Canadian Buffoon's Disney With a Teen Vacation - 08/13 - The Wrap

[orangecats2]

Not soon enough...

I definately want to get in the soaker tub! I'm sick again!!!

 

[queenbetsey]

The Moose didn't make a Pooh! He's Canadian, he's much more polite than that. He's sitting with a small Winnie the Pooh! And the three tsum tsum's are Baymax, Alien and Tigger. I have $10 at Amazon so I'm probably going to get a Dumbo tsum tsum.

lol

 

[queenbetsey]

Quick update.
The next update is pretty much written...
But what's going to take a while is tabulating the bonus points.
I doubt I'll get to it tonight... maybe tomorrow... but I'm pretty busy.
Gotta put the pool to bed for the winter.

Yes, I know my harem of mermaids need a pool,
but I do have a large soaker tub, so we're good.

So... a day... maybe two? Possibly three?
But soon, grasshoppers, soon.

awwww come on you're killin me smalls
hey is this harem of mermaids in need of an old mermaid ya know even us desert dwellers like to jump in the pond too

 

[queenbetsey]

awwwww so I get home from a quick trip to the Original House Of Mouse and dash to my computer, dare I get my hopes up? a few pages there since my last visit... perhaps the new chapter is up but alas but still had a blast reading all the comments so that saved the day

 

[pkondz]

That's the only reason that I found out you need a note as a solo travelling parent. I got grilled coming home about "where was my note" by a cranky local customs clerk on our return from a 2 week holiday in England visiting my uncle.

I despise people in positions of authority
who believe a uniform gives them the right to act like jerks.
Yes. You may certainly ask me for a letter.
Yes. You may X-ray my belongings and me, too.
Yes. You may dig through my carry on.

But you don't have to be a... there are so many appropriate words,
and I can't use any of them.

I gave him a "mom look" - seriously, my husband is 400 yards away at the baggage carousel waiting for us buddy. You're giving me crap about bringing my kids back? Sheesh.

I hope you made him feel this big.
<holds thumb and index finger close together>

Not soon enough...

Sorry. I can skip the contest...
But then I'd lose 98% of my readers.
"Hey Fred! It says here you can win stuff. All ya gotta do is read some garbage."

I definately want to get in the soaker tub! I'm sick again!!!

Oh, no! Again??
Let it not be said that I don't take care of the women in my harem.
Come on over, I'll fill the tub, put in some nice smelling bath fizzies and light some candles.

awwww come on you're killin me smalls

Sorry Betsey.

hey is this harem of mermaids in need of an old mermaid ya know even us desert dwellers like to jump in the pond too

You are not old. You're perfect.
Bikini or one piece? Bikini, right?


(As an aside, I was just about to type something that I thought would be cute.
I was going to type. "What size shells do you need?"

And then I suddenly realized I was asking someone I've never met what her cup size was!!!!!)

awwwww so I get home from a quick trip to the Original House Of Mouse and dash to my computer, dare I get my hopes up? a few pages there since my last visit... perhaps the new chapter is up but alas but still had a blast reading all the comments so that saved the day

Hey! That's why I'm on here right now!
I see I have a few shout-outs... I'll take care of that then start tallying points.

 

[Kiotzu]

You replied and got my hopes up...noooooooo the agony

 

[pkondz]

You replied and got my hopes up...noooooooo the agony

Sorry... Oh, no! I did it again!

 

[pkondz]

Oh, BTW. Carrie, while I'm running the bath
(takes a while to fill, ya know. It's big.)
I wanted to ask how the anniversary dinner was?
And how are you doing with the stitches in lieu of tooth?

 

[Steppesister]

Spending some last few precious moments where I like to be most (and on one of my favorite threads even) before I hit the road running in the morning. Hope you're well, Ponzi!

 

[pkondz]

Spending some last few precious moments where I like to be most (and on one of my favorite threads even) before I hit the road running in the morning. Hope you're well, Ponzi!

Hi Liesa! Doing okay. Woke up this afternoon and the back had stiffened up from the midnight shift.
But other than that and a headache from the lack of sleep, I'm well.

And as for tomorrow... go get 'em girl.

 

[pkondz]

Okay! <phew!> Points are tabulated... and I'm done for the day.
But the good news is that since I got through it tonight,
you can expect an update...

Monday.

 

[orangecats2]

Oh, BTW. Carrie, while I'm running the bath
(takes a while to fill, ya know. It's big.)

