Good morning ladies!
I have been trying to catch up on all of your PJ's
and the one thing i've noticed is that my engagement story isn't here. It is in my last TR but i figured i'd make it easier for you girls and post it here. Enjoy!
Welcome to the Nothing ever goes right but who cares! Report. Im writing this for a couple of reasons, one I love my friends on the DIS and promised my November 2008 buddies a report of some kind, and two my DBF (Adam) and I got engaged on our trip. I am so excited about the engagement but I dont even know where to begin as far as planning a wedding is concerned. I should also mention the DF and I bought a house together and are still in the process of unpacking remodeling, so as far as a wedding is concerned we are not planning on anything until atleast 2010. So that being said lets get into the report
I was so excited for this vacation, I had everything planned and couldnt wait to get on the plane. The day before we left was Nov. 1st and I had a hair appointment scheduled for 10 that morning so I could have my hair colored. **side note** I had a feeling that the then DBF was up to something due to some weird behavior the few days leading up to the vacation so it was very very important to me to look my best! Anyway I went in to see my hairdresser who Ive been seeing for 5 years and was telling her all about how excited I was for my trip. I have a hard time sitting still and was bobbing my head around to the tune of the mickey mouse club when the hair dye started to drip down my head. No biggie I thought, it happens all the time itll come off with that dye remover stuff later. **another side not** please notice the title of this report. So DBF came to pick me up after my hair was all done and my hair dresser said oh honey come here let me get that dye off of your forehead!You dont want to look like that in pictures! She came at me with a face cloth full of dye remover and started to scrub my head. This had been done many times before to me but it especially stung this time. I didnt think too much about it and we left the salon. On the drive home DBF looked over at me and said ummm I think you should take a look at your forehead it doesnt look too good! I pulled down the visor mirror and to my horror the dye remover had burned the skin right off of my forehead!!! I cried for a good 20 mins. How could this have happened? Id gone to the same hairdresser and used the same products for 5 years and this time I end up looking like a burn victim?? Ok Ok, I wasnt going to let this small little inconvenience completely ruin this trip that Id been planning for over a year. So like a good girl I sucked it up and finished packing.
The next morning we woke up at 5am and packed up the car and left for the airport. We got to the airport and DBF was insisting that he carry the carry-on backpack. So I let him have it, heck what did I want to carry it for anyway? We went over to the café and had some Dunkin for breakfast before heading through security. We finished breakfast and headed over to security. We got the the front of the line and we took off our shoes and put everything including the backpack onto the xray machine. I was waiting for the attendent to wave me through the metal detector when I heard in the nastiest voice Huh, looks like someone is getting a nice engagement ring on their vacation.
. I was completely stunned. I couldnt move. I looked back at DBF who looked like he was either going to beat the man or cry and I just said oh my god. We both walked through the metal detector and over to our gate without saying a word. I didnt know what to do. I grabbed my cell phone and ran to the bathroom crying. I called and woke my mother and told her what happened. She told me to stop crying and to go be with Adam. She said he was upset enough and I would make it worse if he saw me this upset. So I washed my face and walked over to security and expained what happened to a manger who looked like she could give a flying elephants butt and then returned to my seat at the gate next to Adam. I hugged him and told him that the guy was a jerk and not to worry about it. I told him I still didnt know what it looked like or how he was going to ask so to just forget it even happened. I also made him laugh alittle when I said honestly, did you think you could as me of all people to marry you without something going wrong?? HELLOOOO look at my forehead! Im bad luck! He said he was ok (I knew he still wasnt) and we boarded the plane.
During the flight I got his mind off of what had happened, we played hang man, and tic tac toe, and talked about what we were going to do once we got to the hotel. Once we got off of the plane we had honestly forgotten (as much as we could) about the terrible event at security. We walked over to the ME podium and got right on the bus headed for the AKV, no wait at all! I was so excited I was bouncing up and down in my seat. We were the last to be dropped off and I couldnt believe the resort. What a beautiful place. We walked into the lobby and our mouths hit the floor! **side not** AKV is a HUGE upgrade from our 2007 trip when we stayed at ASSp. Here are some pictures
We went to our room and I couldnt believe the sights! We had a savannah view room! I was so excited.
