Biggest Loser Princess and Tinker Bell 2011 and 2012 -- OLD please see NEW thread

[mommyof2Pirates]

Hi Ladies:

Rose I got on you FB yesterday but missed saying Happy Birthday to you on here so I hope you had a wonderful day!!!!

Taryn I hope you have a great bday today!!! I hope you enjoyed the game yesterday too.

Lisa So sorry about the running issues but at least you can use the gels you like. I hope the meds work. I admire you for not letting this get you down.

Maria What a great report. I would agree although your trip sounded nice and you did get that culture you were looking for....disney just sounds so much more magical and fun. Sorry your boys were not on the same page with that. Although a cruise still sounds nice and there are many great places to visit in the US too. I would recommend Chicago, St Louis or Memphis. I have spent a day or two traveling around those cities and they have a lot to offer in both fun and learning about history.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday weekend. I never got back on here after saturday morning but if you saw my FB post on sat you will know that Ryan had a great football game. His team won 18-0. He played so good and hard that they coaches gave him player of the game. I was in tears. He is so darn proud of himself and could not stop talking about it all night. He got a cool trophy too. The only part I have got to tell you about in the game is that a kid from the other team actually punched him on two seperate occasions. The first time Ryan was blocking him and pushing him out of the way and Ryan turned around to run the other way and the kid punched him in the back. My dh told the coach and he let the ref know. Then later in the game Ryan was blocking him again and the kid started punching Ryan and stratching him in the face. The refs or coaches didnt see it. The mom next to me was like oh my god look at that kid. So I wasnt just over reacting. I let the coach know again. and I think they told the other teams coach because they took the kid out for the rest of the game. I was proud of Ryan for not hitting back because that is what is taught of them at football but man did I want him just to pop that kid one. Ryan came off crying but quickly got it together and went back in a play or two later. He actually has a scratch and puffy eye as war wounds. poor kid.

Yesterday I worked all day at my uncles festival stand. It was long and I was never so happy when I got home. I did splurge and got a piece of pizza that I had been craving. We also gave some of the vendors free food so then they would bring back there food for us. I had one garlic perogie, a roasted corn, 3 bites of garlic kielbasa, and a small serving of garlic ice cream. Along with a piece of bruschetta and a few meatballs.
I didnt weigh myself this morning but I bet i went up again. The best of all of that was the garlic ice cream....it sounds gross but it is oh so delicious. My mouth is not tasting so good this morning though from all that garlic.

Today we may or may not go to the fair. They want rain on/off all day so we are still trying to decide.

Talk to you soon.

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning Princesses and Belles!

Kathy, it looks like they have prizes for costumes for your half so it should be fun to see what people come up with.

The Disney Halloween 5K looked like fun when it was in the MK but AK? That isn't too Halloween-ish to me, especially in the morning. I'm thinking I have DH convinced to go to WDW with me in October 2012 so I can get my C2C.

Hope the meltdown passed quickly! Have a little of that before school tension thing going on, huh?

Maria, loved your TR! Sounds like a wonderful, interesting time. It would have been especially fun to see all the materials and things used for the costumes at Cirque du Soleil.

I'm like you, though, I'd rather have my dosage of foreign culture Disney style!

Hello to the rest of our Princesses and Belles! Enjoy your Labor Day!

 

[lisah0711]

Looks like we were posting at the same time, Lindsay.

Sorry about Ryan and that other kid. Thank goodness Ryan did exactly what he was supposed, too. These are little guys -- I know my nephew used to get pretty banged up in high school football.

Yum, garlic ice cream?!? I think I'll just take your word for it that it is yummy . . . Enjoy the fair, if you go!

I forgot to say earlier, safe travels to Rose.

 

[mikamah]

Good morning princesses!!

I never made it back here last night either, but we had a very nice rest of the day after the little meltdown that cut my dis time short. Ds had a friend over for a while and then his mom and brother came for lunch and we went back to their house later to swim. We stopped to visit my brother for a while and michael swam there too, and when we came home we watched the movie Rudy. I've been thinking michael needs to watch some football on tv, since we don't usually, so I figured I'd find some football movies for him. Bad mommmy last week I made him watch the pilot of Friday night Lights, which started of ok, but ended up with the star quarterback in the er with a broken neck. Not exactly the motivational football show I was hoping for. He did take it all in stride, and we talked about learning the right way to tackle, and not using your head, etc. When I was a sophomore a senior in my hs broke his neck at the thanksgiving game, so it does freak me out a bit. Part of me wants him to love it, and it seems like he's going to, and the other part of me wants him to only play this year, and stick with band. Our hs band is going to hawaii this year. They do a big trip every other year, the Rose bowl many times, and so I hope he sticks with band. For selfish reasons.

Lisa- Thanks for looking up about my race and costumes. I don't think I'll wear one. But you never know. I might wake up feeling princessey. Ooooh, a c2c in 2012!! How exciting. That would be the wine and dine? A dis meet with rose and mike is in your future I think. That is great Ed will be going too. Will the Tink be a solo trip for you?

Maria -Welcome home!! Love the trip report. Sounds very interesting but just not disney. Why does disney do this to us? We are thinking of doing Niagara Falls in April with my brother and family. We love travelling with them because the kids have each other to entertain. Too bad about the tv. Michael loves hotels because they have way more channels than we have at home. He caught up on the disney and nick shows last week in the cape. I was thinking one summer maybe trying to see the Red Sox in some other city, Chicago, or Baltimore and seeing those cities. We'll see. Lots I want to do, but I don't always have the funds to back up my planning.

Lindsay- Ryan looks so cute with the trophy and he must have been on cloud 9, even with the bully on the other team. It must have been so tough to watch him from the sidelines when that kid was being mean. He did well, not to retalliate. I bet you burned some calories in your uncle's stand in the heat to make up for what you ate. Garlic Ice cream, hmmm, don't think I would like that.

Happy birthdays Taryn and Rose!! Hope you both had magical days!!

Nancy- Hope your enjoying your celebration this weekend! You look marvelous in the pic on facebook your friend posted.

Well, I just paid my bills and have to admit to myself that I can't go to disney in december. So in going forward, I will say that I hope to do the 2014 jan half for my 50th bday. That's just over 2 years away. And that year we want to do a cruise in april, so I can start planning that next spring, 2 years out. So for now, I think I'll peruse the Niagara falls websites.

Though I'm on call today, so maybe the lottery tickets will come through for me.

Have a lovely day princesses!!

