8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC #14

[micmse2003]

Well, it looks like we lost our last stop at Castaway Cay. The stateroom television channel that continuously shows weather, direction, course, et cetera, is listing our "Next Port of Call" as being Port Canaveral on Saturday, September 6. Castaway Cay should be listed for September 5, except that is, most likely, off the plate now with Hurricane Ike making such a racket out at sea. If they make any announcements as to our course/itinerary, I will keep you posted.

At this point in time we are chugging along at 6.2 knots in moderate seas. Blue skies with lots of clouds are all around us.

Here is hoping you still might make it to Castaway but the tropical storms are just alll in a row right now.

No strike yet. The union extended the contract 48 hours per the Governor's request. We'll see what happens. 80% of the members rejected the contract and 87% voted to strike. I really hate this.

Strikes are just a money loss for everyone. I hope it works out.

While here, amongst friends, in the great state of DIS...

I'd like to announce my candidacy for somethinorotherTBD.

I'm an Alaskan hockey mom small town community organizer with executive experience, so I'm clearly qualified.

SK8INGMOM 2012
Takin' the Purple States

Oh shirt, now what about all those internet photos????​

Hey M..............Purple is my favorite color anyway. I would vote for you.

 

[pdarrah]

Here are a couple shots we took from the day room at the MCO Hyatt. We saw a couple other friends before this and suddenly thought - "we should be taking photots!". Once we had the camera out, these were the only DISers we saw (although we did see other people from the cruise - DCL bags, large white cardboard, Panama canal t-shirts make it obvious!)

Pamela

 

[sk8ingmom]

Hi M!

I was thinking of you as I listened to the sound bites this morning When was the last time the phrase "Hockey Mom" was on the front page across the country? Do you actually wear lipstick to hockey practice?

Pamela

Yup, but some of it rubs off on my mouth guard.

Hey M..............Purple is my favorite color anyway. I would vote for you.

And you're in Chicago, so you and John should each be good for 20-30 votes.

 

[cruisin'Mike]

BTW - CruzinMike - got a WONDERFUL COLORFUL picture of you and Linda -

LINDA - YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL - I WILL HAVE TO POST A PICTURE WHEN I CAN.

Still having trouble posting but will post one ASAP - probably on Saturday. I wish you all could have seen them - they are happy and gorgeous.

Lots of color and you both did not look like you were seating buckets.

Take care y'all.

Gotta fly!

Laura, it was so fun to see you that morning! Can't wait to see the picture!

I'm glad you're on the dummy cruise with us! Hope it works out that we can sail with you again. If not, we may just have to make another trip to CA to hang out with you & Steve again.

I miss everybody!!!

Miss you too!

DS woke up & he felt cool to the touch & said he felt better & did NOT want to miss his first day at middle school so I let him go with the condition that he went to the nurse if he started to feel miserable. Well as soon as he got off the bus I could see his fever was back & he was having a coughing fit so I immediatly got on the phone to the doctor & they said to bring him in & ended up being pneumonia! Mike thinks it's from snorkeling in Aruba since it was DS's first time & he did swallow a lot of water. I don't know, but he seems to be prone to lung infections. As a baby he got the croup constantly & he's had bronchitis 3 times this spring & now this.


Poor Cade! I had pneumonia a few years ago, and the antibiotics kicked in right away, and I started to feel much better pretty quickly. We're hoping for a speedy recovery for him.

That was a great idea Joel!



What a bunch of cuties!!!



Our dog Rosie came back from our neighbors spoiled rotten as usual. She barely ate any of the food we left for her because all they do is feed her scraps. I even gave them two packages of dog treats & they used both packs!

Good luck with the interview K!



So sorry the kids got sick on the cruise. Glad to hear they are feeling better!



Glad you're feeling better too!



Ditto that! The FE gifts were a blast! Thanks everyone!

Arlene sorry to hear you got the cough too! Hope you feel better soon!




Good luck on that test Mike!

Thanks. I think I'll need a little luck on this one. Just can't seem to get my head back into it. Wonder why?

