All righty everyone. Here we go!
Allow me to introduce myelf and my travelling companion.
My name is Susie. I'm 34 years old and I'm an elementary teacher in Indianpolis. This year, I actually started a new job after teaching 2nd grade for 10 years. I am the 'applied technology' teacher. I have a lab with 30 newish Dells in it. The kids are dropped off to me by their classroom teacher (like gym, music, or art). I have them for 50 minutes. We do Word, Excel, Power Point, and use the internet for all of our projects. It is the BEST gig in the world!
I am a performer. I started in band/choir, moved on to dance/color guard, then finally found my way onto the community theater stage. I would give ANYTHING to perform in some way, shape, or form at WDW.
I've been a Disney-a-holic since I can remember. I think it really kicked in the year the Little Mermaid was released. Now that I am old and have my own family, DisneyWorld is our vacation place. We have no need to go anywhere else, yet.
My DH is Matt. He is 35. He is a band director in Avon, IN. If anyone out there follows marching bands, they are one of the top in the nation. They just won their SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE state championship, and placed 2nd in the nation at Bands of America Grand National Championships. Needless to say, I don't see him very much. He rehearses with the band ALL THE TIME!!
Matt also works with drum and bugle corps. If anyone out there follows DCI... Matt is the brass caption head for Carolina Crown. He is absolutely amazing at what he does!! I'm so proud!
Here's a lovely photo of us:
See the bandos in the background? This pic was taken about 2 years ago. Matt and I were on staff with the Bands of America Honor Band that marched in the Rose Bowl parade. He worked with the musicians, I choreographed the routines for the color guard!
We had fun.. and what made it even BETTER? Guess who the Grand Marshal for the parade was that year?
Oh YEAH!!!!
We also had time to visit
DisneyLAND during the holidays.. that was very cool!
Well, oooops... that just turned into a band extravaganza, didn't it!
I'm just excited because they announced the return of the honor band for the 2009 Rose Bowl, and DH and I have been asked to teach again!! That can be a mini-DisneyLand TR, can't it?
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo anyway...
This is another adults-only trip for Matt and me. We took one last year in January as well (TR in siggie). We try to do one every year. It's such a great refresher for a marriage that sometimes gets lost in the busy-ness of our lives and the demand that kids put on you. This is an extra special trip, because we are celebrating our TEN years of marriage!!
Our actual anniversary was on November 22... but we ignored it, really! We just want to celebrate it in the right place!!
Now you kind of know who we are.. up next is the insanely ridiculus and frustrating way we ended up at POR at the end of January, instead of cruising on the Wonder and celebrating New Year's at WDW...