DDA Chapter 25

[my3princes]

I will be in WDW on Oct. 2 although I hope by that point I am a FL resident so will be there past that point and not leaving FL on the 3rd.

I am thinking about doing a trip to WDW in May, June, or July. I wanna do Star Wars weekend but also want to be there for Summernightastic. When is the DDA gathering in July? I also want to do DL in August. I am in major need of a vacation and I have vacation/personal time still that needs to be used by the end of Sept.

Although I am still waiting on my trip in Sept to be approved. Its a long story and I don't want to go into it. I am going no matter what.

I hope you are all having a great weekend. Mine has been busy. I am still hoping to go see Alice today but am not sure if it is gonna happen.

The BBQ is on July 22nd. I'm sure there will be other activities the week before and after as people are coming and going at different times.

 

[my3princes]

I am spent. Today was supposed to me my day off from both jobs, but the restaurant called and needed help for a private party that started an hour after the call. It was supposed to be 3 hrs, but wound up being 5 hrs and there was only about 1/2 the crowd that they expected. Needless to say the money wasn't great. I'm working both jobs tomorrow and the school needs me on Thursday and is now asking for Wednesday too. I really need to think about it before I say yes. Of course tomorrow morning I won't be nearly as tired.

 

[PNO4TE]

Just heard this:

An employee at Walt Disney World was injured by a guest this afternoon. The cast member was working at the Tomorrowland Speedway in the Magic Kingdom when they were struck by one of the cars driven by a guest this afternoon shortly after 1 p.m.

The cast member was taken to the hospital, and the injuries are expected to be non life-threatening.

The cars can go up to 7 miles per hour and are gas-powered. The attraction was shut down for a few hours, but has since reopened.

 

[PNO4TE]

Becky - I hope you can make the move happen. It seems to be where you want to be.

Deb - If you think it is too much to work on Wednesday, tell them no! Hard thing to do, I know...

 

[mommykds]

Apparantly my old neighborhood has taken quite a beating in the storm in NY. There are trees down, shingles all over the place, & folks without power.

 

[mommykds]

Just heard this:

An employee at Walt Disney World was injured by a guest this afternoon. The cast member was working at the Tomorrowland Speedway in the Magic Kingdom when they were struck by one of the cars driven by a guest this afternoon shortly after 1 p.m.

The cast member was taken to the hospital, and the injuries are expected to be non life-threatening.

The cars can go up to 7 miles per hour and are gas-powered. The attraction was shut down for a few hours, but has since reopened.

OMG, how terrible!! Hope the CM is ok. Did they say if it was an adult or a kid driving? I could see how a kid might speed up on accident.

 

[tinknme]

Bernadette so glad you got your flights booked!

Anne Marie sorry about Katie's glasses

Stephanie I am enjoying your TR, sounds like you both had a wonderful time!

Beckie hope you can get your time off figured out

Elin I hope you enjoyed your weekend off

 

[tinknme]

Terry lot's of hugs for you

 

[tinker1bell]

Today i had made the decision to take Miles to the vet tomorrow to put him down. Well he had a different idea. He came and sat with me one last time then went into the kitchen and cried one last time and passed on. I just cannot even stop crying. This is the first time I have witnessed a pets death and am devistated.

We still have his sister Ella and another cat Josie. But now all of the boys are gone.

 

[PNO4TE]

OMG, how terrible!! Hope the CM is ok. Did they say if it was an adult or a kid driving? I could see how a kid might speed up on accident.

From another news source:

LAKE BUENA VISTA -- A Disney cast member is recovering after he was struck by a guest who was driving what Disney calls a "ride vehicle."

It happened Sunday at the Tomorrowland Speedway attraction at Magic Kingdom.

Disney officials closed the attraction while Orange County deputies investigated. The attraction reopened around 3:30 p.m.

The cast member was airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center for treatment. His injuries are non-life-threatening.

The guest was not injured.

The names of the guest and cast member have not been released.

No one else was involved in the accident.

Susan Zikovich was on the "ride vehicle" earlier Sunday.

"I think weird things just happen. You get busy having fun and not paying attention to what you're doing, waving and people are taking pictures," Zikovich said.

Zikovich is here for a family reunion. She said she would go on the "ride vehicle" again.

 

[PNO4TE]

Today i had made the decision to take Miles to the vet tomorrow to put him down. Well he had a different idea. He came and sat with me one last time then went into the kitchen and cried one last time and passed on. I just cannot even stop crying. This is the first time I have witnessed a pets death and am devistated.

We still have his sister Ella and another cat Josie. But now all of the boys are gone.

Oh, Terry. I am so, so sorry.

 

[Pooh67_68]

Anyone like HOB at Downtown Disney? restaurant.com has a $25 cert. for $2.00 use promo code BITE

I just printed my cert for our Nov. trip.