Cursed or Just Living in HE double hockey sticks ? you be the judge...​

Got home at 6:00 Monday. The ex had been over at my request to get the boys schedules for school. He sent a detailed email, sharpened the pencils & left the mail on the counter... As I was reviewing the school mail I saw both kids had half days on Tuesday. Ex's response... I can't change my work schedule on such short notice. (note to self, give more notice)

Monday evening 10:00 pm DS11 vomited half a pizza. He removed the trash liner from the trash can sitting next to the toilet & vomited into the can. I said Nick, why would you vomit into the trash can when the toilet was right next to it? He said, But Mom, I always throw up in the trash can (noted)

Tuesday morning 7:05, the school bus that was due at 7:10 arrived at 7:00. DS11 missed the bus. Drove him to school.

Tuesday 12:00 got a call from DS8's school. He didn't get on the bus. Why not? Well, when I said he had to take the bus to the after school care, he thought I meant I would pick him up & drive him to after school care.

Picked him up & drove him to after care. It's 12:40 & I have a 1:00 meeting. I figure I'll be 10 minutes late. I hit I-95...parking lot from some accident. 1:40 I drive back to my office having missed the meeting.


Wednesday: I have a 7:30 meeting with two presidents & three vice presidents to talk about expansion of our business.

Arrainge for before care for DS8
Leave the house at 6:40 to drop him off
Leave DS11 home with a timer set for 6:55 to catch the 7:10 bus
Instructions: call me when you get on the bus... if you miss the bus, don't panic. Call me and I'll swing by after the meeting & take you to school.

7:00 drop off DS8
7:02 phone call... Mom I'm on the bus
7:04 traffic report... water main break on Baltimore Pike... I take the back roads
7:29 screech into the parking lot at corporate run up the three flights of stairs (thanks to DCL for the training)
7:30 doors to corporate are locked
7:35 still locked...
7:40 still locked...
7:41 call my office coordinator, am I in the right place? yes. do I have the right time? yes. Can you start calling all of the secretaries & see if someone can let me in?
8:35 got a phone call from the meeting organizer... Lisa, I'm surprised you missed this very important meeting.

The crazed person living inside my head excapes...

What stress laidened, non-vacationy escapades await tomorrow...

Stay tuned...

That sucks Lisa! Welcome back to the burbs!

(Only 65 more weeks til dummy vacation!)

Hi guys. Popping over from the WB thread. Glad you had a great time. Sucks being home and off the ship doesn't it?

Quick questionn.


Did you get the Cinderella Slipper Dessert or did they try to pass of a slice of slimey fish as this dessert?

I had the "Cinderella Slipper" dessert. It was a overly sweet, rather weird cake with a tiny white chocolate thing on top that might have been a slipper shape. I was disappointed, the description sounded like it would actually be a white chocolate slipper like I've seen on the Travel Channel. My DH and I were speculating that the suplier for the real slippers was in Florida and this was a simplified version they were using in California...

Pamela

It was a dessert, not a slimy fish...but it wasn't what I was expecting either. It tasted OK though (I like overly sweet )

While here, amongst friends, in the great state of DIS...

I'd like to announce my candidacy for somethinorotherTBD.

I'm an Alaskan hockey mom small town community organizer with executive experience, so I'm clearly qualified.

SK8INGMOM 2012
Takin' the Purple States

Oh shirt, now what about all those internet photos????​

I'll vote for ya!

 

[AndyR]

I had the "Cinderella Slipper" dessert. It was a overly sweet, rather weird cake with a tiny white chocolate thing on top that might have been a slipper shape. I was disappointed, the description sounded like it would actually be a white chocolate slipper like I've seen on the Travel Channel. My DH and I were speculating that the suplier for the real slippers was in Florida and this was a simplified version they were using in California...

Pamela

We've had the real white chocolate slipper (filled wth strawbery mousse), our server said that it had been discontinued some while back, and the new version was now he standard

Andy (who now has the sore throat/cough thing too)

 

[buckifan]

We finally made it home a few hours ago. We can't walk through the living room as it is wall to wall suitcases here.

