Anyway, while writing this screenplay, much has happened in the kingdom, as it always does. And not all of it was good. The King's back went out in a bad way. So much so that he had to take time off from his rule, go under the knife and realize that health is indeed something never again to be taken for granted.
While taking some time off, penny-pinching has become an important sport in the castle. The King took measures to reduce the phone bill. He was quite adamant that everyone in the house take note that we would now be charged for some calls outside a certain radius.
Prince Michael was a bit confused about whether incoming calls from areas outside the castle walls were permitted. His best friend (outside said walls) assured him that incoming calls were fine, according to his dad anyway. At which Mike declared, "I don't care what your dad says...he's not the one who grounds me."
On one of our usual Tuesday outings to the library and then dinner, we stopped at the local Taco Bell. For some reason, even though we were only the second people in line, it took ages for us to get served. (Royalty really doesn't mean what it used to). After 10 minutes of trying to keep my cool as several drive-through customers were served while we stood there waiting, Princess Shannon said for the fifth time how starving she was.
"What are you getting anyway?" I asked, again trying not to lose it. "I'm getting the quesadillas. I love those things." Then, out of the blue, she starts singing to Abba's Mamma Mia, "Quesadilla, here I go again. My, my, how can I resist you?" And I'm talking she did half the song using food related lyrics. I turned and saw that our neighbors in line got quite a kick out of it. Not sure how long we waited, but after singing "Quesadillas" the time did seem to go much faster. I wonder if Taco Bell pays for ad campaign ideas.
