In Search of My Body vol. 10 - taking it one paper towel at at time

[cantwaitvaca09]

Day 2,
Meg and I are up and out by the bus stop at 7AM going to HS for extra magic hours and rope drop. I have never been to rope drop.
We are right in front, Meg tells me that everyone is going to run like mad to Toy Story. I could not belive it. But its true, the cast members have to hold off
All the people from running like nuts. So at Toy Story we grab fast past, then we get in line. On and off TS in 15 mins, we have an hour before out FP kick in so its off to
RnR, Meg ride, I look around the shop. Then ToT, Meg ride twice, I just look around. Please note that I am SO VERY FINE with just looking around. One day I may grow a set
And try these rides. But today was not the day. After ToT we go to Muppets, Movie Ride, Toy Story again, then back to RnR for one more ride, we grab a Mickey Bar
And head out for the bus. Its noon. Wow we got a lot done that morning, Back to our room pick up our race form and back on the bus for DTD and to meet Erika and Amy.
They are running behind from getting Erika so Meg and I start to shop. While I find Kick *** tute’s for my girls, Meg finds she has to deal with a bank issue, Poor Meg.
We head to lunch, and while waiting at Wolfgang Exp. For the group, Meg then find her BF is the best and fixed her bank issue. What a kick @$$ guy.
I meet Erika who just sits down and starts to say she is not going put her Dtag on because her DH is going to give her crap on her time. So just having met I say,
Umm,, when was the last time your DH ran a half. Lunch was yummy, thanks EE for your fries. Then its off to the expo. Liz finds me at the counter to get my bib, I look at it see my name
And start to cry. OMG its here, I’m here OMG. Then to get our goodie bags, Now at this point I have no idea what Nancy and E are up to, but let me just say they ROCK!!!
I get my I DID IT Tshirt and a Tech jacket.

After leaving the expo we head to DVC for dinner, we start to unload EE car.. OMG I have never hear of the beer they have, I stay to EE. Wow, that’s a lot of beer,
She says back without missing a beat, there’s 8 of us, as if their my not be enough beer. HA HA
Dinner was yummy, while waiting for it I tell Erika, life story part 2. I hope I did not talk to much. Meg and I leave, its late and Meg needs to go to DTD to get the Minnie skirt.
So cute on her, was made for her. I get my run stuff together, call DH and the kids, PRAY TO GOD that I cross and I am off to sleep.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Liz, found this on ebay, is this what your looking for
http://cgi.ebay.com/13-1-Disney-Hal...685?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5196f749e5

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

OR this
http://cgi.ebay.com/13-1-Disney-Hal...992?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5195b22ca0

 

[AKASnowWhite]

I SO wish I could type as fast as I talk. I have a TON to say, and not lots of time. boo.

Friday morning my flight to WDW was uneventful. Thankfully, because as you already know the flight back was not exactly smooth.

As Liz told you, we met up, went to the hotel to check in (where our room was READY! yay!) Then back into the car to head to MK, parking at Poly (where we would ultimately eat dinner). What she didn't tell you is, after we crossed thru the MK toll plaza on the way to Poly we went the wrong way, and ended up circling around the toll plaza & the Richard Petty Driving School not once, but twice. This was the first of what turned out to be many Chevy Chase- European Vacation Moments. "Look kids, there's Big Ben. And Parliment" became a frequently heard phrase in that car

Saturday morning Liz and I packed up from the Dolphin and headed to OKW to check our group in. Anticipating some post-race muscle awareness, we very politely requested a first floor villa.(OKW has no elevators. Remember that. It comes up again later in the day) No can do. We get a 2nd floor. Not so bad. The room isn't ready yet, so we meet Kat & EE who are already in a room at OKW and are packed up for the villa switch. We visit their room & join them for a nice cold beer. We toast to Kelly, because it's mid-afternoon where she is, and down the hatch it goes. 10:18am first beer done Amy joins us and we head off to AK with Liz driving.

