Ace, Me, & the Guy with CP *An update on Bill Pg. 70*

[SwansLoveDisney]

Only 10 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So exciting!

 

[KathyRN137]

Happy Single Digits At Last!!!

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Kathy

 

[jordanyosh]

NINE MORE DAYS
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[mrsksomeday]

As many of you have read, Ace our jack russell/rat terrier is our fur baby. I adore this dog, I talk to him like he is our child, I hug him, he lets me hold him. He knows when I am sad and sits with me. He plays with Bill, brings joy to our lives, and knows when to hang back and let me take care of Bill. He is part our our family.

So what do you do when you are going to LEAVE part of your family to take off to Orlando, Florida and go to WDW ? You buy said family member a gift, a present, in the case of Ace a new toy. We have basic names for his toys: Ball, basketball, football, bone, rope, ring... well you get the point. This toy is a little odd looking:

Notice the LIME . Well, it had to have a name, Ace knows which toy to run and get if he has a name for it. So.... we named the new toy DISer. Crazy I know, but the dog has to have some type of Disney interaction in his life.

Here is Ace meeting DISer for the first time, notice the intense gaze. It is a stare down:

Here is Ace after he finally got his paws on DISer, notice a little bit of aggression going on:

Here is Ace posing with his new buddy:

We got the new toy for 2 reasons:

1) He always needs a new toy to occupy his time when we leave him for almost two weeks.

2) His 3rd birthday is Sunday.

Do I look like I have time on my hands or what??

 

[KimmyDisneyNerd]

Aw Happy Birthday Ace! Great pictures of Ace

 

[mkluvsmickey]

Great pictures of Ace - he is an adorable dog! Love the new toy - DISer - very strange looking creature. We celebrate our dogs and cats birthdays too. They always get a new toy and for the dogs we also give them doggie ice-cream. It is so hard to leave them but a nice thing to look forward to when you have to leave Disney!

 

[Becky521]

Yay! I'm caught up. Love the pictures of Ace and Diser. Leading up to our past two trips we got our dogs "ready" by telling them they were going to Pluto World

 

[MRYPPNS]

Woof Woof Bark Bark Ruff! translation: Happy Birthday Ace! from Bailey and Riley (my fur babies).
Don't forget to check out the Disney pet store in DTD for something for Ace

 

[MagiKitty]

Happy Birthday Ace! Does he know when you go away? My dog starts pouting and acting aloof. Its the hardest part of going on vacation.

Vacation is sooo soon! Are you packed yet? I have more than two weeks and am in full panic mode...its so exciting!

Have a great day everyone....

 

[mrsksomeday]

Aw Happy Birthday Ace! Great pictures of Ace

Thanks . I will tell Ace about all the well wishes.

Great pictures of Ace - he is an adorable dog! Love the new toy - DISer - very strange looking creature. We celebrate our dogs and cats birthdays too. They always get a new toy and for the dogs we also give them doggie ice-cream. It is so hard to leave them but a nice thing to look forward to when you have to leave Disney!

Thanks Michelle!! I love hearing from other animal lovers. I have to get some doggie ice cream this weekend. It kills me to leave him, I get depressed about it and feel guilty, but I know he has a great time when he goes to the boarders.

Yay! I'm caught up. Love the pictures of Ace and Diser. Leading up to our past two trips we got our dogs "ready" by telling them they were going to Pluto World

I tell him we are going to miss him and love on him like crazy. I told Bill I hate waking up and him not being at the foot of the bed .

Woof Woof Bark Bark Ruff! translation: Happy Birthday Ace! from Bailey and Riley (my fur babies).
Don't forget to check out the Disney pet store in DTD for something for Ace

MRYPPNS, we always go there when we go to DTD. Tell Bailey and Riley that Ace said thanks .

Happy Birthday Ace! Does he know when you go away? My dog starts pouting and acting aloof. Its the hardest part of going on vacation.