 

[Pooh67_68]

Sorry Terry.

Today i had made the decision to take Miles to the vet tomorrow to put him down. Well he had a different idea. He came and sat with me one last time then went into the kitchen and cried one last time and passed on. I just cannot even stop crying. This is the first time I have witnessed a pets death and am devistated.

We still have his sister Ella and another cat Josie. But now all of the boys are gone.

 

[my3princes]

Today i had made the decision to take Miles to the vet tomorrow to put him down. Well he had a different idea. He came and sat with me one last time then went into the kitchen and cried one last time and passed on. I just cannot even stop crying. This is the first time I have witnessed a pets death and am devistated.

We still have his sister Ella and another cat Josie. But now all of the boys are gone.

I'm so sorry. It is so tough losing a loved one I am glad that he passed on his own as taking responsibility for that decision is haunting.

Anyone like HOB at Downtown Disney? restaurant.com has a $25 cert. for $2.00 use promo code BITE

I just printed my cert for our Nov. trip.

I wondered what HOB was, but Chris figured out House of Blues I knew I kept him around for a reason



Hunter is not feeling well. I suspect I'll have a sick kiddo home tomorrow. I think it is the cold virus as opposed to the tummy one.

 

[ReAnSt]

The storms have finally eased up a bit--for now! They got really bad for awhile--hope everyone is safe

I have been meaning to come and ask if anyone here has done a relay for life event? My school has a team at an event in May and I volunteered--I know I have to do some fundraising but other than that, all I know is I go overnight for the event...If you have done the event before, please tell me some more information if you do not mind!

So much stuff blew around yesterday it was crazy. I saw chairs, trash cans, signs, etc blowing along while I was driving. I did not see any cows blowing around.

If you don't want to read about the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life you can skip the next part.

I have done several different Relay for Life events. I have been a team captain and last year was the Entertainment and activities chair for my local Relay. This year I stepped back as my life has been crazy. Although I am still setting up some fundraisers and helping the committee. If you have any questions I will try to help answer them.

Are you signed up with a team? If so they should have specific details about your event. Events are typically 24 hours in length although that can vary from event to event. Most events have some type of theme, that they plan the event around. Our theme this year is a Hope Carnival. So every team has their own campsite, they set up tents and uses their site as a base camp. Each team can decorate their site to the theme. Since our theme is Carnival each team will have a carnival based game at their site to do an on site fundraiser.

Every event has a few similar activities. Most start with some type of kick off speech or activity. Some events start a few hours before the official event kick off, so teams come and walk before the start ceremony.

All events will probably do something to Celebrate, Remember and Fight Back. The celebrate part is to recognize all of the survivors, typically their is a survivor ceremony the survivors walk a lap and they might have a survivor speak and do things to recognize the survivors. Before or after the survivor ceremony they might do a survivor dinner.

The Remember part is typically a Luminaria ceremony to recognize those who have lost their battle to cancer. You can sell Luminaria which are placed around your event during the ceremony. A candle or light is put in the bag or luminaria container. During the Luminaria ceremony their might be a speaker, someone might sing, etc. All bags are lit the lights are turned off and their are typically laps walked in the dark.

During the Fight Back ceremony people pledge on how they are going to fight back against cancer.

Those are the key parts of the event. When those things aren't happening there are often games, crafts, food, groups come in to provide entertainment. There are often on site fundraisers from food to raffle baskets to bounce houses. Their is activity all or most of the night to keep people awake and active.

During the event your team is supposed to have someone on the track or walkway at all hours, since cancer never sleeps. But it can just be one member and you can take turns.

Each event has tam captain meetings that the team captains go to, in order to get more information to share with their team members. Teams register survivors, do fundraisers, plan a campsite.

Relay is a tons of fun, especially when doing it with friends. It is so inspiring to see a community come together to fight against cancer.

 

[Disney Yooper]

Today i had made the decision to take Miles to the vet tomorrow to put him down. Well he had a different idea. He came and sat with me one last time then went into the kitchen and cried one last time and passed on. I just cannot even stop crying. This is the first time I have witnessed a pets death and am devistated.

We still have his sister Ella and another cat Josie. But now all of the boys are gone.

So sorry for your loss.

 

[mommykds]

Terry,
My heart is broken for you...I am so sorry....

I had 2 cats for almost 20 years (I was 13 when I got them) One died in front of me & the other we had to put down...it was terrible & I still miss them both.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

Terry--I am so sorry

Becky-thank you for the info..I am on a team but will be asking for more info tomorrow so figured I would ask here tonight!

 

[lovesdumbo]

Terry-I'm so sorry.

 

[MinnieMouseMom]

I'm sorry, Terry!