Day 15 - Part 3 - The very long, sad journey home
We still had some time to kill as our flight did not leave until 5:30pm. We did some shopping for a bit...
We let Kira do the little rides...
HA! What a goof! She wore that T-Rex hat the whole day HAHAHAH!
I WAS going to grab some sandwiches for the plane but the line at Earl was just RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!
Rob and Kira waited in a very long line to play some Disney Infinity to get some free shirts...
Then it was time to head to the airport!
Dropped off the car at Budget...
And then checked in where we found out that our flight was delayed almost two hours!! We were supposed to get in to Calgary at around 9:30pm, but instead we were now landing at 11:30pm! Made for a loooooong day!!
We never knew exactly why but the plane was delayed in Toronto and would be arriving to Orlando late.
So, we hung out at the Orlando Airport. At least it's a fun airport!
I found a Sketchers where I bought some of those twinkly shoes for my niece for Christmas, we got a bite to eat at the food court (yuck!) and then we boarded our very last (faux) monorail.
We found our gate and hung out...for a very long time!!!
Kira was very tired and started to not feel good. We suggested she get comfy and take a little nap and she did, which tells me that she really wasn't feeling good.
Finally our plane arrived and about 5 minutes before they started boarding, Kira tells me that she really doesn't feel good. I felt her head and she was burning up!!!
OMG, we are about to get on a plane for a 5 hour flight and our poor pumpkin was really sick. I RAN over to the little shop and thanked the good Lord that there was some Children's Advil for sale. Gave her a dose of that right as we boarded and hoped for the best.
She pretty much slept the first 4 hours of the flight.
Her head on her daddy and her feet on her mommy LOL! Sigh, we must love her or something
With about an hour to go, they handed out the Canada Customs forms, so we woke up for that. Kira doodled while I filled out the form.
We landed, took the ridiculously long walk to Customs, grabbed our luggage and met up with Rob's dad around midnight!
He was kind enough to give us a ride home where we hurried to get Kira to bed so she could get some much needed rest!
I unpacked a few things and it was 2AM by the time we got to bed. I felt like a freaking zombie! Sick, tired and just SPENT!!
The next day, my wonderful hubby did ALL the laundry and took care of his two sick girls. Told ya he was a keeper!
I was sick for about three weeks before I got better. Then a few days later, Kira brought home a cough from school and gave it to me
That turned into pneumonia for me, which I lovingly passed on to Rob and Kira. We were all on antibiotics for the entire month of December. It was so bad that I ended up in the ER! It was the end of January before I felt human again. I tell ya, this was a DOOZY!!!
The life and times of a Lupie
ANYWAYS....that's our trip, folks
It was really fantastic, we had so much fun, made some amazing memories and we cannot wait to get back!
That won't be until 2015 for us but hey, at least it's not FOUR years!!!
I will eventually edit the video footage from our trip and make some videos. When they are done, I will post them here.
In the meantime, I am leaving in
TWO sleeps for....
DISNEYLAND!!!!
I'm headed down to beautiful sunny southern California. Sadly, Rob and Kira won't be with me but I get to meet and spend some time with my friend, Jen and it's her first time to DL, so I am excited for her to see everything! I'm looking forward to taking a break from this utterly depressing winter and wearing my shorts and goWalks again!
I won't be doing a trip report but I will be posting some pics on my FB page
A huge THANK YOU for all of you who took the time out of your busy days to read about and share in our Disney adventures. Thanks for all the comments, kind words and good wishes, they mean SO much to me!
And that's it for "The Trip that DID NOT suck!!! "
The End