The number one Must Do to be a winner in the game of LIFE (for any self-respecting DISer, that is) is to visit the World as many times as humanly possible before we are all called to that great Dumbo ride in the sky.
I think.
It's either that or to sell your soul to the DVC. Until 2048.
Either way, we sometimes must create sub-Must Do lists for other parts of LIFE: weekend chores, trips to the grocery store, items necessary for detaining a certain Depp-a-licious pirate.
Ergo, a Must Do list for this autumn's trip to the motherland:
(NOTE: The following Must Do list is organized mostly by location and consists of entirely too much food. These Must Do's are things never previously experienced in the World and are in addition to traditional trip Must Do's. Organizer of said list will not be held responsible for portions of the list which remain uncompleted on 9/28/08 upon departure from MCO. Instead she will just cry woefully and wonder how many pages of a trip report she can write about Tonga Toast. Any similarities to real people or events, other than those specifically cited, are unintentional and are for purposes of illustration only.)
Magic Kingdom Must Do's:
*Dole Whip - must...visit...Aloha...Aisle...
*French Toast Loaf - once I find out exactly who is responsible for keeping this positively sticky piece of heaven out of my encyclopedia of Disney knowledge, there will be floggings.
*The NEW and IMPROVED (hello, oxymoron, anyone?) Pirates of the Caribbean - a little Cap'n Jack improves ANY situation
*Meet (read: assault) and take a picture with (read: tie down until TarzanKat's arrival) if at all humanly possible, said swarthy pirate. If not, at least see the Pirate Tutorial. Or scale his float in the parade and play distressed damsel.
*Ride the MK "Mountains" and the Jungle Cruise
after the sun goes down.
*
MNSSHP, the Boo to You parade and Hallowishes!
*Ride HM and put together my own opinion of the updates.
*Ride Dumbo. Which I have not done since I was 7. And I want an elephant all to my self.
*See the new Monster's Inc. Laugh Club show.
EPCOT Must Do's:
*Soarin' - while I have soared (yet I want to write "soarn" ??) over California in California, I've yet to soar over California in Florida.
*Ride the "improved" SSE and rue the loss of Jeremy Irons and likely not enjoy the new screens that will keep my from taking a 3-minute, air-conditioned nap while we return to Earth backwards.
*Experience the Seas with Nemo and friends. I don't know how I'm going to feel about this. I already miss the movie (though I think I'm the only one on the planet who does) and those Hydrolaters held so much nostalgia for me. Even though at 12 years old I saw that same piece of gum pass by in the "window" as the Hydrolater "descended" to "Sea Base Alpha", I
wanted to believe it was real. I still do.
*Ride the
GREEN side of MS. Because I'm a wuss and don't want to re-vist the nostalgia of nauseousness on the
Orange Side.
*Eat and drink my way 'round the WS, including restaurants I've never visited before: Le Cellier, San Angel Inn and Tutto Italia.
MGM (NODisneyHollywoodStudios) Must Do's:
*See Lights, Motor, Action!
*Ride the new Toy Story attraction, since I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be open by then.
*Enjoy an 8,000 calorie "dessert" apple SLICED UP from the "Villain" candy store. (Thanks, TK.) See, normally my jaw starts to hurt and I give up and my thighs sigh in relief. NOT THIS TIME.
*Have the s'mores dessert from 50's PTC.
Aminal Kingdom Must Do's
*Spend some time with Missy's main man, the Yeti.
*Give the new Nemo show a chance without being bitter about the loss of Tarzan and his six-pack.
*Ride Dinosaur with my eyes open. THE WHOLE TIME.
*Avoid the traditional "chafing adventure" after riding Kali. Because I'm one of the people who gets soaked when I'm standing and
watching the ride from 25 feet away, never mind being strapped into the seat approaching the top of the drop. Don't want to get wet? Sit directly across from ME.
*Find the otters. Smuggle one into my park bag.
*Eat at Rainforest Cafe (I couldn't talk Missy into Boma. She wasn't impressed when they ate their last year, but I'm hoping if we have time, we can go "explore" the AKL. Particularly The Mara. Particularly the fridge cases with the packages of Zebra Domes.)
Downtown Disney Must Do's
*Hunt down the meatball sandwich at Earl of Sandwich. Inhale it. Consider bringing one back to the room for later inhalation.
*Shop at the
LEGO store. We heart LEGOs.
*Make about 76 absurdly chocolate covered, candy smothered, pretzel things at Goofy's Candy Co. And maybe make one for BF too.
Resort and "Other" Must Do's
*TONGA!TONGA!TONGA!TONGA!TONGA!
*Experience the Lapu Lapu and hopefully some of those amazing looking sticky wings. Maybe at the same time even.
*Sleep in a hammock.
*Enjoy a relaxing "resort" day, including a swim in the pool.
*Pedicures at the GF spa.
*Meet up with my long, lost sister, TK. Catch up on what we've been doing, how our respective "adoptive" parents raised us, muse on where our "real" parents are (my bet is hiding out in the Utilidors under the MK) after splitting us up and sending us to opposite ends of the galaxies to be raised by royalty and a Jedi, respectively (TK - are you Luke or Leia?), discuss battle plans for abducting Jack Sparrow.
I know I'm forgetting approximately 14.29 things, but these are the ones that have actually made it into writing. I'm sure I'll be adding to the list.
For now, though, this is all you get.
Because I spent yesterday morning in the ER with a doctor who would be better off handing out cheese samples in your local supermarket than treating patients. So I'm still tired. And catching up with work.
And lest you worry you beautiful little heads, I'm fine. I re-injured the muscles on the right side my chest wall. Which is very painful because it's under the rather ample goods I've been blessed with. Which constantly pull (thanks gravity!) on said muscles.
The original injury occurred after a particularly zealous workout at the gym some months back. On Monday I did such a good job re-injuring it trying to swat the cat out of the window (don't ask) that I woke up yesterday morning in LOTS of pain and a tad bit short of breath. Which was enough to make me nervous. And head to the ER. Where I laid in a freezing cold bed for three hours. Only to be told I had a muscle strain and sent home. And with NO PAIN MEDS.
This doctor, whom I also had the pleasure of meeting when he refused to treat my complex migraine this past fall with anything more than a "it's just a little headache" and 800mg of Ibuproferen, is just a dope. If any of you are complex migraine sufferers, you'll understand why I wanted to acquaint his stethoscope with parts of his body it had yet to be acquainted with and why, when my neurologist prescribed me Imitrex I declared him a GOD.
And to boot, the ER doc has HORRIBLE bedside manner. And looks JUST LIKE Ben Stiller. Anywho, if I ever have the misfortune again of ending up in the ER and I see him approaching my bed, I will ring for the nurse and ask for another doctor. Or just run from the hospital screaming, johnny flaps flailing in the wind.
Sign me up!! I want next-day-pizza-abs! And heck, whether it works for me or not, it sounds yummy...!
So, so many of us have been there! I'm there right now. I don't have as far to go, and I can't say I've been through the emotional stuff you have, but overweight is overweight and besides being unhealthy, it just plain stinks.
: Tonight, Samantha Brown gives her Disney Favorites on the Travel Channel and tomorrow on the History Channel has Disney as a Modern Marvel.
) It was a farm theme - cowprint balloons and all. Seeing him have cake for the first time was fun. He's pretty unsure about having "dirty" hands, so me and one of his uncles ended up feeding him the frosting off of our fingers. When he first grabbed the cake himself, his eyes got real big and then he stuck his hand in his mouth, and then he made a move as if to launch the cake across the room. I've never seen 10 adults move so fast! 
