I'll be going to an old friends wedding soon, and it made stop and think about some of the friends I've had over the years. When we think about the people that last in our lives, and I say last because, you don't know what's going to happen month to month, so many of them leave and move around. Some of them keep in touch, some of them don't. I've recently had some people in the past year come back into my life, family and former family. Also, some are dearly departed. I can't help it but sometimes i feel like there is always a balance in life and the equilibrium sets in to take where you've given and give where you've taken from. Things become wonderful just as soon as there is peril. The peril ends and so begins glory. This might be pessimism, or maybe it's just the bitter rants of man who's napkin blows away in the wind. I think a realistic view about the balance of life is a budhist idea, but this brings me to my original idea of friends over the year. It's always good to keep those friends somewhat close, because you never know when you need one, if nothing else for than to make some noise that doesn't come from an electronic device. That's a whole new post in itself!

Autism

I have been doing some reading lately and someone named Michelle from Ithica posted something that stuck with me about Autism that I'd like to share on her behalf. She said that you can't look at someone with autism and treat them like they are with cancer, that you have to realize it is who they are and almost like an alien who needs to be loved and nurtured to survive here, we need to care for them and acknowledge them for their essence. I just thought that was pretty moving. On a side note, I wanted to say that the emotional aspect of discussing Autism in reference to families is difficult for some. I think the science behind Autism is difficult to talk about because so much of Autism and Science in general is either theory or unknown and just speculated, but humanity, in all of it's splendor is emotional, and that is something we can all celebrate and cherish.

Arabian Nights

We went to Arabian Nights on Friday night. It's a dinner show that starts at 8:30 and has a pre show starting at 7pm. It's roughly $50 a ticket and always sells out. We arrived at 7:10 and there were hundreds of people already. The food was mediocre. Not amazing service but the combination of dinner, desert, beer, soda and coffee with a magic show before hand and a nice horse riding show with lengthy presentation was definitely very much worth the money for an evenings entertainment and meal. I would recommend getting discounted tickets and taking advantage of the event.

Typhoon Lagoon

Today we went to Typhoon Lagoon at Disney World. It was a nice park with many exciting tube rides and wave pool, slides, the works. Prices were tourism appropriate and the weather was on the brink of raining so it was less than densely populated accounting for no wait time at all for lines. The park opened at 10 and closed at 5pm. It's about 40 per person entry fee and 7 dollars for a large locker plus a 5 dollar deposit, free parking, 5 dollars for 2 pretzels.
We had a blast and would do it again. Walking around the park made us pretty tired!