 

[Rose&Mike]

We are home. I need to do replies and I'll do a little trip report, but we got a little shock this morning that I am still processing.

Do you all remember me talking about our friends that we see about once a month? They are a little older than us and really the people we are closest to in town. Well, we had a message from them when we got back and Mike called today. Our friend's dad has not been doing well, and they had to contact Hospice and they had to admit his mom to the hospital cause she is having some major problems related to her alzheimers/dementia. It was pretty bad this weekend. But the worst part--our friend had cancer a couple of year's ago and it is back. He is going to have to have radiation again. They are hoping they caught it in time, but it kind of threw us for a loop. If I could have picked my parents, I would have picked them. So send good thoughts our way, they have so much going on right now.

So, I will be back on later today or tomorrow to catch up with everyone. We skipped the game this afternoon and took a nap instead. Still have to get together a grocery list.

 

[Rose&Mike]

I am watching the news and THANK GOODNESS we got cheap airfare and came back yesterday. I have a feeling we would be sitting in an airport somewhere tonight if we tried to come home today. It was 100+ here Saturday and today I'm not even sure if we will hit 70. Crazy weather!

Lisa--I am sorry the stomach stuff is still not going well. It really is not fun. I also found that consistently getting enough fiber really helped too. For me that meant lots of beans. Probably tmi, but when things are not moving the way they should during the week, they tend to move too much during runs, if that makes sense.

Nancy--I'm sorry about the crazy inlaws. My late sil was a doozy. She drove me insane. Everyone else loved her, but Mike and I got really tired of all her issues/plans/stuff. Your trip sounds great! You all are going to have lots of fun! The weather was in the low 90s/high humidity. We loved it--but we love warm weather. Definitely take the afternoons off--we were even hot and sticky in the afternoon. And drink lots and lots of water. Downtown Disney was an absolute zoo this weekend. It was very crowded. If you all need to do something relaxing, take the boat from dtd to Old Key West and check out the big pool. It's right near the boat dock. The boat ride was so relaxing. You can pool hop with DVC--so you could swim if you wanted to, but Mike and I are planning on taking the boat ride again in October, just cause we enjoyed it so much. We had breakfast at Olivia's at OKW and we really enjoyed it. They have another pool near the Turtle Pond bus stop which has a huge playground. That's where they played the reggae music. I'll post some pics later. The Halloween decorations on main street on fabulous! I'm glad you all had a great weekend.

Lindsay--I can't believe that kid kept hitting Ryan during the game! What a turd! Good for Ryan for holding it together--that's such a hard lesson to learn. Good luck with the SB this week. I love garlic--and I love ice cream--but I am having trouble putting the two together.

Maria--I think I said this on the other thread, but glad you had a good trip. I wouldn't have like the smokiness either. There was a girl smoking at one of the bus stops and it was so windy it was blowing all over everyone and I said something to Mike, basically that she might as well come just stand beside us and smoke, and her friend heard us and got very snarky. But I wasn't talking to her and she really should have minded her own business. I'm with you and Lisa--I am having to do my "foreign travel" at WDW.

Kathy--We went to Niagra Falls many, many years ago and really enjoyed it! Lots to do. I would totally go back if it wasn't so far to travel. Good luck with your runs this week!

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I'm sure I missed stuff. It sounds like everyone had a good weekend. It was such a relief to come back and see the new challenge up and running. Janis seems to have things under control, though I'm not sure what is going to happen with WIN.

Well, I found out this weekend, I am definitely not in menopause, yet. All it takes is a trip to WDW. I'm sure I will be dealing with it again for W&D. What a pain!

We skipped our run this weekend. The plan for this week--run tomorrow, some kind of workout Wed, run Thursday, off Friday, long run Saturday, off Sunday. I still haven't decided if I am going to be a Loser or Maintainer for the new challenge. The surprise this weekend does explain why I have been having so much trouble with my weight being a little up the last week or so. I have had pms all summer I guess.

Happy Birthday Taryn--I hope you had a great day!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Happy Birthday, Taryn!

Hope you had an Awesometastic, Splendiforous day!

Maria

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Maria What a great report. I would agree although your trip sounded nice and you did get that culture you were looking for....disney just sounds so much more magical and fun. Sorry your boys were not on the same page with that. Although a cruise still sounds nice and there are many great places to visit in the US too. I would recommend Chicago, St Louis or Memphis. I have spent a day or two traveling around those cities and they have a lot to offer in both fun and learning about history.

Congratulations to Ryan for his fabulous game! That is so awesome -- and even better because he ignored the rotten bully and played correctly I have to chuckle a little at your recommendations -- I grew up in St. Louis county, visited Chicago a few times, and Memphis once. I agree, these are all good choices Garlic ice cream...that would be a new taste for me. I will trust you that it is yummy. Hey, if they deep fried it I'm sure I would love it. Pretty much everything tastes good deep fried

I'm thinking I have DH convinced to go to WDW with me in October 2012 so I can get my C2C.

That is excellent news! I keep warning Dennis I want to do C2C, and he just looks off into space

Maria, loved your TR! Sounds like a wonderful, interesting time. It would have been especially fun to see all the materials and things used for the costumes at Cirque du Soleil.

I'm like you, though, I'd rather have my dosage of foreign culture Disney style!

Yep, Epcot is really good enough for me -- although my Canadian DIS pal Vicky swears we would have more fun in Toronto...of course we would, Vicky's there!

Maria -Welcome home!! Love the trip report. Sounds very interesting but just not disney. Why does disney do this to us? We are thinking of doing Niagara Falls in April with my brother and family. We love travelling with them because the kids have each other to entertain. Too bad about the tv. Michael loves hotels because they have way more channels than we have at home. He caught up on the disney and nick shows last week in the cape. I was thinking one summer maybe trying to see the Red Sox in some other city, Chicago, or Baltimore and seeing those cities. We'll see. Lots I want to do, but I don't always have the funds to back up my planning.

We have Niagara Falls on our list, too, but I'm not sure when we would go...Dennis hasn't recovered from this trip enough yet to start talking about the next one I'm sorry about the Dec trip, I know that would have been a blessing -- but I give you kudos for being a responsible adult. That is hard at times, but you are setting a good example for Michael, and in the end you will be glad you aren't overstepping your means. That's what I keep telling myself, anyway On the bright side, you have our fun holiday ornament exchange to look forward to in December! I bet we will have a blast with that!

