DISappearing Peeps...A fastpass to THIN! Part 4

[eeyore45]

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(swim suit from disney, oh how I wish I could fit!)

 

[HockeyKat]

I wish knee-length swim suits were in fashion. My top half is just fine ("FINE" LOL!) but my thighs need a thigh-master. Or lipo. Or magic. Or exercise.....or magic!!!!

So, I stick to an opaque sarong! You can make one out of a couple yard of sheer co-ordinating fabric. Just do a narrow seam and voila! Hotty at the pool... with cute kids in tow, and a large iced beverage!

I am just the opposite... my legs aren't too bad but my upper half is miserable. I carry all my weight right around the middle ala Michelin.

I might buy that swimsuit... not sure if I need a 14 or 16. Probably 16 but maybe I will get the 14 as a reward for good behavior.

 

[the Fidge]

I wish knee-length swim suits were in fashion. My top half is just fine ("FINE" LOL!) but my thighs need a thigh-master. Or lipo. Or magic. Or exercise.....or magic!!!!

So, I stick to an opaque sarong! You can make one out of a couple yard of sheer co-ordinating fabric. Just do a narrow seam and voila! Hotty at the pool... with cute kids in tow, and a large iced beverage!

You didn't say sheer did you ??? By that you were refering to a sheer flannel typr thingy for me????

 

[UtahMama]

You didn't say sheer did you ??? By that you were refering to a sheer flannel typr thingy for me????

For you, Fidge, a SEE-THROUGH sarong would be sa-right!

NOT flannel. Which is a fashion-don't and has NO place in Disneyworld. Unless you are at Wilderness Lodge Campground and are actually camping.

 

[Eventer98]

I like those suits!! The one I have now fits fine and I guess I shouldn't be buying another one. But they sure are good deals!!!

 

[punkin413]

I like those suits!! The one I have now fits fine and I guess I shouldn't be buying another one. But they sure are good deals!!!

well, i haven't actually bought mine yet because i wanted to get some input from dance first to see if she got this one and if she liked it/how it fit. yoohoo......dance......where are you???

i guess since we haven't heard from melinda this afternoon that may mean she's on her way to chicago. i hope not! how frustrating!

 

[lexmelinda]

i guess since we haven't heard from melinda this afternoon that may mean she's on her way to chicago. i hope not! how frustrating!

Sitting right here at the computer all afternoon pressing "resubmit" to see if FedEx has picked up the passport in New Orleans....and they haven't. It's still sitting there on some lazy passport official's desk I guess. So frustrating to know that it is there...approved, completed, packaged and bearing a FedEx overnight express label with our address on it and just hasn't been picked up.

When I told DD tonight that I didn't think she would be going to Paris tomorrow she sat down in the kitchen floor and cryed. No words. No yelling. Just sat down and cried.

My heart breaks for her because the Paris portion of the trip was what she was really looking forward to. So. Now we are on to extreme option #3. The last leg of this tour leaves on Friday and those folks fly directly to Madrid. I am on hold with the Passport Misinformation Center RIGHT NOW and I'm going to request an appointment to have the passport reissued in Chicago Thursday morning.

We did not go today because we were told that if the package shipped today, they wouldn't reissue it but would just tell us to go home and wait. At that point we were still hopeful it would arrive in time. No more. If they turn us away in Chicago, at least I will know I've done everything I can.

Glass half full....Madrid on Friday.

 

[pixie dust 112]

Sitting right here at the computer all afternoon pressing "resubmit" to see if FedEx has picked up the passport in New Orleans....and they haven't. It's still sitting there on some lazy passport official's desk I guess. So frustrating to know that it is there...approved, completed, packaged and bearing a FedEx overnight express label with our address on it and just hasn't been picked up.

When I told DD tonight that I didn't think she would be going to Paris tomorrow she sat down in the kitchen floor and cryed. No words. No yelling. Just sat down and cried.

My heart breaks for her because the Paris portion of the trip was what she was really looking forward to. So. Now we are on to extreme option #3. The last leg of this tour leaves on Friday and those folks fly directly to Madrid. I am on hold with the Passport Misinformation Center RIGHT NOW and I'm going to request an appointment to have the passport reissued in Chicago Thursday morning.

We did not go today because we were told that if the package shipped today, they wouldn't reissue it but would just tell us to go home and wait. At that point we were still hopeful it would arrive in time. No more. If they turn us away in Chicago, at least I will know I've done everything I can.

Glass half full....Madrid on Friday.

I'm so sorry! love to you and your daughter. What a huge disappointment!

