Disney Sept 2009 Faith, trust, and a lil help of pixie dust. And a site called Ebay

[Synndy]

Hey every one!

I wanted to quick post my funny little story for this morning. Im sure my stalker father will enjoy harassing me for this.

I had a dream about the trip last night. My second one.

First one was a few weeks ago.... we had gotten to AKL & I went running as fast as I can off the bus & was running to the hotel. For some reason I had a few min run & was jumping hurdles & everything (ha ha). I got to the lobby & checked in. They handed me tickets, room key & dining plan cards (all different cards, not sure why) and they were wrapped in tin foil..... dont ask. I ran up to the room, threw my bag in the room, ran back down to the lobby & everyone was just walking in. I said I was going to go to MK. Everyone in my party said no that they wanted to relax & look at the hotel. So I left. I ran into them at the park later & they ignored me! They were mad I left them & refused to talk to me at all the rest of the trip!
I woke up so mad! ha ha

So the dream last night.... I had woke up (in my dream) & my 2 cousins were at my house (which is werid because my one DC is deathly allergic to cats & we have 2 so she cant come over). My Dad told me (like I said.... the stalker will enjoy this) to hurry my @$$ up & get ready. I asked why? They all told me he didnt want to wait until the trip (which in my dream was the following week) to go to MNSHP so he bought tickets & a flight. We were going to go down for a few hours, go to the MNSHP then come home. Then we'd have our full trip the following week. I wasnt packed & went SCRAMBLING around my house for my Tink costume. I couldnt find my Tink skirt & wanted to glue pom poms to my green ballet flats (which I really do need to do). My Dad was screaming at me to hurry up & finally told me to act like an adult & not wear an F-ing costume. I started crying & they all left me.


So basically Im thinking that...
a) I need to get Disney off my brain
b) There will be no fighting allowed on this trip
c) NOBODY is allowed to leave me (ha ha)
d) I need to make sure my costume is ready!

Anyone else have dis-mares?

 

[ProudKevin]

Okay I guess it is my turn to give a more objective view to my daughters strangeness...
I have to say it all comes from her mother and grandmothers side of the family..I love them both but facts are facts....anyone who will meet us that fateful week in Sept will see clearly.. The only slight glimmer of reality in "Synndy's" nightmares would be me yelling for being late...I'll conceede that one! I still never would have thought this trip possible, as much as I had wanted it....So I am gonna do everything to make sure there will be no arguing...lol....I don;t want to get it off the brain hers or mine..it has been so much fun talking about it, even if she is wrong about things like groceries ! The past couple of weeks since the surprise have been great, fun talking and being together..I guess the "magic" works in a lot of ways> Before-During-and after keeps me focused on how luck I am to have them.
As far as her Tink costume....I don't hold out a lot of hope...I may just take a picture of her bedroom and you will all agree. Never the less...Never the more...Neverland....we are gonna have a lot of fun and the memory of a lifetime

 

[Synndy]

Im ignoring the comments from my wonderful father.... ha ha

Mind you the biggest mess in my room comes from the fact Ive been EBAYING to pay this trip off.... smart @$$

I love you though <3

Question for Jen & Shopia & Heather & anyone else meeting at CMs

Any idea on what time we are going on Sunday? DC is wondering

 

[HeatherBelle614]

Im ignoring the comments from my wonderful father.... ha ha

Mind you the biggest mess in my room comes from the fact Ive been EBAYING to pay this trip off.... smart @$$

I love you though <3

Question for Jen & Shopia & Heather & anyone else meeting at CMs

Any idea on what time we are going on Sunday? DC is wondering

Hey Lady;

I got your card yesterday; it was been the highlight of my week, and I definitely appreciate it!!

Do you have GMail by any chance? Jenn and I have been talking on there about the meet. Or, are you on FB? I was going to make a group so we could work out details and talk to you about a couple things she and I thought of.

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

I was wondering too if we had a time yet for CM's on Sunday.....

