Ideal day at Disneyland. Part 1

I had a friend recently ask me what an ideal day at Disneyland looked like.  After I thought about it I figured it would make a great blog post.  I decided to break it up into two parts since it is pretty word heavy.   So here is my ideal day at Disneyland Resort part 1

Wake up - I would get up around 6:30 am  at the Disneyland Hotel, take my hair out of curlers and Disneybound as Jasmine.  Then I would have some Cereal (most likely Captain Crunch) and some tea.  Then I would wake the family up, making sure the hubby was Disneybounding as Aladdin.


Head to Disneyland - The hubby, kiddo and I would head into Disneyland with Magic Morning at 8 am.  We would ride Space Mountain three times, then Big Thunder two times, Star Tours twice, then Splash Mountain until about 5 minutes before the park opens. Of course you can't forget to stop in front of the castle for a picture..

Head to California Adventure -  We would hightail it over to California Adventure.  We would then go get in line to ride Radiator Springs Racers.  After that the hubby would get us fast passes for Radiator Springs Racers later that night while the kiddo and I rode Mater's Junkyard Jamboree.  Then we would head to Midway Mania and ride that as many times as possible before the line got up to 45 minutes (usually three times)  Then we would do the Wheel of Death (aka Mickey's Fun Wheel), once none swinging then once swinging.  Then over to the Silly Symphony Swings.  Before heading out we would walk past the Once Upon a Time window and I would admire the costumes and book on our way to get fastpasses for Tower of Terror.

Back to Disneyland - We would then head back over to Disneyland to get a few pictures and grab a Mickey Pretzel & raspberry coke at Coca Cola Corner.  Then we would go meet the Princesses, Pluto, and Mickey.  You can't leave without a customary ride on Buzz Lightyear followed by Astro Orbiter.

Eat Lunch - By this time it is now lunch and the park is getting busy.  We would head back to the hotel and go grab lunch at Trader Sam's which for me would include a glass of Prosecco and some Chinese Long Beans, hubby would probably have some Chicken Wings and the kiddo would have Chicken Nuggets.

Relax - We would head up to the hotel room, change into our suits and go for a swim.  I would go down the waterslide a few times and then play "shark" with the kiddo.  Then we would head back up to the room to shower and Disneybound as Ariel and Prince Eric (yes we both have outfits for that as well) While the kiddo watched some Disney Channel we would split a bottle of wine and some Chocolate Covered Mickey Pretzels

Part 2 will be coming shortly.

Star Wars Half

Woo Hoo we got all registered this morning for the Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend.  I am so excited.  Last year the web page wasn't working so we had to go through the facebook page but today it worked just fine.  I had everything all set up on the computer at 8:50am and was ready at exactly 9 am.  I had two different web browsers open, chrome and IE so I was able to register me through one and the kiddo through another while the hubby registered himself on a tablet.

We never had to get in a queue to register so that was nice, normally you have to wait in line for your turn but we must have hit it just right.  It took about 10 minutes for all three of us to get registered.  The hubby and I are doing the Rebel Challenge and the kiddo is joining us for the 10K.  Even though it went pretty smooth, right after I got the kiddo registered for the 10K I went back just to see where everything was at and the 10K & the Kids Races were on hold, which basically meant they were sold out.  We were so lucky to get the kiddo registered.  Currently the 5K. 10K & Kids Races are sold out!!!

If you want to register for any Run Disney races I always suggest you be prepared, get the web page up, know your login and password to your Active account, or just be prepared to make one.  Have your credit card ready to go, and know if you are going to order any of the extras.  We usually only buy the pins or necklace..  If I could see what the jackets looked like or if they sold I Did It shirts I would probably be all over it I just don't like not buying it without seeing it.

Now we are looking into hotels.  I am not sure where we are going to stay.  Right now with the discount we could stay at the Grand Californian Hotel for only about $155 more than the Disneyland Hotel and only about $283 more than offsite.  I am not sure if it's worth it or not.  I LOVE the Disneyland hotel and the Grand Californian to me just doesn't seem to have that fun Disney Magic to it.  However, I have never seen such a small difference in the other hotels and Grand Californian.  What do you guys think?  Where would you stay?  Now it's just time to start planning and training.

The never ending health battle

Sorry I have been pretty quiet the past few weeks.  I have been busy with the end of the school year for the kiddo and I am still dealing with the health questions as to what is wrong with me.

My iron levels are still really low although they are not as low as they were.  It is starting to look more and more like my body just doesn't absorb iron the way it is supposed to so I am probably going to have to get iron injections.  I just did a capsule endoscopy a few weeks ago and I am just waiting for the results.  That was a very interesting experience to say the least.  I had to swallow this pill sized camera and just hang out not eating anything for about 8 hours.  They had me hooked up to this small monitor that basically showed the video of my insides.  The nurse was like, look you can watch it throughout the day.  Yeah, not my cup of tea.  It was really kind of freaky knowing that I had a camera inside me.

I met with a surgeon to talk about the hiatal hernia surgery which he said I might be a good candidate for but I now need to have a few more tests done.  UGH I am so done with tests.  They have to make sure that my acid is really being caused by the hiatal hernia and not something like my stomach just doesn't work properly to digest food, that I don't have a weak esophagus, or that it isn't acid but alkaline that is causing the problems because I have no acid due to the meds I have been on for so long.

So the first test they are going to make me eat an egg salad sandwich (one of my least favorite foods EVER!!!  I do not know how I am not going to gag.) and take pictures of my stomach to make sure it is working properly.

For the second test they are going to stick these wonderful tubes down my nose for 24 hours to see what is causing some of my problems.  I am really worried that I am going to pass out for that.

My GI Dr didn't seem to concerned with me being on medication for a while but the surgeon is really worried about me being on meds and some of the other problems I am having.

I know that with time this will all get resolved but it's just super scary to go through all these tests, and the responses I get from everyone is "Your so young" which worries me if I am going to have worse health problems later in life. I just have to keep up on the exercising and eating healthy and hopefully that will help prevent even worse health problems in the future.