It's that time of year again when the weather starts to warm up a bit and I feel depressed that I do not want to go anywhere near a bathing suit. So, as the never-ending cycle goes, I'm trying to figure out ways to get in shape. I would like to join a gym, but money might prevent me from doing so. I also can't decide what gym to join. I was a member of Just Ladies in BP a few years ago, but I felt like it was kind of far, and the drive there always annoyed me. So I'm trying to think of somewhere that might be closer/faster. I also can't decide if it's better to pick a gym that's closer to work or closer to home. There are quite a few that are close to work, so that may be easier, but the on the days I'm not working, I may not want to go, and on the days I do work, I may be too tired.
Does anyone out there belong to a gym that's affordable that you also enjoy? Let me know any insider info that you may have. Also, if anyone is interested in joining somewhere with me, I'd be much more likely to actually exercise if I had someone to go with.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Quotables
Two of my favorite funny lines from the past week - one from Guy and one from his cynical sidekick, House.
Patient: Einstein said, "Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous."
House: A woman in Florida said, "Look, Jesus is on my cheese sandwich."
Me: I told my mom how you used to beat people up.
And then we talked about if me and you have children, they'll be doomed.
Guy: To what? Good looks? [ Laughs evilly ]
Patient: Einstein said, "Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous."
House: A woman in Florida said, "Look, Jesus is on my cheese sandwich."
Me: I told my mom how you used to beat people up.
And then we talked about if me and you have children, they'll be doomed.
Guy: To what? Good looks? [ Laughs evilly ]
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
You Know the Economy is in a Slump When...
...a 4-pack of Cadbury eggs costs $3.49!!!
Seriously, has the world gone mad?
Seriously, has the world gone mad?
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Yes, I'm Still Blogging about Disney World
After our first rainy day in the World, we had plans to hit up Animal Kingdom on Tuesday. AK is the only one of the four parks that I had not yet been to, so I was looking forward to checking it out. We woke up early and had breakfast in the food court because the park is only open from 9:00 to 5:00, and, after eating, we caught a bus to the park.
We had lunch reservations at the Yak & Yeti restaurant at 12:30, and we arrived at the park around 10:00, so we had a few hours to ride the attractions before indulging in yet another huge meal. The first thing we did was head to the very back of the park to go on the safari. It was a fun ride -- basically like riding a truck through a zoo. We were lucky enough to see most of the animals -- giraffes, elephants, cheetahs, lots of things that looked like variations on a cow, ostriches, rhinos -- but none of them were really doing anything exciting. After the safari, we took a train over to Rafiki's Conservation area. I was attracted to it because of the brochure's promise of a petting zoo with exotic animals. When we arrived and headed to the petting zoo, I was disappointed to see mostly the typical sheep, goats, a few pigs, and a donkey. I petted a few goats and met Lily's proud goat cousin, but we quickly washed our hands and headed back on the train to the main Animal Kingdom area.
By the time we arrived in Asia, we had a little time to browse some shops and then head to the Yak & Yeti for lunch. After a short wait, we were seated and browsed the menu. The food was tasty, and we had a delicious mango pie, recommended by Lucille, for dessert.
Following our gluttonous lunch, we walked to Camp Minnie Mickey for the Festival of the Lion King show. I can't really figure out why they have this area of the park, as it really only houses the Lion King arena and nothing else. However, the show was awesome, so maybe it just plain deserves its own portion of the park. If you ever go to Animal Kingdom, do not miss this great piece of entertainment.
