Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday to me! Today we're in Disney World. It is gargantuan! My mind can barely apprehend the size of this place. And we haven't even been in the actual park yet. I'm used to amusement parks being "Eliches" sized, so for me this is crazy. It's like an entire city. Along with today being pretty exciting, I saw one of the coolest things in my entire life yesterday.
We were at the beach walking along the shore, letting the waves splash up around our toes, and picking up the occasional seashell. We meandered pretty far in one direction down the sand, and then began to wander back. The tide was coming in, pushing us closer to the thatched-roofed porches of the beach houses. After we were pretty far past in the other direction from where we had started originally, we found a shady spot next to one of these porches, pulled up a palm leaf and sat down(literally, I sat on a palm leaf. No one else did, but I'm cool like that.) We were waiting. we knew what we were waiting for, but to just look at us, we were lazy beach bums who were tired of walking. My mother and i made silly shapes and pictures in the soft white sand while we waited. My dad took a nap, and Susan... well, susan did whatever it is that Susans do. (Which means I have no idea what she was doing.) Finally it was time. 4:58. We stood up, brushed off the sticky sand, and walked closer to the water, which was still rising, to get a better view. Standing there, with the waves lapping at my feet, and the ocean's constant breeze whipping my hair around my face, I watched, at 5:02, a small ball of fire rise into the sky. The shuttle had launched. My tourist's instincts kicked in, and my camera was clicking. I watched it cut through the blue sky, leaving a white trail of smoke and steam behind it. It was so unlike anything I had ever seen. It flew higher and higher, until it was no longer visible. If I turned my head the right direction, I could hear "boom-boom-boom". The sound of the shuttle breaking the sound barrier. It was awesome. Something I will probably only see once in my life. It was just by chance that our vacation was at the same time as the launch, but I am so glad it was.
Since this vacation is bound to continue to be exciting, I won't post pictures until the end, but on June 8th or 9th ish, be watching!