Menstrual Musings

First day back at reality.

Adam happy to go to school..ride showed up….that was good.

Caity only grumbled a wee bit.

I had morning to myself.

Did nothing.

Then MOM made me walk a long way with dog and this pulled out my tailbone thingie into pain and throbbing.

Sulked the rest of the afternoon with a dash of SNARKING LOUDLY at poor preschool about their CASH only policy for school pictures.

Gah.

Have no real food in the house except breakfast food, popsicles and microwave dinners. Don’t let husband grocery shop again. Unless he brings me chocolate.

Spent afternoon wondering how to pay off credit card AND save for BlogHer.

CH spent afternoon once again realizing that there are NO good writing gigs in Metro Vancouver.

Was happy that Kodak site gave me 100 free prints for transferring my account from Future Shop to them. Yay.

So vacation is now a fond memory and mess of stuff.

Things we observed/thought about during our trip.

YVR is really pretty but food options SUCK!

I wish we had Wolfgang Puck To Go. YUM.

ALWAYS confirm your rooms BEFORE you fly. They LOST our mom’s reservation.

The food in Disney was pretty good. You pay for selection though. It was annoying to have to buy JUST hot dogs or JUST pizza.

And the SERVICE….holy slow. HOLY SLOW and we are the happiest place on earth so FUCK YOU we don’t care about THE MASSIVE LINE UP FOR STROLLERS….WE WILL KEEP ONLY ONE CASHIER ON!

Oh..sorry for shouting.

Being cheery doesn’t help THE LONG LINE UP when I just want a farking cup of coffee.

And really? You will let us use the strollers in the INSANE NO FASTPASS line up for the Nemo Submarine? That is nice of you.

The Disney clothes are nice though. Good selection for people like me who don’t like wearing brands but can’t resist spending money.

The Character Lunch was pretty good. The food was tasty. The lady who extorted sold us our ‘official’ Ariel photo should have either buggered off after getting our money or explained that she was just bored or thought we looked cool or something. She stood there and made food and drink suggestions and made our conversation awkward because she would not leave.

Everyone down there seemed pretty happy and relaxed even when faced with cranky kids.

Staff of the restaurants, park, hotel, bus drivers….all nice.    Just slow.

IHOP was the only place we got good coffee.

There is a distinct lack of seating in Disney…unless you are sitting where THEY want you to sit.

Disney wind is different from our wind since a teeny breeze made them cancel the fireworks twice.

Thank goodness for happy Disney people because the lack of signage left us a bit confused a few times.  Oh COME ON!  I am not the only tourist who is stunned and tired and can’t figure out their happy little maps!

Universal is no place for little girls who only want to see princesses.  And if that place isn’t some sort of tax scheme for Universal, I will eat my hat.

It was dead there.

And really, are there any people left in the world that think movie making is all magic and ooh’s and aaah’s.  Or am I just a horrid jaded cynic?

Don’t answer that.