AK - we FP Safari, single rider Everest, Dinosaur, back to Safari. Erika has arrived on property and it's time to go pick her up. Erika, as we all know, is not exactly patient. She wants live in-the-moment updates. Put her on speaker phone so she feels like she's there. Text me every 30 seconds to tell me what you are doing So, we hurry our a$$es up.

Except that the tram to the parking lot was ridiculous. Good God. I think we all had another birthday. Slow. Turtle slow. My dead grandmother walks faster slow. Painful. So by the time we get to the car we are in all out "step on it" mode. Liz starts to pull out of the parking lot and says "how the he!! do we get out of here?!?!?"

"Follow the arrows to the one and only exit", I offer helpfully. Naturally. Liz drives NASCAR style to OKW to pick up Erika.

Back at OKW, we get Erika, and EE & Kat hop into EE's big ol' SUV and the 6 of us head off to meet Jo and Meg at Wolfgang Pucks for lunch. Delightful. We sat outside, Jo gave us all chocolate and showed us the amazing outfits she had scored for her girls.

Then it was off to the Expo. EE, Kat, Meg & Jo in EE's SUV, Erika, Liz, Amy & I in Liz's car. EE makes it there just fine, we, naturally, take a wrong turn. Ah well, no biggie. Liz just makes an unauthorized u-turn and we are back on track

Wide World of Sports is abuzz with activity. Not only is the Expo happening, but some cheerleading competition. OMG. I was horrified. Some of those girls had more makeup and less clothing than Las Vegas showgirls. Absolutely horrifying.

Anyway - Expo. Packet pickup where we got our race bibs, official race shirts,etc. We had champagne. I bought the now-infamous purple t-shirt and a new bottle of BioFreeze. Jeff Galloway was in the house. Lots of shopping to be done. Lots of excitment in the air. And a bit of our usual shenninigans.

We took pictures with the Footmen. (permission to post everyone?)

Back to the now ready villa for dinner. We made Spaghetti & meatballs, salad, bread, etc. When we arrived at the villa, the thermostat was set at 77*. Seriously unacceptable. We turn the temp down but soon realize that nothing is happening. The temp goes up to 80*. Kat calls maintenance, we carry on. After a while, Meg & Jo head out. Amy, EE, & Kat head to the pool. Erika calls maintenance again and throws down. It's 9:00, we need to go to bed and our a/c isn't working.

It wasn't too long before a very nice maintenance man came to check out the situation. It didn't take him long to determine the compressor was shot and there was no way he could fix it that night. He calls the front desk and I heard him say multiple times "I don't care. You do whatever it takes. They *must* be relocated immediately. You *need* to keep these Princesses happy".

Pixie Dust to you my fine friend

One poor young guy was sent to help 6 women move all their personal belongings PLUS a ton of beer, bottled water, etc. to our new room. On the THIRD floor now. (remember. no elevator ) OMG. Cool air. <angels singing here > We were all settled in right around 10:00. Kudos to Disney for making it happen, and happen FAST!

Erika picks up the phone to request a new wake up call (since we changed rooms...) and discovers....yep. Phone doesn't work. <sigh> We set our cell phone alarms and off to snooze land for as much rest as we can possibly get.

 

[3DisneyKids]

I think Nancys phrase to the lone bell services guy was... We have a sh*t ton of luggage.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

I think Nancys phrase to the lone bell services guy was... We have a sh*t ton of luggage.

I also told him I had counted the beer, as he carried case after case!

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Liz, found this on ebay, is this what your looking for
http://cgi.ebay.com/13-1-Disney-Hal...685?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5196f749e5

Jo, so cute!!!

Nancy - I TOTALLY forgot about the looping! Oh, yes. First of many. And my Mario Andretti driving to get to E!

