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Boy, I am still exhausted from walking around Epcot all day yesterday. It was a fun but exhausting day. Now we have done 3 out of the four parks. We did the Magic Kingdom and MGM two summers ago when Steve was on a business trip to Georgia. We figured we were half way there already, might as well drive down to Orlando and take a couple of days in Disney. Between Marriott points and the gas from Maryland to Georgia being a business expense, it made the trip quite doable. Now we just have Animal Kingdom to see. Maybe if we come down in the fall we can get that in.

We really enjoyed Epcot. Much different from the time we went with my grandparents when I was a kid. It had just opened and well, it was lame. I would have to say, that my favorite rides were Mission:Space and Soarin'. Although I must admit that I almost had a major panic attack before Mission:Space. They started showing the video instructions and it was a capsule that seated 4 people with a screen and fake control panel. After they shut you in, the control panel comes toward you, about 12-18 inches from your face. It was all too reminiscent of my MRI. I totally freaked out. I decided, 'Ok, I am an adult, I can do this'. We had already convinced Ashley it was a safe fun ride. If I opted out because I was scared to death, um, yeah, we lose all credibility for the rest of the day. Despite feeling like my heart was going to beat out of my chest, I hopped in and had alot of fun.

We had lunch at the Biergarten German Buffet complete with schnitzel, spaetzle, sauerkraut, and apple struedel. Needless to say, I stuffed myself. Luckily we saw a show after that. If we had done a ride, I'm sure I would have spread a little german cheer all over the place.

Poor Steve, his tooth started bugging him and he went off in search of some medicine and a bench to chill out on. The kids and I hung out in Innovations. It reminded me of a Science Center type place. We played the Great Pizza Game and won. It was one of the high points of the day. It was a fake game show and we got to be contestants. Totally smeared some middle aged couple. We rock!

Now Steve is in bed waiting for the pain meds and amoxicillan to kick in. The dentist seemed to think that Steve may have bitten down on something hard, shoved the post from his crown down into the root, causing an absess, or something like that. So far, the pain meds aren't doing a thing.

I think I might just venture to Wal-Mart with the kids. Steve told Alex he would take him to find a remote control sailboat. I don't think that they would have a sailboat, maybe a speedboat. Either way, it would get us out of the house for a bit.