October 7th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Just got back from dinner at Olive Garden with the Serikawas and the Fukudomes. On the way home we made a stop at Fry’s Electronics. Not fun when you only have 15 minutes before the store closes. It kinda felt like one of those shopping sprees where you only have a few minutes to fill up your shopping cart. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to fill up a shopping cart of free items - oh well.
Today was a non-Disneyland day. We went to the Discovery Science Museum and spent a couple of hours there with the Tings (Wendy’s friends) and the Serikawas. The kids and the adults enjoyed the visit. The boys loved playing with the silica sand troft and made various dams and waterways. We capped off our visit there by lying on a bed of nails. Only a few of us required medical attention after…just joking.
Our next stop…IKEA. One of our favorite dining places. Yes, it’s a furniture store, but the Sweedish meatballs are delicious, and so are the desserts. After walking through the store and wishing they would either open a store in Hawaii or at least ship their products to Hawaii, we stood in line and purchased whatever small items we could fit into our suitcases. After IKEA we decided to split up, the boys and dads to miniature golf at Camelot Golf and the moms to the shopping center for more shopping. Alan and I took on the boys in miniature golf and got our butts whooped.
The day was fun. It was nice to get away from the crowds for a day and have some food other than burgers, pizza or chicken strips. Ky is spending another night with Brad at the Grand Californian. That means we’ll have peace at our hotel for another night. It’s amazing how much of a difference it makes when there’s only two boys at home. It really doesn’t matter which two either. Go figure. Anyway, we hope to get to bed early so we can have energy for a full day at the park tomorrow. It’s our last day at Disneyland, so our plan is to use our early entry pass which means an 8:00 AM start. We also want to see the fireworks show from the castle and that starts at 8:00 PM, so it looks like a 12 hour day for us. I’m really going to need a vacation when I get back from this vacation.
One thing I realized while driving on this trip, and I don’t know if I mentioned it before, but I’m becoming more and more dependent on my GPS and losing my sense of direction. Before, I would always try and establish reference points and would always have a sense for which direction I was headed. Now, with my GPS, I find that I am constantly looking at the screen and not really paying attention to my surroundings. Don’t think I would ever go back to just maps, but it does cause me to think how technology is affecting us in both good and bad ways.
Just thinking…what if my GPS could talk…
Me: Stupid GPS
GPS: Stupid human
Me: If I miss one more turn I’ll be tempted to throw you out the window
GPS: Don’t go there, or I’ll drive you in one big circle - again and again and again.
Okay, enough for now. Time to go to sleep.
dean