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Day 3, Race Day
Up at 3 AM, and I am wide awake, get dressed, check to make sure I have all my stuff,
And my stuff to bag check. Check I am all set. Meg and I head to the bus stop, we see 2 busses pass us
That were full before we get on one. Drive to Epcot, WOW the car traffic, I text Liz, keep in mind its 4AM, the traffic looks like
Chicago rush hour in a snow storm. Off the bus we wait a bit to see if Liz calls and is here, but she did not respond, I am starting to freak,
So so so many people. We walk to gear check, Meg checks my bag with hers. We walk to potty’s we wait, again there is just tons of people
We walk very very very slow to the corrals, there are just so many people we are just wall to wall. About 15 mins away from the start we find
Liz, Kat, EE, Amy & Nancy. I am scared out of my mind. What am I doing here, I don’t know if I can do this. Then we start.
I was awesome, just awesome, I can not give you a play by play at each mile cuz I don’t know where the race went.
I know that when I entered MK I called my DH crying (shocker I know ) that I made it to the castle. My feet are killing me
At a med tent, I take off my socks and shoes and put Biofreeze all over them, and get back in it. I pull over for a pic with Tiana to send to my kids
And Liz, Kat, Amy see me, I hug them jump up and down, so excited to be past the castle. I start to run again, a bit later, I see Liz, Kat, Amy again,
This time they are in line for a pic and I just right in. (sorry, that was not rude of me) Off to run again. I don’t know if it was Liz, Kat or Amy who told me when I get over the bridge,
Look down at the sea of people behind me. I did, that was great to see. The ramp killed my feet.
Now I am in Epcot, I call DH I tell him I’m at mile 12, I will call back at the end. I try to call him at mile 13 but I could not talk, I just hung up on him.
I am at the finish, E, and Nancy are there. I cry like a baby (shocker again) it was awesome. E takes me for my metal, I call my kids. Nancy then takes me to the food and picture spot.
We all get a massage, my feet are cramping at this point. Ok over it, I just finished a half marathon, off to the parking lot, we change tops in the car. Beer anyone.
Breakfast at Cape May, Hi Minnie, then park tour epcot, I score a kick @ss bracelet.
Back to room, 30 min nap shower and back to epcot. By this point I find out from DH that Alexa is sick, I am so very sad, I want to be with her, I try to get a flight out early but I can’t
By the time we hook up with the Fab 6. I am super sad and ready to go home. I tell the ladies I am going to go home. I don’t know how this happened, but I went from sobbing missing my kids in line at Sorin (shocked right)
To laughing and singing til after 1 AM. Jellyrolls was a blast. Thank you Goddesses for making me stay out and just letting the moment go.

I don’t know how I will ever thank you for this weekend, Again its was life changing.
Thank you so very much

 

[3DisneyKids]

Great report, Jo!

And you don't have to thank us. We're your friends. That's what friends do.

I know, I know...mine is still coming. Be patient (LISA!).

Kelly??? Where are you?

 

[poppinspal]

I'm loving all the reports. I will get some of my views up here in a little but I wanted to say how great it is just to read other people's and remember all those little moments that made the weekend so great.


I have about three babysitting requests to respond to, one parent looking for me to help her find a nanny and another parent just checking in to tell me her daughter has started crawling. Kind of nice to know the families at my old center miss me.

Oh and the shin... icing it again. I'm now wondering if it's shin splints or something else.

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Meg - please be careful! I so want to see you finish a full!!! Also, I love the video of you running across the finish line! So cool.

I need all the bib numbers again so I can look at all our pics!!! I am 11733

 

[HockeyKat]

5416.

I think I have a sneaky way to get uploadable pics, too.

 

[3DisneyKids]

5416.

I think I have a sneaky way to get uploadable pics, too.

Well for the love of God, don't do mine! They are dreadful...and that isn't my word, it's Liz's! So if she says the pics of me are that bad, then they really are! There are 2 that I like...out of about 15! Yeah, the photographers got A LOT of me.

 

[3DisneyKids]

Give that girl a funnel cake!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Give that girl a funnel cake!

ah, Rose. Sweet Crazy Rose.

 

[3DisneyKids]

So…my trip from the beginning.

