We just got back from spending the holiday weekend with my family in Ohio. It's about a seven hour drive one way. In the past it's been a very long drive but now that we've done the Disney drive twice a seven hour drive seemed like a walk in the park. It's a good nine-teen hour drive to Disney which makes it a two day drive each way.

On the way down and back all I could think about was those old time motor homes with the giant commercial satellites sticking out of the roof and a black diesel bloom following behind. Maybe an old Schwinn bicycle strapped onto the front for good measure.

All I could think of is that I was driving south in my mid-sized SUV with my kids in the back being quiet for nine-teen hours thanks to Sponge Bob! Yup, instead of that old Satellite, I had DVD! The power of the Sponge was strong on the trip to Disney! As much as I hate that little yellow guy, my kids love him and I had no problem listening to that laugh for 1,100 miles!

If you search far enough back in this blog you'll come up with several conversations Lisa and I had about appropriate children's clothing for our trip to Disney. Some things had been said about a 245 pound guy walking around the Magic Kingdom in a Cannibal Corpse shirt with children wearing Motor head shirts.

Well, I'll admit that 99% of the children I saw were wearing suitable clothing for such a venue but I did notice a small population of children outside of the norm, including one child in a Motorhead Onesie! Yes, Motorhead!

Next year it's Motorhead all around!

Doesn't it seem hard to get back into the groove after a vacation? Well, I am in charge of 15 people and we all work in close quarters so we get to know each other. After this vacation it wasn't the work that was hard to get back to but the ridicule that I had to endure.

With all of my tattoos I've become accustomed to taking care of my skin over the years. As a result, I'm a bit pale because I don't want the thousands that I've put into my tattoos to fade and become ugly. Well, while I was at Disney this year I really didn't worry about it and as a result I got a nice tan. As soon as I got back to work my team accused me of airbrush tanning before I went to Disney so I wouldn't have to stand out so bad! I spent a week convincing them that I just didn't wear the sun blocker the way I would normally do.

This yer at Disney it seemed to be slightly hotter then last year. For the most part we had a nice breeze and some cloud cover but it was about 95 every day and towards the end of the trip the cloud cover rolled off and the humidity seemed to go way up (odd I know!) I think the heat index was in the billions! I even had to get me a pair of men's sunglasses because it got so bright out that I started getting headaches. I haven't owned a pair of sunglasses in over 10 years so if I needed a pair, it was bright! All in all, it was a bit hotter out (at least to me) but we didn't wait more then 10 minutes for most of the rides so had less heat related stress.

Well first of all, I have to apologize to anyone reading this blog on the large amount of time that I did not post on this blog. Unfortunately I had to deal with several health issues, a temporary job change and preparing for this year's Disney trip. Well, my health is a bit better, I'm back to my old job and our 2009 Disney trip is in the books!

I've been enjoying some of my new found health by taking my friends up on their offer to go joy riding in one of their Yamaha Rhinos but with the weather being poor again, I have some time to get everyone caught up on our 2009 trip to Disney. Until then, you can check out our family female take on the trip at Family Disney Vacations.