Freaking Disneyland in Real Freaking Life!

Posted by Tiff in Momsanity | 3 comments

You know what makes it hard to blog regularly? Having So. Cal passes to Disneyland, and then living a stone’s throw away from the happiest place on earth. Our passes are blocked out all summer and on major holidays, but when everyone went back to school it’s allowed us to go back to Disneyland. Can I get a hell to the yeah?!?!

For as magical as Disneyland is, there are still lots of potential stresses there. Long lines, for instance. High food prices. Princesses, if fake smiles and weird waves freak you out. (me! ((although, I love Ariel. I think because she’s not a ‘real princess’ the Disney bosses don’t make her do the princess wave or talk with a princess voice. She keeps it REAL, you know?!))). Kid meltdowns due to heat/lines/disappointment/exhaustion/hunger. Adult meldowns due to quick output of money/lines/exhaustion/whiny kids.

Regardless of these everyday stresses, Disneyland really is magical. Mostly because all those inconveniences end with “at freaking Disneyland!” So, a cranky “I’m really hungry!” becomes a rather excited “I’m really hungry…at freaking Disneyland!”. It has the same effect as adding “in bed” does after every fortune cookie fortune. Well, maybe not the same effect, but you get the point. It gives a fun exciting perspective to things that would otherwise drag us down.

Well you know what’s better than Disneyland?! REAL LIFE. Real freaking life. And yeah, shit happens like, I don’t know, you get your camera bag stolen on the best trip of your life. Or stuff doesn’t work out like you’d planned. People get sick. Things hurt. We get lonely and scared. Things are out of our control. All that sucks. But the perspective is that it hurts because we’re freaking alive. And alive is awesome!

Stress, fear, pain, withdrawal, hurt…these are all things we deal with. Because we’re freaking alive. It’s entirely possible to feel all those things but maintain a perspective that leads to acceptance and even joy in the midst of trials. Not joy as in, “yeah, I’m so happy that I have to deal with …(insert something you’re dealing with here)… But joy like, “I think it’s terrible that I have to deal with …something…, but it’s all a part of this life experience so here we go!”

So, to recap:

lines full of crowded people: not awesome. Lines full of crowded people because you’re at freaking Disneyland? AWESOME!
getting hurt: not awesome. Getting hurt because it means you’re freaking alive and doing something worthwhile on this freaking planet right this freaking second? AWESOME!

Embrace it all. Go out there and have a blast, even when things aren’t going so great because hey, it’s not going great because (say it with me now…)

RIGHT THIS SECOND YOU’RE FREAKING ALIVE!

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