.... I'm a Toys 'R Us kid! That is right... I am never going to grow up, or grow old. No not in everything! I will always take my work (Not what you people read! I take a LOT of pride 'my' level of work, just not in the current 'level' of my work. The smarter ones got that.) and parenting very seriously, but outside of all that.... yeah.. I am just a kid!
Well we are back from Disneyland and as tough as it was on the body to do that 700+ mile quick 3-day haul with a crowded park, with tons of walking, getting beat up on the rides, and very little sleep.... I am still very glad we went! Love the mindset a place like Disneyland puts you. It just takes you away from all the other grief of life and let's you (For one hell of a price!) just be a kid again.
Speaking of kids... I want to give credit where credit is due for one of my own spawn. Thunder rocked it in her first trimester with all A's & B's and will get honor roll for her first time! She has overcome many struggles that she has had in math in the past and I think has gotten herself into much better study habits. Even with her VERY active life, she has shown that she can do what it takes to get the job done. Very proud of you!
Well time for a quick rundown of the weekend that was.
On Thursday night I met up with McLovin, Fuzz, Albert and Chet at Rusty's and we had some pizza's and drinks while we watched the Giants game. Good time was had, and Rusty made sure of that with Jagerbombs on the house for most of the night! Fuzz made it in Rusty's 'Cooler Crew' with an invite by Rusty to join him for a shot during the game. Damn those Giant fans! I think there was more going on in the cooler than just a shot with Rusty though. Fuzz came out of the cooler with Rusty wearing pink lip gloss all of the sudden. Just sayin....
Friday it was time to get up and moving so we could meet up with everyone and head out of town! (We missed you Ed!) I went and picked up McLovin and Cat after I got my haircut, loaded everything up and we were OUT! Hack, Fuzz and Chet had a head start on us by about 20 mins, but we all slammed into traffic in downtown LA and met up with The SC at the park soon after. Well make that soon after I poured myself a cocktail to come down off of that 'flashback' of a drive I just had! Hack and the fam had tickets to the Halloween event over at Disney park while the rest of us hung out at California Adventure for the night. It was Cat's first trip to Disneyland so we started her off right and took her on Soarin (Turbo's favorite ride!) as soon as we got into the park with the rest of the crew grabbed a bite to eat. Since Paparazzi gets an early start in the park each morning we road a few rides and called it a night so we could beat the roosters to the punch in the morning! Not before stopping and getting Cat a Birthday Cupcake! Yes.... on top of it being her first trip to Disney, she spent her birthday with us as well! We hope you enjoyed yourself!
No time to yawn... rise and shine everyone!!! As the sun came up and the roosters were still trying to figure out why in the hell they were even up at this hour of the day, we were all showered and off into the parks! We had a great day of rides and hanging out as everything seemed to work out in our favor most of the day. We went on one ride and grabbed a Fast Pass for it again later in the day... then another, and another! None of the lines were bad at all throughout the day, even though the park was VERY busy. The only bitch I have... IT WAS HOT OUT! With no wind to speak of either. As we are walking back from Splash Mountain here comes someone running at me. WTF? My brain starts to function after my lack of sleep and I see it is CHiP's! CHiP's is one of my poker buddies who moved from the Bay, down to San Diego.... well, cause he could! Of all places that I would run into him, that would have been the last place in the world I would have picked. The first eight places I would have picked would have included 'Bar' in the title! That was a shocker. More to come on CHiP's and his family later.
Speaking of bar... Me, Fuzz and Chet ran back to my room to grab a few shots and some man soda's (OK Fuzz and I did that part... Chet just came to escape the girls for a while!) before going back to grab lunch with the girls. McLovin and Cat went and grabbed some food and headed back to the room for a nap while the rest of us had lunch over at the Napa Vineyard inside the park. Food was killer and I was just getting my 'fun hat' on when everyone, yes EVERYONE, left me to go back to their rooms and rest! What kind of old people am I hanging out with? Geez! So I sat outside and drank my beer only to call Ass Clown to bitch about being left alone. Needless to say he got a big kick out of that. He thinks that people need to leave me more often, and for even less reason.
After a few texts from CHiP's I headed down to ESPN Zone 'Bar' to meet up for a drink. McLovin was on his way as well. Ran into Hack powering down some doughnuts along the way in Downtown Disney and told them to come and join us when they were done. A couple of beers and a shitty diaper (I am not even going to tell you who had the shitty diaper.... going to let you wonder on this one!) later CHiP's and the fam headed out to find a place to stay for the night and The SC rolled in for dinner. Me, Hack and McLovin ran upstairs to get in a quick game or 4 of football in the arcade where Hack and I realized one important fact.... we are old! After dinner we headed out for some more rides and the World of Color show before the old people I was with needed to grab another nap. All I can say about the World of Color show is WOW! It is a must see. After the show we met back up with McLovin and Cat and went on a few more rides before leaving them and calling it a night as the little ones were done.
Dragging their asses out of bed at the butt crack of 8:30 (As my wife likes to call it!) we got everything loaded up and head back to the park to try and squeeze in a ride or two before leaving town. Once we got into the park it was a zoo and we only got a chance to ride a couple of rides before meeting up with Fuzz and the gang to eat and follow each other home.
Note - If you have any plans to go down to Disneyland soon... go ride the Halloween version of Space Mountain called Ghost Galaxy... OFF THE HOOK! They made a great ride even better, and bring a change of shorts if you scare easily!
All-in-all, a great trip in my book. Not a lot went on, but it was just good to get away and hang out with the family and some friends. Next on the old dance card is Halloween in a few weeks. Love it!
Pictures of the trip will soon follow on the Toner Boy Fan Page on Facebook. If you don't visit or follow the Fan Page.... sucks for you! Stay up to date with me and everything Toner Boy on my Facebook Fan Page. If you are already a fan make sure you check the Fan Page for all your updates because you will only see SO much on the Facebook News Feed. If you're not a fan, what are you waiting for? Like wine... sex.... and the ability to snore.... my blog is getting better with age. Dry farts only go away with age... sorry Uncle Shartly.
I am also going to be posting a gallery of Corn's work as well for those of you who are not friends with him on Facebook so you are able to see his work. I get asked all the time about him and getting him to do a road trip back out to the house and see us, but with his schedule at the shop these days he just does not have the time. Maybe all of these pictures will get you in the mood to make plans to get some work done down at the shop! That is my dawg and I always gotta pimp for him... ya know??? Once my arm is finished I will post his finished product as well. Posting just the outline will do him, or it, no justice!
That is it from Wonderland!
Toner Boy
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