How am I supposed to get to Winnipeg to get in the bath?

I wanted to ask how the anniversary dinner was?

It was good, I had sauerbraten with mashed potatos and spaetzel. However, the service was terrible! Even DH only left a 10% tip and he hardly ever does that. Afterwards we went to the big candy store. I got a four pack of different odd sodas. I got two Peach Nehi, one key lime pie and a cherry one. Also got a ring pop. Then I got sick. Had to go home. We were supposed to go see a band but I had to skip that.

And how are you doing with the stitches in lieu of tooth?

The stitch only lasted about a day. I called the dentist office and they said it would be okay as long as t he skin flap didn't open up. It was hard eating for awhile but it's better now. Although I can't cut up food on that side of my mouth now, I may have to get implants one day.

It's Monday, I'm waiting!

 

[Tracy161]

Hi Tracy!
(You know I reserve that particular wave just for you, right?)

Awwwwwwwwwww And you KNOW how much I love it, right?!

Wow, I'm sweating I'm so panicked about your situation at Customs - the suspense is terrible! Even though we all know you made it... I'm anxious to hear how much of an ordeal it was (and I'm hoping it wasn't!).

Also, my guess for wait time is 224 minutes, though for your sake I'm hoping that's high!

 

[HomeSweetDisney]

WOOHOO! I am finally getting in on one of your TR's before it's already over! That calls for a dance party!

Also...I must say...you look a lot less like Beyonce than I had originally pictured

How many minutes in TOTAL did we wait for Disney transportation this trip.
The total should include minutes waiting for DME, busses,
boats, monorails, rickshaws, whatever.
It does not... repeat NOT include travel time on said transportation.
Only the time waiting for it to show up.
Example: If we waited 15 minutes for a bus and then waited 2 minutes to board,
waited 3 minutes before it left and it took 25 minutes to get to destination...
The correct answer for that one trip would be 15 minutes. i.e. The wait time.

NO ONE TOLD ME THERE WAS GOING TO BE MATH INVOLVED...Math gives me anxiety!!

To help you narrow it down, I'll provide you with the following information:
We took DME twice, once from and once to the airport.
We rode Disney transportation an average of three times (rounded) a day for five days.

I will allow guesses up to and including the second last day (August 25th) of the trip.
But! Guesses made later will be worth fewer points than guesses made earlier.
Guesses may be changed up to and including the second last day (August 25th) of the trip.

Person who comes closest wins 40 points.
Points will be reduced by 5 points for every "day" of the TR that you guess or re-guess
after the the first (August 21st) day.

I am still completely and utterly lost

I'll even give you a hint!
The correct answer is somewhere between...
0 and 570 minutes.

Ok, I guess 569 minutes!

Normally, I would plan to hit rope drop and have my FPs lined up for that morning.
And as the day wore on, I'd add FPs until they were gone.
This time, I tried to figure out when Kay would wake up.
I'd then add an hour or an hour and a half to that time and make FPs based on that.
Except I'd try to schedule something that we didn't really care about for the first one.
If she slept even later, it wouldn't matter if we missed the first FP.
Or hope that we could at least make it in the last few minutes
of the one hour FP window.

That sounds like a wonderful plan in which nothing could go wrong

Ruby works in a building that is on airport property,
even though her job has nothing to do with the airport or airplanes.
Conversely, I do not work at the airport or on airport property
and my job has everything to do with airports and airplanes.
Go figure.

That makes all the sense in the world

Around lunch time, I grabbed some fruit,
a banana, a peach and some raspberries.
Why not? I wasn't likely to have much fruit over the next few days.
Might as well try to fend off scurvy now.

Fruit IS the best preventative for scurvy so good thinking on that one

I then missed the turn off for the airport parking.
I had to go allllll the way around the airport to get back to square one
and the entrance to the parking lot.

Should have used GPS

Oddly, she didn't seem amused when I mocked her and
told her I was going to Disney World while she was staying behind to work.
She's weird that way.

This happens to me too. I don't get it...I mean, obviously it's hilarious when you mock someone for not getting to go to WDW, why wouldn't they be amused by that?

We had some time and since neither of us drinks coffee,
we made a bee-line for Starbucks.
We each got our favourite, a Vanilla Bean Frappuccino... double blended.
Vanilla, milk and ice. With whip cream... of course. No coffee.
mmmmmmmm...

