For my ROW80 check in…I haven’t written a word in eight days. I took my computer to Disney World with me, thinking I would have time to write. I never opened my laptop. My feet have never hurt so bad in my life. I think my friends were trying to kill me. We were at the park until 1:00 am on Monday and midnight on Wednesday. And 9 and 10 the other days. But you have to add the time it takes to catch the bus back to the hotel. I had a great time, but I’m glad to be home.
For those of you just wanting a ROW80 update, you don’t have to read further unless you want to. I want to talk about a couple of things and I don’t want to do two posts. But you’ll miss eye candy.
One thing I realized is how well behaved my friend’s eight year old son is. Most of the kids there are apparently ignored by their parents while they are at Disney and aren’t taught good manners. I don’t know how many times I was hit, kicked, and bumped into while standing in line. No “excuse me” or “I’m sorry” from any of them but one or two. I wanted to hit their parents.
On a more INTERESTING note. This is my favorite attraction at Disney World. His name is Luca.
Believe me when I tell you, these pictures do NOT do him justice. He was our waiter at the Italian restaurant, and he had the most amazing accent. And he was very sweet. But my husband wouldn’t have appreciated me bringing him home as a souvenir. As an author, the first thing I thought of was how I would love to have him on a book cover. But he would have thought I was weird if I asked him what time he got off from work so I could take some pictures. LOL. I wish he wasn’t smiling in both of these pics…it makes him look like a little boy, and that makes me seem…well…creepy. Hahahahahaha.
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Okay. No words for 8 days. The real question is, did you think about your WIP at all during those days? If not, no worries. We all need to take a break once in a while. Sounds like you had a blast 🙂 Now it’s time for you to do some catching up 😉
Hi, Ryan,
I actually did think about my WIP. In fact, I mentioned to my friends several times that I had a scene in my head that I needed to write, but I never got back to the room in time. I was just too tired. But I’m going to be catching up. It might take me awhile, but I’ll do it.
Disney World is like that. Having so much fun you crash when you get to the hotel. I haven’t been since high school, but my husband and I have started talking about taking our son in a year or two. Gonna take some saving, but it’ll be fun.
I was so tired every night, Jaleh! The biggest problem was that my feet hurt so badly. Even with really good shoes. 😦
This is the first time I’ve been in about 15 or 16 years. I was able to pay for it from my book sales! That really felt great! 🙂
I somehow missed the post on Luca. Definitely a highlight. 🙂 Maybe we should look into making a calendar featuring hot foreign waiters and electricians?
Stacey,I knew you would appreciate this post on Luca if no one else did. LOL. I can’t stop thinking about having him on a book cover. He’s really sexy when he winks. 🙂 Seriously, when he’s not smiling like a little boy, he’s really hot and would be great on a cover. But, alas, I’ll probably never be able to find him again unless I went back to Disney right now. Hey, a business expense!!!
Ooh, I like that calendar idea. We are so bad!