Before we left Maine, Beatlebum and Commando Nikki had their hair braided into cornrows so they wouldn't have to waste a lot of time in the morning. I took my allotted three minute military shower, stole another pair of Scuba Steve’s tighty-whities, blasted a blow dryer through my hair quickly and plopped on my pin-filled Mickey mouse baseball hat.
Total time for my crew of five to get ready for a Disney day = 1 hour from wake up to bus stop.
Total time for Brothers crew of four to get ready for a Disney day = 4 hours from wake up to rented van.
Commando Nikki had perfected the art of moving us out the door in a quick and organized matter. She knew Brother and his crew would be joining us at MGM and she knew Brother's wife had a very bad knee from a car accident.
NOBODY was slowing HER down today.
Commando Nikki went to the lobby and borrowed a wheelchair for Brothers wife. She knocked on Brothers door, Waldo answered and she push it in under his arm. I sat there watching this praying she didn't whip out her whistle.
Thank God she didn't.
Brother came out to say they weren't ready.
I said "Call me when you get there!" and we headed off for the buses.
We had gone on RnR, TOT, Muppets 4D, traded pins with several dozen CM's and had a sunburn slapping disagreement about hot dogs vs. turkey legs before Brother finally called.
Doesn't everyone's family break out in air guitar in front of this thing?
We were waiting by the entrance of RnR when Brother arrived smiling, pushing his wife (who was not smiling) with Waldo and Scruffy right behind them. The heat was getting to me, because my hot dog was making re-appearance threats. I was sitting on the cement wall with my head on my knees when the rotten people I was traveling with did it...
They pushed her wheelchair right next to ME and RAN to the TOT.
They were saying 'Love ya, mean it.' as they ran down the pathway.
I wasn't convinced.
Uncomfortable? Who? Me?
They could have faced her wheelchair out instead of facing into the cement wall. She wasn't
really facing me, she was at a funny angle. She was swinging her head back and forth saying "I want something sweet."
Good for you, I just want to keep my lunch down.
She was complaining about how much money she had spent.
Try staying OUT of the gift shops
She was complaining about Discovery Cove.
How did that picture look, anyway?
She was again complaining about the money she had spent in Disney.
Don't you guys earn in a month what it takes us a year to earn?
She WANTED something sweet NOW.
I told her there was an ice cream stand right behind her.
She just looked at me and said "And what do they have?"
Ice cream would be my FIRST guess.
I kept my head on my knees until she got mad and went to the ice cream stand ALONE.
I'm not sure, but I think she was waiting for me to go get it.
Yeah, I don't think so.
I was trying very hard to stay calm. I went and bought one of those mister fans. Best $17 I ever spent.
I felt better right away.
The rotten people who abandoned me returned. I sprayed them with my fan in the face when they opened their mouths to tell me about TOT (Tower of Terror).
Brothers wife sat in her wheelchair with her head in her hands. Still groaning and complaining.
The whole bunch of us made our way over to Who Wants to be a Millionaire. We only had to wait a few minutes to go in and I was so grateful for that. Five more minutes, and I might have blown up.
Then a some scrawny-punk teenage boy chewing gum with his mouth open, that I didn't like the looks of came over and asked me "Yeah chomp, chomp can she sit with me or what? chomp, chomp". Pointing at Commando Nicky.
"Sure." I said "Hope you have enough seats because we are all coming, Chomper."
Chomper was just too arrogant for us.
Brother piped in and slapped Chomper in the shoulder, I believe looking for his sunburn "Oh, look our new best friend!" Then leaned in and whispered "If your eyes leave her face one more time, I will sit ON you, okay?"
You invite one of us, you've invited ALL of us.
We are seated and given the simple instructions basically telling us to NOT yell the answer out to the contestant.
Brother's wife is another person who can't understand simple instructions. She was sitting behind us saying the wrong answers to the questions, like the people in the hot seat were the DUMB ones.
No, that’s not embarrassing in anyway and if you don't shut-up I believe that CM is coming over here to shut you up.
Chomper wasn't keeping his eyes on Commando Nikki's face like the simple instructions he was given earlier clearly stated. Brother was sitting behind them and stuck his big, size 13 bare foot on Chompers shoulder. The same foot that had been walking around in the heat in socks and sneakers.
It was quite unpleasant.
Chomper thought it would be best if he moved several seats down from Commando Nikki and away from Brothers hairy foot. We all said "Bye-bye to you" to Chomper.
Brothers wife was still having problems with the 'simple instructions' but the show ended.
Chomper left in a big hurry and without saying good-bye.
We were okay with that.
Scruffy really enjoyed WWTBAM. Ok, I don't really KNOW if he enjoyed it, but when we stepped outside he was pretty loud and ran back to the entrance to get back in.
I assumed he liked it OR he was going back because he left his Xanax inside. Hard to say.
Brother's wife was complaining about NOT being in a gift shop.
Oh, we were going to a gift shop.