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Yesterday (I am writing this on 5/22/2025) was a fucking blast for sure.  I got about 5 cups of coffee in me and at around 9am I escorted Abby through some more of our Magiquest journey.  Once 10am hit, we hauled tail to the waterpark and the kids and I rode the Hydro Plunge, which is the best slide here.  We spent the entire day in the water park and I managed to get one of those $125 cabanas for $50.  I love saving money, especially when it’s for top tier, bougee shit.  

The cabana experience is quite nice.  You get some privacy, a TV, a slightly stocked (with water) mini fridge, comfortable seats and access to a server who is at your beck and call.  Oh, you also get a safe to lock your valuables in, which came in handy last night when I decided to stop packing my phone around.  The cabana is useful because you have a pronounced “headquarters” that the kids can report to throughout the day.  There is also more room to bring more stuff, such as snacks and drinks and the like.  

Dude, sliding at a waterpark can be dangerous.  I cut my finger, it was superficial, but still annoying.  I got a little friction burn on my elbow in the racing slide and I thought I broke my elbow for a second on another water slide.  Abby and I rode on the Coyote Cannon slide and when we got into the bowl, my ass was on fire from the friction and WE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOWL.  We were shuffling through trying to get to the exit and then to my left I see a dad and his son fly by.  I go “OH SHIT ABBY GET THAT GYATT MOVING!” and we did and she was screaming.  That was the most fun and funniest moment I have had with her.  I hope I never forget that.  Yes, I do use slang with my kids, even if it’s wrong/inappropriate/out of context.

 Wesley an I did some racing and I won, and he won,  When Abby and I raced, I won because I finally understood how to approach the slide.  You have to kind of dive into it.  If I were in better shape and about 100 lbs less, I would do a running dive into it.  Staying on the mat is difficult when you’re hauling as much ass as me.  

Lunch in the cabana was free because we have 5 free lunches in our package.  It was brought to us by our server.  It was tasty but damn I was starving to death afterwards.  I snacked on peanuts and drank a gallon of water and just did slides, and we did some swimming in the wave pool.  We played an aggressive game of pool basketball and we had a fantastic time at that.  I was TIRED after that.  I think today I may do the fort with the kids just to see what that’s all about.

 While chilling in the cabana Brandi told me that we had a random charge to our room.  She interrogated me about it and then she inquired with the Willow Chat feature in the Great Wolf Lodge app.  We had a charge for two small cups of Dip N’ Dots.  Nope, I didn’t get that.  I love those things, but that’s a lot of money for a handful of ice cream.  Willow took that info to the food sales manager and they said our son charged it to our room.  Our son whose initials are apparently “LG.”  Brandi got it fixed, but this place has tried to try some funny shit with us several times.  We even had a couple of issues with the one in Grapevine as far as the money stuff goes.  

 If you visit Great Wolf Lodge watch your expenses, hang on to your money, and stay the hell out of the arcade.  Anyhow, here is a bullet list of thoughts from yesterday.

• Bougee or not, the cabana is worth it.
• Abby is a rollercoaster of emotions.  Her biggest issue yesterday was that her goggles broke.  You’d think her best friend was moving at the way she carried on,
• Wesley turns into a straight up goblin once his social battery is drained.
• Brandi is lazy!
• I am in a constant state of hanger, exhaustion or pain – or all 3.
• I am eating a salad with my unhealthy food.  I guess that’s good?
• I am way slower than I would like to be.
• This is actually really fun so far and I love my “wolf pack.”  The NASH PACK!