A foolish promise finally kept: the PTR! *The TR has begun! Link on page 13, post 189

[faerieprincess]

Hmm, hadn't occured to me to request no housekeeping. A week is a long time for the two of us to live in one small room, though, and i love coming back to a nicely made up bed! i mean, how often do i spend a week in a hotel? Might as well enjoy it, right?

 

[vdarrell]

Hmm, hadn't occured to me to request no housekeeping. A week is a long time for the two of us to live in one small room, though, and i love coming back to a nicely made up bed! i mean, how often do i spend a week in a hotel? Might as well enjoy it, right?

I have my own reasons for not wanting housekeepers in my room and that is mostly due to the fact that my younger sister in her earlier years was a housekeeper and told stories about want the housekeepers do.

I make up our beds myself daily and I just keep things picked up but I do wish at times that I could go with the flow and say "heck with it I'm on vacation and I'm not doing any cooking or cleaning",

So you enjoy yourself and don't worry about anything, you are on vacation.
Don't carry on my wierdness.

 

[faerieprincess]

Nothing wrong with a bit of weirdness :

 

[faerieprincess]

This update has been a couple of days in the making - i've wanted to post these photos but just not had the energy. While i still don't have much energy, i do have some very exciting news that i wanted to share with y'all, so it kind of spurred me on to doing this!

However, since i am a little mean i'm going to do the other stuff first!

First are the photos to remind us all what our shirts look like!

These are Jessie's choices:

And these are mine:

Here are the patches i ironed onto our clothes the other day. Hers are on a pair of short (calf-length) jeans...

And mine are on a just-past-knee-length denim skirt (probably my most-worn item of summer clothing ever)...

And yes, i realise the irony that my screen name has "princess" in and it's her patch...but really, she has always been the 'princess' and i've always been the 'angel'

Finally a look at one of my LGMH tags...(and yes i 'stole'/'borrowed'/'lifted' the "do you DIS?" from Paula... thank you Paula! )

And now, at last, we get to the SUPER EXCITING news.

Our flights got changed. Our returning flights. Which means that instead of flying out of Orlando at 10.15am... we are now flying out at 8.10......PM! That's almost an ENTIRE EXTRA DAY!

And, since apparently i was having a man-moment when planning the schedule, i hadn't realised that i have 7-day tickets, not 6-day tickets. Meaning all along i could have been planning a park visit for our arrival day, but since we weren't expecting to do a park on that day anyway, i have PARK TICKETS FOR THE EXTRA DAY!

Sooooooooo that means i can make another ADR if i want to... for brunch maybe (Tonga Toast?) or lunch (50s Prime Time or Sci-Fi?)... it's so exciting! So many possibilities!

However, at this point i am not planning on making any ADRs. i may wait until we're there and see what's available, or we may try a walk in. For one thing i don't want to be restricted as to which parks we go to on that day... since we will really only have time for one. (i'm assuming we will have to be back at POP to catch the ME around 4pm).

 

[princess~yo]

That IS exciting news....an extra day with the mouse! SO SO SO happy for you! Use it to go back to revisit your favorites (or get to do that *one* thing that you missed on the other days!)

Doin' the happy dance for ya!

 

[faerieprincess]

thank you.... nice dancin'! :

i just read your PTR and TR...sounds like you had a great trip! Your daughters are so cute

 

[faerieprincess]

i can't sleep i think i've spent so much time in bed over the last couple of days, my body is just confused, and now i can't sleep. Last night my BF was up when i was trying to get to sleep, so we were on the phone and he talked to me until i got too sleepy to talk

But tonight he is sleeping.

Speaking of my BF, he took exception to me having a "man" moment in my previous post... i assured him i didn't mean *my* man!

So i've just spent a couple of hours curled up with my PassPorter and Unofficial Guide, still trying to decide what to do about our exciting extra day. As much as i want to just go with the flow and decide in the moment, i'm worried about having checked out at POP, stowed our luggage, and then be sitting there going... "now what? " i need a plan to counteract my ingrained indecisiveness!

A week from now i will be sitting here wishing i could sleep because in the morning our journey will be beginning!! 92 days have passed since i started this PTR, that boggles my mind. 92 days gone and i'm not ready!!!

Okay, i'm gonna try this sleep thing again. i'm still hoping to hear what other people tip Mousekeeping...

g'night y'all

 

[vdarrell]

Dear Sare.....so happy for you an extra day in the park or where-ever.
We loved having that extra time before our flight the last day.We didn't plan anything that day just did what we wanted at the moment and loved it.

Sorry you are having trouble sleeping hopefully you did get some.
Your BF and My DH are both exceptions to the "man moment"rule.

I loved your shirt choices and your iron ons are so cute.

I do hope you are feeling better today. Stay in bed and rest/read/plan.

 

[mickeysmyboy]

Hi Sare!! I'm just getting caught up! How exciting to get that extra day!!! I love all your tee shirt choices and your iron-ons! You ladies will look fabulous!

I hope your feel better!

 

[faerieprincess]

Dear Sare.....so happy for you an extra day in the park or where-ever.
We loved having that extra time before our flight the last day.We didn't plan anything that day just did what we wanted at the moment and loved it.

Sorry you are having trouble sleeping hopefully you did get some.
Your BF and My DH are both exceptions to the "man moment"rule.

I loved your shirt choices and your iron ons are so cute.

I do hope you are feeling better today. Stay in bed and rest/read/plan.

Well, i was feeling better for a while. Then Jess and i decided to take all the Disney stuff out of the mountain it was in and sort through it and divide up all the clothes into complete outfits, and cut tags off, and things like that. It was fun - lots of fun - but it sure wore me out. i had to have a nap to recover!

i spent the rest of the day just lying around, and now i'm waiting for supper to be ready. i'm thinking maybe a movie tonight. i need to get to sleep earlier, because i have a doctor's appointment at 10:15

i really, really, REALLY need to be able to go to work on the weekend, so i am really hoping that the doctor can come up with something tomorrow that will help me get lots better really fast!!!!