 

[maroo]

Hello! New to this thread!

kdzbear sent me this way! She said something about a group of DISers that were planning a little DIS meet at CM on the 13th?

But before I even go there...

I am totally hooked on this thread. My mother, too, is a breast cancer survivor AND I work at an oncology clinic doing insurance...so I can totally relate to the issues keeping you guys from being able to take that Disney vacation.

I am so excited for your trip!

And AKL! Villa! Awesome!!!!

To everyone including Synndy,
I am lucky enough to be the proud father of this amazing girl!!!!!!
Her mom and I are so blessed to have her and her brother, truly amazing persons. The surprise that they all managed to provide me left me speechless, which in itself is quite a feat. As incredible as the gift is and will be, the love and planning that went into it makes me believe i am the luckiest person in the world to have a family like I do. I was raised in the early years of television and from the Sunday night "Wonderful World of Disney" I have been a lifelong fan. From Fess Parker as Davy Crockett to my favorites Chip and Dale, Disney has enriched my life. Over the years ...a honeymoon and 2 trips with little ones to Disneyworld have created the best memories anyone could ask for..
The upcoming trip in September will create more such fantastic memories particularly in the light of my kids love.
"Synndy" is sometimes called "KJ" or "Kevin Junior"...sometimes stubborn and hardheaded, sometimes a smart ***, a bit of a temper but a smart, hard working,beautiful and loving person with a great sense of humor. Her brother Adam, although more even tempered is no less fantastic! Her dedication to making this memory perfect in every way has me in complete awe....so for everyone who gets to know her, I hope you all see the beauty I do.
Thanks baby & mom & Adam..& Meg & Brad & Em & Carolyn & Mark & Jason & Cassie for gracing my life!!!

And this...how sweet! I think I am breaking the rules (are we supposed to be ignoring you?!)



Ok...now, back to Chef Mickeys....

I will be in Disney from Sept 4 - Sept 13th. My friend Sharon will be joining me for most of the trip, but has to leave before the last day. So I am on my own on the 13th.

I had talked to kdzbear about possibly joining them at CM on the morning of the 13th and she mentioned that there is another group that would like to possibly meet...

So, I guess I have a couple of questions...do you think I am totally crazy for seeing if I can add myself to your group? Since I just joined this here party, I don't blame you at all for thinking I am totally nuts! But, I think...the more the merrier!

And...if it is ok for me to join you guys, I would imagine that my ADR booking time is much ahead of you guys (mine is June 6) and maybe I could book this big DIS meet? Do you think they would let me book a meal with this many people?

anyway...either way - I am so glad I found this thread and am totally subbing in!

 

[Synndy]

Are you kidding?!?!

If course you're invited! I'm so glad you found my thred!

Make sure to check out HeatherBelle's PTR. Her mom is a BC survivor too & that's how her & I began talking.

I will let you know what time for CM but I'm so glad you want to meet up with us!!!!

As for Proudakevin.... It's better to just ignore him. He's a stalker
Ha ha ha

 

[maroo]

Are you kidding?!?!

If course you're invited! I'm so glad you found my thred!

Yeah!!! Do ya think they will let me reserve a spot for that many of us?

Make sure to check out HeatherBelle's PTR. Her mom is a BC survivor too & that's how her & I began talking.

I will definitely look this up!

As for Proudakevin.... It's better to just ignore him. He's a stalker
Ha ha ha

Ok...I guess I will follow those rules... Sorry, ProudKevin!

 

[ProudKevin]

Hi Maroo, Its great that you will be meeting up with us....Since my surprise, it has been fun and wonderful chatting with some really great folks, and I am really looking forward to meeting them come september...As far as Synndy, don;t pay too much attention to her "rules" she has tried to be in control since the day she was born!!! The girl has her faults, but for some strange reason I still love her a lot! Make sure you keep in touch with Amanda and Heather...It will be a lot of fun. Also please don;t get the wrong impression..I am far from a "stalker", it is more like I am her conscience/guardian angel!!!keeping her in the "real world"...lol....you'll see!!! everyone will see!!!!