After the Festival of the Lion King, we went into the Tree of Life to see "It's Tough to Be a Bug," another typical Disney 3-D show. It was cute but nothing especially exciting. Then it was time for Dino World, or whatever they call the dinosaur-themed section of the park. We missed the Finding Nemo show we were trying to see, so we ended up in Hester and Chester's amusement park area -- basically a boardwalk-like place with midway games and a dinky rollercoaster. Guy and I used our gift card to purchase tickets to play carnival games because I can never pass up a test of skill (or luck). Our favorite game was called the Comet Crash, or something like that, and it was run by a Brazilian guy that I found to be hilarious. He handed colored wiffle balls to us and instructed Guy to "just throw the comet into the galaxy." Apparently the balls were the comets and the giant board in front of us with colored cups was the "galaxy." The aim was to land the ball in one of the colored cups to win a prize. I won once or twice, and Guy also won twice. Me, being the generous person that I am, gave my prizes to a few children in the area. Guy kept his and has them proudly displayed on his bookshelf here at home. :)
We then took our loot and went to ride Dinosaur -- a journey back into the Cretaceous period. I was a little nervous when I saw the motion-sickness warnings, accompanied by an elderly man throwing up into a trash can, on our way into the ride, but it wasn't that bad. It was basically just a jerky ride past a bunch of fake dinos in the dark. Fun, but not worth waiting a long time to ride.
The last thing we did before exiting the park was saw the Finding Nemo Musical. I have since fell in love with the production and downloaded some of the songs from iTunes. I hear they sometimes air it on the Discovery channel, and it's also on YouTube, so if you like good musical productions, definitely watch it. It has great music, great puppeteering, and great visuals in general.
At the conclusion of our Animal Kingdom day, I had made reservations at Jiko, the restaurant at the Animal Kingdom Lodge, so we took a bus to the hotel and put our name in to get our table. My overall impression of Jiko was that the service was super-slow, but otherwise it was a good experience. The food was different, but tasty, and they even delivered us warm towels to wash our hands with before the meal!
Guy had started to feel sick throughout the day at Animal Kingdom, so after dinner we headed back to the hotel and got to bed at a decent time. I was feeling bad that he didn't feel good, but little did I know that I'd soon catch his cold and have it become about ten times worse than what it was for him.
We had lunch reservations at the Yak & Yeti restaurant at 12:30, and we arrived at the park around 10:00, so we had a few hours to ride the attractions before indulging in yet another huge meal. The first thing we did was head to the very back of the park to go on the safari. It was a fun ride -- basically like riding a truck through a zoo. We were lucky enough to see most of the animals -- giraffes, elephants, cheetahs, lots of things that looked like variations on a cow, ostriches, rhinos -- but none of them were really doing anything exciting. After the safari, we took a train over to Rafiki's Conservation area. I was attracted to it because of the brochure's promise of a petting zoo with exotic animals. When we arrived and headed to the petting zoo, I was disappointed to see mostly the typical sheep, goats, a few pigs, and a donkey. I petted a few goats and met Lily's proud goat cousin, but we quickly washed our hands and headed back on the train to the main Animal Kingdom area.
By the time we arrived in Asia, we had a little time to browse some shops and then head to the Yak & Yeti for lunch. After a short wait, we were seated and browsed the menu. The food was tasty, and we had a delicious mango pie, recommended by Lucille, for dessert.
Following our gluttonous lunch, we walked to Camp Minnie Mickey for the Festival of the Lion King show. I can't really figure out why they have this area of the park, as it really only houses the Lion King arena and nothing else. However, the show was awesome, so maybe it just plain deserves its own portion of the park. If you ever go to Animal Kingdom, do not miss this great piece of entertainment.
