Holy cow! Was I stupid today. I mean more than normal. After I went grocery shopping this morning and put it all away, I went out to the patio, and she came down and joined me. It wasn't really hot out, only mid seventies, but I was drenched in sweat. When we came in for a second, I tried to give her a hug and she ran!
Ewww!
Hey, the may trip tan is fading, hadda do sumpin about that.
Well, apparently, I did. From above my head now looks like the "little red planet, Mercury".
And do you know why I'm sharing this with you?
Simple. I really don't want to take up where we left off.
It wasn't a "happy" time, and I'm searching for funny, anything funny in my mind, and shooting blanks.
It would have been nice if I had fallen off the ski lift.
But, crap, no such luck.
Actually, the way I felt, it would have been better if DIANE had fallen off the ski lift!
But, NOOOO, she doesn't even ride it!
Take it easy, I'm just kidding.
She had the horrified look on her face, and I knew in an instant what it meant.
"You didn't."
"I'm so sorry."
I won't deny that I was unhappy, and I won't go into the ensueing argument that we shared. It quickly turned into, a, "Ok, now what?"
I do remember getting in a , "Barney, you beat everything!" And I took away her bullet.
So we walked away, and went back to the CBR bus stand.
Now, this part of the sojourn gets tricky.
We were dropped off right in front of the entrance, not by the bus stand.
And as we watched, so did a lot of the other busses, do the same thing.
You also couldn't see which resort the busses were coming from, they all had the BB or AK sign lit in the front.
But I knew if we went up front, then the next CBR bus would pull into the bus stop area, and whizz right by us.
They would come from our starboard side, make a Uhey, and leave on the port side.
The answer was simple. And I shared it with her.
"All you have to do, is fake an epileptic seizure the next time a bus goes flying by, but you have to do it in the bus lane. "
"They'll be sure to stop."
She said, "But, what if he doesn't, and I get run over?"
"Yes honey, I know there's a risk, but that's a chance I'm willing to take."
Ok, maybe that conversation didn't actually take place, but I was thinking it!
On his way back out one bus driver stopped. Iran over there, expecting him to help us and take us back to our resort.
Nope, he WOULD call central, though, and tell them about our plight.
Fine!
Darn Iranians.
(thought I missed that dintcha?)
But time kept passing, and we still weren't sure what we were going to do.
I thought about just blowing the day off and turning it into a "resort day", maybe rent a couple of boats,,,,, nah, that lake really isn't big enough for that, even though they do rent them.
I looked at my watch one time too many. And Diane started to cry.
Now it's time for me to say, "My bad."
No, actually it's time for me to put my arms around her and say , "I'm sorry, it's no big deal, just a little mistake, we still have the whole day, with a fancy dinner tonight."
Finally a bus pulled up on the way out and the driver yelled over to me, "Are you the stupid moron that forgot his park tickets?"
Well, it sounded that way to me.
So I just bit the bullet, and nodded my head.
Sideways.
Over towards her.
(boy, I can tell I'm not going to get one "positive" post from this chapter.
)
We got on, and found out this was a Contempory bus. But,,,,,,,,
Of course he still had to go to Animal Kingdom. So now we have all the Aker's looking at us strangely.
"Bill, why are they getting on the bus at Blizzard Beach?"
"This doesn't make any sense."
After a while of listening to this I cracked.
I turned to Diane and said, "So, how's your neck?"
"Did sleeping in a tube all night screw it up?"
She caught on right away.
"Not too bad, but, boy, when they say it's closing time, THEY ARE NOT KIDDING!" And she said the last part pretty loud. Everybody heard, and it was all I could do to keep from letting out a huge "guffaw".
Yes, I have been known to "guffaw" now and then.
We eventually got back to the resort, and on the way to the room, passed right by the Santa Fe. And I stopped.
"Ok, run up to the room and grab my car key, it's in the nightstand drawer all by itself, I already took it off the keychain."
She was really happy to hear this. And took off fast.
"Oh, and Diane?"
She stopped and turned around.
"Don't forget to bring the water park tickets."
I'm not allowed here on this site to type her response.
Use your imagination.
A wee bit of history here. In a way, this kind of turned out to be a good thing. Ok, I may be stretching this here, but, really, it was a form of evolving.
You see, in all our previous trips, once we get to Disney, for me it's like, Ok, I'm done driving!
And I like that feeling.
The only time that truckster ever moves mid trip is if we are doing a split stay and it's time to go to the next resort. Now, we had already decided that tonight, we are going to drive to AKL for dinner. Ok, fine. But that's it, no more driving for me!
Then something like this happens.
I'm driving.
We have to drive back now.
Diane runs back down, we buckle up and we are off!
CBR is probably the most centrally located resort on property.
Did you know that BB, way over on the west side, is on the same road?
We were there in about 7 minutes, parked, but now the hordes are there.
Many, many hordes. All in spike heels and garters.
(I'm sorry, I'll stop)
Once we hit the back of the line, I looked at my watch.
It's 9:55. And I stop.
Nope, not gonna happen. We are NOT stopping!
She bullies her way forward, dragging me along with, through this major "throng" of people.
(wow, I had a chance to misspell that and type thong and I blew it.)
No, seriously, she used every trick in the book to get through that crowd, up to the front without getting beaten to death.
"Coming Through!"
"Press."
"Press."
"Blue light sale in Aisle Nine!"
" I HAVE A CHILD!"
Yep, she used it all, but the next thing I know, we are standing in front of the rope, and she holds up her room key card to the cast member, who let's us through.
At two minutes to official opening.
"See?"
"We are still in time for early entry."
Marita, can I borrow your eyes to slap her with?
and one for Diane 
I love this whole scene! You're a bad boy! And by the way....never order the sirloin. It's always chewy. Get the prime rib or the ribeye. Great....now I have to give my dog a piece of gum to get a visual. 
Oh, Diane! This is my greatest fear! Losing, misplacing, forgetting THE TICKETS! Oh...what a pain. I'm so sorry! Loved that whole gender switcheroo thingy, Steve! 
I hope your reaction to smidgy was not nearly as dramatic as mine! 
