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[Belle Ella]

That is like walking with my Mom and it drives me nuts.

Glad you can see where I'm coming from then. Sometimes I feel like I'm too harsh on her, but knowing the things that I do it's hard not to. I'm glad I can kind of relax more with this trip.

 

[kaoden39]

Oh! You must, you must, you must! I love the windows on Main St.

Question: Just judging from the photos that I take does it seem like I meander a lot? Just curious, lol.



That would be a negative. To make a long story short -- I've known her for over 20 years, but she has a lot of growing up to do and responsibility to learn. Taking 2 trips with her last year really forced me to realize how unhealthy a thing it was for me (mentally and emotionally) to spend so much time with her. I haven't talked to her a total of 2 times this year.



Heck yeah it is!

Yeah it does actually seem as though you meander to a certain extent.

 

[Belle Ella]

Yeah it does actually seem as though you meander to a certain extent.

Every time I look through my photos that's the feeling that I get. Which is funny, because I know how I do tour. My meandering is actually a pretty fast pace. My leisure walk is pretty much the equivalent to a power walk for most people. Which is where I picked that term to begin with, lol.

I do tend to walk slower in the morning when the crowds aren't so big. But by the time the crowds hit I move faster and do a lot of weaving, lol. It's kind of funny.

 

[kaoden39]

Glad you can see where I'm coming from then. Sometimes I feel like I'm too harsh on her, but knowing the things that I do it's hard not to. I'm glad I can kind of relax more with this trip.

My mom also always wants to go back to the room in the afternoon and rest. This last trip I told her to go ahead and I plan on dong that again this trip. She has this habit of wanting to sit down on just about ever bench and she doesn't want to go on mos rides and expects me to sit with her while the others ride. I am not doing that anymore, there are rides I have never been on because she doesn't like them. I will ride Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, and Grizzly River Run this trip!!

 

[Belle Ella]

You know what, now that I think about it -- switch that around. I move faster in the morning when the crowds are low so I can get more done. I do most of my leisurely walking and looking for things to photograph in the afternoon when it gets busier.

I really don't know.

Maybe I don't have a touring style.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

That's too bad that things happen that way. I recently had to tell a friend that I couldn't hang out with her anymore, unless she changed some of the habits she had. I just got tired of hearing about that stuff. It wasn't really affecting me directly, which is why she would fight me on it, but if it's things that bother you, then it does affect you. She just didn't get that, so I told her I couldn't be friends with her. It's hard, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

 

[Belle Ella]

My mom also always wants to go back to the room in the afternoon and rest. This last trip I told her to go ahead and I plan on dong that again this trip. She has this habit of wanting to sit down on just about ever bench and she doesn't want to go on mos rides and expects me to sit with her while the others ride. I am not doing that anymore, there are rides I have never been on because she doesn't like them. I will ride Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, and Grizzly River Run this trip!!

See, the good thing about me is that while I don't do a lot of rides I have no problem splitting up so I can do what I want to do and you can do what you want to do. I'm easy to please I did spend a lot of time trying to convince Frick that we should head back to the hotel, but it was more because I knew she couldn't handle it otherwise. And I ended up being right, but she still refused to listen to me and only made herself feel worse which made her grouchy and me thoroughly pissed off.

 

[Belle Ella]

That's too bad that things happen that way. I recently had to tell a friend that I couldn't hang out with her anymore, unless she changed some of the habits she had. I just got tired of hearing about that stuff. It wasn't really affecting me directly, which is why she would fight me on it, but if it's things that bother you, then it does affect you. She just didn't get that, so I told her I couldn't be friends with her. It's hard, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

See, here's something I firmly believe: The things your friends do, do effect you directly and vice versa. Most of the time they seem like they don't, but if it causes stress in your friendship than it is effecting you. Friendships and relationships take a lot out of you and require a lot from you. It's funny because we talked about social health in class on Tuesday and it's really letting me be able to actually put some of my feelings on the matter into words.

