May 3, 2012

  • I had a wonderful time with Matt, Andie, and Sam when we went to Disneyland for my birthday in January.  Matt hadn't been to Disneyland with us in 10 years, and I got to see him turn into a little boy again.  The whole day was so special, even though I had to ride in the wheelchair.  Just thinking about that day makes me smile.

    But yesterday?  It was magical.  Matt is my crazy fun buddy.  We do the weirdest things that turn into fun and laugh so hard. We go play pool together, have been to endless concerts together like Kiss, Motley Crew, Blink 182 (I had never seen the f-word in flames on a stage before and couldn't stop laughing), Aerosmith numerous times.  We are always up for an adventure.  We are both very social creatures.

    Sam isn't like that at all.  Sam is very relaxing and calming for me to be around.  Matt makes my head spin in a fun way.  I call Sam my mental valium.  We stop and smell the roses together.  He's my movie buddy and Disneyland buddy.  He's so different when its just he and I and I love it.

    We had a wonderful day!  The park wasn't crowded at all and we only waited 10 minutes in the longest line.  That was for Autopia.  Sam hadn't been on it since he got his driver's license and wanted to go on it.  Said he wanted to channel his inner Ryan Gossling from "Drive".  I've figured out how to video stuff on my phone, so I did that while he drove.  So darned funny!  Our car kept stalling.  He thought it would steer like a regular car.  I couldn't stop laughing!  We went on all our favorite rides.  We ate and ate and ate.  It was wonderful to not have to ride in a wheelchair.  All my exercising definitely paid off.  Matt would have gotten bored with us, but Sam and I have our own special brand of fun.  Its like when Matt and I are out, we are having a party and everyone is invited.  Sam and I have our own private party.  I don't know if any of this makes sense or not, but it does to me.  I took a bunch of pictures.  Trying to get some of Matt's time to show me how to upload my pictures and videos to my computer so I can post them.

    And Sam said the most special thing to me and I had to fight to keep from crying.  He told me he understands how people can get excited about going to Disneyland but he doesn't feel that way.  I went, "huh?"  Then he told me it feels like home to him.  Its like walking into our house and being happy that you are home and you love it there-its comforting.  He has the same feeling about Disneyland.  And its exactly how I feel everytime I go through the turnstile.

    He didn't even roll his eyes when I sang along with Michael Jackson during Captain EO.

    I had been worried about all the walking, but hadn't even thought about having to climb in and out of the rides.  But I made it!  We are going to try to go one more time this year after the summer crowds have all gone home.

    I came home to a kitten crisis.  Andie has a cat that lives outside at her mom's house.  She thought it was a boy.  She discovered yesterday the "boy" had had 4 kittens.  Andie's mom doesn't want them in the house at all.  They are 8 weeks old.  3 people have already said they want one and she is going to take the 4th.  She and Matt could not understand last night why I said no kitten in my house.  Matt said it could live in their room and Buk is really good with cats.  Matt is clueless.  Buk is good with our cats, but gets very jealous when he feels they get too much attention and he isn't getting enough.  Some days I feel I should wear a referee shirt to break up the fights.  Plus, the kittens are not used to people and are slightly feral.  I finally told Matt NO KITTEN IN MY HOUSE!  I told him that I'm the one who now bathes Buk, feeds and waters him, walks him, and cleans up after him in the yard.  I don't mind because I love Buk.  But I will be sort of happy when they all move out.  I'm going to negotiate a deal with Matt that I get Buk every other weekend for visitation.

    Now kittens make my knees go weak and it was very hard for me to say no.  Sam kept telling me I couldn't let it happen.

    I did the right thing.  Today Matt told me he's leaving town again to work on Tuesday and won't be home until the following Monday.  Had I said yes, I would have had 5 pets to take care of.  A kitten to calm down and get used to people.  My three cats  very upset.  Buk wanting all my attention.

    I did the right thing.  They have accepted my decision but aren't very happy about it.  Not. My. Problem.

    Tomorrow I go with Andie to be her hair model at her cutting/color class up by Disneyland.  So I'll be gone all day again.  Kind of wish I didn't have to do it, but she is desperate for hair models right now.  I'm taking one for the team.  Plus, I will have cute hair.

    The boys and I are going to see the first showing of "The Avengers" on Monday morning.  We figure it shouldn't be too crowded.  We are all so excited about it!  Plus, it will be nice for the 3 of us to hang out together for a while.  We will probably do lunch afterward.  Then I have "Dark Shadows" on Friday.  I'll be tracking box office for Avengers all weekend.  I think it will hit $150 million by Monday morning.

    Yes, Sam is definitely my Disneyland buddy.  But the brat wouldn't take my picture with Mary Poppins yesterday.  Maybe it was because I kept singing Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious over and over and over again.

    And I can also say it backwards, too!

    Matt just drove up.  He better not have a kitten in his pocket.