Vacation is sooo soon! Are you packed yet? I have more than two weeks and am in full panic mode...its so exciting!

Have a great day everyone....

I believe Ace knows when we are going away. He seems to be less outgoing, wanting to be right next to me all the time. When we lay down at night, he climbs right up on my chest, lays down, and stares at me. Twenty seven pounds of dog climbing on your chest is rough sometimes .

Whenever Bill lays down he is right next to him too. Usually he plays with "daddy" and gets love from "mommy", but he just wants love all the time right now. Which makes me feel even more guilty.

We both have Ace as the picture on our cell phones and we are taking the laptop to download pics every night. If I need my "Ace fix" all I have to do is look at the pictures of him on the laptop, pathetic yes I know but I love him to pieces.

 

[Hedy]

Happy birthday Ace!

 

[Poohtigeey]

Wow, Tracy! I'm gone for a day and I have to catch up on 3 pages!!!!!!!! However, I noticed still no post from Bill...I know you guys are probably SUPER BUSY! Are you getting stressed?! It's good stress though!!!Ace is so cute!!! Love the pictures!

 

[jordanyosh]

To quote my favorite comic strip "The Far Side":

What humans hear:

Happy Birthday Ace!!!!

What Ace hears:

Blah, Blah, Blah, Ace, Blah, Blah, Blah.....

 

[Yoda_K]

Before I start talking about the November 2006 trip, I want to thank everybody for sticking with us while I have been missing in action. As you know, I have been super busy with my school work.

Donna Lynn, our angel Donna Lynn I want to personally thank you for sending us the pins and lanyards. Now I don’t have to decide whether I want to start pin trading or not, you made the decision for me . I can blame Donna Lynn when I go crazy buying and trading pins . When I go on the next trip, I will look at everybody’s lanyards and start trading!!

As soon as we got off the plane in Feb. 2006, I was ready to go back to WDW. That was impossible since we ran out of money (just kidding). I was just waiting for the right time to ask Tracy when we wanted to go back or if she even wanted to. In my heart I knew that Tracy would want to go back.

The way I reeled her in was by telling her I wouldn’t mind going to Super Soap Weekend. Ever since I can remember I have watched the ABC soap operas from time to time with my mom. I might have missed some years, like when I went away to college, but I always started watching them again. It wasn’t that hard to figure out what had happened . Tracy liked the same soap operas as my mother, therefore, we both knew the actors and actresses.

As usual Tracy worried about money . She said “we don’t need to spend that much money twice in one year”. I said “we only live one time, you never know what can happen tomorrow. All we have to do is make a payment every month”. She was uncertain and I waited a few more days to mention it one more time. It was not long after that Tracy was online comparing vacation packages and prices.

I told her I wanted to try a new resort because Disney has so many to choose from. I want to try a new one out whenever I can. We decided on Port Orleans Riverside, since we liked POFQ and had seen Riverside when we had eaten at Boatwrights. We loved the ferry.

Like always, I was the one that booked the trip. I called Disney’s Special requests number on my TTY machine. I explained my needs, I told them the resort we wanted, and for how long. It appeared to be no problem.

We went to St. Louis the night before our trip. It was raining and a little bit chilly. Tracy was soaking wet by the time we got into the hotel because she had to unpack some things from the van. We had a wonderful dinner for two at the hotel. We had roasted chicken (I want some more of that chicken it was so tender and good). I was so full after that so I had no problems wanting to go to sleep. However, Tracy was being her normal self by talking out loud about what she needed to do in the morning, going over lists in her head. I was trying not to laugh, but I did because in my mind I knew we had everything and it wasn’t going anywhere. If it helps her I will let her do it.
The next day we got very early to go to the airport. Tracy told you what happened with the airport shuttle. We finally got there and Tracy figured out she had left some paperwork in the hotel room. I thought there would be no problem, things were in the computer systems, we had our ID’s, I was not worried. It was hard to explain that to Tracy because she thought she messed up everything and was in a panic.