I am the same way! The only thing I drink from Starbucks is tea and the vanilla bean or strawberries and cream frapp. No coffee! I only drink coffee one in a blue moon

Now you know the routine.
You ask a question like that and you'll get a robotic "Don't worry, you'll be fine" answer
which does absolutely nothing to alleviate your concern.
But not this time.
But I'm not sure if it was better.
Madison screwed up her face like she'd just bitten into a lemon and said "oooh."
This did not instill confidence.

Well that's never a good sign

Customs agent: "Do you have a letter from the mother allowing the child to travel with you?"

I felt a cold chill as if Death himself was dragging his nails down my spine.
After almost 15 years of solo travel with a kid, I was finally being asked for THE letter.
And I didn't have one.

Me: "Uh, I don't have one."

He became completely still (so did I), looked me square in the eye
like a jackal sizing up a particularly tasty hunk of flesh and said:
"You don't have a letter? I can't let her into the United States without a letter."

Thoughts of catching our connection were rapidly fading from my mind.

Me: "Uh... Do I really need one?"
Jackal... er, Customs agent: "Yes you need one. You're taking a minor into another country.
You have to have a letter from the mother allowing her to go."

Death began to play a concerto along my spine.
I started to sweat.
What the HECK (although I didn't use that word) was I going to do???

WHAT KIND OF MONSTER LEAVES OFF ON A CLIFFHANGER LIKE THAT??? The humanity!!!

Please update immediately

 

[pkondz]

How am I supposed to get to Winnipeg to get in the bath?

Any way you like. I'm not picky.

It was good, I had sauerbraten with mashed potatos and spaetzel. However, the service was terrible! Even DH only left a 10% tip and he hardly ever does that. Afterwards we went to the big candy store. I got a four pack of different odd sodas. I got two Peach Nehi, one key lime pie and a cherry one. Also got a ring pop. Then I got sick. Had to go home. We were supposed to go see a band but I had to skip that.

Too bad about the service. Was the food good at least? Or was that the reason you got sick?!

I don't think I've ever had Nehi, but I'd really like to try some, someday.

The stitch only lasted about a day. I called the dentist office and they said it would be okay as long as t he skin flap didn't open up. It was hard eating for awhile but it's better now. Although I can't cut up food on that side of my mouth now, I may have to get implants one day.

Glad the tooth (or lack thereof) is doing better.

And you don't have to get implants on my account.
Oh, wait... you want to switch from a one piece to the shells, right?

It's Monday, I'm waiting!

Keep waiting.
I just came on here to quickly Google something.
If it gets posted today (it should) it'll probably be late.

 

[pkondz]

Awwwwwwwwwww And you KNOW how much I love it, right?!

I do!
Why aren't you in my harem???

Wow, I'm sweating I'm so panicked about your situation at Customs - the suspense is terrible!

Take a shower. You'll still be panicked, but you'll be clean!

Even though we all know you made it... I'm anxious to hear how much of an ordeal it was (and I'm hoping it wasn't!).

Answer's to those burning questions coming up soon.

Also, my guess for wait time is 224 minutes, though for your sake I'm hoping that's high!

Noted.

WOOHOO! I am finally getting in on one of your TR's before it's already over! That calls for a dance party!

Veronica!! You came over here! to the TR!!

Also...I must say...you look a lot less like Beyonce than I had originally pictured

Really? That's odd, because most people say the resemblance is uncanny.
Huh.
Must be the lighting.

NO ONE TOLD ME THERE WAS GOING TO BE MATH INVOLVED...Math gives me anxiety!!

Sorry about that.
Just pick a number between 0 and 1,000. How's that?

I am still completely and utterly lost

Find a policeman and tell him you're lost.
He'll help you.
Tell him you live in Winnipeg and then let me know what time your flight arrives.

Ok, I guess 569 minutes!

See? That wasn't so hard, was it?

That sounds like a wonderful plan in which nothing could go wrong

Absolutely! It's practically fool-proof!



Too bad I'm a fool.

That makes all the sense in the world

See?

Fruit IS the best preventative for scurvy so good thinking on that one

I am nothing if not conscious of what I eat. I believe that you should alw...

Dang it! I just spilled gravy from my poutine on my shirt!
Good thing I have some Coke handy to try and get the stain out.
I mean I can hardly use my chocolate milkshake, right?
I hope my triple cheese, triple patty burger doesn't get cold in the meantime.

