My first real American Venture

Hi Everyone,

I amazed myself and actually did make a blog. How long it will last I can't be sure, but for now its on!
We went to Disneyland yesterday, we planned an early start to the make most of $300 (yes thats right) it cost, but somehow didn't make it there until midday. Its that dastardly jetlag. Anyway, the place was absolotuley crowded. It took close to an hour to get on some rides, and they only went for about 3 minutes. Not including the walk between rides, that works out to 6% of time on rides. The rest was spent battling the crowds and trying not to spend money at one of the many money holes. Thankfully the atmosphere was quite good, the gardens were absolutely immaculate, and there was not a scrap of rubbish to be seen. The best ride was the space mountain which was an indoor rollercoaster, that went through space, it was all dark with stars and that so you couldn't see what was coming up, and it was all sharp corners and dramatic drops. I also discovered that my fear of rides and rollercoasters etc., has nothing at to do with the ride flinging my body around, and everything to do with the rickety looking structures they are built upon. That was the great thing about disneyland, everything seemed so strong and secure and safe.
After Disney, I took my first drive on the wrong side of the road. The wierdest thing, which I didn't expect, was that I kept veering over to the right, because I thought the middle of the car was actually the right side of the car, and that the left side had another half a car hanging out. So i drove up few gutters, (lucky we had huge 4wd american beast) but it was otherwise smooth sailing. Today I went for a short drive down the wrong side, but another car quickly alerted me as to my error, by driving at me head on. Its a sharp learning curve.
I met the home school group today. THEY WERE NORMAL! They understood sarcasm and laughed at my jokes and everything! I was stoked. I was previously concerned that my talent for sarcasm and dry wit would be totally lost, and that I'd have nothing to go (I generally rely on wit to make new friends). Yesterday at Disneyland somebody told me how well behaved the kids were, and how do I do it? So I gave them my usual response and said "with a big stick" and they looked like they were going to run and tell social services or something. I tried to laugh and say only kidding, but I'm not sure they were convinced. Anyway, with the people today I really like them, and found myself fitting in quite well, I even found myself talking with a slight American Lilt (Arghhhh!).
Anyways Pauls here, he's brought home some more Mexican take away, its everywhere here! I'm sure I'll tire of it eventually, but in the mean time Viva la Mexicano!
Bye