In Search of My Body - Not the One I Ate, VOL 8...It's Never Too Late To Start Again!

[goofyfan-12]

E - awesome job on the trip report! I so wanted to be with you all on Monday! The sad part was that we were in MK as well that day and could have totally met up with you at some point. (insert pouty face here)

it was a great trip and one that I never will forget.

As for me being do photogenic you are sweet to say that. It is not always the case. I guess being a goddess agrees with me.... lol

 

[AKASnowWhite]

SO many things I want to say about that TR. After the gym....

 

[poppinspal]

Morning ladies! I'll have to catch up on the trip reports later today when I have more time. My town is near flooding again, seeing pictures of Disney is making me dream of warmth and sun!

So I'm back on track this week after a bad week last week. I just want to share that I'm addicted to flavored apple sauce! So far pear is my favorite but country berry is a close second.

Back into my class I go, I'll catch up with things later. Have a great day all!

 

[3DisneyKids]

Just patiently waiting for Nancy's comments about the TR...

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Love the TR and the Pics. Thanks for sharing.
reading it gives me motivation to get back on track so I CAN finish it next March.


Hi All, Happy Tuesday, Still crazy at work, No workout this morning, I will do my power walk at lunch and hope for some TM time after I pick up the girls.

I feel like I am blowing it. all the hard work to loose the first 11lbs out the window. ( I have not gained but I have not lost) I am eating like crap. My WW membership expired and I don't know if I should renew or not. With TBall I don't have time to get to the meeting in my town.



Cathie, I am sorry to hear you are sad. Vent here. I hope things get better for you.


Rhonda. Glad you have seen that yellow ball in the ski! Yay on new sports bar! You half if coming up fast, you will do great, you an endurance athlete!

Meg, I have never tried flavored apple sauce, I should try it

E, Glad your sister is in to take the load off

EE, Did you get a chance to go to Ed Debevics?

Lisa, Can you send me the link to your TR I could not fine it. But I am not that bright! HA HA


Kelly, Glad you love the job.

Hi, Kat, Liz, Nancy I hope you all have a great day

 

[HockeyKat]

Kat - Tailgating in March! Sweet.

AFM, DGF and I are doing great. We've both lost some stubborn pounds recently. This weekend we were startled by a bright object in the sky. It stayed there for nearly 12 hours! The next day it returned! We are ready to declare the spring sprung.

My training is going well. Taper is in full swing. This week's purchase will be a new sports bra. That may not sound like much, but a new Enell is something to celebrate!

Ronda

It's finally spring here too! Supposed to be in the 80s later in the week.

Glad that you guys are doing well, and yay for the new purchase!

Since we all had different destinations after the park, we all got to MK via different methods.

EE and Amy and I parked at Poly, grabbed a quick bite, and took the monoral in... and managed to get to MK at almost exactly the same time as the others!


Nancy isn’t wearing her medal here because it is SO heavy that it actually hurt her neck! Too funny.

I think my neck hurt after the trip as much as my legs from the race! That medal was really heavy.


I’m sure others have more pics like this as well. POST THEM.
Hope to get a few more up later in the day, from Liz's stash if that's okay.


And of course we did Space again. And this is where Nancy was like, “I’m going to sing loud on this ride, too.” And everyone else was like, “Um, there’s no music on this ride.” Apparently it doesn’t matter to Nancy. So it was Love in an Elevator while on Space! Kat and I were in hysterics.

This was AWESOME. Best Space Mtn ride ever. I was laughing so hard it HURT.


Lunch was at Columbia Harbor House. On our way, we swung by Peter Pan to get FPs because Nancy really wanted to do it before leaving. Columbia was our only counter service meal of the entire trip. And you know, it was only 1.50 cheaper than my meal at The Plaza, which is a table service.

I think I actually preferred Plaza to CHH. CHH used to have better offerings, but the sandwiches are only hummus and tuna, and everything else is fried chicken or fish.


This was our first time to meet Nick, Liz’s husband.

All but me... I had met Nick before. He looked rather overwhelmed at the number of us, but he's a great sport.

But NO! Who scams the chocolate chip cookie? Bacon and Fish-n-Chips eating Nancy! Again, HI LAR IOUS.



After lunch, it was back to Tomorrowland to ride the TTA. We are ALL huge fans of TTA.

Love the TTA. Love.

And of course since we were right there, we did Buzz. And Kat is a total Spaceranger Spin freakshow! OMG, she got something like 750k! I was happy because I had like 200K. And poor Liz was like at 20,000 and Amy--I think Amy was the grand loser with like 3,000!

Not really fair, since my video game freak husband has been schooling me in Buzz for a good 4 years now.

