A couple of questions

How can someone choose to spend the weekend out of town with his girlfriend instead of his kids?

He doesn't have custody of them, and barely gets to see them as is.

All he had to do is drive 30 minutes one way to pick them up and he would have had them for the weekend. That was just too much. However, he could drive 3 1/2 hours to Orlando and go to that "U" place that tries to compete with Disney.

How can someone spend $85 on Kobe Beef when he is not in a good financial situation? Not because it's a special occasion, but only because he wanted to try it. All things considered it was nice that he took out his aunt and uncle for their anniversary, but that still doesn't change the fact that he could have been with his kids.

I don't understand how you can blow money on yourself and your girlfriend instead of spending time with your kids and providing for them better.

I just don't get it.

I think some if not all people take a vacation without their children at least once. However, those of us that have done this have stable home lives or the children would not have been with them during that time frame.

On another note, it's Valentines Day, so try to be with the ones you care about. Have a great one and start planning tomorrow to make next years even better.

Hatter

My First Half Marathon

So it is a week later. 8 Days ago I ran/walked13.1 miles through and around Walt Disney World. It was a spectacular experience, and I can't wait to do it again.

I would like to thank Disney Daddy and the Red Head. Without them, I would have not made it to the finish line. Not only for the motivation, but they also had the map. I would have been lost without them.

I would like to thank Bobo from Manhattan. He supplied me with the Pure White China. Thankfully it was not needed. However, it did make for some fun times later. I have never seen squirrels so confused at Fort Wilderness.

I want to thank Nick Cage, Lee, and Betsey. They made a great cheering section and supplied us with great libations on the run.

I want to thank LMBB. She made it possible for me to run for a truly ridiculous cause. I dedicated my run to her potential illness and damage to her all ready screwed up skin. What a waste of a bib. At least Red got to keep the T-shirt.

I want to thank MoJo. Only she can get pushed into traffic in a wheel chair, and still run 36 miles.

I want to thank Tony. I was able to run in his proxy, and he was able to show the world, that once again, he can be in two places at the same time.

Thanks to the weather forecasters, that were so far off the mark. No one ever mentioned snow, and then it snowed.

The KT Tape people. For taping up my knees, and making a really funky design on Red's leg. I think they just liked touching it.

To the WDW Radio crew. They are great people to be with, and to be around. Can't wait for the next time we all get together.

To Ronda, thanks for pouring doubles and only charging for singles.

and to Hoop-Dee-Doo, for not throwing us out.

In closing, it was emotional roller coaster. We laughed, we cried, and had a great time. Can't wait to do it all over again.

No one ever expects the Spanish Inquisition.

Team Insanity 2012.

This Holiday Season

So if you have been reading my blog and my running partners blog, you will know that it has been found that she has a stress fracture.

I am sorry to report that she is going to have to put her down. It was a difficult decision, but hopefully it will be respected.

I mean, she could go thru the weeks of rehab, and the crutches and whatnot. But I just thought it was easier for her to go "down".

You can send your thoughts to her address at lorilovestigger@hotmail.com I'm sure someone will get them.

Actually, she is going to start the race and then race from medical tent to medical tent. Hopefully, she doesn't hurt herself anymore than she already is. But believe me, I won't push her. She will go as far as she wants to go. The health is ultimately what is important. Besides I am still trying to convince her to the Princess Half Marathon in a couple of months.

Happy Holidays everyone!

The Johnny Depp Picture

Yesterday, I posted about carrying a 6 foot pole with a picture of Johnny Depp in order to inspire and push my running partner to the finish line.

I have been asked to change this photo to a picture of Jacob from New Moon. I don't understand why someone wants a picture of someone underage, but if that's what it takes, so be it.

I have also been told that if it was Johnny Depp and two women could be fighting over being first in position to look at him. I don't want anyone to get injured on this fun run. After all, the other one has to run the marathon the next day. So enough about that.

On another note, Betsey recently enrolled us in the Disney Dream Deck 7 ornament exchange. If you are not on Deck 7, I know you are jealous as hell. It's okay, just move your reservation to Deck 7, and you too can be with the cool kids.

We got our ornament recently, and it is fantastic. It was a Nightmare Before Christmas ornament with Jack on it with a Christmas tree. Pretty cool ornament, and oh, it lights up. So thank you, MoJo. It was great.

We get ever closer to the race. Soon it will be but a memory. But those memories will last a lifetime. Or until I get Alzheimer's.

Last note, I would like to say that my thoughts and prayers are with the Mongello family.

Merry Christmas, Mele Kalikimaka, Feliz Navidad, Happy Hanukkah and Festivus for the rest of us.

