Brooke and Drew having fun at the Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground... FYI... it's 4,000 degrees in that place!! 
By 7am everyone is up and ready to get back on the road. Since we only had a handful of stuff in the room it was super easy to get everyone out the door. I do a quick check of the room to make sure we have everything. Matt is about losing things so I have to follow after him. This little tidbit of information is important later on. ;)
We offered to stop for breakfast but the kids just wanted to get down there so we ate out of the snack basket in the car. Cheetos and Mountain Dew... breakfast of champions! ;)
We had a 3 hour drive ahead of us and had planned on having the kids play some Disney trivia.... yep complete dorks here! Within 10 minutes the girls are screaming at each other because Hannah keeps blurting out all the answers even when it's not her turn. So we put on HS3... AGAIN.. and tell them to shut up til we get there. Ahhh.. such good parenting skills!
Matt decides he wants to eat a nice dinner in the parks today after all. Previously we had discussed just getting something quick somewhere. And if you know Disney... you know that it's VERY hard to get a last minute reservation.. especially for a party of 5. I spend almost an hour on the phone trying to get something lined up. We didn't have a specific park in mind for today... we were actually going to wing it! So they offered us Mama Melrose ( Italian) at Hollywood Studios. We're not on the dining plan yet but this meal should run us under a $100 so we take it. For you non Disney fans... table service meals are mega expensive at Disney! 10 and over classifies as an adult. We lie about Brooke's age but can't get away with passing Hannah off as 9. ;) So we have to pay adult prices for 3 and kids for 2. Although all of us but Matt pretty much eat off the kids menu! lol
We pull into Disney around 11am. We're staying at All Star Music for just 1 night. Typically you can't get into your room til 4pm but we lucked out and got our room right away. We are all anxious to get to the parks so instead of unloading the whole van we decide just to grab a few things that shouldn't sit in the hot sun... mainly the computers. And the convo goes like this....
Matt: Where are the computer?
Me : You carried them out to the car... so wherever you put them.
Matt: Um no. I carried everything else and you were supposed to grab the computers.
Me: Well I checked the whole hotel room and it was empty. ( and remember I'm perfect and don't make mistakes =P )
Matt: Okay you're SURE that the room was empty?
Me: Yes... I'm not an idiot. You think I wouldn't notice 2 brand new computers sitting there?
Matt: Okay then.. let's empty out the van. I'm sure they're just buried.
Now some of you are probably thinking how could you lose something in a van? but if you look at the picture from yesterday you'll see it was a disaster in there!! So we proceed to empty out the ENTIRE van! Shit everywhere!! And guess what we found... the computer cords... but NO computers!
Matt: You have got to be F'ing kidding me! ( censoring for those of you that don't like our sailor mouths ;) )
Me: Um... I think I know where they're at.
Matt: And where would that be Miss Perfect?
Me: The black computers are on the black bar.. so I must've overlooked them ( said QUITE sheepishly).
Matt: Well now I get to drive 6 hours roundtrip to go get the F'ing computers! Oh my god I can't believe you did this! And I'm going to miss dinner. ( For the record.. Matt does NOT like missing dinner lol )
Me: No... you stay here with the kids and I'll go get them.
Matt: Yea right you would end up in New Jersey and then I would look like the asshole for making you go get them! ( okay he has a point here... I am VERY directionally challenged!) Call the hotel and ask to speak to a manager to make sure they're there. And then we can have them ship them down. God I can't believe you did this!
Now this is the part that if I was a "normal" woman I could make myself cry to show how truly sorry I am. ;) But being that I cry like once every 5 years... I just can't do it. lol So I stand there looking like an idiot as I dial the number to the hotel... which of course I have right with me...because I'm organized and never forget anything. =P so on with the phone call...
Me: I need to know right away if we left our computers in our room
Mgr: Okay maam... I can't get a hold of housekeeping right now so I'll call you back in 4-5 hours.
Me: Um..okay.
Matt: Give me the god damn phone! I'll take care of this myself!
Um yeah... I'm not digging myself out of this hole very well am I? lol The mgr. confirms that yes the computers ARE there! Matt gives them the shipping info. and tells them to bill his work account...which he'll pay for when he gets back .Should only be about $30 or so and we'll have them in 2 days. Matt apologizes for getting upset with me. Are you freakin kidding me? I'm the one that needs to do some serious ass kissing!! Had the roles been reversed I would've ripped his head off for being so careless. =P
So first major catastrophe of the trip behind us... or so we think. More.. much more.. on this as the trip goes on!
We grab a quick lunch and then hop on the bus to studios. To Drew the bus ride is just as fun as the parks. We're buying annual passes so we must purchase these before going in the park. Matt has a hard time swallowing how much these cost us... so he just basically walks away while I get them. lol I remind him that we did save 10% off of them thanks to my friend Julie Weber( thanks again Julie!!). But he's quickly learning that there isn't really any real savings in Disney! ;)
As we enter the park the kids are so excited to be back in Disney! We hit some of our favorites and just take our time enjoying the atmosphere. Drew was getting a little tired and a bit cranky. But a mickey ice cream bar always makes everything better! Messy... but better!
Dinner is fairly early... 4:30. I'm a little concerned that there aren't many people in the restaurant. Table service is always packed regardless of the time of the day... esp. in the summer! We have this same place booked for later in the week so we're hoping it's good. Me being the adventerous eater I am =P... I order a 4 cheese flatbread pizza. The kids gets pasta and Matt orders something weird. Can't remember what it was... but if it's anything other than basic spaghetti or ravioli it's weird to me! We get our food and all realize that this is NOT typical Italian! The sauce is super spicy! And the cheeses on everything taste like they've been ferminting for years! Yuck! None of us care for this place at all. Looks like we'll be finding someplace else to eat later on in the week!
We leave shortly after dinner and head back to the hotel. The kids are dying to swim! They swim for a few hours while I just lounge on a chair and go over the next 2 weeks plans. It's Saturday and Matt's parents arrive on Tuesday. We have a HUGE surprise for them that the kids are just bursting at the seams over. :)
We turn in early as we need to check out in the morning and head to Beach Club. And tomorrow is Magic Kingdom!!
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