This past Spring Break I decided to cash in on some vacation days and take my little man to Universal Studios. I was very excited to be away from work and the daily grind and to be honest, pretty stoked about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. It had been a few years since my little man and I went on a vacation just the two of us and I was happy to get some alone time with him.
Of course the first thing I did was take a photo of him
under the entrance to the welcome sign, next up ticket booth and another photo.
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| Mandatory shot walking in to park |
Next thing I knew he was meeting the
guys from Men in Black and I quickly hunted for my phone to get a photo of the
event.
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| I couldn't get my phone to work, had to improvise! |
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First Line at the park... apparently it was photo worthy? |
On and on it went, me rushing from
spot to spot, trying frantically to get a photo of a special moment so that I could
tweet/Facebook/Instagram it for all of my followers/friends/strangers to see
and take part in our memories.
Then my phone died.
DIED.
As in, stopped working, caput, no service.
I was about ready to head to the ET ride and get him to
phone home for me when I decided not to freak out. I quietly put away my link to the outside
world as I crossed under the gates to Jurassic Park. I grabbed a hold of my little man’s hand
(ok, not really, he’s too big now to hold hands, but I was allowed to hold on
to the strap of his book bag). So there I was, holding on to my precious son - via
his book bag and I was happy.
We had a great time!
I didn’t miss any special moments searching in my purse for my
phone. I didn’t make him wait in between
rides so I could upload our most recent adventure. After a few hours of not having my phone those
who still had them out started getting on my nerves. I wanted to yell at the lady in front of us
in line for Despicable Me to put her phone down and actually talk to her kids (when
else will you have all your children in one spot with nowhere to go? Literally you are trapped like sardines; you
can get some mad family bonding done in those lines!) I was tempted to the tell kids behind us at
the restaurant to put their gaming devices down and enjoy the show – their parents
paid A LOT of money for this vacation and they should embrace every moment.
But I didn’t say anything.
I just sat there and was thankful that I woke up to my over use of the
cell phone.
We were racing from Spiderman back to Hogwarts when I made a
comment about the overuse of cell phones in Universal. **Disclaimer, many people download an ap that
has a map and wait times for the park rides. While this is useful, it is NOT
smart to stop in the middle of the walkway and use such ap. But I digress….
I said “I really think they should not allow cell phones in
the park. Too many people stop in the
middle of the street and cause backups.”
My little man looked at me and said, “I know mommy, just look at how awesome
this place is! Everything here is so cool.
Much better than looking at your phone.”
And that is when it happened… I realized I didn’t need any
more photos of precious moments. I was making
them WITH my son, not saving them for later or posting to the interwebs.
We had a great week at Universal studios and I
have no photos to prove it.
