Anytime Molly.
Poor Robert. I can remember my dad telling me how hard it was to travel to different time zones like that. It can be rough.
He actually managed to get into his room (at like 9am!) and started work immediately. One of his co-workers took a 2 hour nap and managed to mis-read something entirely...so...napping is bad? (I always had a feeling that was true, LOL....avowed non-napper (except when pregnant, with a newborn, or, interestingly, in college) here, it always makes me feel so much worse when I wake up.)
But I digress.
I'm supposed to make hotel arrangements for him for the 20th in a new city, but I don't know what train station he's getting into!
Molly,
Thanks for the advice. I checked out the Swan and Dolphin and some of the hotels in DTD, but the houses sound super nice. I don't mind driving, DH and I love to explore around the areas where we stay. We usually yelp some food places to try out and we like to be able to at least make/have breakfast available. I love having a fridge for leftovers or snacks or whatever. A townhouse might just work. I don't need to charge to my room and I've read mixed reviews about EMH so I don't know whether I need them or not.
I love the philosophical idea of parents needing to be in love and romantic and all of that. I believe it, too. It helps us stay connected and helps us love our kids more.
Having some weekends or vacations just the two of us has been great. We weren't good at it until just a few years ago and now we can't seem to stop ourselves from planning time away.
Oh I totally want to stay at the Swan/Dolphin someday. But I like Westin/Sheraton properties (beds, mmmm). I think they, and some of the DTD hotels (or maybe just one? The Hilton comes to mind and that's all), come with EMH, so if you decide to try it out it's probably available.
But most touring plan type people tell you to stay away from EMH; it's not like
Disneyland's MM where you WANT to go b/c it's so helpful. EMH is good, but typically only if you have hoppers and can hop OUT of that park once the crowds start to build up after the EMH in the morning.
I think we're going to try an evening EMH during this trip; Robert REALLY wanted to stay at Magic Kingdom until midnight or later during our December trip, but it just didn't work out. It might be solo it might be full-family, or maybe we'll take my aunt up on her babysitting offers and have a date night along with cousin+hubby. (that would be super-fun!)
If we had trustworthy people who lived nearby I'm sure we would have had more dates just us...but we've adapated fairly well to dealing without datey dinners out etc.
Anyway, keep on working out what you want in your vacation and talk it out!
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Shameless brag. E's ballet class was yesterday, and I had to tell Miss Z that E wouldn't be at the snow day makeup class next week, since we'll be out of state. I offered to PAY her for her time, to help E out in an extra session. She said that she's not worried about him, that he picks things up easily, and that he's a "natural". Wowie! How nice was that!? (and she turned down extra money! wild!) So that was nice to hear.
And then he was so exhausted (ballet, an hour of play while I FINALLY worked out on the elliptical again, then an hour of Aikido) that he slept in his own bed for the whole night (with just one wakeup) for the second time! I woke up in the morning and was so confused.
She was rather old and had this funky tumor in her ear canal...she was lucky enough to have owners with the money to pay for radiation treatments which helped her get around 9 more months here, but finally she just got too sick. Dagnabit.