Reality will hit hard tomorrow. The kids have school, I have to cram for a test on Friday that I was supposed to be studying for all throughout the cruise. (Deanna, that day you saw me studying on deck was the only time that I did!) I go back to work tomorrow night, and rotations start on Monday. Linda starts back to work with 3 back to back to back 12 hour shifts this weekend.

At least we'll be able to daydream about all of the great times we had and the great friends that we made on the TOAL! We can't imagine a better bunch of pirates to have travelled with. Can't wait to see everybody's pictures as they show up on the photo sharing site!

Well....good luck on that test, Mike!

It was wonderful getting to know you, Linda and the kids. What a nice family you have. I will be putting some of our photos on the share site soon (hopefully), but here are a couple of cute ones you may enjoy.

I need a caption for your ds...."No! Not another picture!" LOL!!

You all looked very good this night, but your 2 girls and especially gorgeous!

 

[granmaz]

It was a dessert, not a slimy fish...but it wasn't what I was expecting either. It tasted OK though (I like overly sweet )

Sorry, I meant to put looked like a slice of slimey fish. I agree, it did taste nice.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

We've had the real white chocolate slipper (filled wth strawbery mousse), our server said that it had been discontinued some while back, and the new version was now he standard

Andy (who now has the sore throat/cough thing too)

Now THAT looks yummah..... for my tummah.....


(sorry you have the same sore throat/cough thing too)

 

[buckifan]

Cursed or Just Living in HE double hockey sticks ? you be the judge...​

Got home at 6:00 Monday. The ex had been over at my request to get the boys schedules for school. He sent a detailed email, sharpened the pencils & left the mail on the counter... As I was reviewing the school mail I saw both kids had half days on Tuesday. Ex's response... I can't change my work schedule on such short notice. (note to self, give more notice)

Monday evening 10:00 pm DS11 vomited half a pizza. He removed the trash liner from the trash can sitting next to the toilet & vomited into the can. I said Nick, why would you vomit into the trash can when the toilet was right next to it? He said, But Mom, I always throw up in the trash can (noted)

Tuesday morning 7:05, the school bus that was due at 7:10 arrived at 7:00. DS11 missed the bus. Drove him to school.

Tuesday 12:00 got a call from DS8's school. He didn't get on the bus. Why not? Well, when I said he had to take the bus to the after school care, he thought I meant I would pick him up & drive him to after school care.

Picked him up & drove him to after care. It's 12:40 & I have a 1:00 meeting. I figure I'll be 10 minutes late. I hit I-95...parking lot from some accident. 1:40 I drive back to my office having missed the meeting.


Wednesday: I have a 7:30 meeting with two presidents & three vice presidents to talk about expansion of our business.

Arrainge for before care for DS8
Leave the house at 6:40 to drop him off
Leave DS11 home with a timer set for 6:55 to catch the 7:10 bus
Instructions: call me when you get on the bus... if you miss the bus, don't panic. Call me and I'll swing by after the meeting & take you to school.

7:00 drop off DS8
7:02 phone call... Mom I'm on the bus
7:04 traffic report... water main break on Baltimore Pike... I take the back roads
7:29 screech into the parking lot at corporate run up the three flights of stairs (thanks to DCL for the training)
7:30 doors to corporate are locked
7:35 still locked...
7:40 still locked...
7:41 call my office coordinator, am I in the right place? yes. do I have the right time? yes. Can you start calling all of the secretaries & see if someone can let me in?
8:35 got a phone call from the meeting organizer... Lisa, I'm surprised you missed this very important meeting.

The crazed person living inside my head excapes...

What stress laidened, non-vacationy escapades await tomorrow...

Stay tuned...

YO Lisa! I will scream for you....AGHHHHHHHHHHH!

On a good note, I see the pencils were sharpened!

You were SOOOOO much fun on the cruise! I'm so glad you made it there alive!

So, is everyone at your house healthy now? Sorry to hear your ds was sick. What a bummer. Your boys are such cuties, btw!

 

[micmse2003]

And you're in Chicago, so you and John should each be good for 20-30 votes.

The 20-30 votes are just for the live people.