We will see you around the parks.

2 Weeks and 4 Days

So here we are again, just the four of us. Me and apparently the three people following me.

I am 18 days out from participating in the Disney Half Marathon and I am starting to go into final taper mode, and at the same time, freak out mode.

If you follow more prestigious blogs, you may know by now that my running partner has suffered an injury to her knee. This poses to be an issue because she was my primary source of motivation to even know that I could accomplish this endeavor. So this is my plan to ensure that we both finish together and cross the finish line.

1. I will ensure that her knee is taped by the KT Tape people at the booth at the expo. They know how there product works better than anyone else.

2. I will provide her with aspirin or tylenol to ease the pain.

3. I will then give her shots of Captain Morgans Rum every 2 miles to ensure that the blood is thinned so the medicine gets to where it needs to be.

4. I will carry a 6 foot pole with a picture of Johnny Depp on it, that she can chase after.

5. I will be benevolent and let her take restroom breaks, and admire the scenery in the parks. I happen to know that she is a Pirate and would probably enjoy the lush botany in Adventureland on our way out of the Magic Kingdom.

6. We finish the race.

If none of these seem to work, I can always go with the new best friend of the runner with injuries. Pure China White Heroin. That's right, it may take the pain away but also people will run to hell and back to get more once they are hooked on. That being said, I should probably start training more to outrun her.

Just kidding about the Pure China White. This race is important but not worth the $172 per gram. I would have to go with something more cost effective.

Who knows that I will do? I do know however, that in 18 days we will be finished with this race and both wearing 2010 Donald Medals.

Have Fun, Be Young, Drink Pepsi!

Disney's Half Marathon Training

So about a week ago, I was conned, tricked, and bamboozled. After all that, then I was asked if I wanted to run in the 2010 Half Marathon. Being one that can never really turn down a request, unless I really don't want to do it, I said "yes."

And so then the training began. I recently ran the Race for the Taste 10K and the Expedition Everest Challenge, so I think that I am in a good position to at least start to think about training.

I am currently running every day trying to build up miles. I have many more miles to go. However, until I get there I just get encouragement from my friends and family.

I am nervous about the race. I know I will finish though, I will be running with the non-running runner. That helps keep me motivated.

Also, I always look forward to a good trip to Disney. We are planning on going to the Animal Kingdom so we can see Nemo, and Everest. I have never done either of these attractions, and am a little nervous about going on Everest. Not much for roller coasters. I was going to do it at the Everest Challenge, but anyone who was there knows that the monsoons rained the place out and the post-race party was basically cancelled.

On a side note about that. Disney sent me a replacement lanyard for my medal since the original one fell apart due to rain.

Until then, move down. move down. clean cup. clean cup.

Alex's Trip Report

This evening, I had Alex write a trip report for our weekend at Disney. You will find it below.

My trip to Disney

The First day, I went to Epcot. Epcot stands for experimental prototype community of tomorrow. We first rode Soarin’. Soarin’ is a ride where you simulate riding in a hang glider in California, soarin’ is the most popular ride in Epcot. You must get there first thing or right after your first ride.

Next, we rode Test Track. Test track is a ride where you are in a car where you are testing a car’s equipment. This is the second most popular ride in Epcot. This should be one of the rides you get early to or you will have to wait an extensive time.

After Test Track, my dad and I split ways because he went to a wine seminar that is only available during the food and wine festival. I went to mission space since my dad is prone to motion sickness. Mission space is a ride that is kind of like a simulator. You fly to Mars in a high tech space shuttle. Each person in the ride has a certain job for the mission. They have two levels called more and less intense. After Mission space I rode test track again. I met my dad back up in a place called world showcase. World Showcase is like going around the world in a day. Most countries have some sort of attraction, like a ride or movie. Afterword, we went back to the hotel for the night.

The next morning we went to Animal Kingdom. Animal Kingdom is a park where they have exotic animals and a few rides here and there. They close early because of the animals. You may want to get there early because, the animals aren’t very active in the afternoon. We went on a tour and saw some animals from South America. Next, We went to Kali River Rapids. It is a water ride. You will get wet. Next, we got on Kilimanjaro Safaris. It is a ride where you are on a 2-week safari and see many animals and you must find poachers. After that we rode Dinosaur. In this ride you must go into the past, find a certain dinosaur, and bring it back before The Giant Asteroid collides with Earth.

After this we headed to Blizzard Beach. Blizzard Beach is a water park that has many slides, a lazy river, and a wave pool. I do not recommend this for your first visit. We only went to two of the four parks that weekend.

This is what I did over the weekend of September26-27 of 2009