Maria--I think I said this on the other thread, but glad you had a good trip. I wouldn't have like the smokiness either. There was a girl smoking at one of the bus stops and it was so windy it was blowing all over everyone and I said something to Mike, basically that she might as well come just stand beside us and smoke, and her friend heard us and got very snarky. But I wasn't talking to her and she really should have minded her own business. I'm with you and Lisa--I am having to do my "foreign travel" at WDW.

I applaud you for speaking up. I think people can be so inconsiderate. I'm glad you had a good trip, and just think, you'll be back before you know it!

to Nancy, Lisa, Jude! Hope you had a wonderful long holiday weekend!


I saw a photo of myself from Jan WDW online and it was sobering. I looked so big to myself...I can tell I've lost weight since then. Not as much as I wanted, but I can definitely see a difference in how I'm carrying the weight, at least.

I did 3M at Deer Island again today. Saturday my ifitness belt was slipping around my waist, so today I took it in a couple of inches and it stayed in place. I guess that's proof right there I am getting smaller -- or at least better distributed

I am modifying my low carb to be Phase 2 of SB -- Lindsay, you have inspired me! It doesn't take much modification at all, and I feel better about eating leaner cuts of meat and a bit more fruit. I know I probably should do Phase 1 first, but I tried that for 2 days and it wasn't pretty, so I'm going to see if I'm "detoxed" enough to lose on Phase 2. I really, really want to weigh a lot less for Princess, and with the stressful work month I have coming up (Seriously, you guys may not see me much in Sept., but I will be reading along and do my best to post a little every day), I need to have something simple I can follow. Did I mention we are hosting an elderly convention this month? Ok, not really, but my dad and smom are coming to go on a cruise to Canada (a gift from us for his 75th birthday!), and they're staying with us a few days before and a few days after. While they are on the cruise, Dennis's sdad and his wife are coming to stay with us for 3 days. It's going to make running on the TM virtually impossible, so this should be interesting. And I can't take much time off from work, because of the 80 zillion things I have to accomplish.

I'm going to be up and on my way to work tomorrow at 6:30, so off to bed soon.

Everyone have a fantastic week, Welcome to September!


Maria

 

[dumbo_buddy]

i have a couple pages to catch up on but want to say a quick hello! i've missed not chatting with you over the weekend and i thought of you often i chatted with a few people from the neighborhood about the princess half marathon and told them i met some really great people! they were surprised that i went down to WDW by myself and i said that if i hadn't gone by myself i wouldn't have met you

we had a really nice weekend. i took some pictures but forgot my camera most of the time. doh!

i'm going to finish my coffee and start in on cleaning the house today. it's actually not that bad. my guests are like the NICEST and most considerate people ever. the guest room doesn't even look like anyone stayed there!

ok, be back on the catch up on everyone's weekend!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Maria--Oh, I know where you can visit--you can come see us! Then we can do all the tourist stuff we never do! I hope this month is not as stressful as you are anticipating.

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So I started my trip report, but I wanted to tell you all what happened with my friend--that I probably won't put in the trip report. We had planned to meet at Epcot at 8:00.

Mike and I had dinner at Kouzzina and hurried a little bit at the end so that we wouldn't be late. Do you see where this is going? We got to the meeting spot at 7:55. 8:05, nothing, 8:10 nothing, 8:15 nothing. I had sent her my cell phone and I had hers and I was contemplating sending her a text when I decided to check facebook. She sent me a facebook message at 8:10 saying she wouldn't be able to make it cause they were doing a princess dinner at norway. Ok, really, she didn't know that earlier???? She couldn't send an actual text????? What if I didn't have facebook on my phone? Ok, whatever, stuff happens. But the issue for me--it triggered all my abandonment issues--I take things so personally--the whole if your mom doesn't love you, no one can thing. Anyhow, we still had a good night--which I will put in the report, but it was pretty frustrating.

It is so cool and yucky here. I guess summer is over. I am still hoping we get some more hot days. Time to go to work--back to data conversion. Have a great day!

 

[mikamah]

Good morning, Princesses and Lisabelles!!

Rose- I'm so sorry to hear about your friends and all they have going on. When it rains it pours, and I'll pray for peace for you all.
Your friend was just plain rude and selfish to cancel that way. I would have been so mad, and hurt too. She obviously was just being thoughtless, and maybe the princess dinner was a last minute thing, but still she should have let you know earlier. Very frustrating for you, but I'm sure it was nothing personal, though I would have felt the same way. I wish I could have met you in Epcot!! Can't wait to read your trip report.

I just read the end of Lindsays princess trip report, if anyone is interested!! It was so nice to relive that trip through hers. I wish I had done one myself. I did do my little scrapbook, so that's something, at least, but maybe now with fall coming, I'll get moving on some other scrapbooking.

Maria- Hope work goes smoothly this month for you, and i love the Elder convention you're having. At least it will make you feel young while they are there. What a great gift for your dad to give him the cruise. My mom always wanted to take a cruise, and she started planning one shortly before she got sick. She was going to take us on the boston-bermuda the following summer. I'm sure your dad and smom will have a wonderful time. I was thinking about the ornament exchange the other day, and can't wait!! That will be fun.

Nancy- Sounds like a wonderful weekend. Was it the weekend of Oct 1st you were coming to Boston? I got ds's game schedule, and he has a sunday 8:30 am game, so other than that, we'd love to come into boston and see you. I can't believe it's almost fall already.

Hello to Lisa, Lisa, Lindsay, Jude, Corinna, and taryn!! Hope you're all having a good week.

It's michael's last day of vacation! We hung out at home all day yesterday, played some games, read, a friend stopped by, had a really nice, low key day. Now we're heading to drop his epipen at school, and go minigolfing. I finished my book, The Memory Keepers Daughter. It was great. I couldn't put it down last night. I enjoy reading, but normally don't get to do it as much as I'd like, mostly on vacations, but the past 2 nights michael's laid on my bed and read with me before he went to bed, so we decided that on school nights, we'd lay down at 8 and read for a half hour before bed together. I think I bought 4 other books, that I didn't get to on vacation.

I'm a running slacker. It's raining, and I just couldn't get motivated. Tomorrow I will though. No excuses, rain or shine. I hope getting a long run/walk in tomorrow will motivate me to stick with it. I think I need to change it to walk/run, and maybe walk/walk. Oh well, I'm going to go out and do the best I can for my half in 18 days. It is what it is, right Lisa?

Have a great day!!

