Rinsefirst

For those of you who want to know the secret of short lines at Disney, listen up.

It’s not getting their early, or staying late (although that helps).

It’s not making perfect use Disney’s fast pass system.

It’s not bringing handicapped people so you can use the handicap entrances, or getting special VIP access or funny buttons like “Just Married”.

All of these things can help you cruise through lines, but really, there easiest way to get through the disney lines fastest is to make the lines as short as possible. How do you do this?

Go to Disney during a tropical storm or hurricane.

Amber and I did just that today… and I must admit, despite getting “a little” wet, we had a great time.

Just thought I would share that.

I apologize for the quality of this post. I’m writing it on my iPhone.

Amber and I have been on our honeymoon for close to a week now. So far, it has been a blast.

Ok Monday, we hit the magic kingdom. Amber wasn’t in the best of moods, but by the end of the day Disney had worked it’s magic and convinced her she was having a good time.

Tuesday, we hit typhoon lagoon. All we really did was the lazy river. The funny part was that the moment we put our stuff in the locker, it started raining. We also hit downtown Disney a little, as well as orlando’s prime outlets and some big indoor mall. Amber will be coming home with a whole new wardobe from the Gap and Puma.

Wednesday, was Epcot. We got there a little late, but it worked for us. Someone leaving the park had a dream pass with 3 uses left on it. Combined with regular fast passed, we were able to do almost everything in the park.

We ate at the coral reef restuarant which is one of the many spots they filmed boy meets world. It was pretty cool and we have lots of pictures to share because Ashley sent amber her camera via mail (we had left it at home).

Amber loved illuminations, epcots fireworks show. It was pretty good.

We then caught the monorail to magic kingdom and hit 5 more rides. All of which amber loved. It’s amazing how easy it is to get ok rides when everyone is watching fireworks.

Thursday we took our first trip to universal studios. Amber and I had a good time but there is something about Disney that universal just hasn’t captured. We dined at the hard rock cafe where Amber picked up a pinned and a glass.

From there we went to blue man group. That was awesome. We had some of the best seats in the house. They put us right in the action. It was great. So far the biggest highlight for me.

Friday, we hit animal kingdom. Amber loved this place and probably wore out her digital camera. Amber didn’t want to hit the roller coaster here but we did almost everything else. Afterwards, we went and picked up our tickets for la numba as well as took a 30minute walk around Disney quest. We then stopped by another outlet mall where we again hit the gap and puma.

And so now, it’s Saturday. It was looking to be a sunny day when I started writing this, but now it’s raining. Amber is still sleeping. It’s been a great week. More most likely when I get home.

Right now I am laying in bed with my iPhone.

The rehersal dinner went really well. Lots of good food. I was hoping we would get to take some home, but alas green mill didn’t allow it, which as stupid. We paid for it.

My computers are now at the townhouse. From here on out, that’s what we will call home. After all, home is where the computer is. Right?

My laptop is with me. Thanks to my great timing, it seems my hard drive had decided to quit. Perhaps I really won’t bring a laptop on the honeymoon.

Well, I best get some sleep. Goodnight bachelor blog,

So rinsefirst crew. The next phase of my life is coming, and I really have no clue what it means for this blog.

There’s been some talk of it becoming a subset of ourvows (which will become our family website). And who knows, maybe it will just continue to operate as it does now… Hey not everything needs to change right?

It’s strange looking around my room. My bed, gone. My Desk, gone. My video game collection, gone. All that’s left is a few boxes, my computers, and a makeshift twin sized bed. I suppose I could take a photo, but I like the imagery instead.

But I do know this, I’m feeling beat. I’ve been running at breakneck pace with work related things, wedding related things, and family related things. None of it really bad, it just keeps coming.

I haven’t even had time to play Pirates, or learn how to program my iphone.

But yeah… So why am I blogging? Because I know I need to slow down.. and this is my way of doing it.

But ok, I’m done typing now. Laterz.

If your viewing this site on your iphone, it might actually look good now…

Just thought you would like to know

There are 10 days until the wedding. 10 days until I’m Mr. Justin Gehring. 10 days until I move out most likely for good. 10 days until I become responsible for not one, but two lives.

So on a deep level here (as deep as I get that is), what does this all really mean?

I have no clue.

Despite all my logic, all my planning, all my knowledge, all my experiences, all my observations. I have to admit, I’m scared shitless when it comes to the possibility of outcomes that could happen as a result of this one event. But that’s just it….

I’m doing this because despite all the possibilities, one thing holds true. That I want her to be a part of all of them. I want her to be there when JR makes it’s first million. I want her to be there when my first child is born. I want her to be the one that pushes me to be better. I want her to be the one that actually gets past my logic sometimes. I want her to figure out what’s bothering me. And most importantly, I want her happiness to come before mine (as much as is possible with me).

So why am I writing this? Is it to calm myself down? Is it be a sappy romantic?

Nope.

It’s non of these.

I’m writing this because sometime in the future, I will be fighting with Amber. I will be more frustrated than I ever have before. I may even ask myself, “why in the world did I marry this girl.” And when that happens, I tend to look to my past… And just maybe, I will look back to the posts surrounding my wedding day, and maybe that will be enough to remind me that it’s not the fight that’s happening that matters. All that matters is that she’s the one you want to fight with (so go make up already, your probably wrong anyway!)