At this point, we split up because I HAD to do some shopping. Promised the kids lots of presents—I mean, I was in Disney without them! They would have disowned me as their mother if I returned without a boatload of stuff for them. So some of us shopped Main St. while others (Liz and Nancy) went to do Tiki Room of all things! Plus Jungle Cruise and Philharmagic. Kat, Amy, and EE I think hit HM again and I’m not sure what else.

Just Jungle Cruise, HM line was off the hook.

So it was time for our last ride. We had our FPs for Peter Pan. And UGH! It was so hard knowing that this was it. After PP, we went to the hub to say our final goodbyes. We all hugged and cried at the Partner’s Statue. Really, really, really emotional. Nancy, Amy, and I were leaving the park and heading home. Liz was meeting with her family to spend more time in MK, and Kat and EE were park hopping to Epcot. So we hugged and cried…and sadly left the park. I really can’t adequately describe the emotions of the moment.

So emotional. Even for unemotional me. Such a great weekend, I think we all wanted it never to end.

Amy's car was at the Poly, so she hopped the monorail there. And she had to get a farewell Dole Whip for the ride home...and MAGIC! She got it free because she was wearing her medal! So it was a super nice little ending for Amy and our magical trip.

Nancy and I got back to our car and even though our trip was over, the adventures weren’t. We still had lies (ahem, fairy tells) to tell at the airport. And airport jail for Nancy!

EE and I walked through Epcot leisurely, got our car at BWV, and drove over to CBR.

In keeping with the weekend we got a SWEET upgrade to preferred view, Martinique with the pool only steps away, and right near the car. We changed into suits and got a few beers, headed over to the hot tub and hung out until 8 or so.

Took the bus to DHS, rode RnR, and had dinner there, then came back to the room at about 10:30PM and crashed.

In the morning, EE headed over to DtD to shop, and I went to see Kidani Village (since I hadn't, yet) and got sucked into a potential DVC add-on. Then hit AK for a quick Exp Everest ride (rode it twice, love single rider), then got on the road for home.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

yeah, yeah, yeah. Keep your pants on, would ya?

Oh wait. That was me.

And Nancy and I discovered that beer is really a good recovery! I am not even joking! Like, every time we were either sore or tired or had muscle fatigue, we’d just drink a beer and start feeling MUCH better!

Oh, so true. We arrived Friday and hit the parks. Saturday morning, hit the parks. Then the Expo. I was feeling like I had totally and completely over done it, and my legs were completely spent. Beer & Hot Tub and I was brand new. Like a miracle cure. HEY - Let's formulate a "recovery diet plan". We could write a book and make tons of money

Dinner was lovely—good beer, good company, in Epcot—what more could we ask for! As for the food, I just had soup and a salad and was really happy with both. Nancy, though—NANCY had been complaining ALL DAY because she had so much bacon at the Norway breakfast. “I never eat like this…” and “My stomach is just not used to this much grease…” and “Ugh, all of that fatty, greasy bacon is just sitting in my stomach like a rock.” So what does she order for dinner? Fish and Chips! OMG, so funny.

So true. I had talked to Stephen earlier in the day. Told him all about the race, etc. and breakfast. When I mentioned the whole bacon/stomach thing he laughed and told me I was an idiot (such support it's heartwarming) So, here we are. At Rose & Crown. I'm perusing the menu and my eye is immediately drawn to "Fish & Chips". mmmmm What a stupid move. It tasted so good, but the grease? All evening I kept saying "I am SUCH and IDIOT"


Illuminations was perfect.

yeah. After that woman who thought she was going to stand between our table and our view finally MOVED. I thought I was going to have to throw my fish fillet at her

But as I said—the night was still young! It was time for…JELLYROLLS!

ah yes. BUT. Before we got to Jellyrolls, we made a quick stop on the Boardwalk. That's when this random group of older ladies asked me (yes, imagine the irony of this...) ME, to take their picture. All weekend I had been fiddling around with Becca's camera that she let me borrow. You know the kind - virtually idiot proof. Ah, but not AMISH proof So anyway, these ladies hand me the camera, and they head to the railing to pose, all the while calling me to "come over here to shoot it". That's when our lovely ERIKA starts yelling "NO! NO! DON'T GIVE HER A CAMERA. OMG YOU HAVE NO IDEA! DON'T LET HER TOUCH IT" Like I was some serial camera killer or something. The ladies were all very confused, but I took their picture and all was FINE.