We've had the real white chocolate slipper (filled wth strawbery mousse), our server said that it had been discontinued some while back, and the new version was now he standard

Andy (who now has the sore throat/cough thing too)

Just figured we all share pictures, we are share what is going on in our life, and now we got to share ou illness!!! Let us just call it the Disney Crud!!!

Laura, it was so fun to see you that morning! Can't wait to see the picture!

I'm glad you're on the dummy cruise with us! Hope it works out that we can sail with you again. If not, we may just have to make another trip to CA to hang out with you & Steve again.

Hey Mike..............expect John AND ME TOO! We would love to go to California next year. Waiting to see what happens to economy. Lets see........we could see Roger, Laura, Monica, Grandma Chris, Desiree. Sounds like a big reunion!!!! Sorry if I forgot anyone.........coughing is getting to me.




Thanks. I think I'll need a little luck on this one. Just can't seem to get my head back into it. Wonder why?

Remember "A" but I would forgive you that you only get an "A-" too.

(Only 65 more weeks til dummy vacation!)

Sounds better than the 20 months.





It was a dessert, not a slimy fish...but it wasn't what I was expecting either. It tasted OK though (I like overly sweet )

I thought it tasted better than it looked.




I'll vote for ya!

 

[micmse2003]

For all of you hanging in Rockin Bar D and Dervisions............every night.......​

Thanks for letting us oldies (John and I ) joining all of you.

 

[DisneyDmbNut]

We finally made it home a few hours ago. We can't walk through the living room as it is wall to wall suitcases here.

MIKE! We are dying over on the Vow Renewal thread..plase update us!!

 

[justmestace]

I had the "Cinderella Slipper" dessert. It was a overly sweet, rather weird cake with a tiny white chocolate thing on top that might have been a slipper shape. I was disappointed, the description sounded like it would actually be a white chocolate slipper like I've seen on the Travel Channel. My DH and I were speculating that the suplier for the real slippers was in Florida and this was a simplified version they were using in California...

Pamela

The Cinderella Slipper dessert was the ONLY thing we complained about at dinner the whole time! It is NOT at all what it used to be. The ships used to have the white chocolate slipper filled with mousse. We were all really disappointed that they had changed it. Our Head Server said he'd heard this repeatedly and that he'd make a note that they need to change it back, but I don't think they really listen.


Yes, The Moms are back, by the way. We all had uneventful trips home, flights on time and all that.
Pretty nice to come back to a clean house, all the laundry done (except mine!) hugs & kisses, and even a dozen roses!!

 

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

While here, amongst friends, in the great state of DIS...

I'd like to announce my candidacy for somethinorotherTBD.

I'm an Alaskan hockey mom small town community organizer with executive experience, so I'm clearly qualified.

SK8INGMOM 2012
Takin' the Purple States

Oh shirt, now what about all those internet photos????​

 

[allshookup]

Oh I'm so sorry about your son! ack...... pneumonia, ack.. not the regular every day variety of cold by a long shot! I sure hope he gets to feeling better soon!
I think you might be on to something there about the snorkeling because I'm not super good at snorkeling either (get kinda panicky when I see big fish) and I snorkeled in Aruba (freaked out with the huge big parrot fish that swarmed around us when someone near me all the sudden whipped out a tube of fish food and started feeding the fish right next to me!) and then again in Castaway Cay (and swallowed a lot of water because I was a bit panicky as we got out further and my mask kept leaking in water and burning my eyes so I had to keep stopping to fix it- and I don't like that- because I can't SEE what's under me! I get visions of barracuda, stingrays ready to barb me or heaven forbid SHARKS! even the tiny ones would freak me out) So maybe that's why I'm the only one with a bit of a cough now- from the snorkeling I did. I hope so... because that probably means the kids won't catch it.

Prayers for your son and hope he gets well quick! *sending pixie dust his way*

Thanks so much BIP! Kept him home from school today of course, but Dr. says that if he doesn't have a fever, he can go tomorrow. If I send him, it will be with a note that states, "No physical activity".

I now have the sore throat cough thing that a lot of people seem to have. I took Nyquil before bed last night & I slept good so hopefull it will pass quickly.

Hope you feel better soon!