 

[Synndy]

Hey guys

I just wanted to make a quick update.

Sadly this one will be a far cry from my usual perky updates where I make fun of my Dad & share the excitement of our dream trip.

I was going to post one tonight when I got home from work (double jobs today... stupid 14 hour days) discussing progress & all that fun stuff.

During the days (Monday-Friday) I am a nanny for 2 different families. Monday & Tuesday are twin 5 year old boys who are insane! I love them but they are crazy! Wed-Friday I nanny for 2 girls, ages 2 & 4 who are my princesses. I also have a part time retail job that is more for fun (since I work with awesome people) and extra cash.

Any who.... while I was with the boys I got a phone call from my Dad. My mom had an appointment to get her check up & they found a lump on the other side.

Needless to say this is crushing news. Shes been doing SO good. Her hair is finally growing back & she seems so healthy & happy.

She is upset more about the fact we have our dream trip booked & now we find this out. We told her that it wont effect our trip & assured her it will be the most amazing trip ever. I know we really cant promise her those things but like I said.... shes MORE upset over "ruining the trip" than the potential cancer in her body.

Thats my mom for you..... shes such an amazing woman.

On the up-side.... we dont know for sure it is cancer. We find out next tuesday what the biopsy results are.

So if everyone here could just send your good thoughts her way it would be greatly appreciated. I havent told anyone I know because I dont know anything for sure & dont want to get anyone all worked up or worried for nothing.

Everyone around here has become my Dis family & I wanted to not only vent but get the good karma or juju or whatever flowing our way.

I have to work after I get done with the boys at the retail job, that I'm soooo not in the mood to go to tonight. Ill be on after that which will most likely be around 11 (unless I get there & the managers let me go home after I explain what's going on)

I'll let everyone know as soon as we have an update.

Thank you all in advance for your love & support.

 

[kdzbear]

We will send some prayers your way. I hope that it is nothing. If it has to be the ugly C word then we will hope that they caught it early enough to remove it without more chemo. My mother-in-law had chemo for lymphoma and I know it just knocked her on her rear. She did have a wig to deal with hair loss, but she kept forgetting that you couldn't take items out of the oven with it on and almost melted it more than once. Ocassionally you have to find humor where there is none. Best wishes to your mom and support to you and your family is being sent via the internet.

 

[maroo]

I am so sorry...

I am sorry for the stress this causes everyone. I hope that it turns out to be nothing but a scare.

Keep us posted!

I will pray for all of you guys.

 

[inkedupmomma]

Oh Amanda and Kevin, I am so so soooo sorry! you all are in my thoughts and prayers for sure! I'll pray extra hard!

 

[HeatherBelle614]

Hey Lady,

Jenn just told me about your update today, so I jumped on here really quickly at work just to write you.

You all are definitely in our thoughts and prayers. I know how horribly scarey that is, but hang in there!! Please shoot me a message with your email if you need to talk/vent/get angry/etc. I am definitely here to listen.

Please let us know what the news is as soon as you can! We'll be praying hard!!!

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

Hey Amanda,

Sending my thoughts and prayers your way. Please keep us posted and let us know if there is anything we can do for you.

Sophia

 

[Synndy]

Hey Everyone!

Thanks for all the love. It made my morning to open this up & read all the love.

So I wanted to let everyone know I'm feeling better about things today. We have 6 more days until we find out & we have decided to treat this as nothing until proven otherwise.

Mama is doing ok. Like I said, shes more upset about the trip than anything. We told her that if it is that big bad C word, we'd work with the doctors, still go on our trip & give her lots of time to rest.

She seems positive about things though which great.

Mom was telling me that they found some fat or fat cells in the lump which I guess is a very good sign.

Some mroe good news today was my brother had a doctors appointment today which came out really good which is fantastic news. DB has NF & currently has an inoperable non cancerous mass on his spine. Hes been having nerve issues which we were worried they were related to mass. We found out that the nerve problems were NOT related to the mass. So thats a big plus,

Just incase you havent noticed.... my family is a walking medical disaster.