 

[mikamah]

Nancy-When I was into reading trip reports a while ago, I read this guy Nebo's and they always cracked me up. He's got a new one, and he's there now, and will be at BLT next week, so if you see him and his wife smidgy, say hello. I'm sure you've got plenty of time to sit around and read trip reports this week, but they are pretty entertaining.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2783378

 

[liesel]

I'm still around, I've just been very busy! Hawaii is in 11 days and I can't wait! I've been busier than ever with the kids in school. Running errands, getting ready for our trip, volunteering at the school 2 days a week, and all that stuff that you don't usually have time for and just let go. I threw myself into working out and completely overdid it. I was finally getting in all my runs after struggling to make time for them over the summer plus I added an extra 1.8 miles a day walking the kids to and from school (and didn't count this as a mileage increase ). After 3 weeks of this, my legs gave out! My tendon has flared up and I have a lovely case of shin splints. I haven't run in 9 days, but I have greatly improved during this time. I hope to ease into some cross training this week (I was thinking swimming and eliptical-open to other suggestions) and start some easy runs next week.


I am trying to be good and stay focused on Tink training and do NO races until I am fully healed and back to training. If I come on here and start babbling about doing a race this month, feel free to yell at me! I also plan to get to the running store before Tink training starts and get my shoes checked out. I might need new ones.

LisaH I am doing the beginner Tink plan, which starts September 13th (my anniversary! ). The long runs are on December 17th and January 7th. This plan has 3 mile runs on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's weekends, so I'll most likely only be doing 3 miles on Dec 24th, but I'm definitely in for a virtual jingle bell run! With our crazy Colorado winters, I'll have to have some backup dates in mind for the long runs. I am also thinking of doing a 10K race on Dec 17th (weather permitting) and I was wondering if everyone thinks its worth getting an actual 10K race under my belt, but maybe only getting one 13-14 mile run in instead of 2, depending on recovery, schedule, weather, etc. I've done 2 5Ks and one four miler so far and might do our town's 5K turkey trot on Thanksgiving, but I don't have anything else scheduled until the Tink. I think I'd feel better doing one 10K before then. It sounds like your training is going well, I hope the tummy troubles are resolved!

Rose In case you didn't see the other thread, I hope you had a happy birthday! to your friends and everything they are going through. I'll definitely check out your TR.

Nancy It sounds like you have a great trip planned! I can't wait for a TR! I flew on September 11th 4 years ago and it was definitely less busy. There was heightened security, but with less people it still took the same amount of time. The pilot thanked us for choosing to fly on that day. Your neighborhood block party sounded like lots of fun and I loved the story about your grandpa, what a guy! for all the family drama.

Kathy I'm glad you had a great vacation, I've never been to any of the places mentioned, but it sounded wonderful. I'm sure you'll do great on this next half!

Lindsay I can't believe your poor son got punched twice! That's fantastic he was named player of the game! There is a huge garlic festival in Gilroy, Ca and I know they have garlic ice cream. I've always wanted to try it. Someday, we'll make it there. I've been told that you can smell the festival from quite a distance.

Maria I haven't had a chance to read your trip report to Montreal, but I'll be sure to check it out.

Taryn Sorry about your uncle's passing. Congrats on the 5 pounds, and sorry about being sick. Good luck with your students this year, they sound like a handful.

Well, September is a crazy month for me, but I swear I'll be better about checking in. Thanks for not kicking me out. DH is traveling part of this week and part of next week, our anniversary is the 13th, and then we have our Hawaii trip to celebrate DH, DS and DD's birthdays. DH has a milestone birthday on the 18th that he is not thrilled about, DD's birthday is on the 20th, and DS is on the 21st. They each get to plan their special day, and I can post the details some other time if anyone out there is interested. Have a great day princesses and belles!

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Quick Howdy!

Lisa -- How did I miss that you are Hawaii-bound?! That is fantastic. What a blessing for your entire family I would love to hear about all the activities for the special days, this sounds like fun!

Kathy -- I love that you and Michael are reading together before bed. That is a wonderful habit and a great way to bond Ben goes back to school on Thursday. I am expecting to find he has a clean bedroom when I get home. My expectations may not be met

Rose -- I spent a week in Lexington for a training many years ago. I don't remember much, but I think it was sunny and beautiful When we would visit my grandparents in southern Missouri, we would get the Paducah tv stations. I always thought that was amazing. I didn't get out much as a child I am so sorry your friend did that, it was just wrong. And I get where you are coming from, my first thought would have been it was somehow my deficiency -- but that is just not true! I'm hoping I can make some plans with you and Mike for Princess weekend. Dinner at Boma was really nice -- and I loved seeing your unique desserts -- See, you are a special person!

Nancy -- I'm glad you have such considerate guests! I'm sure I'll have a few stories to tell from our company. They always mean well, but we are determined not to let my smom try to cook dinner. It doesn't end well

Lisah -- How is your tummy? I don't know how I missed it, I hope you're better now.

So, I didn't run today since I just did 3 days in a row. I feel like a slacker, but I know my limits I've decided to expand my TM workouts with time rather than intensity. I want to work up to an hour each morning. I've been doing 3M in 35 minutes, and I think if I do more I'll see better results. I've gone to 40minutes this week, and I'll keep adding 5 minutes at a time. I was surprised how much harder it felt -- but I think that's because I hadn't run in so long.

I gained 4 lbs while I was away. Three of them are gone so far, I'm hoping to be back where I was before I left (ok, I'm really hoping to be lower). I'm determined not to get derailed by the wedding we have to attend Saturday. One of Dennis's friends is having a second marriage -- the wedding and reception are both at a bar/restaurant, so this should be interesting I did have the sense to order haddock for my meal, so hopefully it won't be swimming in batter and will come with a salad. No wedding cake for me, unless it's carrot cake and then I'm having 3 bites. If I keep telling myself that, maybe it will happen. I will be totally nervous and out of my comfort zone and barely know a soul, so we'll see. Maybe I can be on my Blackberry and no one will notice

I've been at work for 9 hours and I'm getting punchy. I need to do some writing, but I think it's going to have to wait until tomorrow. I am spent.

Maria

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Nancy- Your weekend sounded and looked like such a blast. I love your fb post today about the jokes of driving off the cliff. I just love your families sense of humor. Your trip is so close you must be getting so excited. Does thomas get the idea that you will be seeing mickey soon???

Rose- Sorry to hear about your friends how sad. I hope everything works out for the best with them. I will send my prayers. Im so glad you had a nice trip. I cant wait to read your TR. and pooh on your friend...how horrible.