Up at assearly and off to the airport. We had major snow the night before, ending at midnight, so the roads were a disaster. But the plane was scheduled on time. Super tiny airport, so check-in was a breeze. Boarded on time, but then sat on the runway for an hour while they de-iced. Texting Nancy and Liz until the plane took off.

I landed, let them know I was on the way to DME and demanded – yes DEMANDED – that they text or call me constantly so that I knew what was happening. I could not stand it that everyone else was all together and I wasn’t there. I kept telling Liz to just put me on speaker…she didn’t have to talk to me or anything, just put me on speaker so I could hear everyone and feel like I was a part of it. She refused! Bad friend!

Got off at OKW, and golf-carted it over to our building to wait for Liz and Co. to come get me. While waiting out front, I chatted with two women who were also in town for the race. I told them about Team Goddess, etc. and we wished each other well as they went into change and get settled.

I was texting every other minute. Where are you now? What are you doing? Where are you now? Walked over to the Turtle Pond pool bar and got a beer. It was 1-ish and it was HOT. (Note: this will be a theme for the next few days…Tundra Girl in the Heat!) So I was standing at the curb, street-walker style, drinking my beer and demanding that my friends drive FASTER. The other women from before strolled back by and stopped. “I thought you said you were running tomorrow?” they said to me. “Yes, I am.” And then in shock they pointed and said, “But you’re drinking!” To which I responded, “Goddesses Drink and Run.” They didn’t find me amusing.

FINALLY Nancy calls and says they are pulling into the resort…get ready to jump in because they aren’t going to stop…just slow down enough for me to jump in as they were already late to meet Jo and Meg in DTD. Up comes the Mafia car. Liz, Nancy, and Amy DO actually stop and let me in. EE and Kat pull up…hugs all around. And we are off to DTD.

Here’s the funny part….automatically…without thinking…Nancy and I hop into the backseat. CLEARLY we are the children. And the fun begins! OMG, I was so so hot. DRIPPING. I had been hydrating for days and unlike Nancy, who pees every 12 seconds, I sweat it all out. So I was a drippy mess. And I told Liz to turn the Air on FULL BLAST. And Nancy said, “hit the snow flake button. We need the snow flake!” Yes, within MINUTES Nancy gets going and automatically she slips into Gremlin mode. I infected her!

So in the car on the way to DTD I say to the three of them, “Ok, so here’s the real deal with my fall last week….I chipped a bone and I am a scratch for the race. I totally can’t do it and I have to have surgery the week after I get back. But it’s ok, I’m going to be camped out at Epcot and take everyone’s picture and cheer like crazy.” They are all SO stunned and sad and concerned. Of course then I tell them, “Um, DUH! Like, really?!?! I would miss a race?!!? I don’t think so!” I thought it was HI LAR IOUS.

Once in DTD we head over to Puck’s Express where I quickly hug Jo and wave to Meg (who was stressed and on the phone dealing with the bank issue). I gave Nancy money to buy my lunch stating, “I trust you to get me the right food…” while off I went to Guest Relations to renew my AP. Once back at the table, I get to really meet Jo and she totally SNARKS on me instantly. Which cracks everyone up as she has been nothing but sweet to everyone else. Finally get to say hi to Meg (we had met before in Maine), and then we were off to the Expo.

Getting there was…interesting. Nancy and I are both completely directionally challenged. And we were in the backseat, screaming for snowflake and giving directions. Liz would calmly say…in her best professional voice, “is this the way?” And I would scream, “GO left, go left, go left!” And Nancy was like, “No! You missed it! Turn around…NOW!” And poor Liz was doing illegal U-turns in the middle of the highway. Meanwhile, Amy was sitting quietly in the front seat. And Liz explained to Amy that the two of them were the parents of me and Nancy.

Expo was awesome but busy, busy, busy and crowded. We take care of checking in first before shopping. Get our bibs, chips, shirts, and all of that. Then, everyone else begins to shop while Nancy and I get involved in some shenanigans. We asked Jo if she was ok with us being “creative” and she said, “Will I get arrested?” and Nancy and I both said no, so she was like, “Go do whatever it is you two do…” She didn’t miss a beat. Off we went….and now that we were experienced at what needed to be done, it was a SNAP.

