With my transfer to LAX, I acquired American Airlines benefits and it proved to be the most convenient option going to Orlando after an uneventful day of reserve. The cost for this privilege was about $3.00 for both Nicole and myself. Not a bad price to fly across the country. Poor Nicole was seated behind a 450 lb man from New Zealand who had a fear of small spaces (Possible cure: losing weight?) He was unapologetic each time his weight forced the seat to recline into Nicole (without pushing the recline button mind you). As we disembarked, we observed that his seat was covered in snacks and spilt water. I felt bad for the flight attendants and cleaners.
As is customary with all my visits to Central Florida, I set off to visit the dentist. What made this visit especially exciting was that I didn't have to pay anything thanks to my insurance actually doing its job. Outside the dentist's office, the weather was notoriously humid and muggy, but that didn't stop Nicole and I from playing outside.
There is a small zipline at a nearby park that we proceeded to ride repeatedly. The simple act of riding the zipline was causing us to sweat profusely. Also I hurt my goolies after a poorly timed mount, so we returned to air-conditioned comfort. We also paid a visit to the resident rat over at DisneyWorld. We strolled around Port Orleans Resort, which Nicole and I observed was strikingly different from the real thing. Nobody seemed concerned about the car being stolen after we parked it. Nor did it smell like urine or the sweat and tears of middle-aged drunkards. Disney can romanticize anything.
We also went to Epcot. We went on a few rides in the now dated "futuristic" part of the park. Despite having been to Japan just a few weeks prior and then visiting Little Tokyo in downtown LA, we could not be stopped with our quest for all things Japanese. We made a beeline to the Japanese pavilion at the world showcase for lunch. The food was markedly different. I know this for sure because Nicole ate all of it. We continued walking around the countries, but it had started raining and while it wasn't a downpour, it was constant enough to be annoying, so we called it a day.
The following day, Nicole continued her jet setting ways by getting on a flight to New Jersey to see her family while I returned to LAX to go back to work for a four day trip up and down the west coast.
The following day, Nicole continued her jet setting ways by getting on a flight to New Jersey to see her family while I returned to LAX to go back to work for a four day trip up and down the west coast.