Kathy- I just admire your relationship with Michael. Reading together at night...how special and I agree with Maria...such a great habit. I hope school goes well for him tomorrow. Its back to reality.

Maria- sorry for the busy season approaching. I am in the same boat so we can keep each other sane...well except I dont have a senior convention happening but I do have to deal with my nana and grammy on a pretty regular basis so Im gonna say I feel your pain.

Liesel- Sorry for the aches and pains but you were smart to take a break. No use in overdoing it! I would love to hear more about your hawaii plans.

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Oh I forgot to tell you my good work news. I had my eval from my boss last thursday. He confidentially told me I got the highest score out of all of the managers under him. Only 6 total but still. There are a few who have been in the same position for 20+ years. I was very amazed and proud of what I have done. I actually surprise myself because I think what I do is just ordinary but it was nice to hear all the good stuff he thought. Now I just have to keep up the good work. I am working on a few really really huge high profile things so I am really starting to feel the stress and pressure. I keep telling my self I will not eat my way through this. I think by the summer I will need a really long vacation. I havent said much to my mom but I am not sure a week long vacation with my whole family is what I am looking forward...I need peace. I am just not sure if going to the shore for a week with my entire family is what I want but I am afraid I will hurt their feelings if we say no. Not sure what to do but I think there is still time to ponder on that before reservations need to be made.

Well tonights practice was cancelled due to rain. thank the lord.

I have to get back to my boys now. We are having a bow and arrow tournament tonight. How fun

Have a good evening.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Good morning ladies,

Nancy-So sorry to hear about your mil and sil. It must be so frustrating to not get real information about such serious issues. I agree with you, if it was me told by a lab person (which is doubtful) then i would be right on getting more info and staging. Makes me think about my sister and I both when we had our mammograms we got called back for more films, which made my sister very nervous and she never told anyone because she thought she was going to have cancer, but both of us were fine, so I wonder if it could be something like that. Though even for that, my doctor called me not the lab, but I could see that the x-ray dept might call to schedule more films. I hope she is ok, and maybe it is not cancer but something like that.

kathy - SIL was supposed to call the doctor today (tuesday). i asked john if he spoke to her and he said no. so, who knows. i still find it very strange that a lab would call and say, "you have cancer, call someone 4 days from now." but whatever. john did tell me that his mother said that it was the birth of our second child that kept her alive during her surgery. o.m.g.

Did you see our Tinker Bell Half training schedule starts September 20th? Just two days after my half. And it goes to 19 miles now if you're going for time. Might as well start training for a full. There is talk about turning the 17 miler scheduled for Christmas Eve into a virtual jingle bell run.

lisa, do you think you'll get up to 19 miles for the tinker-half? that is like...SO MUCH! 17 miles on christmas eve! sheesh! santa better bring YOU the tray of cookies after that instead of him eating them all for himself!

Our bathrooms are at 4.5 and 7.5 miles at a beach before and after we do the hilly section of Marblehead neck. Nice to know the bad hills are only 3 miles. I hope that will be enough for me. Hate to have to go in the bushes along the way.

Lisa- Oh well, glad it's not the gel, but bummer you're having that problem at all. I hope the immodium will do the trick.

Hello everyone else!! michael's having a meltdown, so gotta run. xo

what was michael's meltdown about? you mean they don't stop those at age 2? darn!
did you have to stop to pee alot during the princess half? i was so afraid that i'd have to pee that i went 100 times before we started and didn't drink alot during the race. dumb. my running capris were SO tight that i was afraid they wouldn't go back on if i took them off to pee! i remember at the princess half there were gals squatting in the bushes before the first mile marker!

I promised you an mini TR, and if I don't start it will never happen...

Monday, August 29th -- We decided to wait until later to leave, to give the storm clean-up time to happen. Based on what we were seeing on the Boston news, it didn't seem so bad...(note, this impression was corrected when we started seeing the news in Montreal, they were much more concerned about VT). So it was a pleasant drive. We went up about 2 hours in NH, then another 3 in VT, and then about 45 minutes in Canada to Montreal. I had never been in VT for any appreciable time before, and I found it to be quite Green. Just miles and miles of green trees, green mountains, a lovely state. We decided to get something to eat in Montpelier, and the golden dome of the capitol just seemed to sit and shimmer in the forest as we approached. So, by the time we got to the border, we were ready to be done. We didn't have any issues entering, and were on our way up the farmland. Dennis said it looked like we were in IL, and I had to agree. If the signs weren't in French, I would think I was in middle America.

i always feel like different countries should look different but really for the most part the ones with similar climates look the same. ireland is very green and i remember thinking, hmmm, this could be connecticut during some parts of our driving. but then i'd see all the sheep and realize i was in no CT suburb!

We were very pleased with our hotel. We had a suite so Ben had his own space to sleep and watch tv in. Unfortunately there weren't a ton of channels, but we brought the dvd player thinking that might be the case. We were beat, so we unpacked (we had a small kitchen), and walked to the local Mall. We had some not so great takeout, but we also found the close IGA, so that was fortuitous. We went to bed pretty quickly, we had a busy day ahead.

a suite sounds really nice! having the extra room to spread out sounds perfect and i'm sure ben appreciated his own space!

Tuesday, August 30th -- This is the day we scheduled a hop on/off bus tour, so we could get the lay of the land. It was a double decker bus, so of course my adventurers had to sit up top. This was fine for most of the tour, until it started pouring We were all glad we had picked this, we felt like we had a much better handle of where things were and what we might like to do. We also learned there apparently is a rivalry between Toronto and Montreal. Who knew? We spent the morning on the tour, then got off and had lunch. We went to the Notre Dame Basilica in the afternoon (absolutely beautiful church, where Celine Dion was married), and then back there in the evening for a light show. We went to Old Montreal for dinner, and Dennis had poutine. None for me, thanks Then Dennis decided to take a walk to see St. Catherine Street, since his co-workers had told him so much about it He went about 2 blocks and came back. It was a bit raunchy for him, and he wasn't overly comfortable being solicited

john and i swear by hop on/hop off tour buses. it's the best way to see the cities you're visiting AND you can get an idea of where things actually are without getting too lost trying to find them yourself. when we go to ireland and stay in dublin for a few days we do the bus tour - it actually doubles as a great way to get to/from john's family. we have done the bus tour here in nyc when friends come and it's really good! when you live in a city you don't really do the touristy stuff so it was fun to actually see some things that i don't usually pay attention to! we've done the tours in paris and london and rome too (the rome one was terrible...everyone smoked on the bus!)

