We had been abandoned. I had sixteen dollars in my pocket and no idea how we were going to get back to Disney. The girls had been briefed by Dh, there could be a chance that all the walking we had done so far, was going to be small potatoes.
Commando Nikki and Beatlebum were to busy doing the "happy dance" because brothers wife had left the building, they didn't know or care why.
Em was still ticked that she was mistaken for a boy.
Dh was very useful in finding an ATM machine. He, however, would have no part of using one. Dh doesn't even write checks, they feel too much like permission slips to him. Yes, heres a note from my wife saying I can buy something, I really, really do have some money. I am just not allowed to HANDLE money. Could I buy something please? It cash or nothing with him.
I put my ATM card into the slot and it was immediately sucked up. I pushed the buttons, but they didn't move. I hit the okay button, thinking that it would spit my card back out. The machine sounded an alarmingly loud beep, notifying everyone in the immediate area that there was a problem.
Commando Nikkis whistle had nothing on this sound.
Oh, good, not enough people have paid attention to me today.
A very nice DC lady (walking forward) came over and I through myself against the ATM machine, trying to get it to shut it up. She informed me the machine was broken and if I just wait, it would time out and I would get my card back.
Why didn't they have a sign on the machine saying it was broken? Did they feel the need to subject me to further public displays? She was right, it timed out and I got my card back.
I am never sticking my card into another machine, EVER.
I should have known it was time for me to set off an alarm.
I walked back over to the crew, Beatlebum and Commado Nikki are giggling about something.
They were talking about me, giggling behind thier hands, pointing at me. I'm thinking they have just gotten a kick out of mom throwing herself against the screaming alarm sounding ATM machine.
Nope. That wasn't it.
Back when we were in the water with Jenny, they had us line up next to her for a family photo. They told us to put one hand on Jennys back. I had no problem with that.
However..
I was in the back near Jenny's tail. I was still pretty traumatized from the beating I had received earlier I guess, because for some reason I put my other hand under her tail.
Do you know where I am going with this?
That’s right, I, Delswife, put my other hand directly on the part of Jenny, that makes 'her' Jenny.
I jerked my hand away and apologized to Jenny for the violation. Beatlebum had heard me and was updating Commando Nikki. She must have simply forgotten the part where I said it was a secret.
How many of you can say you have touch a dolphin..uh..there?
I plan on setting fire to my hand as soon as I finish my trip report.
Now, we are in a pickle that I hadn't planned on. Commando Nikki was starting to get jumpy because DC was closing and we had to get back to her first love, Disney. She knew that the world showcase in epcot would still be open by the time we got back there, and she wasn't going to wait any longer. She demanded to know what the hold up was.
"I have sixteen dollars in my pocket, how far do you think thats going to take us?" I told her, with my hands on my hips.
Beatlebum whipped into action and produced $40 from her bag. I sprung back in shock.
You could have saved us a ton of time if you had done that earlier little girl.
We started to go back out to the lobby, when we were stopped by yet another very nice DC lady.
She wanted to know if we had picked up out complementary family photo from this morning.
Why no, we hadn't.
She took us to the front desk and gave them our name. A look of fear came over the person behind the counter.
Then the apologizing began again. "We are so sorry, so very sorry"
Dh & I just rolled our eyes. "But the angry lady you were with picked up the photo."
Huh?
She stopped by for the free photo?
This was a memory she wanted to cherish?
By the time Dh & I got off the floor and were finished laughing Commando Nikki had us a cab a the front door.
We said our good-byes to DC and climbed in the cab, Beatlebum was still beaming from her big day.
We went directly to Epcot from DC. As much excitement as we had had at DC, it felt good to be home.
I missed Brothers phone call, it went directly to my voice mail. I noticed it in Norway.