Okay, I admit it - I am a total slacker when it comes to keeping up a journal! I admittedly have been super busy since I got back from vacation, going to trainings out of town for my new job, doing said new job, etc. But, yeah, still a slacker. Sorry!
Vacation was wonderful! I loved seeing all my kids, especially my DS who I NEVER get to see as he lives in California and is in the Navy Reserves so he rarely makes it to our vacations due to his Navy weekends or being deployed. We packed all 6 of us into a 2 bedroom deluxe condo at Bonnet Creek and everyone got along until the very last night, when DSD got mad at her sister and slept in the bathtub lol! DH and I spent the first night and the last night at the Hyatt at MCO which was awesome! I didn't work out at that hotel at all so I still don't know what their "running track" is.
We had 4 day military tickets, which left us 2 non park days to enjoy our resort. DH actually went in the lazy river and pool with us this trip. We had a lot of fun in the parks, but it's so hard with so many people who don't want to split up at all! I feel completely responsible for their fun so it put a lot of pressure on me.
I think the day everyone enjoyed the most was our last park day. We went to Epcot and, since it was the first full week of F&W Festival, we ate and drank our way around World Showcase. The only sad part was my DS wasn't there for that - he had to leave early to get back to work. That night DD26, both DSDs and I went to Animal Kingdom. We wanted to get the most out of our last day! We took Uber to Boardwalk and then took the Disney bus to AK. It was super hot that week so we went on Kali River rapids and got soaked to the skin! The park was not busy at all so there was no line, so of course we went on it 2 more times since we were already wet, lol! Then we did a nighttime safari on Kilimanjaro. We saw so many animals out - I was amazed! When our safari was over the park was closing, so we took a bus back to the BW. It was about 8:30pm so we went to Ample Hills Creamery where I bought us all ice cream cones and we walked over to Epcot for Illuminations. We really loved the ice cream, btw! That will be a new stop on all future trips. After Illuminations, we walked back to BW and Ubered back to Bonnet Creek. It was a great day and a great way to close out our vacation.
The next day we all just relaxed at the condo, doing laundry and packing up. DD26 and both DSDs flew out the next day. DH and I spent the night at MCO and flew out early the next morning. I love the convenience of staying at the Hyatt, just taking the elevator down and walking to ticketing. We had flown out of Memphis so we had a bit of a drive home. We went out of our way one hour to pick up the newest addition to our family, a beagle puppy we named Posey! I will add a picture of her at the end. She is adorable! And that made it not so sad to be headed home from vacation.
Now I am back at work and back to my marathon training! I ran my longest run ever last Saturday, 17 miles! I was very tired and sore afterwards. I just ordered new shoes so I am hoping they will help my next long run, 20 miles! That isn't for a couple of weeks so I will have a chance to do some shorter runs in them first.
Okay, sorry for the wall of text but I think I am pretty much caught up. Whew!
), etc. But if I just try to limit sugar I usually cave in and have just "one" more, which turns into A LOT more, lol. So cold turkey it is!
! After I booked I realized that our trip might be during W&D weekend! Our trip is 10/29-11/5. If it is W&D weekend I will run the 10k at least. DD26 and I wanted the whole family to run the 5k but have not had any success talking everyone else in to it, lol. I could even possibly extend the vacation until the 6th and run the half on the 5th, just not sure of the logistics of that as I would have to leave DH to check us out of the condo and we would have to spend the night somewhere else again, probably the Hyatt at MCO again. Which would mean not being able to shower until we got checked into a new hotel 
. He already said I could run, since I would only have to pay for the race, all the other expenses would be paid as part of our vacation already. 
