Day 158

Une journee plus meilleur aujourd'hui. - You'll have to pardon my french spelling. I may be able to speak it still, but it's been even longer since I've written it so the correct grammar escapes me.

Today was much better. Josh woke me up at God knows what time, to as me...guess what...What time it was! It had to of been like 3am cuz I was fast asleep, and know I hadn't been that way for long. My alarm went off at 6:30, he was still asleep, so I got up quietly and got ready. He was awake by the time I finished getting dressed, and whispered to me while I did my makeup, and he watched the Olympics. The others opened the doors eventually, and I was so glad I was all ready. I will do the same tomorrow morning. I should put my makeup on now so that I can sleep longer haha. Now there's a new way to get more sleep!

We went down for breakfast. It was a buffet. Continental, and simple. You could order an american breakfast which was bacon, eggs, sausages etc, but nobody at our table was. I got a croissant, a yogurt and a tiny bowl of fruit. A hot chocolate started my day with a smile :) Nathaniel however, got cucumbers, cheese and salami for breakfast! He soon decided (after the cheese), that that was not the best idea he's ever had. He got up and got yogurt and honey instead. I think I'm going to go on a toast hunt tomorrow morning and get me some honey.

We left, grabbed our coats from the room, and went straight to the park. There was instant complaints about line ups of course. Even at the entrance gate. I refrained from starting my day with a Starbucks. I just kept my mouth shut, as I didn't want to be ridiculed. I was offered a soft drink later in the afternoon, and that's when I took my chance to say "No, I'm ok thanks, I'm saving up for a Starbucks".

We went into Disneyland first and did a couple of rides. I think our first one today was Space Mountain, which we went on again a little later. It's one of Josh's favourites although he hates the beginning, and almost broke my wrist on it this morning. Nathaniel is very disappointed that he didn't grow the "centimetre" - it's more than that - that he needed to to get on the ride. We did the Buzz Lightyear ride, where I believe I destroyed the rest of them when it came to shooting targets. You spun your cart around, and aimed at the Z targets, and had a little counter in front of you that added up your points. I can't remember how many I had, it was in the 40,000's and had me on level 3. Heloise said she reached that level as well, but neither her or Tim gave a number after I said mine. We must have gone on other rides, but I can't think of which ones. Then we headed for lunch. TO STARBUCKS! Hooray! I got a salmon salad with lentils, cheese, and tomatoes, Heloise got a sandwich, and the boys got cookies. They'd get more of a lunch a little later, as they are far too picky to like anything Starbucks serves. I was full before I got to the bottom of the salad, but it was pretty good. When we finished, they were all coming back to the hotel for a swim. They asked me if I wanted to, and Heloise told me I was allowed to stay at the park if I wanted. That's what I did. It was WONDERFUL! I wandered alone. I didn't even go on any rides. I just took the opportunity to take some pictures (without being ridiculed), and to look around. I went through the Dragon tunnel which was kind of cool, and explored the castle. I also watched the parade. I had a smile on my face for most of the time, and had completely random people taking pictures for me so that I could be in some. Yesterday I had to refrain from taking too many. 1 - because my battery was dying, and stupid me forgot my charger, 2 - because there's always a comment on how many pictures I take, and 3 - because it's a chore for anyone besides Josh to take a picture of me with anything...and although he is very helpful, he's not at quite the right height to take the most decent pictures just yet. Anyways, I roamed around and went in some stores. I really wanted a souvenire, so when I came out of the dragon's tunnel, I tried on a ring. It was a mickey mouse head (all diamond looking stones), blended into an eiffel tower made of the same stones. I didn't fall in love with the way it looked on my finger immediately, so I chose to give it back to the employee and walk away.