Cursed or Just Living in HE double hockey sticks ? you be the judge...​

Got home at 6:00 Monday. The ex had been over at my request to get the boys schedules for school. He sent a detailed email, sharpened the pencils & left the mail on the counter... As I was reviewing the school mail I saw both kids had half days on Tuesday. Ex's response... I can't change my work schedule on such short notice. (note to self, give more notice)

Monday evening 10:00 pm DS11 vomited half a pizza. He removed the trash liner from the trash can sitting next to the toilet & vomited into the can. I said Nick, why would you vomit into the trash can when the toilet was right next to it? He said, But Mom, I always throw up in the trash can (noted)

Tuesday morning 7:05, the school bus that was due at 7:10 arrived at 7:00. DS11 missed the bus. Drove him to school.

Tuesday 12:00 got a call from DS8's school. He didn't get on the bus. Why not? Well, when I said he had to take the bus to the after school care, he thought I meant I would pick him up & drive him to after school care.

Picked him up & drove him to after care. It's 12:40 & I have a 1:00 meeting. I figure I'll be 10 minutes late. I hit I-95...parking lot from some accident. 1:40 I drive back to my office having missed the meeting.


Wednesday: I have a 7:30 meeting with two presidents & three vice presidents to talk about expansion of our business.

Arrainge for before care for DS8
Leave the house at 6:40 to drop him off
Leave DS11 home with a timer set for 6:55 to catch the 7:10 bus
Instructions: call me when you get on the bus... if you miss the bus, don't panic. Call me and I'll swing by after the meeting & take you to school.

7:00 drop off DS8
7:02 phone call... Mom I'm on the bus
7:04 traffic report... water main break on Baltimore Pike... I take the back roads
7:29 screech into the parking lot at corporate run up the three flights of stairs (thanks to DCL for the training)
7:30 doors to corporate are locked
7:35 still locked...
7:40 still locked...
7:41 call my office coordinator, am I in the right place? yes. do I have the right time? yes. Can you start calling all of the secretaries & see if someone can let me in?
8:35 got a phone call from the meeting organizer... Lisa, I'm surprised you missed this very important meeting.

The crazed person living inside my head excapes...

What stress laidened, non-vacationy escapades await tomorrow...

Stay tuned...

Oy Lisa sounds like a very very stressful return to work. I hope it goes a lot better today & tomorrow!

At first (on the ship) my runny nose felt exactly like it was some kind of "allergic" reaction too... then as the thing "evolved" ... it was gradually shifting into a very sort and dry throat... then later came the coughing.

For what it's worth... if you end up coming down with what I have ... and what i suspect a lot of other folks have... you'll fight this better if you take something to dry up your nose BEFORE you go to sleep... as then you'll wake up with less residue in your throat to cough out... and I suspect ULTIMATELY your best bet is to see a docter from stronger medicine which will zero in on this "bug". I need to look up doctors on my "list" approved by my insurance. I had intended to switch primary care physicians and this seems as good a time as any.

At any rate, just to begin sharing my story of traveling home yesterday...

... it begins 2 nites ago on debarkation day near midnite... I checked with United on our flights and all was as expected. However, the next morning I tried to print boarding passes from the hotel and found it would not. That was odd... so upon closer examination I found we had a flight change! We went from a ONE connect flight home to a TWO connect flight home! Plus we had our party of 8 split through two cities! That was annoying.... and fortunately it was corrected... so we ended up flying on the same flight.

Then when we got to the airport one of our bags was 15 pounds overweight so my BIL declared OK... charge me the $25 and lets get going... however, the counter person admonished ... "oh no, it's not $25 ... rather its' $125!"... my BIL was mildly annoyed since he had checked by phone that morning and was told it was only $25 for the overweight fee... and it seems it WAS $25 up until Aug 15th... and now it was $125. The telephone rep gave him incorrect information on the overweight fee.

So, my BIL felt the simple answer was to pull out 15 pounds of stuff ... however while he was doing so a Disney Cruise Mug slipped from his grip and shatterred on the ground in the shuffle. Oh well .. that bumped the "expense" another $14 or so.