After the Festival of the Lion King, we went into the Tree of Life to see "It's Tough to Be a Bug," another typical Disney 3-D show. It was cute but nothing especially exciting. Then it was time for Dino World, or whatever they call the dinosaur-themed section of the park. We missed the Finding Nemo show we were trying to see, so we ended up in Hester and Chester's amusement park area -- basically a boardwalk-like place with midway games and a dinky rollercoaster. Guy and I used our gift card to purchase tickets to play carnival games because I can never pass up a test of skill (or luck). Our favorite game was called the Comet Crash, or something like that, and it was run by a Brazilian guy that I found to be hilarious. He handed colored wiffle balls to us and instructed Guy to "just throw the comet into the galaxy." Apparently the balls were the comets and the giant board in front of us with colored cups was the "galaxy." The aim was to land the ball in one of the colored cups to win a prize. I won once or twice, and Guy also won twice. Me, being the generous person that I am, gave my prizes to a few children in the area. Guy kept his and has them proudly displayed on his bookshelf here at home. :)
We then took our loot and went to ride Dinosaur -- a journey back into the Cretaceous period. I was a little nervous when I saw the motion-sickness warnings, accompanied by an elderly man throwing up into a trash can, on our way into the ride, but it wasn't that bad. It was basically just a jerky ride past a bunch of fake dinos in the dark. Fun, but not worth waiting a long time to ride.
The last thing we did before exiting the park was saw the Finding Nemo Musical. I have since fell in love with the production and downloaded some of the songs from iTunes. I hear they sometimes air it on the Discovery channel, and it's also on YouTube, so if you like good musical productions, definitely watch it. It has great music, great puppeteering, and great visuals in general.
At the conclusion of our Animal Kingdom day, I had made reservations at Jiko, the restaurant at the Animal Kingdom Lodge, so we took a bus to the hotel and put our name in to get our table. My overall impression of Jiko was that the service was super-slow, but otherwise it was a good experience. The food was different, but tasty, and they even delivered us warm towels to wash our hands with before the meal!
Guy had started to feel sick throughout the day at Animal Kingdom, so after dinner we headed back to the hotel and got to bed at a decent time. I was feeling bad that he didn't feel good, but little did I know that I'd soon catch his cold and have it become about ten times worse than what it was for him.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Hilarious!
Haven't seen a video that made me laugh this much in a long time. You simply must check it out!
Boy after his dentist visit, still a little loopy
Boy after his dentist visit, still a little loopy
Day Three: Rain, Rain, Go Away
The night/morning after the Super Bowl, Guy and I didn't get to sleep until around 2:30 at the earliest, so I was very happy I made the decision to return the rental car right after the game instead of having to get it back to the Dolphin in the morning. We took a nice 3-mile, 25-dollar cab ride back to the French Quarter and slept in until about 10:30 on Monday.
We missed breakfast at the food court, and we didn't have lunch scheduled at Hollywood Studios (formerly known as MGM), so we grabbed a quick meal at the food court before heading out. I had a taco salad that was quite delicious. Guy ate a quesadilla that I do believe I remember him saying was tasty. We laughed and laughed about the huge, scary men's heads hanging from the wall that Disney for some reason thought would be good decor. I wanted to take pictures of Guy imitating the men's expressions, but he told me he would get better at it throughout the week and that we should wait. Of course, I forgot to ever get the pictures, and I'm still mad at him for making me wait. You can see one of the men's heads to the far right in the picture below. The other head must be newer because I can't find a picture of it, but it was just as scary.
Anyway, after eating, we took a bus to Hollywood Studios and started our day. It was drizzling when we got to the park, and that turned into a full-on rainstorm shortly after we arrived. Good thing we had raincoats. We chose to ride Toy Story Mania first, and it ended up being our favorite ride of the day. The wait was 50 minutes, but luckily most of it was indoors. If you haven't seen this ride, here's a description of it. It all went by so quickly, but of course Guy, the video game master, beat my score by about double. I asked him how he got such a high score, and he told me he ONLY aimed for the targets with high point values instead of shooting at them all as fast as he could, like I did for my strategy. :)
After Toy Story, we did Muppets 3-D, which was a typical Disney 3-D show, but entertaining nonetheless, and then we rode Star Tours, which made me feel kinda yucky inside. I'm not good at things that simulate space travel, I suppose. After those two rides and a worthless walk through the Journey into Narnia "ride," it was time for lunch at Hollywood & Vine. I had pre-booked lunch at this buffet restaurant because it came with the reserved seating for Fantasmic!, our favorite show from our last Disney trip.
