george o'malley likes corn dogs

mission: get back in charge is still in effect. well, it's more like it's postponed. captain j has another couple of weeks in the U.S. before he really leaves on a plane for the middle east. he's gotten most of the stuff he needed to do done, so he asked for and got a 4 day pass and decided to surprise us for the weekend with a visit. excited! we spent yesterday hanging out and today at disneyland. so, he's here. but that not the important part.

while at disneyland's california adventure park, we waited in line for the new Toy Story ride. it's really really REALLY fun. you should go. and i'm not saying anything more about it because it's better to be surprised by it. but that's still not the important part.

we got through the line, and we asked for a "baby pass". they hand you a slip of paper so that one parent can go on, and then when that parent comes off, the other parent hands him/her the baby and then gets to go on the ride too. this means that noah gets to go on twice. which is fine by him. so, noah and captain j gets on the ride. i'm holding natalie, and this whole entourage of people arrive at the side gate of the ride. i kind of look over because i'm wondering what's so special about them. and then i think i might recognize one of the faces. i wonder if it's a guy from highschool or something. and then i GASP, because i realize he's George O'Malley (aka TR Knight) from Grey's Anatomy! that is the important part.

i marveled at how he didn't look any different and at how if someone where having some sort of medical emergency, i'd totally look to him for help. he and his people, got on the ride. then i got on with an excited noah. then we went to get lunch.

lunch was corn dogs. if you are at disneyland, by the way, you MUST try their corn dogs. they are huge and juicy (stop thinking that) and yummy. i usually don't like corndogs, but i kinda crave these. mmmmm. well, guess who likes these corn dogs too? that's right. O'Malley. he stood right behind me in the line. i kept finding an excuse to turn around, until i realized that he totally noticed me noticing him. i couldn't think of a single thing to say. my only thought was whether i could figure out a way to take a picture with him so i could post it on my blog. but i couldn't figure out how to do it without looking stupid and calling too much attention to him. he didn't look like he wanted attention. then i was walking away with my food before long.

for the most part, i was surprised at how people really left him alone. everyone around me was acting so natural, i kept wanting to ask people "do you watch grey's? do you know who HE is?" i don't know. maybe it didn't click because he was dressed so normal and acting so normal. i really don't think his face registered with people. maybe in that situation, with so many people around, you stop processing faces? i know it took me awhile before i placed him.

anyway, that was exciting.

Day 15 (i am still counting the days even if captain j is lying next to me on the couch right now, because this is all part of the experience. it's not truly over until he's home for good.)