So, it's been a LONG time since I've posted anything. Where does the time go? I guess my son, Luke said it best a week or so ago. I'm driving and he says from the back seat, completely out of nowhere, "You know Mom, I think the reason time seems to go by so much faster when you're younger is because like say you're 40 and we're talking about 2 years, well, that's 1/20th of your life, but for me, I'm 8 and 2 years is like 1/4th!" Well, it actually confused me, but maybe that's cuz I'm getting old.
And, that takes me to my last bit of travel. Last month IT happened! I knew it was coming, but there was nothing I could do. No matter how hard I tried I still turned..... 40!
But, I did it in style. I thought what better place to be for someone who 'never wants to grow up' than Disneyland. On my birthday Eve I flew to California, actually returning to the scene of the crime, since I was born in sunny Southern Cal. We stayed in a super cool hotel next to Disneyland. Having a couple of drinks before hitting the rides gave it a whole new experience. I love the Indiana Jones ride and the final drop on Splash Mountain seemed so much steeper even though my head was down and my eyes were closed. I hadn't been to Disneyland in the Winter in years, especially at Christmastime when the castle is covered in gorgeous bluish white icicle looking lights. And, then came the fake snow blown down on all of us and the gasps from the true Californian's..... "Oh my gosh, it's snowing! It's beautiful, I'm gonna cry!!" Wow people, you really should get out, or head North. The non-fiction weather at Disneyland was absolutely perfect and for those few hours I felt 7 not 39 & 364/365ths. It was....magical.
The next day, my official birthday we flew to VEGAS!!! The pilot, of course, announced my birthday and then a bag was delivered to my seat with mini bottles and some not so mini bottles. We stayed at the brand new Aria, which is part of City Center, a city within a city. Located right on the strip, next to the Monte Carlo, it had only opened 3 DAYS before we arrived. I'm thinking we were the first in our hotel room, woo hooo! Our room was absolutely fabulous!! When you walk in and enter the hallway to the bedroom the huge floor to ceiling wall of plush curtains across from the door slowly starts opening. What lies behind the curtains is a grand view of the Las Vegas strip. There are these little mini computer things, I'm sure there is a technical name for it, next to the bed. With one touch you can control the heat/air, open and close the fancy curtains, control the t.v. and radio, room service and more. You probably could order up anything you wanted. It was so cool and I usually don't care about that kind of stuff but this was.... AWESOME! The colors of the room were super classy in dark browns and taupes with a ginormous Superior King bed and big, tufted headboard. The big, flat screen t.v. even personally welcomed us when we entered the room.
I'm not a very subtle person, people were saying happy birthday wherever we went, maybe it was because of the big birthday cake sunglasses I sported all over town.
We did the usual Vegas things, had some drinks, gambled and did a lot of walking. If you have to turn 40, which most of us do, this was the way to do it. A weekend of laughs, rides, Mickey and Elvis. Forty is pretty darn fun!
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