It was funny—we watched as this one couple was clearly getting ready to leave so I got ready to pounce on the table. He got up to pay their tab and she was still at the table getting her coat and purse and stuff, so I went over and just sat with her—tried explaining that I was just getting the table before someone else did and I was being super fun and friendly and joking with her—and she was total b*itch. So I just sat there and waited for her to go. Anyway, once we had our table—it was GAME ON!

She was so completely unimpressed with us. She has no idea what she's missing


And I love this pic because you can tell that Nancy was loopy and singing and happy and giddy. And Amy is like…OMG, crazy lady! (But Amy, I will take this pic down if you want!)

Crazy and loopy. I totally got that "insanely tired but having a blast" burst of energy. Of course, I had ONE beer. ONE. My stomach hurt so bad from all the greasy food that there was no way I was going to risk more than one beer.

After about an hour—maybe less—the piano players said…

“Hey, this next one goes out to Team Goddess” (major screaming from us)
“Yeah, they completed the Half Marathon today” (more screaming)
“And do you know how they did it? …. With a little help from their friends.”

And then they sang “I get by with a Little Help from My Friends” which was SO perfect.

yep. And then the beer bottle FLEW off the table all by itself (seriously. It was suicidal I tell you.) and smashed at Liz's feet. Did we stop singing? Not on your life. I screamed (a maniacal laughing scream ) and the piano player who wasn't singing looked over and mouthed "what happened?" I held up my beer bottle and pretended to drop it - pointing out the smashed glass on the floor. Within seconds, he had summoned a bar worker who swept up the mess before the song was done. Impressive.

We called it a night at about 1:30 or so. So yes, it was a 22 hour day—with just about the same number of miles logged.

Those were some really good times.

And case you are wondering what our shirts said (some of us had them in black and some in white, but they all said the same thing):

13.1 Miles
11 Countries
8 Friends
1 Week-end

and on the back

2010 Princess Half
Half Marathon...Half Drinking

Liz designed them for us and I have already worm mine 2 or 3 times here at home!

I've worn mine too. Always get comments.

And here are just a few other random shots.

Emily's dress left sparkly glitter stuff all over Erika's backside. Her tush was decorated like a disco ball. Freakin' hilarious. Really. The more she tried to brush off the glitter, the more it seemed to multiply. She was just so proud of her a$$ that she had to draw attention to it

 

[AKASnowWhite]

So up at the front of the resort, there is our car—ready and waiting for us. But hello, Charlie…where are mine and Nancy’s bags?!?!? It took a few moments of sheer panic thinking that they put our luggage in someone else’s car and they had driven off with them. But no, they found them and we were quickly on our way to the Happiest Place.

THAT was something I'd never experienced before! They had us IN the bell services luggage storage area looking for our luggage. We found Liz's that was on the "resort delivery" cart, we found E's owners locker which was being returned...but ours seemed to have vanished. I don't know where they finally found it - I had gone out to talk to the "airport transfer" guy to see if it was down there! All part of our odd airport karma of the weekend!

Anyhow, it paid to hop off because there was TONS of room further up the tram, so all three of us got on and off we went.

We totally jumped off the "soon to be moving at any moment" tram, then jumped back on up at the front. What was WRONG with all those people in line? Why didn't they just go up a car or two and fill in all the spaces? duh! Anyway, worked out great for us!

As we were waiting for the monorail, Liz snapped this pic of me and Nancy and I just love it because it totally captures just how light and silly and goofy and giddy we felt.

OH - we so asked about riding in the front of the monorail. That would have totally been the icing on the cake of this trip. But, the nice CM that we spoke with us explained that OSHA had "strongly encouraged" Disney to discontinue that practice after the last monorail accident. Smart move on their part I suppose, but sure would have been fun!

And of course we did Space again. And this is where Nancy was like, “I’m going to sing loud on this ride, too.” And everyone else was like, “Um, there’s no music on this ride.” Apparently it doesn’t matter to Nancy. So it was Love in an Elevator while on Space! Kat and I were in hysterics.

Did you hear me yell "ROCK ME STEPHEN" just before I started singing? That was the best ride EVER.


And what would a trip to Tomorrowland be without the Carousel of Progress??? And you guessed it…SINGING! All of us. Loud. Off key. And even though Kat is capable of singing ON key, I think she was even off key just because it was so much more fun that way!

the people next to me thought we were crazy

Lunch was at Columbia Harbor House. On our way, we swung by Peter Pan to get FPs because Nancy really wanted to do it before leaving.

