We waved goodbye to the Beach Club and walked over to Epcot. The sun was down by now, and, we were starting to get a wittle bit cold. Nevermind, we both have jackets for once. I sure was glad I'd gotten that fleece thing earlier.
Although it was EMH we were not planning on hitting a lot of rides. We wanted to find a new viewing spot for Illuminations, hang around World Showcase a bit, and maybe hit Spaceship Earth on the way out since we'd had fun on it the last time. That, and Grumpy wanted to do... American Adventure.
Look it's not that I'm not "patrioticky"... but I just can't stay awake in that theater. I think it's the music, because the movie IS interesting, I love Hall of Presidents and can stay awake in it for quite a while but American Adventure, the last time, Grumpy had to shook me awake. It was pretty embarassing. There may have been drool involved.
So, I was a bit apprehensive about that. If I had known in advance what I was going to do that night I wouldn't have worried about something as silly as drooling in a theater.
We stopped by the American pavilion to check show hours & take a few pics...
That's the gingerbread house inside the Liberty CS place. Cute but nowhere as impressive as the GF's, of course.
Anyhoo, Grumpy & I ended up finding a good spot in front of the Japan pavilion. They have little stone benches right next to the water and we set up camp there. I went back in the shop to get the tiny purse I was agonizing about earlier in the day and was happy as a clam (haven't used it once yet).
We waited. And waited. And waited. We were freezing and a bit bored so we took silly pictures.
French women are always sex symbols. Righttttttttttttttttt
A prettier picture so you're not scarred emotionally for too long....
Feeling better ???
Illuminations was great as usual. I don't have pics because in order to take them, I would have had to remove my hands from my fleece-lined pockets. Not an option that night !
It ended up being a very good spot, we finally got to see the stuff they show on the globe. Well, I do have the eyesight of a carrot-loathing rabbit so I couldn't make out exactly
what the stuff was, but at least I knew there
was stuff and not just moving colors like I initially believed.
When Illuminations ended we let the masses exit then we got up to leave, and for some reason we went downstairs then back up again. On my way up, I stumbled over a stair. Grumpy said something like, great, first night and you're already falling. I dusted myself off and proceeded to fall over the
same stair immediately.
Let's face it, that thing hates me. Grumpy was, of course, laughing her butt off (she's got some left). So were two older ladies watching us.
"Try it again ! Third time's a charm, sweetie!"
Bugger off, grandma!
Grumpy & I were laughing soooooo hard and it was soooo cold and we had been waiting sooooooo long for Illuminations and I had drank sooooooo much ice
tea at Cape May... you can see where I'm going with this ???
My name is Marina, I'm thirty years old, and I kinda peed my pants in EPCOT.
Okay I didn't cause the lagoon to overflow or anything, let's put it in perspective people, but still, I was dying. I dumped Grumpy there and ran to the restrooms. I was waiting impatiently in line (I guess I could have yelled "LET ME FIRST I ALREADY STARTED! to speed things along...) when my cell phone rang. Grumpy.
"What happened, why did you leave me there ? Where are you?"
"Bathroom. I, hmmm, really needed to leave."
"Why???"
"I, hmmm, had a little accident."
"OMG are you hurt ? Are you bleeding ????"
"No you MORON I had an ACCIDENT. I'm in the frickin BATHROOM!"
You'd think I would have thought of switching to French at some point but nope. Not that it would have helped much since "accident" is the same in both languages. As usual French is useless.
ANYWAY.... Grumpy met me outside when I was done, hmm, freshening up. Of course laughing in my face. I told her that in light of my extremely embarassing experience I shouldn't be forced into American Adventure but she would have none of it and since we were close to America, off we went.
No Voices of Liberty tonight
Wonder if Walt ever heard of Nellie Olsen ??
I drooled again. Worse, I was holding the bag with my mini purse in it and whenever I'd fall asleep too deeply, I'd drop it and then wake up with a lovely grunt. Grumpy actually moved a couple seats away from me after a few minutes of this.
Once the nap, sorry, show, was over, we walked around Epcot enjoying the Christmas decorations. We love Epcot at night this time of year, can never get enough. We knew the decorations would be gone in a couple days and we wouldn't see them again for a long time so we took our time.
Not enough time left to do Universe of Energy this time, Grumpy refused to do Test Track again saying one pantwetting was enough for tonight thankyouverymuch, so we went into Spaceship Earth instead.
This definitely wasn't my night. I wish I had the chance to take a photo of the picture they take of you in the ride. I TRIED to look nice, I swear. Instead, I had a piercing, dark gaze, shut lips, and flared nostrils.
My mom said it first and best "You look evil."
Thanks. She was right on and I couldn't argue. Couldn't look at the pictures, either.
We left Epcot and while waiting for our bus I checked my cell phone. Jessica, my sister, had sent me a "happy new year" text message. She also asked me what we were doing. I decided to be honest.
I started the 2009 year as a freezing, falling, pant-wetting, drooling, evil-looking turkey. You ??
Oh my dear, just wait until you've had a few kids......
You almost made ME pee my pants reading that!!!! 
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