?
Ok, I know, I missed it again.
It was on to Test Track to use our other fastpass.
This time the ride went off without a hitch, no wait, didn't need fastpass, no audio problems everything went fine except for the hypothermia at the end.
It was time for a smoke and evaluate our postition at this point. We went back to our DSA by the fountain and talked it over.
My back was hanging in there, the pills and drinks helped and I guessed I cold take the cold for one more Illuminations viewing. She's fine in her winter coat, plus I usually get colder quicker than she does.
We really hated to give that up especially with the great extra ending tacked on to it.
On the way to World Showcase:
We waited for a while in a smoking area in Showcase Plaza and didn't move to the rail until there was only ten minutes before show time. I told everybody around me that if they feel the need to crowd me go right ahead.
The Sunny D bottle was long gone by now, and I just sipped a bit from my last remaining little bottle, didn't take much to kill that one either.
The show was terrific again.
And everybody loved the beginning when you can feel the heat from the propane fires on the water.
I even took a couple pics without shaking too badly.
Unfortunately, it's now time to meet Henry.
At the last aerial explosion we were off and running through the old Odyssey Center and up through Future World.
This is what we call the Epcot Charge, I used to be good at this but now I'm just a shell of my former self.
Diane was, and is, the best!
She's fast, great 0 to 20 speed with excellent lateral movements and great field of vision. She's also hard to bring down.
But I held my own admirably.
I can never figure out how all these people got in front of us but we passed them by the hundreds on the charge to the bus stops.
Out of the park the way opens up a bit, then you make a right turn and have to go all the way down because Pop is the very last one. That's what happens when you stay at the newer resorts,,, they're all at the end.
We are down to one last leg of the charge left, and people are speeding up again.
On the left are all the lines, busses pull up on the left.
The center is the "charge" lane, but you have to be carefull that some roped areas don't stick out a bit further than some others.
And on the right, there's a short curb with grass and shrubbery next to it.
As we are heading down to Pop all the way at the end, somehow I have worked my self into a position 10 feet ahead of Smidgy. No, I'm not sure how it happened either.
And about 15 feet in front of me, but over a bit more to the right was another guy, also moving along at a goodly clip.
We had reached the back end of the Pop queueing area when I glanced at the guy ahead of me.
It all happened really quickly, but I hated watching it.
This guy was moving along at a fast rate right along the small curb, when suddenly he just collapsed.
He did not appear to trip, or stumble, but it was the way he fell that bothered me.
He didn't try to catch himself, not at all
Normally, you might twist your body, maybe jump to the side a bit, anything to lessen your fall.
But most of all, you will throw your arms out, palms ready to meet the ground first to break the fall, this is why many people actually end up with sprained or broken wrists from a fall.
This guy did none of the above.
He just went down, and went down HARD!
He landed on his side, and I could see his head bounce off the concrete a bit at the end.
I have to admit,,,,,, I hate to admit,,,,, my first thought was that he was WAY overserved, especially sometimes when it's really cold out it can hit you when you first go back outside into the cold.
But that didn't make any sense now, he was obviously in the bus stop charge for a while now.
Yes, amazing how many thoughts can pop into your head in 2 seconds, but what happened when he went down was;
Smidgy saw it and immediately took off running back the other way looking for a cast member;
I hurried over to him which was only a few feet away and pulled down his jacket a bit that seemed bunched up around his neck and started asking him if he's allright.
Almost immediately too, from behind we heard,
"Oh my God, Henry?" and a woman ran over.
She also did the "Henry, are you allright?", but she was standing to the side doing this while I was leaning over him.
But what bothered me the most was that I didn't think he was ok,,,, matter of fact,,,, I wasn't seeing him breathe!
Lying on his back with his eyes closed I could see he was white, clean shaven and somewhere in his thirties, next to whom I'm assuming was his wife stood two little kids now starting to cry.
I was staring at him really hard to look for a sign of him breathing and leaning over closer and closer because I'm not seeing any thing.
His wife than said to me that earlier in the day he had tripped and hit his head, since then he's been dizzy occasionally.
Uh oh,,, uh oh was all I was thinking, he probably had a concussion earlier today and hasn't taken it easy at all, all day.
Just then he gave a little "gasp" and his eyelids fluttered a bit and I realized I hadn't been breathing either until then.
His eyes opened and I could tell just how wrong my first guess was on why he fell down and I felt even worse as I helped him to a sitting position.
Just then, Smidgy returned with a cast member who already was calling for an ambulance on her walkie talkie.
We were'nt sure what to do and more cast members were showing up and trying to get rid of the crowd so we reluctantly left.
It was a kind of quiet ride back, but I knew, that family was spending the night in the hospital, maybe more and I just felt terrible knowing their trip has come to an end, no matter how well it turns out.
At the resort we waited until just about closing at the food court before we got anything and I used a counter service on the chicken parmisagna but our hearts weren't really in it.
Some things take awhile to shake off.
With that I'll say that we don't know how things turned out for Henry and his family, all I can assume and hope for is that all worked out ok and that's the way my mind is going to remember the whole situation.
But we still have one full day left on this trip, so come back and join us at Animal Kingdom, won't you?
) make him fall unconscious???? Was he all right? More importantly, did he recover in time to serve dessert?
The ones that sound interesting to us, are the ones we can't afford. 
Did I just say I would ask for Nebo's opinions/suggestions? I meant to say get more of Smidgy's opinions/suggestions. 