Jumping ahead to our arrival in LA... we ended up in at the LAX Hilton 2.5 hours later than expected and probably a lot more exhausted then it should have been. Plus on the shuttle from airport to hotel we left a bag on the shuttle. It just so happens it was one of those promo rolling DCL duffle bags (the $20 bag with $60 purchase). It was NOT tagged... and my BIL left his new HD Camcorder + a number of other valuables in it... bringing the $20 bag up to well over $1000 in value. He was mildly annoyed with the potential of having LOST it... however, we had it returned to us without much fanfare after a tense hour or so.

THEN ... late that evening... when Alicia and I (with the kids) reached home we found a utility crew working on the street a half block down from us. It seems something blew in the local power system/grid and we had a blackout in effect for the nite. A brief consult with the workers revealed that earlier at 7:30PM something failed and blew the grid ... which coincides with when I touched down back in LA. May I reaffirm my claims of INNOCENCE here! And so ... the crew had been working on the failure for about 4 hours then.

We went about getting into bed and settling down for the nite in the darkness. The mornign brought us a few extra lights on since the power had been restored.

From that point on - we ran the kids to school and discovered Julianna had been placed in a mildly advanced combination class of 2nd and 3rd graders. Kalea had a great day in Jr K class... and did well compared to a few who last week cried a little. The Jr K class is intended for kids who are younger in general and otherwise might have been withheld from K school by thier parents. Academic Red Shirting so to speak. So she seemed to have had a wonderful 1st day at school.

Things on that school front seemed all OK.

OK... I gotta check the kids and .... believe it or not... I'm going to try and get some EARLY sleep too now.

TTFN!

Crash sounds like you didn't have an easy time of it going home. Glad you all made it safe & sound. Sorry you have the cough thing too. Hope it clears!

Quick post

Trevoy seems to be feeling better. He decided to wait until next week to see his regular therapist instead of seeing whoever was on crisis duty today. Hopefully that will hold out the rest of the week.

Did take him to see his pediatrician though. Ever since Cartagena, he's been complaining of pain in his ears. So much so that he couldn't wear his hearing aids. Med center figured it was just excess water. They suggested the swimmer's drops to dry them out. That didn't seem to help. Turns out he's got full blown swimmer's ear, not just fluid but an actual infection. Hope the antibiotics kick in soon.

Glad Trevoy is feeling a bit better emotionally. Hope his ears get better soon too!

What a wonderful trip, for my first cruise it was a blast... going again with my kids in July and two more cruises booked while on the ship... Everyone was so great..missing everyone.

Survived the first two days of school - my students have been in school since last week. My 58 fourth graders were excited to finally have their teacher back home. I have had several siblings of the students. I share the 58 students with my best friend and teaching partner so they know me already. Lots of questions about my trip....

On a sad note my own kids had to break the news to me that while I was gone my "Disney" a six year old cocker stopped eating and that she has cancer and will not survive the disease... They had gotten together while I was gone to discuss what to do and how to tell me....After having the TOAL - I am so very sad... to lose such a great dog...My kids purchased 7 or 8 different dog foods and have tried everything to get her to eat...she is on medicine to increase her desire to eat...we (my mom and I) have discovered that she loves puppy dog biscuits... So while I am teaching my mom (82 years young) is a doggy nurse...

Can't wait to hear for everyone and view pictures...Keeping the 5 day cruisers in my prayers...

AGAIN - thanks everyone.
Georgiana

What very sad news to come home to. I'm so sorry!

For all of you hanging in Rockin Bar D and Dervisions............every night.......​

Thanks for letting us oldies (John and I ) joining all of you.

Ha! We may joke about your age Cheryl, but seriously you are a spring chicken & you can party better than most of us! I would be thrilled to hang with you in Diversions every night for the rest of my life! Wonder how much it would cost to sail year round?

 

[justmestace]

Oh the scandal!!!!




I tried swinging from one of those things. Almost pulled a "Todd". Next time, my rum punch and I will just stay under the shade cover where we belong.

