Crashdad and Javamom: The Continuing Mis-Adventures

[Beka]

Enjoy! Can't wait to hear what you think is good! We have ressies for via Napoli tomorrow. Yay!

 

[javamom]

Hi Beka, we liked the Germany booth which had a sausage on pretzel bread w/ a side of mustard.

The South Korean booth had a yummy pork lettuce wrap!

Our favorite booth turned out to Argentina, with a Beef Skewer w/ Chimmichurri sauce and Roasted Corn and Cheese Empanada.

We also had sushi in Japan, and a Lobster roll in America. These were good, but just OK.

DH had the lamb chop in Australia. I didn't even try it.

The cheese fondue between Mexico and Canada, was pretty good. The potatoes are served cold for some reason. The cheese sauce has wine in it.

The food at the Singapore booth is very spicy.

 

[Beka]

Hi Beka, we liked the Germany booth which had a sausage on pretzel bread w/ a side of mustard.

The South Korean booth had a yummy pork lettuce wrap!

Our favorite booth turned out to Argentina, with a Beef Skewer w/ Chimmichurri sauce and Roasted Corn and Cheese Empanada.

We also had sushi in Japan, and a Lobster roll in America. These were good, but just OK.

DH had the lamb chop in Australia. I didn't even try it.

The cheese fondue between Mexico and Canada, was pretty good. The potatoes are served cold for some reason. The cheese sauce has wine in it.

The food at the Singapore booth is very spicy.

Noted. Thank you! I'm not much of a fan of lamb, so I'll likely pass on that one. I'm SUPER picky on how it should be cooked, and few do it to my taste. Right now the Germany booth is sounding good. DH really wants to do the Mexico booth.

 

[javamom]

Well, we are home again. Now. I brought back a Disney cold, and I am not feeling well. News on my Mom not very good. Yeah, I am a bit depressed, who wouldn't be?

The cliff notes is that she has 2 types of cancer in various places in her body:

breast
lungs
liver
spine
brain

They are going to attack the brain cancer first, and then go from there. 3 weeks of radiation therapy. Then, after that, they will start to address the rest...

 

[Beka]

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Welcome home Steph...
Not a very happy return.
This trip should have lasted much much longer I do believe.

 

[20thingamabobs]

Welcome home, I hope everything starts to turn around for you and your family

 

[javamom]

Thanks for the kind words, really really.

I'm working on a trip report. It's been difficult to get started and to find the right words to get through the beginning of it. I'm still working on it. If/when I get that worked through, I will start a TR. Trying to find a balance between emotion, information, and fun hasn't been easy thus far. Yet I don't want to gloss over things too much.

 

[bigsis1970]

Steph, loved your pretrip report (love Diane Keaton!) listening to your video made me want to cry like "something's gotta give" LOL.. my son is 14 and will soon be heading out in to the world - he's been looking at Army Brochures (EEK) I am glad you got your much needed support from Wobin - she's awesome! I am sorry to hear about your mom - you are in my thought! Can't wait to read about your trip.. Welcome back, shake that cold.. Michelle

 

[javamom]

Well, I thought that I would read back over this stuff. Then I decided that maybe I should post an update andmaybe explain why there was no trip report.

But I did want to share one thing about the trip, or rather, the closing of that trip with you. Our last night I had book the Wishes Dessert Party. We really enjoyed it, although the queue was annoying. As it was our last night, and I knew what I had facing me upon our return, I really couldn't think of anything other than Mom. I stood at the railing with my family watching the spectacle in the sky, consumed with images of her. I croaked out a few bars of Wishes, and tried (but failed) to blink back some tears. And then it hit me, that I needed to make a wish of my own during Wishes. So this is the bargain that I made with God during the very last part of the finale. "I know that I don't get to choose the time or the place of her passing, but my wish is just that she not suffer."

That's really all that's left to tell about that trip, and much of it is a blur. We lost Mom just 7 weeks later. She went quickly, and for the most part, she was not in pain. So, I got my Wish.

A week before Mom died, I got laid-off from my job. I was unemployed for about 3 months. During that time, I had decided that I should sell our DVC - as we would need the extra money. I hadn't had a nibble on my resume, and was really starting to panic. We closed on the sale, and a few weeks later, I had a new job and a large raise. Oh well, DVC isn't going anywhere.

Those months were very difficult for me. It truly felt as if my hope and joy had died with my Mom. I still miss her terribly, and it seems strange to live in a world without her. In May, we met on the shores of the San Saba River in Texas and spread my Mom's ashes (as per her wishes). She always wanted a piece of land with a river than ran through it, so that she could go fishing on the shores with her grandchildren. She used to sing a lullaby to our kids about it:

Gonna catch fishies 1,2,3
Gonna catch fishies baby and me,
Gonna catch fishies by the old oak tree,
Down by the shores of Fishberry...​

Here is a picture of the sky above her marker. It's on my desktop at work now.

We are starting to get back on our feet financially, and decided that we would take one last trip on our APs. After that, we'll have to play it by ear. But for now, we are headed back to The World again (our family's Laughing Place) in September. This trip will sort of be a do-over for me. I have been campaigning fiercely to see if I can get any of my extended family to meet us there. Not going to hold my breath though.

Anyway, thanks for reading! I don't know if I will do a pre-trip, or a report of any kind.

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Hi Steph,
Some of this I knew thanks to our FB friendship.
Your last post was lovely...
What a beautiful tribute to your mom.

If you decide to do any type of report please send me some sort of signal, Ill be there!!!

Anita