To our dismay, Hollywood & Vine's buffet food was really not very good, and by this time in the day, we were both soaked to the bone, despite our rain gear. We decided to head out and do a few more things and then make a decision on whether or not to skip Fantasmic.
After lunch, we sat through the Voyage of the Little Mermaid (eh), The Magic of Disney Animation, and the Great Movie Ride before deciding we were too cold and wet to wait around and see if Fantasmic would be cancelled or not. It turns out we made a good decision because we overheard a woman on the bus later in the trip saying they waited till 6:45 to announce the show would not go on.
We headed back to our hotel room, changed clothes, and decided to put our free 30 minutes of arcade time that came with our trip to use in the French Quarter arcade. To my dismay, they no longer had any games that offered tickets to accumulate and trade in for prizes, but I enjoyed about 20 games of basketball, a weird firefighting game, and a few other things before our 30 minutes were up.
All in all, day three was a good day. The weather was disappointing, but otherwise, it was a-okay.
We missed breakfast at the food court, and we didn't have lunch scheduled at Hollywood Studios (formerly known as MGM), so we grabbed a quick meal at the food court before heading out. I had a taco salad that was quite delicious. Guy ate a quesadilla that I do believe I remember him saying was tasty. We laughed and laughed about the huge, scary men's heads hanging from the wall that Disney for some reason thought would be good decor. I wanted to take pictures of Guy imitating the men's expressions, but he told me he would get better at it throughout the week and that we should wait. Of course, I forgot to ever get the pictures, and I'm still mad at him for making me wait. You can see one of the men's heads to the far right in the picture below. The other head must be newer because I can't find a picture of it, but it was just as scary.
Anyway, after eating, we took a bus to Hollywood Studios and started our day. It was drizzling when we got to the park, and that turned into a full-on rainstorm shortly after we arrived. Good thing we had raincoats. We chose to ride Toy Story Mania first, and it ended up being our favorite ride of the day. The wait was 50 minutes, but luckily most of it was indoors. If you haven't seen this ride, here's a description of it. It all went by so quickly, but of course Guy, the video game master, beat my score by about double. I asked him how he got such a high score, and he told me he ONLY aimed for the targets with high point values instead of shooting at them all as fast as he could, like I did for my strategy. :)
After Toy Story, we did Muppets 3-D, which was a typical Disney 3-D show, but entertaining nonetheless, and then we rode Star Tours, which made me feel kinda yucky inside. I'm not good at things that simulate space travel, I suppose. After those two rides and a worthless walk through the Journey into Narnia "ride," it was time for lunch at Hollywood & Vine. I had pre-booked lunch at this buffet restaurant because it came with the reserved seating for Fantasmic!, our favorite show from our last Disney trip.
To our dismay, Hollywood & Vine's buffet food was really not very good, and by this time in the day, we were both soaked to the bone, despite our rain gear. We decided to head out and do a few more things and then make a decision on whether or not to skip Fantasmic.
After lunch, we sat through the Voyage of the Little Mermaid (eh), The Magic of Disney Animation, and the Great Movie Ride before deciding we were too cold and wet to wait around and see if Fantasmic would be cancelled or not. It turns out we made a good decision because we overheard a woman on the bus later in the trip saying they waited till 6:45 to announce the show would not go on.
We headed back to our hotel room, changed clothes, and decided to put our free 30 minutes of arcade time that came with our trip to use in the French Quarter arcade. To my dismay, they no longer had any games that offered tickets to accumulate and trade in for prizes, but I enjoyed about 20 games of basketball, a weird firefighting game, and a few other things before our 30 minutes were up.