 

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

Cursed or Just Living in HE double hockey sticks ? you be the judge...​

Got home at 6:00 Monday. The ex had been over at my request to get the boys schedules for school. He sent a detailed email, sharpened the pencils & left the mail on the counter... As I was reviewing the school mail I saw both kids had half days on Tuesday. Ex's response... I can't change my work schedule on such short notice. (note to self, give more notice)

Monday evening 10:00 pm DS11 vomited half a pizza. He removed the trash liner from the trash can sitting next to the toilet & vomited into the can. I said Nick, why would you vomit into the trash can when the toilet was right next to it? He said, But Mom, I always throw up in the trash can (noted)

Tuesday morning 7:05, the school bus that was due at 7:10 arrived at 7:00. DS11 missed the bus. Drove him to school.

Tuesday 12:00 got a call from DS8's school. He didn't get on the bus. Why not? Well, when I said he had to take the bus to the after school care, he thought I meant I would pick him up & drive him to after school care.

Picked him up & drove him to after care. It's 12:40 & I have a 1:00 meeting. I figure I'll be 10 minutes late. I hit I-95...parking lot from some accident. 1:40 I drive back to my office having missed the meeting.


Wednesday: I have a 7:30 meeting with two presidents & three vice presidents to talk about expansion of our business.

Arrainge for before care for DS8
Leave the house at 6:40 to drop him off
Leave DS11 home with a timer set for 6:55 to catch the 7:10 bus
Instructions: call me when you get on the bus... if you miss the bus, don't panic. Call me and I'll swing by after the meeting & take you to school.

7:00 drop off DS8
7:02 phone call... Mom I'm on the bus
7:04 traffic report... water main break on Baltimore Pike... I take the back roads
7:29 screech into the parking lot at corporate run up the three flights of stairs (thanks to DCL for the training)
7:30 doors to corporate are locked
7:35 still locked...
7:40 still locked...
7:41 call my office coordinator, am I in the right place? yes. do I have the right time? yes. Can you start calling all of the secretaries & see if someone can let me in?
8:35 got a phone call from the meeting organizer... Lisa, I'm surprised you missed this very important meeting.

The crazed person living inside my head excapes...

What stress laidened, non-vacationy escapades await tomorrow...

Stay tuned...

Sorry that you had such a lousy day Lisa. Hope today goes better. What happen those days that the most difficult thing to deal with was whether to order the shrimp or the scallop appetizer. School has really hit the girls hard. They are both tired and not in the mood to do homework.

 

[AndyR]

MIKE! We are dying over on the Vow Renewal thread..plase update us!!

A passing paperazzi caught this shot of the couple

Andy

 

[allshookup]

Laura, it was so fun to see you that morning! Can't wait to see the picture!

I'm glad you're on the dummy cruise with us! Hope it works out that we can sail with you again. If not, we may just have to make another trip to CA to hang out with you & Steve again.


Thanks. I think I'll need a little luck on this one. Just can't seem to get my head back into it. Wonder why?


That sucks Lisa! Welcome back to the burbs!

(Only 65 more weeks til dummy vacation!)


It was a dessert, not a slimy fish...but it wasn't what I was expecting either. It tasted OK though (I like overly sweet )

I'll vote for ya!

I so wish we really were all going on that dummy cruise!

Hey Mike I forgot to say, thanks for the drink! It really hit the spot in the blazing hot sun on Castaway Cay! But I still owe you & Linda so you definitely have to come visit the "Witch City" & I'll buy ya dinnah!

BTW I can't begin to tell you how beautiful you all looked for your vow renewal. What a great family!

 

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Gee Roger, and to think I was considering nominating you for Department of the Interior Undersecretary for Vocal Avians or even Department of Defense Director of Pirate Boats err Ships.

At least it was that kind of swinging!

One of the funniest things that happened on the cruise was one night in Lumiere's the photogs came around to take pictures at the table. We always played musical chairs, so I as sitting next to Esteri's DH and Estri was next to mine - so we took photos that way, laughing the whole time about the Disney specialty swingers cruise. Well, Mike & Sara (sarangel) were at the table next to us - so we told them what was so funny. Without missing a beat, Mike pulled his room key out and tossed it on our table. I had tears running down my face by the end of it all.