 

[kaoden39]

I guess my Mom is enough for me on this.

 

[Belle Ella]

 

[DisneyStitch626]

It's always good to be able to describe your feelings so you can be sure you aren't over-reacting. For a long time I thought I was over reacting and just stressing over things that really had nothing to do with me. But they never stopped bothering me, and even she would admit that things she does is stupid, but do you think that means she would learn her lesson?? Of course not. So I just finally said "you know what, Im not going to tell you what to do, so i am going to distance myself from you, until you've learned to control yourself and your habits". Of course that started a big arguement, and I can say now that I have to find someone else to go to Nickelback and U2 with this spring!

 

[kaoden39]

This trip should be interesting 4 teenagers, 2 seniors, 1 toddler and Scotty and I. Quite the diversity when it comes to ages.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

That is quite the diversity! Might have trouble making decisions on things with that many ages in one group! Should still be a lot of fun though!

 

[Belle Ella]

This trip should be interesting 4 teenagers, 2 seniors, 1 toddler and Scotty and I. Quite the diversity when it comes to ages.

You can say that again!

AH! I love just going with a friend. This will be a great experience if it's the last thing I do!

 

[kaoden39]

That is quite the diversity! Might have trouble making decisions on things with that many ages in one group! Should still be a lot of fun though!

Well, here is the beauty of the plan, the two seniors are doing the parks together. I trust the four teens to have good judgment, so they can tour together and that leaves Scotty and I alone. This is the beauty of the plan.

You can say that again!

AH! I love just going with a friend. This will be a great experience if it's the last thing I do!

I am hoping that Scotty and I are able to have a few hours a day that are just ours.

 

[Belle Ella]

Well, here is the beauty of the plan, the two seniors are doing the parks together. I trust the four teens to have good judgment, so they can tour together and that leaves Scotty and I alone. This is the beauty of the plan.

That is a great way to look at it! I'm sure that's what my parent's loved about our last trip together. The fact that I could go off on my own. Mind you, this was in my bratty teenage years when everyone giving me grief for my lack on interest in certain rides made me dislike the parks eek: I know, blasphemy, right?) so I never got to enjoy the time.

I don't even remember my trip that Christmas ('03 I think) at all other than seeing a LOTR movie and listening to Suburban Legends in DTD.

 

[DisneyStitch626]

That is why Dillon and I are doing this trip now, before we have kids. That way we can do it all ourselves. And after living with me for 3 years, he should be able to tolerate me while I am most likely going crazy when there! And probably the days leading up to it! It's already all I talk about, and so farso good!

 

[kaoden39]

That is a great way to look at it! I'm sure that's what my parent's loved about our last trip together. The fact that I could go off on my own. Mind you, this was in my bratty teenage years when everyone giving me grief for my lack on interest in certain rides made me dislike the parks eek: I know, blasphemy, right?) so I never got to enjoy the time.

I don't even remember my trip that Christmas ('03 I think) at all other than seeing a LOTR movie and listening to Suburban Legends in DTD.

We have discussed that we will have breakfast and dinner together. There are a couple of situations where we will be together but honestly I set the trip up like this.

When I was a teenager and I would go with my parents I went and did my own thing except for at meal times. It worked great for all of us, and some of the best times I had were by myself.

 

[Belle Ella]

It's like the best of both worlds that way. You get to go and experience things as a big group, but you also get the more alone and "me" time as well.

I totally get it!

Although *winkwink* It'll be fun to be part of a group someday too. But even then, being attached at the hip is never a good thing.

 

[kaoden39]

It's like the best of both worlds that way. You get to go and experience things as a big group, but you also get the more alone and "me" time as well.

I totally get it!

Although *winkwink* It'll be fun to be part of a group someday too. But even then, being attached at the hip is never a good thing.

I think that being part of a group would be great but no scavenger hunt please.