I was to meet the others in the Disney Studio lot, so I walked over there. I knew I'd want to take some pictures there before meeting up with them, so I went a little early. I got a few pictures, and saw a parade. Then, I was standing near Walt Disney's statue (where I was due to meet them), trying to get a picture of me with it, and of course, first thing I hear is "Ah yes, look for the person taking self portraits". That was Tim incase you couldn't guess. He always ridicules me for doing that, but if you ask him to take a picture, he spends 10 minutes trying to get it just right, and then still somehow manages to mess it up. Anyway, I didn't answer him. I just smiled, rolled my eyes in my mind, and walked in front talking to the boys. We went on an Aladdin's Magic Carpet ride, and also did the "Honey I Shrunk the Audience" film simulator thing. The second I saw them let rats out of the box on the screen...I knew I did not want to be in there. You could feel what was supposed to be rat tails on the back of your legs. Gross! Good thing I knew it was coming though. I think it really scared the boys, except Zach because his legs weren't long enough to feel it. At the end, the dog sneezes on you. Nice. There was one point where I jumped, as the inventor zoomed out of the screen, and you could have sworn he was going to hit you in the face.

After that, Josh, Nathaniel, Tim and I ran to Aerosmith Rock N Roller coaster. I was so excited! I had heard about this ride, and had always wanted to go on it, but had no idea there was one in Paris. It was awesome! One of the best rollercoasters I've ever been on. It goes super fast, plays music in your headrest, and does all kinds of loop de loops. We loved it. We got off and went to meet back up with Heloise and Zach who were watching a show. They weren't finished yet, so Josh and I headed over to a store, but got sidetracked when I saw part of the animation studio. I had to go in there and take pictures for Stephen. It was very cool, and I got to record my voice as if I was Belle in Beauty and the Beast. I loved it! Tim and Nathaniel came to get us, and told us Heloise and Zach were going into another show. When asked, the boys decided they wanted to do the Aerosmith ride again, so off we went. It was still awesome. I really wanted to do the Tower of Terror, but the boys didn't, and it didn't sound like I was allowed to wait in line. We went to meet the other 2, and when they still hadn't come out, Josh and I asked if we could go to the store. Tim didn't feel like coming to get us though, so we didn't. The other 2 eventually came out, and they decided that they would wait in line for Autopia or something like that. - Something they thought was cars on a track, but turned out to be tea cups - and Tim and I would go line up for Tower of Terror. While standing in line for that, I saw one of the most gorgeous guys I've ever seen. He had the most amazing blue eyes, shaggy dirty blonde hair that you could see just out the bottom of his toque, and a goatee the same colour. He was VERY nice looking. I couldn't stop staring...until we walked by each other about the 3rd time, and I got to shy and looked away. Idiot. I stared after he'd passed again, but when he came back beside us, I looked away again. I could tell I'd be blushing if I looked up. He was gorgeous. One of those ones you think you should definitely tell, because they deserve to know, not cuz you're hitting on them...but with Tim there, and the girl I couldn't figure out if it was his girlfriend or sister there, I decided against it. I just smiled lots. The line was moving pretty quickly, then when we were maybe 5 minutes from the entrance, it had stopped. Tim says we were delayed about 15 minutes, and I guess he was right cuz he kept checking his watch and stating everytime 5 minutes passed, when we had to leave because we had a dinner reservation. DAMMIT! I hope I get to go on it tomorrow. We jumped out of the line, and walked briskly back to the others. We then had to leg it to the restaurant. Although, once we got there, we had no idea why we had walked so fast. We had to wait for our table, and then it took ages to get our food. Granted some people at our table were being difficult, but it still shouldn't have taken so long. We got an appetizer to share, pretty quickly, and the boys all got their meals right away...but Zach's was cold and sent back. I couldn't decide between a steak and prawn and scallop pasta...Little word of advice...when you're at a steakhouse, no matter what anyone else says, go for the steak! Heloise said to choose the fish, and so I did. Well...when it finally arrived, I was horrified. Mom, you'll understand this. My food was staring back at me! It took everything in me not to cringe in disgust, and to hold back any tears that may have been on the verge of breaking through. I quietly ate my pasta that tasted burnt, and only ate the middle of the shrimp, where the tails and heads weren't. Wasting a lot of meat I am sure, but I could not bring myself to do it. I chewed a couple of shells which was gross...but I eventually got through it all. Everyone else was complaining about their meals, so when I had finished, I quietly said to Heloise that I didn't understand how you could make pasta taste burnt. The boys got their dessert - by this time Zach's meal had been sent back a 2nd time, and when received the 3rd time...he didn't eat it - I had some of Josh's brownies as he didn't want them all, and we were out of there, what was definitely hours later.

