Manic Monday

KEEP IN MIND: I am the biggest Disneyland fan! (well, on non-crowded, non-hot days)

Some friends our ours, that live around Sacramento, emailed us about a week ago telling us that they would be in town to go to Disneyland and wondered if they could see us. I was very happy to hear that they would be here and informed them of the days we could go to Disneyland with them. But, we never got in touch with them after. So, I got a call on Monday asking if we could come that day. Maybe I forgot when I woke up that morning that that was the best day for me to go because I'd had a busy week since the email (or maybe it's because I'm senial before the age of 30) but, whatever the reason I got the call and thus started my crazy Monday.

The call came at 9:30am. I won't even begin to go into detail about all the things I had to get done before I could go but, I was very proud of myself for leaving the house a little after 11am! Just as I was patting myself on the back for getting so much done before I left and remembering everything I needed to have with me in a backpack to take to Disneyland, I left the house and started driving only to realize (thanks to my car instruments) that it was 95 degrees outside!! I thought the instrument must be broken. It's been in the 70's for months! Ah well, off to Disneyland anyway.

We get there and everything seems to be going well. However, after awhile the heat was really getting to me. Near the end of our time there, we stopped to watch the Star Wars show. It was very crowded around the show and there was no where left to watch it, in the shade. I stood in the sun for what seemed like an eternity, holding my 30+ pound Krista. Towards the end of the show I saw some tables and chairs where no one was sitting and I climbed over. Finally relief! We watched the end of the show and just as it was about to end the Darth Mal guy came running down the aisle near us. We were up kind of high and not too near him. I assured Krista that she was ok and that no way would he come over to her. (I mean after alll, we were the only ones sitting there....and for sure the only kid sitting there was her....no way would a scary character come over to a two year old girl)

Darth Mal passed us, went up the aisle further, and then turned around to go back to the floor of the show. Before I knew it, there he was, right in Krista's face! He was nose to nose with her. Krista turned around and screamed a shrill scream (over and over again I might add) like I had never heard. The large crowd turned around and gasped and I heard a simultaneous, "Oh, no!" I scooped her up and began telling her that she was ok, he was just a guy in a costume with make-up on. (However, all I really wanted to do was get after that guy who was in the costume for scaring a child so)

Krista was definately unhappy but, seemed capable of recovering from her traumatic experience. We even went back to Disneyland the next day. Be assured I talked with guest relations and told them that they need to inform their staff not to have scary Darth Mals go up to little two year old girls, ever again.

Amazingly, after hot Disneyland and scary Darth Mals, we still made it to Ryan's T-ball game and had fun. My kids were bouncing around the field and I wondered in amazement at how their little bodies could even move around let alone seem so full of energy. What a Monday!