(notice how much of this trip was about ME )

I had to wait a long time for my sandwich, so the lovely CM gave me a free chocolate chip cooking. I told Liz that she could give it to Emily if she wanted it. You know, the FIVE year old—who was behaving beautifully with all adults. But NO! Who scams the chocolate chip cookie? Bacon and Fish-n-Chips eating Nancy! Again, HI LAR IOUS.

yes. I stole her cookie. And if you recall from the day 1 installment when we ate at the Plaza, I ate her french fries. This, my friends, is why SHE is losing weight and I am not!

And of course since we were right there, we did Buzz. And Kat is a total Spaceranger Spin freakshow!

WORD!


So some of us shopped Main St. while others (Liz and Nancy) went to do Tiki Room of all things!!

hey. don't be hatin' on the Tiki Room. It was another opportunity to sing. The only big singing opportunity I missed was Small World

 

[cathie1327]

Thanks for the love and support everyone. I really, truly, appreciate it.

We talked last night...well mostly he talked, I cried and yelled and cried and screamed and then cried some more. I don't remember if I had told you guys this before, but we broke up before, right before my 19th birthday, then after about 4 months realized we just didn't want to live without each other. This time....is so much worse. I never thought anything could hurt worse than that time, but it does. We aren't really even broken up, but just the possibility is ripping me apart.

He says that his feelings have just diminished recently, he couldn't pinpoint an exact time frame, but thinking it's within the last couple of weeks....said he loves me but he's not IN LOVE with me, but he was pretty broken up as well, and said he doesn't want us to break up and wants to figure things out. I, of course, am all for it, since this couldn't be farther from what I want. I told him I don't think feelings just disappear and that there has to be something going on that happened to make this happen. You aren't crazy for someone one minute and not in love with them the next. I think things have just gotten stale, and while we both understand that you won't be crazy in love every minute of your relationship, not being in love is a problem obviously, and there needs to be some really up moments as well as some down moments.

We both agreed we need to try to capture that "magic" that made us fall in love in the first place...spend more quality time together (not just in front of the tv all the time), and really focus on each other and our relationship. I'm really just not sure how on earth to go about this. I never ever thought we'd be at this point. I haven't eaten since 3 pm yesterday....okay I ate 6 tortilla chips last night... and threw them all up. My stomach is just a mess. I have a really hard time eating when I'm so upset. It makes me whole body go shaky everytime I repeat the words he said to me in my head "I love you but I'm not IN love you with you.....the feelings have been fading."

It's just all so hard and confusing and really hard to wrap my mind around right now....that MY CARLOS....may not want me anymore....On one hand I don't want to keep someone around who doesn't love me...on the other hand I can't stand the thought of walking down the aisle one day to a face other than his...without him in the picture my whole future just goes blank. I don't want life without him. I just want my Carlos back

Anyway...you guys asked for it....so there it is. I'm taking my lunch break at work and am going to try to nibble on some apples or something......

OH and did I mention it was that time of the month? Yeah.......that is DEFINITELY not helping. UGH

Have a great day ladies, and thanks for letting me vent.

 

[cathie1327]

hey. don't be hatin' on the Tiki Room. It was another opportunity to sing. The only big singing opportunity I missed was Small World

Tiki Room rocks....but the one at Disneyland is SO much better than Disneyworld lol.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Cathie, So sorry you are having a hard time with DB. No matter what the outcome is. You ARE STRONGER than you think. We are here for you. I hope things get better soon.

Nancy,
I was laughing so hard are you "comments" to E's TR. Thanks!!!

 

[3DisneyKids]

OMG, have so many comments about Nancy's comments, but sadly, I must feed the family. They're funny that way...

 

[adsrtw]

I have so many comments. My power cord is cooling, so I will be back in a bit.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

OMG, have so many comments about Nancy's comments, but sadly, I must feed the family. They're funny that way...

Dang family. Didn't you just feed them LAST night? <sheesh>

 

[3DisneyKids]

I KNOW! And now I am working. *sigh*

 

[adsrtw]

I'm on the dino-puter (not my laptop or phone, yuk).

I loved Space Mountain especially with Nancy singing, lol. CBR was awesome. I hope to be half as lucky next time. Seriously, every other key is working. Had the best time ever!

Back for more if my laptop cord starts working.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

:It's just all so hard and confusing and really hard to wrap my mind around right now....

Cathie, dear Cathie. I wish that I had some sage advice for you right now.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

I'm on the dino-puter (not my laptop or phone, yuk).

hahaha. Just had a flash of Flintstones!

yabba dabba doo!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

OMG!!! OMG, OMG, OMG.

<breathing now>

Watching BL. They just showed a guy who weighed 670 some-odd pounds, and saw an episode of BL 2 years ago and on his own lost 418 pounds. WOWZA!

 

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Ah, posting from my phone. I think Bam Bam needs to fix it, lol.