As I work I can't help but notice the home owner, in his thirties, across the street. Every day for several hours he works in his yard. While most houses use a lawn service, he does the work himself and then meticulously cleans his equipment. He adjusts the sprinklers to make sure they are perfect and always finds weeds to pull. As I watch it is obvious to me that he loves doing this. While this isn't uncommon (many people find joy in yard work) it is a reflection of life at Disney. It isn't all fairy princesses and castles. Life as you know it will continue even if you are transplanted to the most magical place on earth.
Two days ago we were invaded by ants! And the outside of the house was swarmed by hundreds gnats. The bug exterminator arrived today. He explained the ants were releasing some queens and all the gnats were flying ants. He also explained that the 175 ants we killed inside the house wouldn't have lasted very long because he had recently sprayed the house and the ants would have died. Regardless, he sprayed the house again, assuring us the poison was bad for bugs but safe for humans. I'll let you know if I start growing a third arm.
We went to Hollywood studios after work to knock a few more things off our list. Our first fast pass was for The Great Movie Ride. We were arriving a little late for our fast pass so we needed to hurry. Linda was the front of our family train, charging through the crowd, while the rest of us followed. At one point she cut through the crowd so fast that it caused two strollers to turn to avoid hitting her and they collided causing an accident. She cut through the middle of families, and left others to stop mid-stride. The wreck and destruction left in our wake was unfortunate. We finally made it and was able to see the show before our fast pass expired.
We went through the Little Mermaid show and saw the worse lip sync performance in all the years we have seen. At one point the mermaid was combing her hair with a fork and the fork got caught in her hair! Eric was about 40 years old. And when the little mermaid transformed and got her legs? We could see her legs before the fin disappeared. Yep, the B Team was playing tonight. Junior Varsity. But it made the show interesting! It was a little creepy to see a middle aged guy pick up, swing around, and plant a kiss on a 90-pound mermaid that was easily half his age. But hay, to each his own. Good for Eric. I guess even a middle-aged prince deserves a trophy wife. I just did not imagine it that way when I watched the cartoon.
My wife and youngest went on Star Tours, or as I call it, the vomit commit. My oldest and I decided to wait in a nearby food area. The food area was dark and it was late and it was abandoned except for a lady who was breastfeeding. I'm all for natural... whatever. I just do need my fifteen year old boy starring at a breastfeeding lady. So I picked a table and chair arrangement so our backs were to her.
We went to Sci Fi Drive-In with plans to only order desert (so we could enjoy the restaurant without paying for a full meal). The guy at the check-in desk told us his deserts weren't very good. We would be happier going to the writer's nook for a carrot cake cookie, or go to Fifties for real ice cream. Our goal was to just see the drive-in, so, we did neither of the suggestions. Instead, we went to an ice cream place off property called Twisty on Rt 192 and got a gallon more ice cream for half the price than we would have paid in Disney.
We have five more things crossed off our "Must Do" list while having a great time.
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