Hey everyone!
Bev: I tried to PM you about a room at the Radisson, but got a message that you were out of space and could not accept new messages currently.
Doreen: Don't worry, I have no plans to cancel this cruise. In fact, sometime this next month I need to get the air travel taken care of. (The cruise is already paid.) My current burning question is whether to stay at WDW Resort for a few days after the cruise or not. (And if so, where?)
The mini-DISmeeters: Loved the pictures! Wish I could have been there. It sounds like everyone had a good time. I'm glad that everyone got home safely.
Well, this last week has been absolutely crazy (again). I know that some of you jokingly point out that at least my life isn't boring, but quite frankly, I think that I could go for a couple of weeks of "Boring" at this point.
I spent this last week not as second-in-command, but as team lead. The lead was on vacation for the week. It just reinforced my desire to not be a manager. (There is a reason that a friend of mine refers to work as "adult day-care".) I am SOOO glad that the lead will be back tomorrow.
On Thusday night Devin, my mom and I all went over to Seattle to see "Annie" on stage at the Paramount Theater. I got season tickets to "Broadway at the Paramount" for Mom and I as an early birthday/Christmas present for her this year. It includes five plays over the next year. Mom had taken me to see "Annie" when it first came off Broadway. (I wasn't much older than Devin at the time.) Since it is such a good play, I got an extra ticket for Devin and took him along. There is one other play in the series that I'm going to take him to - "Wicked". It's the story of Glenda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West before Dorothy comes to Oz. It's supposed to explain a lot of things, like where the Ruby Slippers came from. I'm so glad that Devin has developed a liking for theater. In spite of the fact that we missed the 10:30 PM ferry home by about 20 minutes and had to wait for the 12:50 AM boat. He still thought that it was "worth it!"
Then on Friday morning we had to be at the junior high by 9 AM (after getting to bed at 2:30 AM) to pick up Devin's class schedule, have school pictures done, get a locker assignment, etc. School starts on the Tueday after Labor Day. I felt like a walking pocket-book. The only thing they needed me for was to sign a couple of forms and to write several checks. By the time we got everything done and hit the drive-through for lunch, we didn't get back home until 1 PM. (And then I got to log in and work for the rest of the afternoon - I was one whooped puppy that night.)
Yesterday we went up to the county fair with my friend, Doug, and his daughters. (Doreen, I understand about having the fair in your backyard. I live 1/2 mile down the road from the county fairgrounds.) We bought the kids all-you-can-ride passes and turned them loose in the 'spin-and-puke' area (as Doug calls it), while we enjoyed ourselves wandering around the fair and catching up with each other. The kids located us before the appointed meeting time for dinner complaining about being hungry already. We passed out dinner money and made arrangements to meet up again in an hour. It was nice to have some uninterrupted time to catch up with each other.
Today I am trying to take it easy and recouperate before I have to dig into the work situation again tomorrow. I hope that everyone is well.
Dori
to get MARTY through this....
, only I can't see the castle from here.