So I think that's all I have for now.... I'm debating if I want to hang out with DC Meg tonight or go home & work on Ebaying for the trip... Hmmm....

Either way I'm sure Ill be on tonight. Thanks again for all the love. It means more than any of you could ever realize.

P.S. One last really happy thought...... EXACTLY 4 MONTHS until I get to meet most of you!

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

Glad to hear that you are feeling better about things today. Keep us posted though......

 

[Synndy]

Hello loves

I'm not sure why I'm posting so much lately.... I think I need a life. Oy. I think if Facebook & DisBoards were blocked off my computer, I'd never be online


So I wanted to quick vent my latest Dis nightmare from last night....

It was the morning of our trip & I felt like I was forgetting something. We get on the plane & Im trying to figure out what I'm forgetting. I am going over in my brain what I've packed & all that. Then it dawns on me... I realize I havent paid for ANYTHING. (which is totally not the case... there are a few things I need to pay for MNSSHP & a few other minor things but the major things are paid for) I realzie I've only paid for the airline.
I whisper to my mom & she got really angry with me & told me not to let my father know. She told me to put everything on my credit card & she'd pay me back. I told her I couldnt & Im freaking out because my credit card is MAXED OUT (which again... isnt the case) so I have a panic attack on the plane.

I woke up gasping for air.

Terrible.

This trip is 4 months out & I'm getting frequent nightmares. Oy.

I come on here & vent them because if I tell people about them, I never get that exact same dream again. So be prepared for more dreams// nightmares. haha

hope everyone is doing good & the next 4 months can't come fast enough!



***Just a side note....
I have a very severe case of Narcolepsy. I am on meds to control it, Narcolepsy is not like in the movies where I'll fall asleep mid sentence (so no, you wont see me sleeping on the Teacups in Disney )
The N is the cause of my dreams// nightmares.... I'm including an excerpt from the Wiki definition of Narcolepsy to best explain. If you have time, read the whole Wiki. Its an interesting disorder.
(and if you do read the Wiki... I'm in the 20-25% who have all 4. )

"When a person first falls asleep, the brain waves become slower and less regular. This sleep state is called non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. After about an hour and a half of NREM sleep, the brain waves begin to show a more active pattern again. This sleep state, called REM sleep (rapid eye movement sleep), is when most remembered dreaming occurs.
In narcolepsy, the order and length of NREM and REM sleep periods are disturbed, with REM sleep occurring at sleep onset instead of after a period of NREM sleep. Thus, narcolepsy is a disorder in which REM sleep appears at an abnormal time.
Also, some of the aspects of REM sleep that normally occur only during sleep — lack of muscular control, sleep paralysis, and vivid dreams.
Sleep paralysis and vivid dreams can occur while falling asleep or waking up. Simply put, the brain does not pass through the normal stages of dozing and deep sleep but goes directly into (and out of) rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.
This has several consequences. Night time sleep does not include as much deep sleep, so the brain tries to "catch up" during the day, hence EDS. People with narcolepsy may visibly fall asleep at unpredicted moments (such motions as head bobbing are common). People with narcolepsy fall quickly into what appears to be very deep sleep, and they wake up suddenly and can be disoriented when they do (dizziness is a common occurrence). They have very vivid dreams, which they often remember in great detail. People with narcolepsy may dream even when they only fall asleep for a few seconds."

 

[Meggymooch]

Cousin Amanda you had yet another Disney nightmare/dream? My goodness pretty girl what are you doing before you go to bed? HeeHee!!! You crack me up!!!! Our trip to Disney is going to be amazing. I am soooooo excited! We are now under the 4 month mark. Akuna Matata pretty girl!!! No worries! Everything will work out and this trip is going to be one we will remember for years to come!

I love you so much!

Love ya,
Cousin Meggy

 

[Synndy]

Yayyyyy

Everyone welcome my dc & roomate for the trip.... cousin Meggy!