I don't know where the title for this blog came from, it just popped into my head. Don't read anything into it.

Where to start... Um, 12 years and 9 months ago my wife was feeling kinda frisky and... maybe that's not the best place.

Yesterday was my daughter's 12th birthday party! WOOOO!!!!!

We all went to Disneyland and had a great time. Best birthday party I've ever been a part of, one for the books. Rather than go through a boring litany of events, I think I'll write this blog thematically, centered around the people: Everyone, my daughter, Gramma (my ex's mom), my daughter's friends, my ex; and then a little wrap up at the end.

Everyone:
Okay, 6 twelve year old girls, 3 adults, all in a crowded place with lots of strangers. A bit stressful for the grown ups? Understatement. The girls were understandably excited, running around roughshod and sometimes a bit rambunctious, but over-all, very well behaved. I'd be happy to be part of a replay.

My Girl:
What can I say? She's my reason.

She's been planning for this party almost since her last birthday, and she did very well. It's been a noteworthy weekend for her, (if you read my recent DOTT post, you'll know part of why.) Everyone had a happy, memorable, time. Aside from a ride being closed for repairs, everything came off without a hitch. Everyone had a big happy. Yay!

Gramma:
She was friendly, gracious and fun to be around. She's has a very nice person in her and I'm happy she brought that person along. The melodramatic, passive aggressive, guilt tripping lady from the last time I talked about her was nowhere to be seen. So, Yay! for Gramma! She really came through for the family this time.

My Daughter's Friends:
I was a bit nervous at my daughter's guest list. Her last party with friends from different circles (end of the last school year) had some dark, uncomfortable, moments with a lot friend-jealousy. I'm pleased to report that there was not a spec of jealousy to be seen. They were all focused on having a fun time for themselves and my daughter. I was beyond pleased when, at the end of the day, I overheard some of the girls saying "I wish [person X] went to our school, she's so cool!" The girl from the other school, [person X], even now has an invitation to one of the other girl's next birthday party! I call that a win.

My Ex:
I was kind of fearful at the prospect of spending a day with my ex-wife in a place where we had so much fun together early in our relationship, before we were married (and before she lost my favorite hat, ever). But we both had a very good time. We had a better time together than we've had since years before we were divorced. At one point I was between her thighs, with lots of twists and turns, ups and downs, and she was totally wet, before the big build up and release.

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Okay, sorry, that was an intentionally innuendo-y joke (but my ex probably wouldn't laugh). But not entirely made up. We were on the ride "Splash Mountain" and I was sitting in front of her. So, between her thighs, twists and turns, ups and downs, totally wet, build up and release were all true, in the literal sense. In the innuendo-y sense, though, that hasn't happened between us for a very, very long time.

Wrap up:
Okay, so, I have to say real roller coasters are much more enjoyable than emotional ones. Especially in comparison to the last weekend and my past several blogs. Disneyland was just frakkin' awesome. If you've been to their Haunted Mansion in the last 30 year or so, you should totally go sometime near Halloween, it's totally re-done, in a so cool sort of way. On my Firelfy scale of awesomeness I'd rate it somewhere near "Ariel". Yeah, it's that cool. (also, WTF?!?!?! I just noticed that Hulu no longer has the entire series of Firefly available to watch online. Jerkwads!) It was really cute that some of the classic Disney characters were dressed up for Halloween (if you're on Facebook or Twitter you might have seen my Goofy pic). I wish I had had time to take a pic with Mickey and Minnie, Holly probably would have loved the sign.

If you ever have the opportunity to go to Disneyland for a celebration, I recommend going to Big Thunder Ranch for lunch (unless you're a vegetarian), great food, awesome service. Also the Blue Bayou restaurant near Pirates of the Caribbean rocks really hard in good ways, but it's pretty spendy. I really wish I had gotten to go on the Indiana Jones ride (the only one there I haven't been on) and Space Mountain (my fave there) but things work out as they do, so, next time.

The end:
I guess that's it. Have a good Monday folks! I'm driving back to Tucsonish hell tomorrow, so I'll be off-line for most of the day, but I might be able to do phone-y things (Facebook, Twitter, IM) when I stop for gas and food. If I don't talk to you before then, see you on Wednesday. Maybe. That's a big day, too.

Afterthoughts:
Sorry I don't have any pics for this blog, I'll try to do another including them in the next few days. I'm in unfamiliar territory right now.

Also, I think it's funny that most of the people who will be reading this could have been the cute tiny kids playing in the lobby at the maternity ward when my daughter was born. Kinda perspectiveizes things.

So, anyway, yeah, that's it.

Cheers.