The next day we wanted to walk around the city a bit. We went to the Underground City, and enjoyed the miles of mall -- but didn't really see anything that caught our fancy, much. We had lunch, and then we had to grab a taxi -- we had a tour of the headquarters of Cirque du Soleil scheduled! This was a special treat, they do not do tours for the public. Dennis works with them to find their space when they come to Boston, so we were offered a tour. We could not take any pictures, but I was absolutely amazed at what goes into a production. Of course they have the studios where they practice the shows, a gym, etc. What I did not realize is they actually dye the material for all of their costumes, and then sew them. They make or adapt all the shoes, and make all the headpieces. I could go on and on, but suffice it to say it was extremely impressive, and they also do a lot for the communities they appear in, as well as Montreal's poorest neighborhood. We went back to Old Montreal for dinner. It was my turn to pick and I wanted a crepe! It was more dessert than dinner, but my crepe had a ton of fresh strawberries and sliced banana covered in Belgian chocolate sauce, with sides of vanilla ice cream and whipped cream. No, not exactly on any diet

oh man the special tour sounds amazing!!! how cool that you got to see stuff that normal folks don't get to see! the crepe sounds devine

Thursday, September 1st -- This was our last day in Montreal, and we planned to take the subway out to the Olympic Park. We found the subway to be quick, clean, and pretty easy to maneuver. We went up in the Olympic Tower, which had a fantastic view of the City and surrounding community. One thing we quickly discovered was there weren't really suburbs that go on for miles like around Boston, once you get out of Montreal it seems to be pretty farmy. We also toured the Biodome, with 5 habitats found around Canada and the animals that go with them. We did some more walking around Old Montreal, and ended up having dinner overlooking the marina. We did our final souvenir shopping (I got a couple of great pairs of artisan earrings and plenty of maple products for family and co-workers), and that's when Dennis sprang his brilliant idea for our exit on me -- wouldn't it be great if we could be on the road at 6am instead of 7:30?!

Friday, September 2nd -- So, up at 5am, car packed, and groggy me and Ben are ready to hit the road. We were very happy to be over the border when we would have been leaving, but still...When we got to the border the guard asked Dennis where he worked, who Ben was, it was a little intimidating but, safely back in the U.S. we were able to relax and enjoy the Green. We got home in early afternoon, I started the , we made our grocery list, and started putting away things we had out for the hurricane that didn't hit us, we were so fortunate.

I am pleased to say I started eating correctly right away, and I've run 3M Sat. and today.

We enjoyed Montreal, but I was struck by a couple of things.

The Good:

The news anchors were so multicultural they looked like the United Nations. And the sports announcer we saw was a very healthy woman. I liked that!

The people were polite, and we could figure out most things without too much help.

The Surprising:

Everyone seemed to be smoking -- all the time. It was hard for me (I'm allergic to smoke), but there were not smoking at all in indoor restaurants, so that was actually good.

We quickly got the impression that speaking English was frowned upon, even for tourists. From watching the news, we also felt like English-speakers were second-class citizens. That may not be the case at all, it was just the impression we got.

I did keep thinking I would have a better time if I were at Disney -- I think part of that was all the smoking, and part of it was things were unfamiliar and we had to work to figure them out. The taxes seemed really high, and figuring how much something really cost was a more math than I wanted to do.

The Verdict:

I am really glad we went, but I don't see the need to return any time in the near future. I don't know where next summer will take us, but I predict it will either involve a cruise or another big city in the U.S. My guys got a taste of non-theme park vacationing, and unlike me, I don't think they want to go back

Maria

ah, typical french attitude, right? when we were in paris a few years ago we felt that whole snotty french thing....and we're from nyc where everyone's supposedly snotty! even the bodega guy was nasty to us. overall it sounds like a great trip. i felt the same way about paris - glad i went, don't need to go again. i'll stick to france in epcot. lol!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday weekend. I never got back on here after saturday morning but if you saw my FB post on sat you will know that Ryan had a great football game. His team won 18-0. He played so good and hard that they coaches gave him player of the game. I was in tears. He is so darn proud of himself and could not stop talking about it all night. He got a cool trophy too. The only part I have got to tell you about in the game is that a kid from the other team actually punched him on two seperate occasions. The first time Ryan was blocking him and pushing him out of the way and Ryan turned around to run the other way and the kid punched him in the back. My dh told the coach and he let the ref know. Then later in the game Ryan was blocking him again and the kid started punching Ryan and stratching him in the face. The refs or coaches didnt see it. The mom next to me was like oh my god look at that kid. So I wasnt just over reacting. I let the coach know again. and I think they told the other teams coach because they took the kid out for the rest of the game. I was proud of Ryan for not hitting back because that is what is taught of them at football but man did I want him just to pop that kid one. Ryan came off crying but quickly got it together and went back in a play or two later. He actually has a scratch and puffy eye as war wounds. poor kid.

Yesterday I worked all day at my uncles festival stand. It was long and I was never so happy when I got home. I did splurge and got a piece of pizza that I had been craving. We also gave some of the vendors free food so then they would bring back there food for us. I had one garlic perogie, a roasted corn, 3 bites of garlic kielbasa, and a small serving of garlic ice cream. Along with a piece of bruschetta and a few meatballs.
I didnt weigh myself this morning but I bet i went up again. The best of all of that was the garlic ice cream....it sounds gross but it is oh so delicious. My mouth is not tasting so good this morning though from all that garlic.

Today we may or may not go to the fair. They want rain on/off all day so we are still trying to decide.

Talk to you soon.

garlic ice cream???

aw, great job ryan! what a good boy for playing fair and right and not like that other boy! player of the game!! wow! i'd cry too!!! good for him. thomas starts soccer on saturday which is just going to be hilarious. knowing me if at any point he actually kicks the ball with his foot i'll probably cry! i played soccer for YEARS and traveled the country doing it so i will have to tone down my excitement and remind myself that it's a 2 year old! lol!

I'm like you, though, I'd rather have my dosage of foreign culture Disney style!

yeah, as much as i'd love to go to morocco, i think i'd be ok with just being at the one in epcot. my friend just came back from 2 weeks in morocco - i'll take his word for it how hot it was and how stinky the camels were!

Good morning princesses!!

