Fairy Throws a Fiesta (and Other Accomplishments)

I am a really excellent planner. I can create a plan for about anything but the trouble comes in the execution.  My myriad attempts at gourmet cooking provide an excellent example of this.  I can read a recipe, prepare every last ingredient, but, inevitably, something goes terribly, oven-wreckingly, wrong.  I don't mean to imply that I am a bad cook because that would be misleading. I am a pretty good cook, actually, as long as I stick to what I refer to as "real food." These being foods found in my mom's recipe box and old Betty Crocker cookbooks and other commonplace sources.  I have trouble when I, unwisely, venture in to the world of "picture food," that is foods I find in magazines and fancy food blogs.  I once attempted what appeared to be a simple salmon cake recipe.  The result was a glob of salmon meat and various mix-ins that was burnt black on the outside but still disgustingly squishy inside and all the doors and windows thrown open to allow the smoke to escape.  The point is I am really good at making plans but they rarely go exactly as expected.  So I was thrilled when a plan I made recently came together so smoothly.

My roommate Andi turned 23 on the 27th of April and we decided to put together a little day to celebrate.  Because this was Sam and me planning this quickly escalated in to an all day, pull out all the stops, bash.  Our day began on a formal note with breakfast with the princesses.  We dressed up and enjoyed a rather expensive but delicious meal with our girls Belle, Ariel, Aurora, Snow White, and Cinderella.

And I was like, "Oh, hey there, Cin." And she was all like, " Fairy Godmother Morgan, that dress is faaaantastic." And I was like, "Oh, you..."

We said our adieus to the royal family and headed out to the next portion of our ever more ridiculous day but not before stopping for a brief photo session in front of Spaceship Earth. The results were delightful.

Look how chill we are while Mickey commands a broom army behind us. That's Cast Member Confidence.

It was at this point that things got decidedly mas Mexicano. Andi (short for Andreina) is of Mexican decent and we think this is delightful.  I personally, have no interesting or scholarship worthy ethnicity to speak of and so I enjoy commandeering other people's cultures for the sake of a good tiempo.  So that is why we spent the rest of the day wearing tshirts with Andi's face printed across the front which boldly shouted "HOY ES EL CUMPLEANOS DE ANDREINA" and featuring a beautiful representation of cross cultural understanding on the back.

I think I honestly represented our level of understanding.

We spent our day at the Magic Kingdom which, in the opinion of people who matter, is the best place possible to celebrate a birthday this side of... no wait, it's just the best. We laughed overly hard at the jokes on the Jungle Cruise, shrieked with delight on the Magic Carpets, threw our hands in the air as we picked up speed to a whopping 6 miles per hour on the TTA and generally behaved like the children we secretly are.  Pause for obligatory castle picture (with a touch of fiesta flare.)

We chose the sombrero with the diameter closest to her height as is the Mexican tradition, I assume.

We returned to Epcot for our traditional Mexican feast but first we had to pay a quick visit to our amigo and my character favorito.  Fortunately, he got the memo about our fiesta-wear dress code.  

He gusta'd our sombreros.

We had our dinner at the Mexican pavilion in Epcot which is shaped like the pyramid at Chitzen Itza and, inexplicably, has another pyramid at Chitzen Itza inside it along with a volcano and a river with a charming barco ride.  Of course it was muy delicioso and we capped it off with a fantastico chocolate cake and a boat ride around tiny little Mexico.  Andi also got to purchase some Mexican candy she loves which, I kid you not, consisted of lemon flavor powder and salt because, apparently, Mexican candy companies hate children.  Have you ever played that game where you open a bunch of sugar packets and fill one with salt and then make everyone down theirs and wait to see who's face scrunches up and tries to crawl in to their nose? That is essentially what happened when she had us taste this candy except everyone lost.  There are no winners in Mexican candy eating. Montezuma has spread his wrath beyond the water supply.  

I arranged for a massive fireworks display to occur at the exact same time the normal fireworks go off. Many people did not realize that they were special birthday addition fireworks but I assure you, despite them being in no way different from the normal Illuminations show, these were special fireworks that I totally arranged to cap off the night because I am such. a. good. friend. 

Moral of the story: I planned a giant, multi-step, multi-reservation, craft making, themed birthday extravaganza and absolutely nothing caught on fire.  

In other accomplishment news (for those of you playing along at home pull out your score cards) I reached what I thought was a completely unrealistic goal of earning 10 GSF cards.  My final cards were for story telling which just goes to show you that there are now rewards for being Irish. 

All I'm saying is my boss is named Mickey...