I have nothing to really do because I'm listening to the Anime News Network podcast, if only because they talk about the whole thing with ADV and dubs and I figured it would be kind of funny. They talk to this one voice actor who irritates R, and who we love to make fun of because he is in so many shows.
I don't know that I feel like writing about the last day at Disney right now, but I'll give it a shot, if only because my life right now is hectic and irritating and I'll probably annoy everyone who reads this with my whining and swearing (two things that are prominent in this blog, to let you newer readers know).
In the last day at Disney, we woke up early because we had to leave early. We got our stuff together and then ate breakfast, which was okay, like all the other breakfasts that we ate there. After that, we got our bags together and left them with the bag people out front. They have this neat thing where you can check your bags at the hotel. Yet, they don't do this with Southwest because, as I'm sure you all know, they don't have assigned seating (I say this because they just announced if you pay $10 you can get on earlier). I guess Disney doesn't like that, so they don't do bag check in there. In reality, it's not that bad of a deal, since checking bags in at the Southwest desk (at least if you do it at Curbside Check In) is very easy and quick to do. Our bags got to Warwick okay, except for R's, which had a big scratch on it (I'm not sure how getting that taken care of has turned out for her).
We had a ticket to the arcade for thirty minutes, so we went there to play. We also had a thing to play mini golf, but we didn't get the chance to go. The arcade was fun, but we couldn't play Skeeball, which was what R wanted to do, since it's the only arcade game she can really play. So, I ended up playing a bunch of driving games, which I admittedly suck at, but it was fun. I also tried to help R play Crazy Taxi, but it was really hard for her.
Then, we had to leave for the bus around 11:20 and watched this movie about checking out of Disney and all the great reasons to come back. It was basically an ad to return, and I have to admit that I want to go again. Though now that I am sick and think it's because I went on vacation, I am regretting the vacation. I am supposed to see an ear doctor Tuesday, so hopefully he'll figure this out before the end of the month when I lose my health insurance.
We ended up getting to Orlando International Airport early. Checking in the bags was easy, and even security didn't take long. By the time we got through everything, it was 12:30, so we ate at McDonald's and then checked the flight time, which said it was delayed until 2:55pm, from 2:30. We waited around McDonald's for a while, since I could get the internet there for the first time in five days, which I missed. I read to R about the Twilight Convention (TwiCon, which sounded really lame and cost $255 just to get into) and some other stuff. It was nice to catch up on all the reading I had missed, which is basically all I do on the internet (besides a few blogs, mostly this one).
Anyway, we went over the the boarding area around three, after looking around at a stupid shop for gum. I guess they can't sell gum at airport shops anymore because the airlines don't like it, which is lame, because it's good for your ears. In fact, I'm going to have to buy gum at a store before I go on a flight next time. I really think the change in pressure screwed up my ear (though I've always had problems with my left ear, I just hope that this guy is good enough to figure out that it's something wrong with my ear, the last guy said nothing was wrong, and that was five years ago) and I think something needs to be done to correct my ear permanently.
We got to the boarding area and I was doing some reading. I ended up getting through volume 3 of the Welcome the NHK manga. I love the book and even the anime (though the book is better), but the manga I didn't like as much. I think when I reread it I'll like it more, I felt that way about the anime, too, especially the first few episodes where Sato does some bad things (like taking pictures up little girl's skirts to show how horrible he has become). R sat on the other side of the room, because a lot of people had congregated there already. The flight kept getting delayed because of Hurricane Bob, which I guess was affecting the coast, so the FAA wouldn't let the plane take off.
They boarded the flight around 2:45, with R and I getting on early because of R's impaired vision. I got a window seat and R sat next to me. My Dad got a seat next to her about twenty minutes after we boarded. Then, came the long wait. Around three thirty they had cleared us to leave, but by that time, the Florida weather had gone back to it's usual routine, which meant there was thunder and lightning all around the airport. Which meant that we couldn't leave Orlando and had to wait for that to clear as well.
They must've told us we were going to take off about four or five times before we actually did, and even then, I shut my window because I was a bit nervous. They had only one runway open, and other flights had been delayed as well, so there was this huge line, mostly behind us, of planes waiting to leave. We ended up taking off okay though, and once we got away from Orlando, it started looking nice again. The plane took off around five, and we got to Warwick (which they call Providence, but it's not) around seven.
R and I got the luggage while my Dad got his car. R's Mom was there, so she took R home. Dad and I went to Shaw's to get some food, since our house had nothing in it. I also went to Newbury Comics next door and got a Stephen Lynch CD (Superhero) and Elastica's self titled CD, which was only four dollars (they were both used). We then went home and ate. I soon went to sleep and spent most of Saturday morning sleeping as well. To be honest, I have felt tired ever since I came home from Florida.
Even now I'm tired, though we are supposed to bug bomb the house since it has fleas and has had them for forever. It's so hard to sleep knowing your blood will be slightly drained from you. It's the worst in my room, because my room is one of the few with carpeting still in it. I really wish he would bomb the house tomorrow while I'm not home, but then I would come home exhausted and have to put my bed back together. I'm going to see what he wants to do. I'm thinking of going over to R's for a while, since we haven't seen each other since the trip. I'd like to unwind a bit, this whole thing with the ear doctor has made me nervous.
Basically, I had a huge blow up this morning with my Dad about it. I went to see my primary care doctor twice already about my ear, and he told me if it didn't get better to see a specialist. It doesn't hurt as bad as it did on Tuesday, but it's still bothering me and I've been on steroids (which I'd like to get off of, since he said it might cause my adrenal gland to stop making it's own steroids, which could cause me to go into a coma) and an antibiotic.
I called the doctor that he referred me to, and they wouldn't give me an appointment until September 21st, which is kind of far from now, not to mention I would have to miss a day of school for it. I wanted a Tuesday or Thursday, because I don't have class until late in the afternoon and those are classes that I can miss (the Thursday one I can miss up to four times). I asked for that, and they couldn't give me anything until October 22nd, which is really no good, because once I turn 23, I lose my health insurance. That alone is causing me to dread the end of summer and my birthday. It feels like a big noose that was put on my head a year ago (when I found out that I would lose my insurance) and now the noose is so tight that I feel like it's a literal one.
I ended up throwing the phone, and I think I broke it. I just feel like such a damn failure. If I had just been an English major, or a Chemistry major like everyone thought I should do, I wouldn't have this problem right now. I would have a shitty job, or maybe a good one and I would have an apartment of my own. I would have health insurance, and I wouldn't feel like such an immature loser.
You don't know how embarrassed I feel about college. I mean, I think that I will graduate this year, there are a few loose ends that need to be tied up, but I should graduate. Still, there is no guarantee that I will get any kind of good job from this. I mean, I'll probably get some kind of shitty office job. I don't even know if I will be able to move out next year when I want to, even though I probably should. I still have never had a boyfriend, I've had trouble making friends in college, and they all seem to fall off like nobody's business. I don't know, I just feel like such a loser at life, like anyone could do what I do, because I feel like I put no effort into it.
I don't know what I'm going to do today, so I have to go talk to my Dad now. I did just manage to make R laugh so hard that she nearly choked, so that is an accomplishment. Anyway, I'm going to try and do something now, to at least clear my head. I'll write in here again soon, you can bet on that.-*Racecar*
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