So Thursday was the day...Disneyland day. My friend, Will, who had the free tickets, called me up and off we went. I've never been to the California Adventure park so we hit that park first. Wondered around until we found a roller coaster that made me feel sick to my stomach looking at it. Very fast, very steep and even a loop the loop. But this is about adventures so I bit the bullet and on we went. I HATE the feeling of falling...and there were lots of opportunities on this ride. I gritted my teeth (never been much of a screamer) and held on with white fists. And to my surprise I found myself laughing. Took me a little while to find my feet afterwards, so we wondered over to another ride called Soarin over California. You sit in a swing type contraption and it's a bit like a flight simulator where you feel like you are flying over the state of California...and they even pump through smells to make it a bit more authentic, like pine when you are going through the snow fields in the north, and oranges when you are going through the orange groves of Orange County. A pretty cool ride and you get to see lots of California. Next was lunchtime. And then we made the mistake of going back on the rollercoaster straight after. Our tummies had a more interesting ride than the rest of us. I tried to convince Will to go on a raging river ride with me, but he refused, saying he hates being wet...this coming from a surfer. So I called him a baby for the rest of the day and we were even stevens. We decided to pop over to Disneyland to have a look around. Went on the Indiana Jones ride, Pirates of the Caribbean (this was really just an excuse to be able to sit down for a while), and finished off by waiting in line for over an hour for Space Mountain. By this time we were so exhausted, our feet and legs were aching and because both of us have been to Disneyland multiple times, we decided to call it a day. It was Grad Night for a lot of high school students so the park was getting more and more busy. Off we trotted to the car and got some dinner on the way home. Was such a fun day. No pictures of me at Disneyland. There are a couple of lame ones below. I kept forgetting that my phone has a camera on it. As a side note...my favourite ride ended up being the scary rollercoaster. Lesson learned: sometimes the scariest things turn out to be your most favourite and exhilarating.
Yesterday Ilene was going to a friend's house to make baby shower invitations and asked me to come along and help. So off I went to put my craft skills to use. We finished all the invitations and then Ilene said that there was a pizza party at the Refinery at Saddleback Church (this is a building where the youth ministry is housed and has recreation and eating places). A new pizzeria has opened up so they were giving out free pizza. I'm always up for free food so off we went and I got to see Tom and Chaundel Holladay again, briefly. Ilene had a PEACE meeting with Bob and a potential missionary so we went over to the office where I was introduced to a few members of the PEACE team. I ended up talking to for quite a while to a guy called Matt. He loves travel and told me his story of how he came to follow Jesus less than a year ago and is now on paid staff on the PEACE team. An exciting story to hear. While I was waiting for Ilene to finish, Will called and said he was around the corner and did I want to hang out. I thought it was a better option than sitting around an office where everyone was trying to work, so we went off to the movies to watch Monsters University. It was a matinee and I felt very old in a cinema filled with primary school children. But the movie was a lot of fun. Dinner to follow and then we went and hung out at Starbucks where Will told me all about his upcoming trip to the Congo.
Today I am on piano receiving duties. Bob's mum has gone into a nursing home so they are clearing out her house. Ilene has always wanted a piano and Gogo's was up for grabs, so while Bob and Ilene are out at missions meetings this afternoon, I am waiting for the huge grand piano to arrive here.
And that's my life for the past couple of days. Feel free to email me what is happening in your lives: rosiekbryant@gmail.com
Photos: Will...happy waiting in line at the happiest place on earth, Walt Disney statue.
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