Most of the time the airport security acts like they are afraid to touch me. They don’t want to hurt me. If they knew me it wouldn’t take that long, because it doesn’t hurt me to move forward and backward so they can wand me all over. Everything went fine with that, they even swiped my wheelchair for chemicals .

Off we went to check the wheelchair at the gate and were given paperwork for it. While we were waiting for the plane to arrive, Tracy was trying to call the hotel to see if they could mail the paperwork to us. I kept telling her it wasn’t necessary. I kept telling her there was no need to worry, we were going to Disney World, we were going on vacation, don’t worry anymore than you have to and “have fun Woman”. She slapped me with her eyes and told me to “shut up Bill, I don’t need this right now”. Happy camper wasn’t she? Normally she isn’t like this, she was just very stressed out. There was no need to get this upset , sometimes she forgets things but oddly she remembers numbers, reservation numbers, ADR’s, driver’s license numbers, etc. So we had the confirmation numbers.

We got on the plane, Tracy transferred me, showed the airport people how to put my chair in manual, and we both got strapped in. We went for a ride for about two hours. It doesn’t seem like you are going about 500 mph when you look out the window, why is that? I don’t understand that if someone does please explain it to me. I really want to know.

When we landed we got a “dream”, by the guy Tracy told you about. I thought why would anyone want to give $100 to a stranger? He gave it to the flight attendant to give to us so we could not say no.

When my wheelchair arrived at the terminal, Tracy transferred me, and off we went to the Magical Express. Tracy was still worried about the paperwork left in St. Louis. She went through the line while I waited off to the side. Like I told her, there was NO problem at all. The cast member called for an accessible bus, it was not long until it arrived.

We got to POR and went to check in. Tracy told you about the problems with the reservation cast member saying we didn’t have any special requests. In my mind I was thinking (like Arnold on Different Strokes) whatcha talkin about woman? (instead of Willis) I knew we were right, I knew how long I had spent on the phone with the special requests department. I have made many reservations with Disney before, I know the procedures. The CM did not put in a lot of effort to look in the computer system for us. I don’t know what her problem was; she was not very Disney like. She reminded me of the evil witch from Snow White. I saw Tracy getting more upset with every click of the keyboard. The cast member did not ask the manager to look into it. At that point I didn’t care, I just wanted to get us a room. At least we were getting a roll in shower. We went in search of our room. The walkways usually ended up leading to stairs. It was confusing and not as accessible as I thought it would be. There needed to be signs to show us wheelchair users where to go. If they had signs like that we never saw them.

Next time… the rest of my side of the November 2006 story

 

[mkluvsmickey]

Wow Monica - all you have to do is ask for Bill's post and it appears!

Great start Bill! Tracy sounds just like me with her lists and such. I would have been very irritated also if I'd left paperwork in the hotel room. I can feel your pain Tracy! It is hard to relax, even on vacation.

 

[KathyRN137]

Ace!!


Love,

Aimee

 

[KimmyDisneyNerd]

Great to hear from you Bill. Great start to the side story.

 

[KathyRN137]

... I kept telling her there was no need to worry, we were going to Disney World, we were going on vacation, don’t worry anymore than you have to and “have fun Woman”.

Ying and Yang!

Bill, it sounds like you are just the sort of soothing balm a worry-wart like Tracy needs in her life!!

You were made for each other!!

Glad you're able to take a breather from school and post a bit.... are you having fun plotting the rapid growth of your new pin collection?!?


Kathy

 

[SwansLoveDisney]

If I'm not back on the Dis by the time you leave, have a blast and remember every detail and take lots of pics cuz I want a good TR to read!

 

[dseth]

Happy Birthday to Ace!!

I can't believe how quick the last 30 days or so have went! Last time we "chatted" I think you were at the 30 day mark now you are single digit dancing!!

I hope you both have a wonderful time!!

Will start posting my Christmas "girl" pre-trip report soon!