April 6, 2008 - 4-night Spring Break Cruise - Anyone else going?

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This maybe a bit early, but I wanted to see if anyone else was booked for the April 6, 2008 4-night cruise. This will be our first cruise with the kids, and the first cruise since our honeymoon, and we're pretty excited about it! :goodvibes

Mrs. T has started a list of whose on board. The list is at post #85 on page 6 of this thread.
 
Hello T-i-double-g-err! We will be on the spring break cruise with you.

We are former DIS Geekers from the 12/9/06 cruise. I promised my family I would not get so wrapped up in another thread so I have been resisting the meets thread up until now.

But..... since you are from Atlanta too I just can't help myself. :hippie:

What part of Atlanta are you in and how long have you been here?

More importantly did you stick with the Braves even through the rotten years?



PS Don't get your hopes up. That's all the sports talk I know.:rotfl:
 
Hello T-i-double-g-err! We will be on the spring break cruise with you.

We are former DIS Geekers from the 12/9/06 cruise. I promised my family I would not get so wrapped up in another thread so I have been resisting the meets thread up until now.

But..... since you are from Atlanta too I just can't help myself. :hippie:

What part of Atlanta are you in and how long have you been here?

More importantly did you stick with the Braves even through the rotten years?



PS Don't get your hopes up. That's all the sports talk I know.:rotfl:

Cool! Neither of us was in Atlanta during the "bad years". But I was a Twins fan then, so I know what you mean. And I too stop my sports talk there.

I don't know if you are aware, but we are having a little bitty DIS meet near perimeter mall for lunch on April 20. Want to join us? It will be me, DH (T-i-double-g-err), mouseaddicts and MizDiz. None of us have ever met before (except DH and I, of course).
 
Howdy Mrs. T!

As much as I would love to I can't get away for lunch.
I work part time - mom shift hours - and lunch is kind of grab n go for me.

Is there an Atlanta DB somewhere on the DIS?
 

Tell me about your plans. Are you going to the parks before the cruise? Are you planning another stunning trip report? (yes I peeked).
 
Here's a little background on us.

I have lived in Atlanta ALL MY LIFE. Except for a little 9 month blip when my DF was stationed overseas. Both my parents were born and raised here too. They have now retired to Tifton GA.

DH was a Military Kid and was raised all over the world.

DD will be 13 on the cruise and has lived in Snellville all her life. I remember when Snellville was out of town.

DH and I met in college - GA State University. That's downtown, not in Athens.

DH, DFIL and DD are all Jackets fans. I can recognize most sports on sight, but that's as far as my knowledge goes.
 
Well if you peeked at the TR, you have a little background on us. Here's a bit more.

I moved to Atlanta in 1993 for a job. I grew up in NJ. I moved to MD for undergraduate, and back to NJ and then to LA for graduate school (that's bayous, not movie stars :rolleyes:). I started my first career as a computer science professor at Clark Atlanta University. I had a definite interest in the areas of information systems and societal impact, so I decided to broaden my understanding by attending some law school classes.

DW also move here for a job, but in 1994. She grew up in Minnesota, and then moved to north Florida. She was starting her career teaching mathematics at Gainsville College. Soon after moving to Atlanta, we met on a singles white water rafting trip on the Ocoee. We floated down the river together, and that was it. :love:

We got married not too much later and bought a house in Duluth. DW's position at Gainsville College was only a one-year position, so after that, she took a position at a private high school in Atlanta where she worked until DD9 was born in June of 1997.

Based upon my growing interested, I ended up enrolling in the night program at GA State's College of Law, so I'm familiar with the downtown campus. I was pretty much on one side of the class in the day and the other at night. I completed the law program in 1999. During the 1998-9 time frame, I had also reached a frustration limit with university administration. At that point, I made the choice to switch to my second career - law, and my journey to the dark side was complete. :darth: I've been practicing law in the intellectual property area ever since. In the late 90s, we moved into Sandy Springs so that my commute downtown would not be quite so long. I've been with several firms of various shapes and sizes, and I've finally settled down into a small firm with two partners that I met while at other firms.

We have three children. They will be 5, 8 and 10 when we get to the cruise. DD7 and DD9 have both lived there entire lives here in Atlanta. DD5 lived his first two years in Guatemala and the rest here in Atlanta.

I can't say that I'm terribly into sports. I enjoy going to games occasionally, and I have been here long enough that I root for the Braves rather than the Mets or Yankees.

In terms of hobbies, I'm still a bit of a computer enthusiast. I enjoy building and tinkering with them. When each of my DDs turned 7, we scrounged through my spare parts collection and as a project built each of them a computer. I plan to do the same with DS5 when his turn comes along. I guess I pretty much fall into the Geek category.

Sorry for the biography... I kind of got on a roll and went with it. :rolleyes1
 
Tell me about your plans. Are you going to the parks before the cruise? Are you planning another stunning trip report? (yes I peeked).

We're still not sure on this one. We thought we might hit the parks for a day after the cruise. We're trying very hard to avoid having the kids miss school.
 
Oh goody! somebody to talk to!

Well if you peeked at the TR, you have a little background on us. Here's a bit more.

Soon after moving to Atlanta, we met on a singles white water rafting trip on the Ocoee. We floated down the river together, and that was it. :love:
How sweet! I often wonder what brings people together so far away from home. Did you know there are no naturally occuring lakes in GA? That's what I've heard anyway, I've yet to have it proven.