 

[winkers]

My heart breaks for her because the Paris portion of the trip was what she was really looking forward to. So. Now we are on to extreme option #3. The last leg of this tour leaves on Friday and those folks fly directly to Madrid. I am on hold with the Passport Misinformation Center RIGHT NOW and I'm going to request an appointment to have the passport reissued in Chicago Thursday morning.

We did not go today because we were told that if the package shipped today, they wouldn't reissue it but would just tell us to go home and wait. At that point we were still hopeful it would arrive in time. No more. If they turn us away in Chicago, at least I will know I've done everything I can.

Glass half full....Madrid on Friday.

I feel so bad for your daughter! I'm afraid I'd be throwing a major tantrum if I were in her shoes, the whole whailing and nashing of teeth scenerio. I'm sending up prayers that things work out for you!

 

[Disneyfreak92]

Sitting right here at the computer all afternoon pressing "resubmit" to see if FedEx has picked up the passport in New Orleans....and they haven't. It's still sitting there on some lazy passport official's desk I guess. So frustrating to know that it is there...approved, completed, packaged and bearing a FedEx overnight express label with our address on it and just hasn't been picked up.

When I told DD tonight that I didn't think she would be going to Paris tomorrow she sat down in the kitchen floor and cryed. No words. No yelling. Just sat down and cried.

My heart breaks for her because the Paris portion of the trip was what she was really looking forward to. So. Now we are on to extreme option #3. The last leg of this tour leaves on Friday and those folks fly directly to Madrid. I am on hold with the Passport Misinformation Center RIGHT NOW and I'm going to request an appointment to have the passport reissued in Chicago Thursday morning.

We did not go today because we were told that if the package shipped today, they wouldn't reissue it but would just tell us to go home and wait. At that point we were still hopeful it would arrive in time. No more. If they turn us away in Chicago, at least I will know I've done everything I can.

Glass half full....Madrid on Friday.

Oh Melinda! I was hoping for a better update when I got home from agility class. Give Mimi a from me! I'm praying things work out...somehow.

 

[punkin413]

Sitting right here at the computer all afternoon pressing "resubmit" to see if FedEx has picked up the passport in New Orleans....and they haven't. It's still sitting there on some lazy passport official's desk I guess. So frustrating to know that it is there...approved, completed, packaged and bearing a FedEx overnight express label with our address on it and just hasn't been picked up.

When I told DD tonight that I didn't think she would be going to Paris tomorrow she sat down in the kitchen floor and cryed. No words. No yelling. Just sat down and cried.

My heart breaks for her because the Paris portion of the trip was what she was really looking forward to. So. Now we are on to extreme option #3. The last leg of this tour leaves on Friday and those folks fly directly to Madrid. I am on hold with the Passport Misinformation Center RIGHT NOW and I'm going to request an appointment to have the passport reissued in Chicago Thursday morning.

We did not go today because we were told that if the package shipped today, they wouldn't reissue it but would just tell us to go home and wait. At that point we were still hopeful it would arrive in time. No more. If they turn us away in Chicago, at least I will know I've done everything I can.

Glass half full....Madrid on Friday.

how frustrating! i'm a control freak, so any time i have no control over a situation i don't know how to handle it. i have to say you're doing a great job staying calm and looking on the bright side. what a great example you are to her! i'm so sorry and i hope everything works out. there's a reason for everything.......

 

[Wonders10]

Hi everyone,

Bee - your speech must have been beautiful

Melinda - for you and DD I hope she at least makes it for part of the trip. I would be utterly devastated.

My day was pretty craptastic. I had a headache and felt nauseaus and light headed all day. Like I was in a fog. I'm not getting sick though. I just felt weird. I think a lot of it is stress. Like I mentioned yesterday, I was already stressed out with tons of school work this week when I got an email that I would now be working at a camp for children with Cerebral Palsy and other similar disorders for 9 hours a week (mon, wed, fri). Turns out that it starts Monday - the day i get home from Disney. I explained all this to my supervisor who was very understanding. But then said I could make it up the following Friday by coming in at 9 instead of 12 and then leave when camp ends at 3 Whatever.

And what irks me is that I find out today that they were actually supposed to be hiring someone to work the camp but didn't find anyone, so they just stuck graduate clinicians that were free in there since they're free.

The "bonus" is that I get a lot of clinical hours. (I wish you could note the sarcasm in that last sentence). Let me put it this way. I need 60 hours of clinic treatment hours to move onto my internship in the fall. Some struggle to get 60 but most get between 60-75 hours over a 2 semester period. What about me you ask? Well with this new addition to my schedule I will have around 130 hours. Yet there are students just starting clinic that actually need these hours and here I am with more than double what I need.