I never made it back here last night either, but we had a very nice rest of the day after the little meltdown that cut my dis time short. Ds had a friend over for a while and then his mom and brother came for lunch and we went back to their house later to swim. We stopped to visit my brother for a while and michael swam there too, and when we came home we watched the movie Rudy. I've been thinking michael needs to watch some football on tv, since we don't usually, so I figured I'd find some football movies for him. Bad mommmy last week I made him watch the pilot of Friday night Lights, which started of ok, but ended up with the star quarterback in the er with a broken neck. Not exactly the motivational football show I was hoping for. He did take it all in stride, and we talked about learning the right way to tackle, and not using your head, etc. When I was a sophomore a senior in my hs broke his neck at the thanksgiving game, so it does freak me out a bit. Part of me wants him to love it, and it seems like he's going to, and the other part of me wants him to only play this year, and stick with band. Our hs band is going to hawaii this year. They do a big trip every other year, the Rose bowl many times, and so I hope he sticks with band. For selfish reasons.

ooo! hawaii! we met some people while camping in gettysburg who have kids who are in their hs band and have been to hawaii and disney! so cool! my hs band was so bad. we could barely march forward correctly!

i've heard friday night lights is a good show! i kinda sorta want to watch it. oh and rudy? gotta love that movie!

Nancy- Hope your enjoying your celebration this weekend! You look marvelous in the pic on facebook your friend posted.

you are very sweet, thank you! i was happy that my friend only posted my head and not anything below. i'm getting pretty large and round! lol!

Well, I just paid my bills and have to admit to myself that I can't go to disney in december. So in going forward, I will say that I hope to do the 2014 jan half for my 50th bday. That's just over 2 years away. And that year we want to do a cruise in april, so I can start planning that next spring, 2 years out. So for now, I think I'll peruse the Niagara falls websites.

Though I'm on call today, so maybe the lottery tickets will come through for me.

Have a lovely day princesses!!

bummer about the no trip in december. darn! i'll see you for the 2014 race though! i plan on doing the wdw marathon in 2013 and what i'd like to do is make it a yearly thing - maybe not the marathon though - prob the half!

did you check the lotto? winner winner chicken dinner???

We are home. I need to do replies and I'll do a little trip report, but we got a little shock this morning that I am still processing.

Do you all remember me talking about our friends that we see about once a month? They are a little older than us and really the people we are closest to in town. Well, we had a message from them when we got back and Mike called today. Our friend's dad has not been doing well, and they had to contact Hospice and they had to admit his mom to the hospital cause she is having some major problems related to her alzheimers/dementia. It was pretty bad this weekend. But the worst part--our friend had cancer a couple of year's ago and it is back. He is going to have to have radiation again. They are hoping they caught it in time, but it kind of threw us for a loop. If I could have picked my parents, I would have picked them. So send good thoughts our way, they have so much going on right now.

So, I will be back on later today or tomorrow to catch up with everyone. We skipped the game this afternoon and took a nap instead. Still have to get together a grocery list.

well, i'm glad the trip went well but i'm sorry to hear about your friend.

Maria--Oh, I know where you can visit--you can come see us! Then we can do all the tourist stuff we never do! I hope this month is not as stressful as you are anticipating.

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So I started my trip report, but I wanted to tell you all what happened with my friend--that I probably won't put in the trip report. We had planned to meet at Epcot at 8:00.

Mike and I had dinner at Kouzzina and hurried a little bit at the end so that we wouldn't be late. Do you see where this is going? We got to the meeting spot at 7:55. 8:05, nothing, 8:10 nothing, 8:15 nothing. I had sent her my cell phone and I had hers and I was contemplating sending her a text when I decided to check facebook. She sent me a facebook message at 8:10 saying she wouldn't be able to make it cause they were doing a princess dinner at norway. Ok, really, she didn't know that earlier???? She couldn't send an actual text????? What if I didn't have facebook on my phone? Ok, whatever, stuff happens. But the issue for me--it triggered all my abandonment issues--I take things so personally--the whole if your mom doesn't love you, no one can thing. Anyhow, we still had a good night--which I will put in the report, but it was pretty frustrating.

It is so cool and yucky here. I guess summer is over. I am still hoping we get some more hot days. Time to go to work--back to data conversion. Have a great day!

who are the friends you were supposed to meet? how annoying! and to send a facebook message?? not everyone has a smart phone or even bothers to go on facebook while on vacation! grrr!

Nancy- Sounds like a wonderful weekend. Was it the weekend of Oct 1st you were coming to Boston? I got ds's game schedule, and he has a sunday 8:30 am game, so other than that, we'd love to come into boston and see you. I can't believe it's almost fall already.

so...my friend emailed me last night basically uninviting us to come up and stay with them for the BC/Wake game! well it's not as drastic as that. he told me that his grandfather's memorial was moved to that day (i think his grandpa died years ago so i don't know why they are doing one this year but no biggie). he said we could still come but i kinda felt like it'd be better for them if we didn't. oh well.

i really wanted to go to meet up with you and maria. i guess we'll have to reschedule sometime!

Nancy-When I was into reading trip reports a while ago, I read this guy Nebo's and they always cracked me up. He's got a new one, and he's there now, and will be at BLT next week, so if you see him and his wife smidgy, say hello. I'm sure you've got plenty of time to sit around and read trip reports this week, but they are pretty entertaining.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2783378

oh yes! i've read some of their reports! really funny! i like their sarcasm. i'll have to look at a picture of them in case i see them at BLT! i'm going to read this new one tonight!

I'm still around, I've just been very busy! Hawaii is in 11 days and I can't wait!

11 days til hawaii!! awesome!

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ok i'm caught up but still feel like i missed some! i didn't do alot of the cleaning that i wanted to do but at least the laundry is done. and really, that's pretty important! i'm going to have john bring up the suitcase from the basement tomorrow morning and i'll start some packing for sunday! i have an OB appt tomorrow and have to re-take the sugar test. just the hour one again so i'm not too concerned about it.

i feel like i'm still recovering from the weekend and i wasn't even drinking! it was a really fun time but i could definitely sleep for the next day. it's so weird - it was SO hot this weekend and today it's rainy and cold. i even wore jeans and a long sleeve button-down today. crazy. my friend jessica who lives around the corner dropped off a huge bag of maternity clothes. i have more maternity pants now than regular pants!

have to sign off now - i have some paper work for mommy and me class that i HAVE to do tonight and i want to go to bed early. be on tomorrow! night night!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

Oh I forgot to tell you my good work news. I had my eval from my boss last thursday. He confidentially told me I got the highest score out of all of the managers under him. Only 6 total but still. There are a few who have been in the same position for 20+ years. I was very amazed and proud of what I have done. I actually surprise myself because I think what I do is just ordinary but it was nice to hear all the good stuff he thought. Now I just have to keep up the good work. I am working on a few really really huge high profile things so I am really starting to feel the stress and pressure. I keep telling my self I will not eat my way through this. I think by the summer I will need a really long vacation. I havent said much to my mom but I am not sure a week long vacation with my whole family is what I am looking forward...I need peace. I am just not sure if going to the shore for a week with my entire family is what I want but I am afraid I will hurt their feelings if we say no. Not sure what to do but I think there is still time to ponder on that before reservations need to be made.

