Anaheim trip: Disneyland

As the one month anniversary of my vacation, I decide to send this post out... no seriously, it's been crazily busy at work lately and when I get home all I want to do is to clean my dog's messes then hide under the cover. Since Scott is coming home today and he can deal with her messes, I have time to type again, YAAAAY (I was going to summarize everything into one post... but half way through typing I realized our "adventure" were way too entertaining... for my readers at least, so I'm breaking this down to a few posts.)

So, the Anaheim trip was very eventful to say the least. For those who doesn't know, I was there mainly for work. I was in charge of my company's biggest helicopter trade show booth each year. The show travels from city to city and this year it was at Anaheim. Since Scott and I were long due for a vacation, we decided to go a few days before the show and visit the Disneyland area. Of course, having not planned this ahead of time, I basically had to rush three weeks of work into one so I can leave for my vacation; hence the lack of updates from me lately.

We arrived at Anaheim on the 13th of February and stayed at this Best Western that was about 10 minutes walk from Downtown Disney. Although it was more like a motel and our room was awfully close to the elevator (which really made us the conversation tracker of people staying in our block. At one point I felt like it was my responsibility to tell a little girl that she didn't deserve to go to Disneyland because she whined too much, but her dad was not cute enough so I didn't bother) but the convenience of it did come in handy at a few situations.

The first day, which was Valentine's Day (we totally didn't plan this, we didn't even have gifts for each others for crying out loud), we decided to go to Disneyland... which reminded me that this was actually the first Valentine's Day that we spend with each others (the first Valentine's Scott was on a work trip and my car went out of gas and I had to call @billiam1975 for help; our second Valentine's Scott was at Ohio spending time with people he doesn't like; the third I was gone getting my hair shaved off), so we were destined to make this the best Valentine's ever.

As much as I tried not to be a geek, just hearing the music while going into Disneyland was enough to get me jumping up and down. We didn't want to rush our day, so we just casually walking around in the park. It was surprisingly quiet so we didn't need to line-up for most of our rides. Everything was very magical of course, and after we were ditched by Indiana Jones, whom clearly had way too much plastic surgeries, a few times at the Temple of Forbidden Eye and were assigned to this stupid robot where he sent us off to the middle of the galaxy and almost got us killed by aliens at Star Tours we decided to go to Space Mountain and spin our heads off, which might be literally the case for me.  

See, normally when you're on a ride, you can anticipate what's going on and you can kind of be prepared of what's coming, right? Well, not on Space Mountain. It's so dark in there you won't know if the person in front of you is puking until you feel liquid splat onto your face. And for some strange reasons, half way through the ride, I have this feeling that maybe something is going to hit my head (because that's very likely being the shortest person in the ride), so I was having this "turtle neck" syndrome while screaming into my boyfriend's ears. I noticed something wasn't feeling right immediately after the ride, but nothing major so we continued going for other rides that are really meant for kids than adults (I seriously still have the "Small World" song going on in my head while I'm typing.) and took pictures with some mascots.

Around 3 pm, we decided to have a late lunch, and that's when everything went downhill. The moment that I took a bite into my burger, my left shoulder and my neck immediately tensed up and created this sharp pain that was so severe that I had to drop the burger on my right hand. I guess I somehow twisted my neck while on Space Mountain and when I ate, the muscle on my neck just tensed up and triggered the pain. I thought it was only going to be a temporary thing but it elevated. By the time I finished my lunch, a simple burp caused pain that felt like my head was about to fall off.

I thought walking and keeping my back straight might help the situation, which proved, again, I'm not the smartest cookie in the jar. Apparently, there is almost no way for someone not to use their shoulder/neck muscles while you walk. So every few steps you'll see me pause with a face only a person with constipation would have trying to relax my neck. Despite the pain, however, we managed to walk back to the hotel (I have to say, walking pass a 6 lane cross-walk intersection with a flashing red light reminding you how many seconds you have left, while you have extreme neck pain was way more fun than any rides in Disneyland. Score!)

I spent the rest of the afternoon and night in our hotel room ordering Scott to get things for me. Valentine's Day suddenly become very romantic when you can say the phrase "baby, can you please slowly lay me on the bed?" and "please be gentle when you come to bed" 

I was very careful of how I sleep that night and make sure I won't hurt it again. With a combination of pills, hot towels and meditations (to keep my focus off the pain), I woke up next day with just small tensed on my shoulder, and it remained like that for a few more days but nothing major.

Though it wasn't the best Valentine's Day incident we were hoping for, the time we spent at Disneyland was very fun. We weren't too worry about missing some of the park and shopping anyway, as we got a 3-day pass which we planned to visit again on the last day... or at least that's what we though we would be doing...

...stay tuned for more adventures from my Anaheim trip. Next post: Knott's Berry Farm, California Adventure and Universal Studio.

Comments

[miniv]

awwwwww!! at least u guys got to spend the day together!! glad you had fun although you had to rush ur work!

[Dave2]

You got to meet Pooh! Surely that's the best Valentines Day ever!

[Michael Pickett]

OH and talking about Pooh... hmmmmmmmmmm

[Long Story Longer]

Great pics! I'm so sorry that your neck got messed up, although I have to say your description was hilarious. I can't wait to read the other stories.

Thanks for your tweets and comments! : )

[greg b]

Great pictures. Sorry you got hurt on Space Mountain, its one of my favorites at the park.

And this blog even has a cliffhanger. I like! Looking forward to part II.

greg b.

[Jaymes in LA]

So glad you made it to Disneyland. My hubby and I were over at California Adventure on Valentine's Day. Sorry about your neck though, you are bravier than me, I have not ridden Space Mountain since they refurbished it, its that riding in the dark thing!! Can't wait for the next part!

[Steve and Warren]

Hey dude, sounds like you - for the most part had an awesome time...

We are waiting to hear the rest of the story...

:-)

[miniv]

ooo!! u updated more after i stalked u!!:P hahaha

and maybe you should blame dom for space mountain!!!;)
did you say hi to poohbear for me=)

[Chrissss]

very nice!!!