Add to that the fact that they didn't even ask if my schedule would fit it in. I don't, but I could have gotten a part time job since I do have extra free time with my school placement being over. But a friend of mine that also is doing the camp actually did tell the supervisor that she didn't have a lot of extra time for a new client because she had applied for a couple jobs to make some money before internship (where we work full time for free). They obviously didn't care because they assigned her 8 hours a week.

It's just ridiculous and I'm so over this school and the program. I was already getting stressed out and this was the straw that broke the camel's back. They actually had me questioning if I wanted to do this for the rest of my life. Making me doubt myself is not the way to prepare me for a successful career in speech pathology. Anyway, I think my vent is over. For now. I've been such a grump since I found out. The only good thing is that I'm going to Disney this weekend That is the only thing keeping me from completely going ballistic right now.

Anywho, hope everyone had a great day. It had to have been better than mine

 

[HockeyKat]

Oh no Melinda. to your DD.

My totals for today:
B: Cinnamon mini-swirls (120)
L: Sandwich (120), pasta salad (130), yogurt (70), ff ruffles (75)
S: Apple (55)
D: Pork chop (300), artichoke (60), smart beat light tbsp (45), salad (100)
S: 1 cup frozen raspberries (70) + ff whipped cream (10)
1155 total, exercise was 18 min on the elliptical and a TON of weights (about 35 min worth), I really stepped it up today. Tired as crap tonight.

Hope everyone has a skinny night and Disney Dreams!!

 

[punkin413]

My day was pretty craptastic.

hope things get easier for you as you get more into your schedule. i think half the reason they put people through all that crap in school is just to see if they can handle it. though that doesn't make it any less frustrating!

 

[Eventer98]

to you and your DD Melinda. She sounds very mature...I would have been hysterical and throwing a MAJOR tantrum at her age.

 

[Disneyfreak92]

Just posted day 2 of my trip report for anyone interested!

 

[eeyore45]

Melinda and DD and tears - its so not right, you will drive all the way to Chicago and fedex will have the pkg on your doorstep at the same time your turn comes up - that does break my heart too!!

shall I meet you - give me a call - I PM'd my cell, not doing anything on Thurs I'd love to bring you a smile if I can! (ask Lynda, I can smile!)

all the Peeps,

Shannon, I wish I knew why dont you have someone to ask (ok complain in a good way?!!) It seems so obvious on paper, what is it run by beauracraps?

this ole laptop keeps shutting down - and I have to convince it to reboot - I go to some sights (like following the link to disney shopping) and the internet "POOFS" on me?? like wth?? it takes a few hours to convince the internet to come back, please come back... there's a ritual of unplugging involved... dont ask me why, I'm not "technologically advanced"

today was PICNIC day - Pto parents were supposed to walk to park and do stuff (special important stuff... sad stuff... remember a classmate who passed away...) BUT no, the weather was yucky - from maybe I'm going to rain, to SUNSHINE and warm... to maybe I'm gonna rain, and its COLD out here... weird... I was spent!

and someone called off tomorrow - the last day of school!! (full day!!) ok, fine I'll take it!!

nighty night!

oh, and DD 10 is all signed up for "Miracle Camp" a 7 day sleepover camp - so exciting - its in Michigan .... www.miraclecamp.com...

 

[ThinkTink75]

dance, did you say something awhile back about getting this bathing suit or was i just imagining that?

http://disneyshopping.go.com/webapp...&productId=1203563&langId=-1&categoryId=20603

the reason i'm asking is it's on sale for $14.99 and i'm thinking i might get it. i wanted to know how it fit you.....if the top or bottoms ran big. my bottom is bigger than my top and you can't buy them separately. just wondering what you thought of it. thanks!

Well, I have that exact bathing suit! I would say that I am pretty well porportioned in my wieght gain. Maybe carrying a little more in my mid section... nothing that really effects this bathing suite overall fit much. The site says to order bathing suits one size larger than your dress size. I did this. Kinda. It seems to fit alright. Although I am on the looser end of 12/ tighter end of 10 because of my hieght I chose to go with a size 12 (1 size up from my "tighter" size) because I am only 5'2" tall. I would suggest if you are between sizes, like me, to do this. Otherwise I would say to follow the directions and go up a size. Also, it is easily tailored. I have sort of hemmed the top to give me less length in the straps and it is perfect now. I think you could probably easily tailor the bottoms as well because the ties on the side would hide any alterations. Hope that helps!