Heloise was taking Nathaniel and Zach back to the hotel for a swim, because it turned out to be closed earlier in the day, and Josh, Tim and I ran to see if we could get on the Indiana Jones rollercoaster before the park closed. We couldn't. The line up was closed off. Instead we ran to the shortest lines we could find. What did Josh pick first? The Pirates of the Caribbean one. "Oh Crap!" I thought to myself. I kept myself occupied in it taking pictures and trying not to think of horror movies. Although keeping my mind off of that was difficult when we came to a hault. This was one ride I would not want to get stuck on. Turned out we weren't stuck, we were just waiting for the boats in front to move. Thank Goodness! When we got out of there, we ran to Space Mountain and did it again. This time, Josh only held my hand for the first couple of seconds. Either I gave him too much grief for practically breaking my wrist earlier, or he was getting less scared of it. He said he had kept his eyes open for the picture that time, but when we got to the screens, they had already been shut off for the night, so who knows if that's true :p He has said it everytime so far, and has yet to actually do it. He did have them open for the Aerosmith one, but he looked absolutely terrified! I don't know why he's doing it if he's so scared, but anyway...

We began to leave the park, and on the way out, I stopped at Starbucks. I needed something that tasted good and was sweet after that dinner. I was so happy it was open. Tim and Josh were waiting outside, so I thought GREAT, I can get my souvenir here! After I picked up the mug that said FRANCE across it though, guess who walked in. I kept it out of sight until I got to the cash, and even then Tim hadn't seen it. But as I was paying, Josh saw it and thought I had brought it from home to be filled up. I explained that it said France across it, thinking that would stop any comments. Yeah right! He instantly went and told his dad I was buying a Starbucks mug. Perfect. I went to the end to collect my drink, and when the guy asked what I had ordered, then before I could finish, repeated the order back, placing it on the counter knowing exactly which one was mine...Tim began to make fun of me. He told me that would have been the first order like that that they had gotten all day. (I'm sure he knows that). Seeing as he is not a Starbucks drinker, I told him he was wrong. - He didn't even know what I had ordered - I told him people asked for extra vanilla all the time...at least in Canada they did. A lady who clearly drinks there often was laughing at the situation. I couldn't tell if she was American of Canadian as I only heard maybe a sentence she had said, but I knew she knew where I was coming from as she smiled at me. I told Tim to go look at the menu, as he said people DEFINITELY wouldn't order it with Soy milk. I told him that the menu actually had Chai Tea SOYA latte written on it. Of course he had to make sure I was telling the truth. Off he went. When he came back he said "Surely it doesn't say that on the menu in England". I would have loved to have said yes, actually it does...but I knew that was a full out lie, so instead I said...Ummm...no I don't think it does. He then proceeded to question me about what exactly a Chai Tea Latte was. I explained it, he asked if it was more of a dessert drink and you add extra vanilla to it, etc. I wasn't going to correct him and say, that's not what I got this time when I added the vanilla...as some people do get vanilla chais. Instead, I just went with it, and in the end, he said ok, I can understand that then. FINALLY! He had honestly been fine with it just being the 3 of us, up until this point.

We walked back to the hotel, and met up with the other 3 in the stairwell. They told us what a "disaster" the swimming was. I'm still not sure why, but I'm not really bothered either. The boys went to bed right away, and by the time I got out of the shower, Josh was already asleep. Now I'm just sitting here writing this, and I have the Olympics on, but muted. Josh got in trouble this morning for staying up so late lastnight, so I didn't want anything to wake him up, cuz I knew he'd then want to stay up and talk. Would have been nice, but I don't want him getting yelled at. Now I'm going to do some crosswords, and possibly some writing, so I will say Good Night xx