Well tonights practice was cancelled due to rain. thank the lord.

I have to get back to my boys now. We are having a bow and arrow tournament tonight. How fun

Have a good evening.

nice job lindsay!!! so nice to hear that you're doing a good job. and not just a good job but the best job! that must make you feel really good! you deserve to be told that!!

oh, and no, thomas has no idea. i keep telling him and he's just like, yeah whatever let me play.

and yes, my family is chock full of funny people. we all have pretty good senses of humor if i do say so myself when my grandpa was pulled out of the car that night he yelled to my uncle, "hey burger, make sure they get my glasses!" LOL! (oh, burger isn't his real name, it's his nickname. it fits as he is a BIG guy). yeah, so grandpa just gets pulled to safety after having hung from a branch over the water and he's concerned about getting his glasses. what a guy. when one of the firemen got to him and said, "mr. tyrrell how you doin?" he responded, "i'm fine but get me out of here b/c i gotta take a piss." too funny.

congrats again on the great review! sounds like you deserve a nice glass of wine

 

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me again! good morning everyone! i don't have much to report since i posted last night! i slept pretty good. that's something worthwhile to report as it almost never happens!

i've been looking at the other disboard areas since my trip is so close - you know, looking at the food and checking out the disney for families area. i don't know why i do. people are nasty! i've posted about this a bunch of times but i get so annoyed with people who just come on to be nasty. one woman just asked how to entertain her 10.5 month old on her lap for the duration of her flight. well we all know where this went - that she was the devil for not strapping her kids in and did she know how dangerous it was?? did she know that flight attendants call lap kids footballs because they bounce around in turbulence? puuuhhhlease! my child has been a lap child on 4 trips to disney and one trip to hawaii and not once did a flight attendant even give us a second glance! should i post that we are, GASP!, planning on putting thomas on our lap even though technically he is over 2??

i just need to stay away...but it's like a trainwreck, i can't tear myself away from these threads! i wish i had seen that wedding one that lisa posted about. then again, i could get sucked into one of those 15+ page arguments for hours!

i'm going to go look for rose's trip report. you'll have it done by the time i leave, right?

 

[mikamah]

Good morning, friends,

Not feeling very chatty. Yesterday while we were eating lunch, michael had a focal seizure of his face. It was the right side of his face, having spasms and jerking, and then his speech was slurred and he was drooling. We spent the afternoon in the ER, and everything looks ok, but I'm waiting to hear from a neurologist to set up an eeg, and probably an mri. It was pretty scary, and of course I've been googling too much, but most seizures never find a cause, and the type he had where he didn't lose conciousness is probably a benign focal seizure, and he may never have another one.

It was hard to let him take the bus this morning. I called and spoke with the nurse, and sent a note to his teacher, and the nurse will talk to her as well. I didn't sleep well and once he got on the bus, I just lost it. I feel like everything will be fine, but I'm so anxious and so hope they will get the tests done soon. I'm glad I'm off work today. The er doc spoke with the neurologist, and said his office would call me this morning. I figured I'd give it til 11 and then I'll call them. That way I can let work know when I will need to take him to the appts.

He was so mad I made him ruin his last day of summmer vacation by going to the hospital, but once we got there, and he realized it was important, he got scared and and cried a little, but was such a good little patient. They missed his iv the first time, but he took it in stride, and luckily they got it the second time. One of the paramedics in the er kept popping in and putting stickers on his face. We weren't there too long, about 3 hours, and they said he could go to football, but I didn't want him to, and he was fine with that. I think he was exhausted from the stress of the er visit.

So that's our story today. Just waiting for the phone to ring. Cross your fingers we'll get everything done quickly.

Nancy- You did a marathon catchup here. Very impressive. I did read through it all, but didn't retain much. My head's not in the game today. Bummer you won't be coming to boston. It would have been fun to meet up. 2014 will be here before we know it.

LIndsay-Congrats on your eval. It must make you feel good, and remember that when the stress gets high. You can not eat through the stress. Hope the bow and arrows went well last night.

Maria-Did ds surprise you with a clean room last night? Hope he enjoys his last day of vacation. It's is so fall like right now. If only it wasn't raining.
We slacked on the summer reading this year, so I want to start the school year off right with the reading, and it's a good way to wind down for a bit before bed too. I bet there will be plenty of young people at the wedding on their phones so you can too.

Liesel- So exciting, 10 days now til Hawaii. Your trip sounds fabulous, and I'm glad your feeling better.

LIsah- How's the second week of school going? Is reality setting in that this is his life now? Michael was so excited for school today. Last night while I was in the kitchen he went in and picked out his school clothes and laid them all out for this morning. So cute.

Rose-Loved the first day of your trip report. I hope you have another update for me this morning.

Well, I guess I did feel a little chatty after all. I feel a little better just writing it all out. But man I wish the phone would ring. Pita. I might make it til 11 til I call.

Nancy-Meltdowns haven't stopped yet, michaels almost 10, but they are definitely less often, and a bit ridiculous at times. I think saturday, he couldn't get his socks on because his feet were sweaty. Late nights of summer vacation can make him an impatient boy.
I did pee a lot at the princess. I think I stopped twice before MK, and then after MK just before the firemen, and maybe once more. I drank a lot though, at every water stop. I wanted to make sure I didn't get dehydrated and ensure I'd feel good to have my margarita and mexico lunch.

Thanks for listening and helping me pass the time. Enjoy the day!!

 

[Rose&Mike]

Kathy--goodness, how scary! I would have lost it when I put him on the bus, too. And I would have been terrified to even put him on the bus. But I think you are doing the right thing--to not worry him too much and make it seem like a normal day. Tom had so many weird health things growing up, but it never got easier. Even when he was in the hospital in high school with the stomach thing I was terrified. He's your baby and you can't fix it. And you're relying on other people to fix it. I will be sending good thoughts your way that things go well and that you get really good news.