 

[dwheatl]

Bee, your speech made me laugh and cry. The near beer cracked me up. It's memories like that that help us heal.

You know I am praying for you and DD. Oddly enough this maybe something that DD needed to learn aobut for the down the round herself how to deal with our lovely federal offices...

OK I am a Monty Python fan what can I say??? Always look on the bright side of life hmmm hmmmm hmmmm hmmm cant make the whistle sound so I hummmmmed it instead.

Melinda please let us all know as soon as you get it?? I think we are all sweating this out with ya!!!!!

OK anyone know who is the patron Saint of deliveries?? I don't think there are any specific to UPS or Fed Ex, but you just never know!!!

Maybe the archangel Gabriel? He's a messenger, right?

And Melinda, for you and your DD. Doesn't it just break your heart when they have to go through stuff like this!

Success! (or a modicum thereof...) I just put on my "three-sizes-too-small-haven't-worn-in-three-years" pants and they FIT!! I put them in the washer for tomorrow! Still got quite a way to go, but I'll take progress where I can.

Plus I just ordered some non-"W" t-shirts from Land's End -- not gonna fit in the pants yet, but I believe the shirts will be perfection!

Of course, this all comes on the heels of falling down my deck steps on Sunday night. I was an idiota and wore flip flops on a wet wood deck and wouldn't you know I slipped right down. Thank gracious I have several levels to the deck and didn't fall down the complete 17 steps! ACKK! Anyhoo I have a BRUISED back and bum, but nothing broken. I've been icing and alternating between laying down to keep from swelling and walking/moving around to keep from stiffening up... Ah well, I've done this before. I seem to have a case of klutziness that flares up around steps...

BTW -- Lynda, I love the new siggie pic!

Woo hoo for the clothes, and a very gentle for the fall. My sis just fell down her stairs and did the same thing, and she was showing anyone who would look her bruises

My day was pretty craptastic. I had a headache and felt nauseaus and light headed all day. Like I was in a fog. I'm not getting sick though. I just felt weird. I think a lot of it is stress. Like I mentioned yesterday, I was already stressed out with tons of school work this week when I got an email that I would now be working at a camp for children with Cerebral Palsy and other similar disorders for 9 hours a week (mon, wed, fri). Turns out that it starts Monday - the day i get home from Disney. I explained all this to my supervisor who was very understanding. But then said I could make it up the following Friday by coming in at 9 instead of 12 and then leave when camp ends at 3 Whatever.

And what irks me is that I find out today that they were actually supposed to be hiring someone to work the camp but didn't find anyone, so they just stuck graduate clinicians that were free in there since they're free.

The "bonus" is that I get a lot of clinical hours. (I wish you could note the sarcasm in that last sentence). Let me put it this way. I need 60 hours of clinic treatment hours to move onto my internship in the fall. Some struggle to get 60 but most get between 60-75 hours over a 2 semester period. What about me you ask? Well with this new addition to my schedule I will have around 130 hours. Yet there are students just starting clinic that actually need these hours and here I am with more than double what I need.

Add to that the fact that they didn't even ask if my schedule would fit it in. I don't, but I could have gotten a part time job since I do have extra free time with my school placement being over. But a friend of mine that also is doing the camp actually did tell the supervisor that she didn't have a lot of extra time for a new client because she had applied for a couple jobs to make some money before internship (where we work full time for free). They obviously didn't care because they assigned her 8 hours a week.

It's just ridiculous and I'm so over this school and the program. I was already getting stressed out and this was the straw that broke the camel's back. They actually had me questioning if I wanted to do this for the rest of my life. Making me doubt myself is not the way to prepare me for a successful career in speech pathology. Anyway, I think my vent is over. For now. I've been such a grump since I found out. The only good thing is that I'm going to Disney this weekend That is the only thing keeping me from completely going ballistic right now.

Anywho, hope everyone had a great day. It had to have been better than mine

Could they at least consolidate the hours to one or two days, so you could actually contemplate a PT job? And what about global warming? they shouldn't have you driving there for just a 3 hour shift (OK, that's a little bit sarcastic, but in a way, it's true). I know those kids are going to love you, but it would be nice if the scheduling could be done in a more respectful way.

 

[Sparkie]

Well, it was just a temporary resurection of the computer the other day. I'm dropping hard drive off at the electronic MD in the am.

Bee-

Melinda - for DD

?MJ- on the pants

I'm still here - and in DIS withdrawal