Where was I?
Right.
I believe that you should always be aware of what you're eating
and maintain a proper diet.

Should have used GPS

Guided Parking System

This happens to me too. I don't get it...I mean, obviously it's hilarious when you mock someone for not getting to go to WDW, why wouldn't they be amused by that?

Well, I'm laughing and you're laughing...
so why aren't they laughing.

Weird.

I am the same way! The only thing I drink from Starbucks is tea and the vanilla bean or strawberries and cream frapp. No coffee! I only drink coffee one in a blue moon

I believe I've had a grand total of four or five cups of coffee in my life.

WHAT KIND OF MONSTER LEAVES OFF ON A CLIFFHANGER LIKE THAT??? The humanity!!!

Please update immediately

Sorry about that, it was completely unintentional.

Update coming soon...

 

[Kiotzu]

Sorry... Oh, no! I did it again!

Well, I think I have gotten through the withdrawals...

I swear I am not clicking refresh constantly...

Nobody said there would be waiting....

Okay, get a grip on yourself, it's just a Trip Report...

Yea, I am okay, it'll be fine, oh no it's still not here...

Did pkondz forget about us...

NOOOO...

I digress, I look forward to the next chapter, and I hope you don't think I am too weird.

 

[irene_dsc]

NO ONE TOLD ME THERE WAS GOING TO BE MATH INVOLVED...Math gives me anxiety!!

But otoh, since you actually reposted the math question at a time when I'm on my laptop and not on my phone, I think I might be able to remember it long enough to take a stab at a guess!

And I'm delurking soon enough to actually guess at the contest at the beginning, even though we are at page 10. Amazing.

Oh, you wanted the guess? I'll guess 175 minutes.

And I'm still waiting to see how you did with the letter.

Oh, you mean I was supposed to guess about that, too?

Umm...you called Ruby, but it took so long that you missed your flight and had to leave that evening and got in very, very late.

Your room was ready when you *finally* got there.

Was there something else I was supposed to guess about?

 

[Susan R]

Hey! Suzie Q is here!
to the new TR!

Thank you...frankly, I was just replying for the fancy "Welcome"

I'm just a conduit for others to say funny and/or interesting things.
Offsets the dullness of my writing.

You're not dull...you just take for-ev-ah! to update your TR's (but then again that gives me time to get out my charts to submit my contest answers so take your time!)

You do? There are very strict requirements.
These include (but are not limited to)
Must be drop dead gorgeous.

Check...well, I prefer to be referred to as "trip over your shoes lovely" but when I have a good hair day I can drop them dead

Must be a mermaid.

Well, remember, I've almost drowned a few times so I may be a mermaid...just not one that swims...I'll lounge around on a rock lookin' all lovely though!

Must be willing to wear sea shells in lieu of regular clothing.

You do remember we live in Canada right??? In the summer, sure...but in the winter I would freeze my shells right off! Unless I'm allowed to wear my Stanfields that is (does a westerner even get that reference?)

(Exceptions will be made... I allow one piece bathing suits upon request.)

My Stanifelds are a one piece...I even have a swell little flap in the back!

So I know you already meet the first requirement,
what about the rest?

Well done sir! Well done!!

Oh.
Very good.

That's gonna get you some bonus points.

Yay!

 

[pkondz]

Well, I think I have gotten through the withdrawals...

I swear I am not clicking refresh constantly...

Nobody said there would be waiting....

It was implied, but not specified.
Sorry.

Okay, get a grip on yourself, it's just a Trip Report...

WHADYA MEAN JUST A TRIP REPORT?????

Yea, I am okay, it'll be fine, oh no it's still not here...

Did pkondz forget about us...

NOOOO...

Lost, but not forgotten.

I digress, I look forward to the next chapter, and I hope you don't think I am too weird.

Weird is good.
That just means you fit in around here.

And I'm delurking soon enough to actually guess at the contest at the beginning, even though we are at page 10.

Hi Irene! to the new TR!

Amazing.

Yes.
Yes I am.

Oh, you wanted the guess? I'll guess 175 minutes.

Noted.

And I'm still waiting to see how you did with the letter.

Oh, you mean I was supposed to guess about that, too?

Umm...you called Ruby, but it took so long that you missed your flight and had to leave that evening and got in very, very late.

Noted.

Your room was ready when you *finally* got there.

Noted.

Was there something else I was supposed to guess about?

Which floor did we wind up on.
But I suspect that the update will be up before you see this.