All in all, day three was a good day. The weather was disappointing, but otherwise, it was a-okay.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Day Two (or The Day Jerod Would Love to Forget)
On Sunday, February 1, the first morning of our trip, Guy and I awoke and decked ourselves out in Steelers gear to get ready for the big game. In order to make it from Orlando to Tampa, we had to follow a complicated route from the hotel to a theme park to a boat to a hotel to pick up our rental car, but before that, we fueled up with breakfast at Boatwright's, the table-service restaurant at Port Orleans Riverside.
I ordered scrambled eggs, bacon, and French toast, and Guy got something equally as breakfasty. It was good, except the eggs were a little watery, but the French toast was really great. It was actually deep-fried, which we all know makes things all the more tasty. Our waiter was a nice young man named "Michael" from "Bogota, Columbia," otherwise known as Joseph from Tennessee who forgot his name tag and was forced to wear someone else's. I'm glad we asked him why he had a Southern accent - otherwise we would have been permanently confused.
After breakfast, we eventually made it to the Alamo rental counter at the Dolphin hotel. We rented some sort of Pontiac clunker and headed on down to Tampa. We gave ourselves a lot of time to travel in case of traffic, but we ended up getting there without a hitch (minus a bathroom break for my coffee-loving husband), so we had TONS of time to kill once we arrived.
We found a spot in our prepaid Green parking lot, making sure to carefully note the location of where our car was (didn't actually do this -- oops). My extreme paranoia towards losing our $800 tickets led me to purchase two souvenir ticket holders from some dude on the sidewalk, and it ended up that we got scammed -- 30 feet down the road there was a guy selling them for $5 less apiece, but what's 10 bucks when you've already spent almost 2,000? With our tickets now safely around our necks, we entered through the security lines and went on for a short time to explore the NFL Experience.
There wasn't a ton to do there aside from taking pictures with beheaded NFL uniforms, so we bought a $7 hot dog, $8 cheeseburger, and $5 bottle of water and popped a squat on the curb until the stadium opened. We were definitely surprised and excited to see the ratio of Steelers fans to Cardinals fans outside the stadium, but once we got in, the Cardinals fans somehow seemed to appear out of nowhere (or maybe the red stadium seats were tricking my eyes).
Bridgestone provided us with some nice seat cushion souvenirs, and after more expensive food and more waiting, the game was finally about to begin! We befriended two older ladies sitting behind us who were from Moon, and the two ladies next to us, who were from Squirrel Hill.
Even though we were in the "cheap seats," our view was pretty good. We were sitting in row A, though, so we were right at the top of the stairs, and every time someone was returning to or leaving their seats, they seemed to want to stop right on the stairs, right in front of us. I almost fought a multitude of people that night trying to get them out of our way. I'm sure my big hulk of a husband would have backed me up, though, right, Guy? ;)
It was pretty exciting to be at the game, cheering on the Steelers, surrounded by tons of other Steeler fans, but I was also amazed at the number of people there who were wearing other teams' NFL jerseys or not wearing any kind of sports apparel at all. Why would you spend that much money to go to the game when you don't even care about the outcome? I guess that helps to explain why they were in and out of their seats so much, but jeez.
I won't go into the highlights of the game because that's all history, but I will say that I'm happy I was there for history being made. I can't wait to watch the game on DVD and hear what the announcers were saying the whole time.
There's so much more to say about the halftime show, being accosted by "Holy Rollers" after leaving the stadium, and sleeping in the parking garage till traffic died down, but this is a novel already, so I'll just let the pictures say the rest.
Clicky
Day Three still to come.
I ordered scrambled eggs, bacon, and French toast, and Guy got something equally as breakfasty. It was good, except the eggs were a little watery, but the French toast was really great. It was actually deep-fried, which we all know makes things all the more tasty. Our waiter was a nice young man named "Michael" from "Bogota, Columbia," otherwise known as Joseph from Tennessee who forgot his name tag and was forced to wear someone else's. I'm glad we asked him why he had a Southern accent - otherwise we would have been permanently confused.
