I'm almost "mourning" my upcoming vacation!!

[Mermaid02]

It hasn't even happened yet and I'm sad because in a month it will be OVER! Yep, a month from today I will be packing and getting on a 11:10 am flight back home.

Anyone else ever feel this way??? I'm crazy I tell ya- CRAZY!

 

[BonnieA]

Well now you've done it. I hadn't even thought about that, but I will be returning a month from this thursday.

 

[beccasmom]

I try not to think that way, but it's tough.

Anyway, this time next week, I'll be there!

 

[BevS97]

do this all the time - we go away for 2 week vacations, and I spend the entire 2nd week thinking 'nearly time to go home' so silly, might as well just enjoy every single day, but I can't help it the thought it always popping up.

 

[cleo]

You need to sit yourself down and have a good talking-to, young lady!

Not only are you in for a fabulous vacation, but by living every moment of the pre-trip anticipation, then savoring every moment of the trip itself, then return home with lots of photos and great memories, you'll extend your vacation. So you don't really know WHEN you'll be done with it, following that line of thinking.

 

[Flyerfan]

Start planning your next trip as soon as you return so you'll never be done.

That's what I will be doing 2 months 1 week from today.

 

[blessedby3]

I do the very same thing and my family thinks Im CRAZY !! I sure wish I didnt do this to myself. The time on vacation always FLIES by so quickly.

 

[Nancyg56]

MY DH does this every time we take a trip....and I keep whining it is not often enough. We are not even on the plane, and he says that the vacation is halfway over! I have threatened to toss him from the monorail if he rains on my parade this time!

 

[eblack0409]

I did the same thing at our last trip...so to take my mind off having to leave, I started planning our trip back in May while we were still there!

 

[kmkja1]

It is a shame that you do this. I hope that you will not only enjoy the time while you are there but also enjoy all the anticipation leading up to your vacation. Live in the moment!!!

 

[aubriee]

I think it's the planning that's half the fun and once that planning is done is when I feel a little let down. I planned my trip last January around things my son and GD would like (character meals, Richard Petty Driving Experience, Kitchen Sink, Cirque, etc). I enjoyed the time we were down there, but at the same time was making mental notes for my May solo trip (lots of time in Epcot, tours, etc). I planned my Sept trip around things my younger son and D-I-L would like (water parks, DQ, dining). It was funny I was so glad they changed the ADR rule to 90+10, because I was worried that part of my 90 days for my Dec trip was going to be falling during my Sept trip and I didn't want to take time out of my Sept trip to call for ADRs. As it was, I got to make all of the ADRs for my Dec trip a few days before my Sept trip started. My Dec trip is planned around things for my 73 y/o mom (nine character meals, lots of TS meals, and Christmas stuff--touring resorts, CP, MVMCP, Osbourne lights, Illuminations cruise, etc). I decided a few weeks ago to give my GD a trip to WDW the first week of Jan, so quickly (within two days) had to book a room and make ADRs. That trip is being planned around stuff she wants to do (five character meals, alot of time in MK, DQ, mini golf, and hopefully a water park, if the weather cooperates). I'm also tentatively planning a trip for the flower festival in May and also for next October.

Anyway my point is, it's the planning I enjoy, trying to make each trip a little different. So as long as I'm planning another trip I don't have time to grieve for the one that's almost over. I can enjoy it, knowing I have another one coming up soon.

 

[Mermaid02]

I enjoy the planning and anticipation so much!! You have hit it on the head Aubriee! I should be a travel agent! I love juggling around my ADR's (swore I wasn't going to change them again, but have decided to try!)

I will enjoy my vacation- but I think I will start planning another one for 2 more years down the road (shhhhhhh- don't tell my husband!) My dd will graduate in 2008 and she wants a trip for her graduation present- she'd like to stay at The Poly!!! Gonna start "squirrilin' away" some vacation money!!

Edited to Add: I feel better already! Seriously, just thinking about planning a trip for Meg's graduation makes me feel better!

 

[Hincher]

Come home and book another one. We got home October 22nd from the World and I have already booked another trip to go next Thanksgiving. It gives us a little something to look forward to.

 

[threeboysmom]

Just want you to know that you are not the only one!! I do the SAME EXACT THING!! I just DREAD that departure day so much that I start thinking about it before we even leave for our trip, and it's on my mind every single day of vacation... Nothing I've done helps. I need therapy!

 

[TChrist05]

Since we went to Disney World on our honeymoon in 1978 we have not missed a year since....and now the DD is 26 and still loves the place, sometimes we go down for a couple of cruises and at least one just the World trip....so we end up planning at least three trips a year down...the key is to book your next as soon as you come home so that good feeling won't get away from ya....we book our next cruise always on board, just worth it money wise and the little perks you get booking on board....my wife and daughter are leaving Friday 11/11 for super soap weekend...and I will be joining them on Sunday(me--not into the soaps)for a couple of days...then on 11/26 my DW and I get on the Magic for 7 nights followed by 2 days in the World and the MVMCP on the 4th of December...when we get home we then book our May trip and we would have booked the 7 day Magic for next year onboard...so yes, the planning is so important. Then you read the reports from people that are there or just have come back and you get into it even more.....
Tom

 

[puffkin]

I am starting to hit that "mourning" stage already, and we don't leave for a month. Normally we have at least one trip in the works before we finish the current trip, so it usually isn't too bad (being DVC helps).

With the baby due in March next year and with us using all our 2005 and 2006 DVC points to take family this past June, we will not be going at all in 2006. It is a really depressing thought! Probably the earliest we would get back is May 2007 or October 2007

That being said, I am really looking forward to this trip, the last one with just DH and I. Plus, it is so much fun in WDW, especially during the Holidays. But, knowing we won't be back for awhile will be gnawing away at me the whole time. Sad isn't it!

 

[goofie4goofy]

It hasn't even happened yet and I'm sad because in a month it will be OVER! Yep, a month from today I will be packing and getting on a 11:10 am flight back home.

Anyone else ever feel this way??? I'm crazy I tell ya- CRAZY!

You sound like a "glass is half empty" kinda person.