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And were off
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Luigis side! Cool.
The race
I couldnt tell who won, but either way it was fun. At the start of the ride, while we were on our way out of the loading area. I felt my Cell phone ring, but I wasnt going to answer it. I listened to the voicemail after I got off the ride, and it was the nursing home. You all know what happened, but they wanted to call 911 and take Arline back to the hospital, so I told them to go ahead.
I knew that it would take a while before they got her picked up, across the street, into a bed and diagnosed, so I used my other FP that was good between 8:35 and 9:35AM. I called Fran to find out where she was and lo and behold, she was shopping! Big shocker there! She bought me a pair of white gold Disney Dreams Earrings to go along with my white gold castle pendant, herself a watch, and then we headed back to the room.
By this time the Doctor called me back and told me what was going on. Fran was going to have drive back to the hospital that afternoon anyways, to get her daily infusion of antibiotics at 1PM. So we just decided for both of us would go along. Turns out after making a bunch of different turns and stuff, she realized that both
Disneyland and Los Alamitos Hospital were on Katella Blvd! Duh! All we had to do was drive several miles down Katella and pretty soon the hospital was upon us. She dropped me off at emergency and then found a parking space.
She popped her head into emergency, then headed off to the section of the hospital for her drugs, while I waited for Patric and Carrie, who arrived about 15 minutes later. After about an hour Fran came back and it was clear that nothing could be done on our part, so we decided to head back. We got back just as the window for the FPs were closing. Supposedly its only at WDW where they check the end times so I guess I would have been OK. I rode the ride two more times, I think I got Luigi once and Ramon once. I like the track for Ramon better, you get a little better angle on the car, but Luigis new tires are a more cute scene in the showroom. It was much hotter than the overcast morning ride earlier in the day, and I was regretting not wearing my Princess ball cap.
Since my FPs were all used up, I decided to go have another drink at the lounge. I was saving my appetite for dinner that night, but luckily I chose wisely and my drinks came with a snack. I ordered the flight of Tequila. The one on the right is a Silver Agave, the middle one is actually a Mezcal and the left is an Anejo tequila (which means its aged in Oak barrels just like wine). The last glass, beer snacks.
It was a nice little drink, but by then it was 5:30 and I told Fran I would be back at the room my quarter to six to start getting dressed for dinner.
This is Roasted Lamb Meatballs with Tzatziki and Peperoncini
For those of you who know me pretty well, this is highly unusual! 
But we were on a mission. We laid in bed for about half and hour watching the local news and then got dressed and headed up to the CL. Everyone else was there too! Magic Mornings were available to all hotel guests and at 7AM everyone could get into the parks. We ate a leisurely breakfast knowing that as long we were IN the FP line at park opening we could ride.