After breakfast, we eventually made it to the Alamo rental counter at the Dolphin hotel. We rented some sort of Pontiac clunker and headed on down to Tampa. We gave ourselves a lot of time to travel in case of traffic, but we ended up getting there without a hitch (minus a bathroom break for my coffee-loving husband), so we had TONS of time to kill once we arrived.
We found a spot in our prepaid Green parking lot, making sure to carefully note the location of where our car was (didn't actually do this -- oops). My extreme paranoia towards losing our $800 tickets led me to purchase two souvenir ticket holders from some dude on the sidewalk, and it ended up that we got scammed -- 30 feet down the road there was a guy selling them for $5 less apiece, but what's 10 bucks when you've already spent almost 2,000? With our tickets now safely around our necks, we entered through the security lines and went on for a short time to explore the NFL Experience.
There wasn't a ton to do there aside from taking pictures with beheaded NFL uniforms, so we bought a $7 hot dog, $8 cheeseburger, and $5 bottle of water and popped a squat on the curb until the stadium opened. We were definitely surprised and excited to see the ratio of Steelers fans to Cardinals fans outside the stadium, but once we got in, the Cardinals fans somehow seemed to appear out of nowhere (or maybe the red stadium seats were tricking my eyes).
Bridgestone provided us with some nice seat cushion souvenirs, and after more expensive food and more waiting, the game was finally about to begin! We befriended two older ladies sitting behind us who were from Moon, and the two ladies next to us, who were from Squirrel Hill.
Even though we were in the "cheap seats," our view was pretty good. We were sitting in row A, though, so we were right at the top of the stairs, and every time someone was returning to or leaving their seats, they seemed to want to stop right on the stairs, right in front of us. I almost fought a multitude of people that night trying to get them out of our way. I'm sure my big hulk of a husband would have backed me up, though, right, Guy? ;)
It was pretty exciting to be at the game, cheering on the Steelers, surrounded by tons of other Steeler fans, but I was also amazed at the number of people there who were wearing other teams' NFL jerseys or not wearing any kind of sports apparel at all. Why would you spend that much money to go to the game when you don't even care about the outcome? I guess that helps to explain why they were in and out of their seats so much, but jeez.
I won't go into the highlights of the game because that's all history, but I will say that I'm happy I was there for history being made. I can't wait to watch the game on DVD and hear what the announcers were saying the whole time.
There's so much more to say about the halftime show, being accosted by "Holy Rollers" after leaving the stadium, and sleeping in the parking garage till traffic died down, but this is a novel already, so I'll just let the pictures say the rest.
Clicky
Day Three still to come.
Chroni-what-cles of Disney World
I returned this past Saturday from a tumultuous yet lovely trip to the House of the Mouse -- Mickey Mouse. I would have liked to chronicle my trip a bit earlier, but I'm still making a recovery from the horrendous chest cold I picked up thanks to the thousands of germy mouse-seekers I encountered every day.
We departed for our trip on Jan. 31 after dropping off Lily and Lola to Camp Bow Wow, where they would reside for the first half of our time away. Thanks to Carol Drum taxi service, we arrived at the airport super early and even had time to watch an episode of House on Guy's laptop before the flight. I am normally a nervous flyer, but I wasn't too bad this time. It helped that we were in the "A" boarding group, so we were able to get a good choice of seats within five rows of the exit, like I read was safest. :) Also, the flight attendants were really fun and helped to pass the time.
I had never flown on Southwest before, so I wasn't sure if this was standard, but our flight started off with a "snack race" to predict the winner of the Super Bowl. John, the male flight attendant, announced that the Steelers would be represented by the blue bag of peanuts and the Cardinals would be the red bag of pretzels. He would set both snacks down in the aisle, and upon takeoff, whichever slid to the back of the plane first was the winner. We were all gearing up for the race, and then we heard one of the ladies say, "Oooh, I found something yellow!" and then John comes back on the P.A. System and says, "Okay, the Steelers are now a pack of Lorna Doones!" Guy and I thought that was just hilarious. Neither snack really moved much on takeoff, surprisingly, but it was a fun idea. We also played sports trivia, "find the item in your purse," and even gambled by entering dollar bills with our seat numbers written on them into a plane-wide raffle for the whole shebang. Upon deboarding, one of the ladies even sang us a pleasant song she called "Peanuts" to the tune of "Fever." It was definitely the most memorable flight I've had!
