...my mom said that the Disney marathon that my dad wants to do again is the weekend before my 16th birthday... and that's a big problem apparently. Okay, so... running a marathon is a bigger deal than my biggest birthday of all? Okay. That sounds totally fair. Then she told me that bringing a friend would be expensive. She said at least $500. I think she is exaggerating because if I bring a friend they're paying for their own food and stuff they buy, we'll just pay for their park tickets. That's how it was when I went to the beach with my friend, I paid my own food and other stuff I bought for myself. And it's not like we'd have to pay extra for a friend staying in the room with us, we'll already have that paid. And I mean, that's around the price, if not less in most cases, of a huge 16th birthday party.