Saturday, January 19, 2013

Disneyland Day 2: 7 hours and counting....

So I'm obviously from Canada and was unaware that it is a long weekend here in California (Martin Luther King Day) that is until this afternoon when I became aware, very aware. There are SO many people here...

This morning we headed through the throngs of people over to the Run Disney Kids Races so Griffin could run his 100m dash... What a disaster! They literally locked us in this gated area, stroller and all for 20 minutes before the kids got to start. Right before we began, a cast member came up to me to tell us the stroller was not allowed, I looked around at about 30 other strollers (but I'm not allowed?!) and decided if I stayed I'd be trapped at the back with our contraption of a stroller and I would miss the whole thing so we lifted the stroller along with all the stuff hanging off of it over the gate... That very same moment they let the kids start and since we were so near the front Griffin and Cody were off. Griffin immediately flipped right out, looked at me on the other side of the gate "ummmmmm, ummmm," (thats what he calls me). With all the tears spewing from my little boy I was back over the gate in seconds and Cody and I traded places. He refused to walk/run/crawl and instead clung to me for dear life screaming his head off. He stopped briefly as Mickey gave him a high five and he spotted Grandpa in the audience.




Thankfully the rest of the day went better. We visited the California adventure park (picture below) and Griffin loved the rides...

Until they were over, then we had to find a distraction or he would run back and try to get on again. I felt very hungry come lunchtime and it was hot and there were lineups a mile long everywhere. We stopped at the first place and got into the queue. It took about 20 minutes and $23 for one entree that Cody and I split and a kids meal, the food was decent and semi-satisfying (I was hungry about an hour later but leery about paying for more over priced food).

We went on a little mermaid ride and decided we better head back for Griffins nap, thankfully our hotel wasn't very far. Fast forward to after the parade this evening, it's 6:15pm and we need to eat dinner, I didn't plan this part well. There's so many people here that we couldn't get into any restaurant, trust me, I TRIED. So we returned to the room and ordered room service, we didn't get our food until about 8:00pm. It arrived and it wasn't really up to par for a pre-race meal but still a million times better than last weeks. I get very cranky when I don't eat regularly, I'll admit it. I was very grouchy today, I am sorry. I will do better, BE better, I will bring snacks. I've posted a photo regarding my mood below that I saw on How to be a Dad earlier this week.


Here I am awake, I need to be up in about 5.5 hours but I cannot sleep... I NEED sleep I know that, but I'm just not ready yet. I thought I'd be more excited about this, but I'm just not, not yet anyway. This will be my 8th half marathon, 8, that should feel like a bigger number, but it doesn't. Hmm. I'm just going to say it: I'm going to run a marathon, a FULL one. The whole 26.2 miles (42.2 km). Not tomorrow, probably not even this year, but I'm going to do it. A half is a challenge, it's not easy, it hurts, but at some point I realize it's just not going to be enough. So tomorrow when I cross that finish line, I know at some point that's only going to be half way.

I am ready Tinkerbell.

Half, this is only half... Oh my...






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