When we arrived in Orlando, the weather was sunny but chilly, and we decided to get checked in at the hotel and take a nap before going to the park for our dinner that evening. I napped just a little too long and made it difficult for us to make it to our reserved time at Cinderella's Royal Table at 6:30 (we didn't realize how slow the transportation system would be), but we made it and waited about 15 minutes to be seated anyway.
Inside the castle, it was basically just a normal restaurant atmosphere with lots of screaming children, topped off by plastic swords and wands being flung all over the place (waiters were giving them out to the "princesses" and "pirates" at the tables). Our food was delicious, and we ended our mealtime with a performance by the Fairy Godmother. It was a good start to our first night on vacation. Our meal was over right around the time of Wishes, the fireworks presentation in the Magic Kingdom, but we were stuck smack-dab in front of the castle because we had just come out of it after eating dinner, so we couldn't see much at all. Still, though, we enjoyed the atmosphere and headed back to our hotel to get some shuteye before the big game the next day!
More on Day Two later.
We departed for our trip on Jan. 31 after dropping off Lily and Lola to Camp Bow Wow, where they would reside for the first half of our time away. Thanks to Carol Drum taxi service, we arrived at the airport super early and even had time to watch an episode of House on Guy's laptop before the flight. I am normally a nervous flyer, but I wasn't too bad this time. It helped that we were in the "A" boarding group, so we were able to get a good choice of seats within five rows of the exit, like I read was safest. :) Also, the flight attendants were really fun and helped to pass the time.
I had never flown on Southwest before, so I wasn't sure if this was standard, but our flight started off with a "snack race" to predict the winner of the Super Bowl. John, the male flight attendant, announced that the Steelers would be represented by the blue bag of peanuts and the Cardinals would be the red bag of pretzels. He would set both snacks down in the aisle, and upon takeoff, whichever slid to the back of the plane first was the winner. We were all gearing up for the race, and then we heard one of the ladies say, "Oooh, I found something yellow!" and then John comes back on the P.A. System and says, "Okay, the Steelers are now a pack of Lorna Doones!" Guy and I thought that was just hilarious. Neither snack really moved much on takeoff, surprisingly, but it was a fun idea. We also played sports trivia, "find the item in your purse," and even gambled by entering dollar bills with our seat numbers written on them into a plane-wide raffle for the whole shebang. Upon deboarding, one of the ladies even sang us a pleasant song she called "Peanuts" to the tune of "Fever." It was definitely the most memorable flight I've had!
When we arrived in Orlando, the weather was sunny but chilly, and we decided to get checked in at the hotel and take a nap before going to the park for our dinner that evening. I napped just a little too long and made it difficult for us to make it to our reserved time at Cinderella's Royal Table at 6:30 (we didn't realize how slow the transportation system would be), but we made it and waited about 15 minutes to be seated anyway.
Inside the castle, it was basically just a normal restaurant atmosphere with lots of screaming children, topped off by plastic swords and wands being flung all over the place (waiters were giving them out to the "princesses" and "pirates" at the tables). Our food was delicious, and we ended our mealtime with a performance by the Fairy Godmother. It was a good start to our first night on vacation. Our meal was over right around the time of Wishes, the fireworks presentation in the Magic Kingdom, but we were stuck smack-dab in front of the castle because we had just come out of it after eating dinner, so we couldn't see much at all. Still, though, we enjoyed the atmosphere and headed back to our hotel to get some shuteye before the big game the next day!
More on Day Two later.
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