Hi Sare!! I'm just getting caught up! How exciting to get that extra day!!! I love all your tee shirt choices and your iron-ons! You ladies will look fabulous!

I hope your feel better!

Hey Melissa, glad to see you back! i've been working my way slowly through your PTR/TR/PTR and enjoying it so far - your kids are so cute

 

[vdarrell]

How you feeling today?

 

[faerieprincess]

How you feeling today?

i am feeling better! The doctor did some weird movement things with me that apparently re-aligned the stuff in the inner ear that causes vertigo, and WOW what a difference it made!

However, i'm not out of the woods completely: the vertigo was apparently only half the problem. i also have extremely low blood pressure, which she said is quite common in young women. So the vertigo was causing me to be nauseous, therefore i wasn't eating much of anything, therefore my blood pressure was dropping even further, so i felt weak and more dizzy. VIcious cycle! So i'm on strict instructions to eat more... first time a doctor's ever suggested that! i'm also supposed to try and eat 1000mg of salt every day! that seems like a lot!!! i'm doing my best though, i bought some roasted almonds today that should help me out a bit.

So, to sum up, the dizziness is almost completely gone but i still feel quite weak and wobbly. i have the rest of today and tomorrow to get back up to snuff before i have to work Saturday-Tuesday and then Wednesday.... we leave for WDW!

also WELCOME HOME GELLYBEAN!!!! i missed my twinnie but i'm sorry coming back to me had to mean leaving Disney!

 

[jenjolt]

WOW!! I just got all caught up on your PTR and I'm so excited for you and your sister...you guys are going to have a great time!!!

I just returned and had an amazing trip!!!

Only 1 week!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to hear and see all the pictures you take!! I too am a scrapbooker so I know you will be taking a ton of pictures!!

Anyways, I hope this week goes by really really fast for you!!!

 

[faerieprincess]

WOW!! I just got all caught up on your PTR and I'm so excited for you and your sister...you guys are going to have a great time!!!

I just returned and had an amazing trip!!!

Only 1 week!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to hear and see all the pictures you take!! I too am a scrapbooker so I know you will be taking a ton of pictures!!

Anyways, I hope this week goes by really really fast for you!!!

Hey, welcome back! i'll be heading over to read your TR!!!

it's sure going slowly right now! (my week, not your TR )

 

[vdarrell]

Please listen and do everything the doctor tells you and take it easy.
Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.

 

[faerieprincess]

Please listen and do everything the doctor tells you and take it easy.
Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.

Yes'm : i am doing my best to follow her orders, and i am already feeling so much better!

Here's what i got done yesterday:

• went to the bank and bought some American money
• used some of said money and finished the Mousekeeping envelopes. Along with the $$ i added a small chocolate Canadian coin to each one.
• picked up our Greyhound tickets. These are the tickets we use on Wednesday to get to Toronto before we fly out on Thursday.
• Went to Future Shop and drooled over some digital cameras. i'm really struggling with the urge to get a new camera before i go!!
• bought my BF a Valentine's Day card to be mailed before i leave. We have been together almost four years, this is our fourth Valentine's Day together and of the four we've only spent one together (and it was somewhat of a disaster but we don't need to get into that, lol). We are both happy just exchanging cards - and to be honest i usually refer to it as Hallmark Day. However i do enjoy shopping for the card and i did find a great one this year
• started working on the mini scrapbook i am making for my grandmother. i'm not sure if i will give it to her for her birthday in March or save it for Mother's Day in May, i guess it will depend on how much time i have to work on it when we get back from Disney. She specifically asked me to make it for her. The good news is it's only 8x8 so i can scan the pages to show y'all once the TR is done and we are all bored

However about that time gellybean's pictures FINALLY finished uploading and i spent the rest of the night (too much of the rest of the night, actually) drooling over her photos! Her boys are so freakin' adorable!!! She took six "twinnie pictures" that i am going to do my best to replicate... and y'all will be able to see how eerily similar we look!

Today i am going to go get some more American $$, pick up a few things on the last minute list, and just try and get the right mix of exercise and rest so that i can function at work tomorrow! Oh, i also can go to the travel agent's and pick up a couple of magical items that have arrived for me! What could they be?

 

[jenjolt]

Oooh all of that is exciting news you are getting so close to your trip!!!

Got to love errands when you are running them with Disney in mind LOL

 

[faerieprincess]

i swear i answered you yesterday Jen!

Yes, even going to the bank is more fun when it's to get money for Disney!!!

i didn't actually get any of my errands done yesterday though! Oh well, there's always Monday afternoon. i work until 3pm and after that i am free to head to the mall, visit the travel agent, pick up some more American $... wooohoooo!

it's getting so close!

so soon!

so near!

and yet so far...... 3 more days of work to go!

Anyone else want to boycott the Stupidbowl and come and help me pack tomorrow night? :

Shameless plug for my twinnie's TR: Hop, Skip and a Week!! A TR Full of Mayhem, Masticating and Mortification!

 

[vdarrell]

So close......so close
You have been busy but sounds as if you have things under control.

I can feel your excitement.

BTW how are you feeling?

 

[faerieprincess]

i'm very tired - VERY tired, even an uneventful day at work required a lot more stamina than a day of mostly staying in bed!!! and i didn't sleep much last night - but other than that i am good! i am doing my best with the sodium and it seems to be helping - i've found that Gatorade is a lifesaver lol. Helps the thirst from so much salt AND has sodium in it! Whoot!

i'm just soooooo excited!