Based upon my growing interested, I ended up enrolling in the night program at GA State's College of Law, so I'm familiar with the downtown campus.
I have a joke I play on my family. DH and DD are both GA Tech fans even though DH and I went to GSU. He wears GA Tech jackets, shirts, caps, we fly the flag, and he goes to games. I wear only GSU stuff because I actually have a degree from there.

During the 1998-9 time frame, I had also reached a frustration limit with university administration.
I assume you are talking about working in the university system. If so, I totally get it. DH works for GA Perimeter College (AKA DeKalb College).

In the late 90s, we moved into Sandy Springs so that my commute downtown would not be quite so long.
georgous area:hippie:

We have three children. They will be 5, 8 and 10 when we get to the cruise. DD7 and DD9 have both lived there entire lives here in Atlanta. DD5 lived his first two years in Guatemala and the rest here in Atlanta.
I have actually been sitting here trying to figure out why you sent such a young child to live in Guatemala or where two years in Guatemala fit into your story above. :lmao:
In terms of hobbies, I'm still a bit of a computer enthusiast. I enjoy building and tinkering with them. When each of my DDs turned 7, we scrounged through my spare parts collection and as a project built each of them a computer. I plan to do the same with DS5 when his turn comes along. I guess I pretty much fall into the Geek category.
On the 12/9/06 cruise board we decided all of us were some kind of geek, even the cheerleaders. Mostly we are all geeks for DIS! They have changed the title of the thread but it used to be DIS Geeks.
Sorry for the biography... I kind of got on a roll and went with it. :rolleyes1

popcorn:: Loved it! TTFN! popcorn::
 
We're still not sure on this one. We thought we might hit the parks for a day after the cruise. We're trying very hard to avoid having the kids miss school.

I am totally with you on this. We kept DD out for a week in December and Gwinnett Co. WAS NOT HAPPY! :mad:

DD was also not happy. She had bushels of homework to make up.

I think we are lucky that early April seems to still be low cost and March and May are higher priced.
 
Hellooooo G-rrrr family.
How was the Mini Meet on Friday?

I am going with my DM and DF the first week in May to Tampa so she can get laser surgery on her back. If she feels better (can walk) after that she may join us on the trip.
 
Hellooooo G-rrrr family.
How was the Mini Meet on Friday?

I am going with my DM and DF the first week in May to Tampa so she can get laser surgery on her back. If she feels better (can walk) after that she may join us on the trip.

Things have been a bit crazy here. Our house was broken into Sunday night (2:30 AM). We are all fine, and only my purse was stolen. I was able to cancel the credit cards and other accounts in time, and we changed the locks. I did however lose my favorite Mickey mouse purse:sad1: .

The mini meet never happened. I had to go up to Ackworth to check out the campsite where I'm taking my girl scouts. It was the only day the ranger could meet us. I can't wait to go camping.
 
Very sorry to hear about the break in. I'm glad you are all ok and I'll bet it was quite a scare.

Things have been a crazy mess for me here. I have a home based business making quilts from peoples' old Tshirts and graduation season is a busy busy time for me. I just finished my last one and boy am I glad!:banana:

Now I have to get DD ready to go to Tifton for the summer and Theater Camp. Whoops! I guess I need to buy her some shorts before her winter jeans get short enough to be capris all by themselves.

I just can't believe it's the last day of school. :scared1:
 
Tifton isn't in the fire zone, is it? I hope not.
We still have 2 more days of school in Fulton County.

DH and I are getting really excited now that we are only 1.5 months from our trip to WDW. After that our minds will be on nothing but the cruise. Man, time flies!
 
Tifton is in South Central GA on I-75. DD will actually stay with her DGM so she will be fine-a-roonie. DM says there has been no trouble so far and not much smoke to speak of.

1.5 to WDW sounds great. We are going to Philly this summer to see the King Tut exhibit. We also choose Philly/DC because none of us have spent much time there but we've done FL so many times.

We have a trip later in the summer to Savannah.
 
I'm glad to hear that the fires are not causing difficulties for your DM.

We'll be doing a family trip to WDW. We'll have DM and DW's cousin along with us. The two older kids will be going back with DM to NJ for a week at Camp Grandma. We'll be joining them with our youngest for the last few days. I think that will pretty much tap us out on travel this summer.

The time really is flying. I cannot believe the kids last day of school is tomorrow. Our oldest leaves for her first week of girl scout camp in a little over a week...
 
Hey G Errr Family!
I've been trying to balance the work checkbook and it's making me nuts! I would so rather be at home in the garden! :hippie:

Have a great weekend!
 
Hey G Errr Family!
I've been trying to balance the work checkbook and it's making me nuts! I would so rather be at home in the garden! :hippie:

Have a great weekend!

You too! You have my sympathy on the checkbook. I put my last entries for the quarter in the company books yesterday morning, and them dumped them on my partners to finish closing out the quarter. I then bugged out of the office early yesterday to watch one of the kids while the other two were off at the doctor's with Mrs. T.

We're now getting everything together for our oldest to head off to camp tomorrow...
 
MommyMinne, we really should meet up before the cruise. Our kids won't find out about the cruise until December, so we should get the families together at the beginning of 2008.

Hopefully, someone else will join this thread by then too!:confused3
 

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