Downtown Disney Day and Return Home

It was a free day to wander and basically vegetate after going all over the place during the rest of the week, and wow, that made me aware of how much I'd worn myself out! I started out in the morning going back to where I started at the World of Disney store to track down that bag I spotted at the beginning of the week. Yes, it took me five days to talk myself into getting it, and the only reasoning behind that which worked was that I had some Christmas cash that I'd been lugging around for months trying to figure out how to use it, because it was cash--it was given to me by someone (elderly) who struggled with the idea of gift cards. It was enough to purchase that thing as well as send the remaining balance on to a gift card that I had, and that really helped as I went to the Grand Californian to get something to eat.

I'm going to spare the details of where I went, what I did, mostly because the majority of the time I was just resting and people watching. I've never been a great shopper, and I'm basically done with shopping, including exploring stores, within two hours. I'm not a foodie either and many of the places there were higher than my budget anyway. But I was delighted to come across a show going on down in the new area. I found a soft chair there and enjoyed the entertainment at the time, which was a Polynesian group playing music and providing a sample of their dancing. That was really nice, though I was comfortable enough I nearly went to sleep. There's a little picnic area next to the entrance of Disneyland I wanted to check out (and who knows if it will stick around when all of the changes begin). That was just as relaxing as well. I sat there for a long time listening to esplanade music, which I felt like it was either the style you'd put into a music box, or into an infant crib mobile to lull them to sleep. I watched the monorail go over me several times, watched birds, and enjoyed to beautiful cool breeze that was blowing in since the day was overcast. Beautiful!

I had to leave for the airport and had no problems with any of that. No drama (forgot to mention that coming in, we had a fellow passenger with a medical emergency), and by the time I got home, it was dark and time to go to bed. Ah, wonderful sleep!

Flowers planted in Downtown Disney!