A perfect day

Feeling like I won the Super Bowl yesterday morning. ”what're you gonna do now?” I did the only thing possible. I went to Disneyland. Actually it was a surprise from Dark. He told me to dress casually that he was taking me on an outing with 2 of his friends. The minute I saw the Anaheim sign on the highway I knew where we were headed. Weeks ago in London I told him I felt cheated as a child because my parents never took me to Disneyland. As a kid I watched the original Mickey Mouse Club on television religiously. I had a crush on Annette Funicello. I begged my parents to no avail to take me to Disneyland and he promised to take me. That conversation led to the discovery that both of us are amusement park junkies. Both of us love them and have worked in them at some point. He made Halloween props for Knott’s Berry Farm and I worked at Astroworld several summers.

You have never seen four bigger kids at Disneyland yesterday than his friends and us. I had the time of my life. We raced from ride to ride. We outed Prince Charming and Tarzan. And finally I own a pair of mouse ears! It took me fifty years but I now have my own pair. The minute I saw them I bought us some. I refused to take mine off all day yesterday. I wore them at the park, I wore them in the car. I wore them to the restaurant at dinner last night. I wore them to bed last night. Lying entwined (me in my ears) we talked for hours about our childhoods and our pasts. Just as I was about to fall asleep he cracked me up by suddenly sitting up and singing:

Who's the leader of the club
That's made for you and me?
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!

Hey, there! Hi, there! Ho, there!
You're as welcome as can be!
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

Mickey Mouse! Donald Duck!
Mickey Mouse! Donald Duck!
Forever let us hold our banners high
High! High! High!

Come along and sing a song
And join the jamboree
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mouse
Forever let us hold our banner high
Now's its time to say goodbye
To all our company
M-I-C - See you real soon!
K-E-Y - Why? Because we like you!
M--O--U--S--E

You have to love a man that fulfills your childhood wish AND knows those lyrics. It was the perfect end to a perfect day.