The Ides of March has been another perfect,
amazing day for us here at Disney World in sunny Florida!
Our wake-up call seemed to come way too
early, but a bit of Magi-powered re-charging had most of us at full-power by
the time we met up for breakfast before heading back over to the Magic Kingdom
for another day of non-Magi magic and adventure.
Once again, I’m not going to try to cover
every detail of our day; but here are some of the highlights:
We all did two meet and greets with Disney
characters, and while that was mostly meant for the five younger kids; Rowen
and I got in on the pictures too; and I think that Michael and Tim might both
have a thing for Ariel – and Minnie Mouse; though they’d deny it if you asked
them. Rides of all kinds were a big part
of our day too; but we also did some of the other must-do activities – like the
Swiss Family Robinson tree house and Tom Sawyer Island. We also caught two shows and watched the
afternoon parade. I need to take a
side-trip for that because I was totally fired up about that parade.
It’s not as if I didn’t know that school
bands and groups can come to Disney and participate in the parades and other
shows, but seeing high school teens actually doing that today has me really
fired up about suggesting that we come to Disney with our school band. That takes a lot of time and planning, but I’m
only in Grade Nine; and we could pull it off.
Michael, Rowen, and Tim all think it’s a great idea too; and Rowen was
very happy when Tim assured her that he’d sign up for band if we had something
like that to look forward to instead of just a few local parades and parties
for the seniors. I’ll guess that we’d
get a lot of new members if we can get approval to do it – even if it did take
a couple of years to get together. I’ll
have more on this after we get back; since talking to some of our teachers
about the idea is going to be near the top of my to-do list when we go back to
school again.
The shows and parade were up there at the
top of the fun with our family list; and the extreme rides with my best friends
was way up there too. While we didn’t
get around to doing nearly everything there is to do at the main park; we
definitely had as much fun as we possibly could fit into a day and a half of
play time there. We only had until
midnight to do that today, but only four of us lasted anywhere near that long;
and Michael, Tim, Rowen, and I were the only members of our group that didn’t
watch the fireworks tonight from the comfort of our hotel before going off to
bed. Doing that might have been better
for us too, but we still opted for the extra hours of teen-rated entertainment;
and I am so grateful for my photographic memory tonight!
While the park closed at midnight without
any bonus hours, Michael and I – and Rowen and Tim – managed to find something
else to do to keep entertained after getting back to our hotel. Most of that play time happened in our hotel
rooms, and while I won’t go into details with that either; I will assure you
that saying goodnight to Michael tonight was a lot hotter than it was last
night! ;^)
Have I mentioned yet how grateful I am for
my photographic memory? Yeah, I thought
so; but it’s worth repeating.
Rowen joined me in our room at a quarter
after one; and we’ve been having a nice girl chat since getting ready for bed
and tucking ourselves in. Her goodnight
time with Tim had her feeling very happy and not very tired out yet; so we’ve
once again stayed awake too long while I worked; she surfed for funny
Disney-related YouTube vids; and we’ve been trying to wind down from another
amazing day. We’re moving on to our next
Disney park destination in the morning; and will be spending the day in the
Animal Kingdom. We still have one more
night at this hotel, but then we’ll split the day on Tuesday between the Disney
Hollywood Studios park and Typhoon Lagoon before moving on to spend the rest of
the week at one of the Universal Studios hotels.
I predict more late nights and morning Magi
Healing for those of us who can get away with doing that – when we have the
opportunity to do it. That’s easy enough
for Rowen and me first thing in the morning while we’re getting ready for the
day; but might not always work out for Michael – and can’t happen for Tim. Fortunately, Tim is fairly hyper-active to
start with; and has already advised us that he can catch up on his sleep again
next week – during our classes.
He’s not really joking about that; but also
doesn’t usually have naps in class either unless he’s faking it for laughs.
Rowen and I do still want to actually get
some sleep tonight even if we don’t actually need to worry about being too
tired to play with the wild animals tomorrow; but let’s cover a couple of notes
from back home before I wrap this up and call it a night.
They’d have a very nice weather day there
today too; though Rebecca advised me that she missed out on pretty much all of
that while helping out at the Inn all day while Michael and I were slacking off
and having fun. They’re supposed to have
another really warm day tomorrow before it cools off a bit; which probably has
a lot to do with why Rebecca is planning on spending her days off with Lucas
and his family on their farm. They’ll
still be doing work there too; but I hope they have a good couple of days together
– especially since they can’t be here with us.
That, by the way, is another really good reason for coming back here
with the band – Lucas and Rebecca could both come if it was in the winter and
during a school week anyway!
I am so going to need to convince our
teachers that we really should do that trip! ;^)
That was a bit off-track; so let’s get back
to the news from home. We missed the
church service at home, and that feels strange; but I can’t say that I missed
the long day helping out at the Inn – especially after Rebecca emailed me and
reported that it was over-the-top busy there today with so many home for the
holiday or just not interested in wasting hours of a beautiful day with cooking
dinner at home. It sounds as though it
was mostly a play day for most people around town, and Rebecca said she could
see the park full of kids, teens, and adults playing there or having picnics
from the Inn – and went there to hang out for a while during her afternoon break.
She also let me know that Jenny is planning
on spending a lot of time with Lance at his house in Maple Valley; but that she’s
not as happy as she’s apparently pretending to be with Lance’s continuing
insistence that they only hang out with his family and friends; and basically
never with hers except for the occasional evening at her house. I have a very strong feeling that Lance is
going to find out sooner than later that Jenny is too strong-willed to put up
with that much longer – no matter how hot she thinks he is or how cool his car
and friends are. I’m a bit biased there,
since I think her home-town friends are pretty cool too; but then my standards
are a bit different than hers – at least for now.
I guess my last notes from email tonight
are about my favorite collegians. Violet
and Dillon have been having a good weekend in Woodvale; though my reports on
that have come from Dawn and Jillian. I
haven’t heard from Christina yet; but Jake and Stephanie are having a good
start to the week they’re spending together in New York. They’re doing that on the cheap and staying
with friends because they’re saving for their year in Europe; but it sounds as
though they’re at a nice home and their friends have a great family. Some other college ‘kids’ are home in Witch
Falls; a few have gone away for the week; and others don’t have this week off,
but there isn’t any major news to report with them.
I did have a bit of must-do family business
work to deal with, but that didn’t take long; and I won’t have any major
catch-up to do with that unless something changes between now and next
Sunday. My studies are another matter,
but I’ll save those comments for next week; since I don’t plan on trading any
of the vacation fun for study time – no matter how important that work is for
me.
That’s enough for tonight, and I’m nearly
ready to nap now; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