After we got settled into our room we went on alittle exploration of the hotel. It was magnificent. We hung out by the pool and then headed back to the room. Our luggage had arrived from ME so we got ready for our ADR at Boma that night. We went alittle early but they seated us within a few mins. What an awesome dinner we had! It was yummy! I was worried DBF wouldnt like it but he was a good sport and tried alittle of everything and he thought it was great. After dinner we went back up to the room and got into bed. We put on the TV and watched the TOP7 with stacey (DBF likes her lol) and fell asleep.
**that was my first post... i felt it needed to be told again so you all get why i HATE TSA security!!! (ok not all TSA security on the one's at MHT!!!!)
Day Three
So Tuesday Nov. 4th started off like the day before with me waking up very very very early. The only difference this time was that I grabbed my cell phone and went out to the balconey. My Best friend Kristen, who is also my co-worker, was covering my shift at work so I knew shed be up at work by 6:30 so I called the office. She answered the phone with a tone in her voice like Who the Heck is calling the MRI center at this hour!? I said hello and gave her the full update from the airport fiasco and I thought she was going to have a heart attack. She was so excited for me. Then it registered to her that I was up at 6:30 on my vacation and she quickly scolded me for not sleeping in. I chatted with her about the day before and what our plans were for the rest of the day and then her first patient of the morning came in and said good-bye
not before she made me promise to call her as soon as I was asked.
I went back into the room and put on the weather channel because while I was on the phone I noticed it was pretty nippy outside. According to the obnoxiously perky weather girl it was going to be in the high 70s low 80s by noon. Perfect. So I turned it off and made my way to the shower. I put on a jean skirt, my new pink tank top, with my little black zip up sweatshirt
I figured hey my legs would be cold in the morning but it was supposed to be in the 80s later. Adam got up shortly after and got dressed for the 80s too. **Side not this all becomes relevent soon I promise** We didnt have and ADR for breakfast so we headed down to the mara QS for something to eat. We sat at the table and he asked what we were doing for today. I told him we had an ADR at Le Cellier at 1:55 for lunch and then I had booked a carriage ride at FW. He seemed pretty excited because we had both wanted to head over to FW and WL to check it out. After breakfast we headed over to our favorite park EPCOT.
Finally after 3 MK and 2 AK buses an EPCOT bus came rolling in. It was a full one! We of course let the families with little ones on first and then made our way on
. We found two seats next to each other and squeezed in. When I sat down I felt something odd, at first I thought it was the backpack but when I looked down the backpack was on the floor under Adams legs
it was something in adams cargo shorts pocket
is was hard, square, and small
I was going to throw up he had the ring in his pocket. My initial reaction was OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!! My next reaction, as is my reaction everytime something freaks me out, was I need a bathroom!!! The bus ride to EPCOT was crazy long. When we finally arrived we went through bag check and went in. He asked me what I wanted to do first and my response was Bathroom not a sentence a statement. After my bathroom break we headed over to SE because it was being renovated last time we were there.
I loved the new upgrades! It was fun seeing how you can make your future. After that we headed over to Soarin to get a fast pass, then over to TT which had only a 15 min wait. TT is one of our favorites.
I stared at his pocket the entire time waiting in line. It was in there! Good Lord when was he going to ask me!!! ARG!!! After TT I again needed another bathroom. Everytime I looked at his pocket or thought about it I needed to find a bathroom. We headed over to the living seas and did Nemo and Friends and found a new favorite thing
the cuddle fish
Dont know why but I liked it. (random i know) Anyway after watching the dolphins for a good half an hour we headed back to the land for soarin. Soarin is cool but honestly people dont see what the big deal is?? After soarin I started thinking again and needed to hit another bathroom
by this third bathroom break Adam knew something was wrong
he thought it was something we ate and I let him think that! HA!
