In 1996, my good friend Mary & I, started a yearly tradition...a girl trip to Disneyland. The first time we went we were both kid-less. Then after the kids began arriving, the purpose changed to a weekend getaway for "mom" and a bonding weekend for dad & the kiddos. For 10 years I was the only one without kids and just along for the ride. This year, I got to join in with my friends' funny stories about the things our kids do & say and go crazy buying silly souvenirs for them. Or as one of the girls put it.."It's all just more crap that'll be thrown aside after a few days"....as she plunked down another wad of bills for more of it. But it all looks so cool and those D.Land salespeople beef up the suggested selling. "Ohhh..what a cute Tigger you're getting for your child...don't you want a Pooh bear to go with it?" As if it matters to a 1-year old. But I couldn't resist a few things, including his first Mouse Ears with his name embroidered on the back (after all..he'll need it when we take him to Disneyland next year *wink, wink*)
Funny thing is when you get a few girls together, away from the kids, it's like mental freedom to break all boundaries. Conversations are allowed to get goofy and off the wall. You act about 15 years younger (except for the frequent bathroom breaks) and get even more wacky when you're running on 4 hours sleep and staying up past 1am..only to get up at 6am to do it all over again. But hey...it's totally worth it. One interesting thing that's never happened was when we were standing in line for Space Mountain. We were almost to the ride when someone being carried off the ride screamed...several employees rushed over to whisk her out a back door. Suddenly, they announced that the ride was closed and started issuing Fast Passes to any ride in the park. As we were walking out, the Disneyland police in their white brim hats were coming from everywhere into the ride. We tried to squeeze some info from the park employees but they kept giving us vague answers like, "Oh, someone must have been lost in space" or "I don't know...maybe technical difficulties". This just made us all the more curious to find out the mystery behind Space Mountain. Hmmmm.....guess we'll never know.
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