Off to Orlando

Ernie had just hit 5 months old and he argued that you are only 5 months old once and that he should be able to go to Disney World. I couldn't find a fault in that logic so off we went.

Traveling these days involves like 400 bags and somehow still I only personally have room for like 3 socks.

While on the plane I did an important scan for pertinent Florida news.

A man at the airport pointed at his college-age daughter and said "your baby will look like this in 20 years". One of the numerous nice things about having a child is it's a way to relate to other people who are parents.

We made it!

Just on the drive to the Airbnb I was immediately struck with regret that we weren't staying in Orlando for weeks instead of days. There are so many important cultural sights to see.

We stopped at the World's Largest Entertainment McDonald's. I don't really know what that means but it was quite large. The line was stupid long so we didn't end up eating here, but they had pizza and subs and all kinds of weird stuff that is McDonald's sacrilege.

Our Airbnb had a fun little Simpsons arcade area.

Yung Gravy and bbno$ at the Washington State Fair

We had such a good time seeing Nelly at the Washington State Fair last year that we were excited to have another fun time with the concert lineup this year.

We drove down to Puyallup for the festivities.

There are Fisher Scones being sold inside the concert venue which is convenient. The line there was much more reasonable than what you might find at the other locations as well.

Honestly I had never heard of Yung Gravy and I had heard a couple of bbno$ songs but couldn't have told you who sang them. Luckily Zoe is cool and said they were good so I bought the tickets and had plenty of time to listen to their stuff beforehand.

bbno$ had a baller farm themed outfit that I would like to have for my very own.

Both of these guys did a lot of goofy stuff. At one point he read a random recipe from a random cookbook then threw it out to the crowd.

Pretty much every single one of Yung Gravy's songs is about hooking up with someone's mom. I guess that counts as a genre.

Whoever came up with Yung Gravy + bbno$ = Baby Gravy should be writing sonnets or speeches for presidents. Their talent is wasted here.

There was a short break for Uncrustables. Another moment they autographed a Lunchable and bestowed it on a lucky concertgoer.

The show ended just in time for us to catch some fireworks. That's a win.

That Datapad Tho

Today I got my "Datapad" set up for my upcoming Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser experience. That was pretty straightforward. Getting Lydia's set up was like a jungle safari. Lydia has the charming practice of creating a new account for things when she forgets the password, and it turned out that she had like 4 or 5 different Disney accounts open at the same time. So I spent quite a lot of time on the phone with more than one Disney help desk person getting her all straightened out. The time I spent with the dedicated Starcruiser guy was extra fun because there was scifi-esque wait music and he mentioned the Force now and then in conversation where it did not need to be.

Ernie is both the best and worst helper at work of all time.

The Aventon ebike that I won arrived today. It was heavy as friggin' hell. I lugged it up the stairs but did not open it. It is getting sold, as we do not have room for such silly things.

Diaper Duty

Before Ernie was born I shuddered to think about changing dirty diapers all day. But he's such a fun character that it's actually kind of fun sometimes.

 

Starfield and Starcruiser

We were back in Kirkland at home recovering from our big Italy/Hungary excursion.

One of the worst parts of being away was that my Xbox missed me. Ernie was being very aware today and looking at the screen while I was playing. I may never recover from this. I guess I have to wait until he's asleep now.

Starfield was fun and to add to today's space traveler aesthetic we got these fun little 3D printed coin things from the travel agent in anticipation of our upcoming Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser voyage. I'm super pumped about it. And kind of nervous to be honest. We're going on the second to last voyage before it closes so this is our only chance to get the most out of the experience.