We started to get hungry but it was only 12:30. Another hour and twenty mins before our Le Cellier ADR. So we decided to walk to countries clockwise and end up in canada last and hopefully be there close enough to our ADR to be seated. We enjoyed the coutries and were happy to discover that the food and wine festival was still going on and stopped at a few countries to try some food. However we were extremely cold! Going from building to building we didnt notice that the sun NEVER came out but once we started walking to countries we noticed
big time. I was so cold that my legs were turning purple. So although we were trying to use up time walking the countries we ended up power walking through them and ended up at le cellier at 1:00. I was so cold that we just decided to go and see if we could be seated early. The hostess said most likely no but we could still check in and sit inside to wait and they would try and get us in ASAP. I was happy with that it was warm in there! We got our buzzer, sat down
and vioala! Within 5 mins they were able to seat us! SWEET! We had never been to Le Cellier and I could now see why it was so hard to get in there! What a small place! We had a very nice waiter and he sat us and brought us out favorite canadian beer labatt blue and took our order. I got the filet mignon and Adam got the New york Strip (men!) I started to wonder in my head if we he was going to ask me while we were here. It seemed romantic enough
uh oh
had to go to the bathroom again! Well the food came quickly and it was deliciouse! I licked the plate clean! After desert, the check, and no ring I started to get anxiouse
what was the hold up??
After le cellier we decided it was just too cold and we went back to AKV to change into some warm clothes before heading over to FW for the carriage ride
Oh MY! The carriage ride!! He was totally going to monopolize on my idea of a carriage ride and ask me then!! I knew it! Ok so Im sure by now youre all on the edge of your seat so Ill make this quick. We headed back to AKV I changed, he wouldnt change infront of me, made me leave the room (Im guessing the ring switched to his pants from his shorts), got the bus to MK, from there got on the ferry boat to FW, and fast foreward to docking at WL. We got off and I was loving FW. It reminded me of going camping in North Conway NH. We were pretty early for our carriage ride we walked around a bit and went over to check out the little ponies. So cute! After the ponies we headed over to the big barn and saw the draft horses getting all dolled up for the carriage ride. We walked back over to Crocketts Tavern and went up to the service window and ordered some wine. I knew it was coming
and I needed another bathroom break. After the bathroom I went back over and sat in a rocking chair next to adam and waited for our carriage to arrive. It drove up and we hopped in. It was so much fun! My heart was pounding though
the anticipation was killing me!!! We went down this little road for about 15 mins and all of a sudden the driver started to turn around to head back
What?? No ring?? Huh! Jerk! I started thinking maybe it wasnt going to happen until the fireworks at EPCOT and started to relax
when all of a sudden adam said I think you should put your wine down. My words
I dont wanna
He laughed and took it from me anyway. He grabbed my right hand and started to say something when I said Um, if youre doing what I think youre doing youve grabbed the wrong hand. He laughed and switched hands and said Katie, you told me last year when we were here that it was always your dream to get engaged in disney. You made my dream come true when you trusted me enough to buy the house with me. I would like to prove to you that you can always trust me and that my love isnt going anywhere. (cue the tears) He reached in his pocket and pulled out the box Id been staring at all day and said Will you marry me? I cried and cried and cried
it was beautiful and exactly what I always imagined it would be. I didnt move, just cried. After what seemed like an eternity he said Um is that a yes and would you like to put it on? I laughed and said yes and he put the ring on. As soon as the ring was on the driver said Oh look! and pointed to our right and there was a family of deer running through the woods right next to us. It was amazing! The driver also noticed I was crying and said Ok either he just spilled your wine or he asked you to marry him, which was it? I showed the ring and just laughed. Sadly i was so overwhelmed that i didn't get any pictures of the carriage or us on it... and i'm kicking myself in the you know what! That would've been an awesome engagement photo!
After the carriage ride we went over to the bathroom for my last bathroom break and then over to the WL to check it out. What an awesome resort! Loved it!
While we were there we went outside and started texting friends and family. I called Kristen and she was so excited for me
my entire work place knew in a matter of 30 seconds. We explored alittle more at WL before heading back to EPCOT. We rode TT one more time and then got an awesome spot for Illuminations. Those fireworks are my favorite. It was an awesome way to end the day
sitting on the ground in his arms watching fireworks. We waited for the crowds to die down and headed over to the bus back t AKV. We stopped at the bar and had a celebratory drink of this awesome african beer and then headed back to the room. It is probably the happiest day in my life so far and writing it now Im crying and still not believing it really happened. So Im going to go give him a huge hug, tell him I love him, and head to bed.
So that's our engagement story...
thank you all for letting me relive it again!