Shopped for some fun tech gear and t-shirts. Since I was so sweaty, I needed a new shirt immediately. I found one that said, “I’m not slow, I’m just getting the most out of my entry fee.” I went over to the side and stripped off the sweaty shirt and put on the new one. Right in the middle of the Expo. Cause that’s just how I roll.

Finally home to OKW. HUGENESS of a room. Just HUGE. But…HOT. Which of course made me call for more snowflake! EE graciously went to get the rest of the ingredients for dinner while Liz and Nancy cooked and I got to hang with Jo and Meg and catch up with both of them. Meanwhile it was getting hotter and hotter. Finally, Kat calls for maintenance. We say grace, eat (yum!) and it gets hotter still. So I call again and insist that someone come over right now. We are racing in the morning and have to get to bed. The CM on the phone could not have been nicer and sure enough, Virg shows up. But he can’t fix it. So we have to MOVE! But again, the CMs were great. They said not to worry, stay there and they would bring us new keys and move us. And they did. Or at least HE did…the one, lonely bell services guy they sent for 6 women. But all in all, the whole move took less than half an hour. Nancy and I turned the thermostat as cold as it could go (65*) and we got ready for bed.

We were all tucked in bed with our race clothes laid out and phone alarms set since the room phones weren’t working. Liz and I were sharing the king bed in the master and of course got to laughing. I got a horrible case of the giggles and could. not. stop. laughing. I was a punchy vampire! Finally, it was quiet and we all settled in. At about 2am, Liz wakes up and is cold. She gets up and gets her scarf out of her suitcase and wraps up in it and gets back into bed complaining about being cold. For the record, it was the PERFECT temperature in there. We both fell back asleep until race day morning when….

To be continued…

 

[3DisneyKids]

…when Nancy wakes us up and says, “It’s time!” She’s so excited and says, “It’s like Christmas!” Um, NO, it isn’t. We all call her crazy and drag our sorry asses out of bed and start to get ready for the race. Because we are professional racers, everything was laid out and ready to go, so we were all up, dressed, fed, and ready to go in no time. Before we were even dressed, though, Jo texted saying that she and Meg were already on the bus. WOWZA. They got up hella early.

Soon enough we were out the door, too. This is when Kat began her pre-race ritual freak-out. Which is totally FINE. We all have our freak-out points. Kat’s is about getting to the start on time. We took two cars. And the traffic was thick. But we got there in time and began walking to the bag check and porta-potty city. This is when I started Woo’ing for the week. I would just randomly scream out “Woo Hoo! There’s nothing like race day!”
We made friends with lots of people along the way. The Jersey girls was SO fun. The Brooklyn girls were SO clueless. It was fun looking at all of the costumes and team shirts and great sayings. We still hadn’t hooked up with Meg and Jo. Jo was in her own freak-out mode and needed to get to the corrals. So we lined up at the porta-potties and then headed over to the corrals, too. SINGING all the way. I can’t remember what we sang. But the haters just looked at us and the cool girls joined in.

We really *did* cut it close. They were already singing the national anthem and we weren’t even in corrals yet. So I wished everyone a good race and hustled to Corral B. Everyone else was in C. Last year Nancy and I dropped down for my friends (remember that? Ha!) but this year it was better for my race plan to start in B, so that is what I did.

And this is where MY freak-out starts. Once in the corral, I realize that there is no way out and I have made a horrible mistake. I always feel that way. And I stay feeling that way until about mile 2. It was SO humid. I was sweating before the race even started and that started getting in my head. And the freaking SECOND the fireworks went off for my corral, my mouth went bone dry. I was like ACK! I will never make it two miles to the first water stop! Fortunately, the first water stop was actually at mile one (they added extra due to the weather) and once I had more water in me, I relaxed a bit. And then I was smiling and happy through mile 4.

At the hill right by the contemporary—past mile 5—I walked up the hill and texted Liz that I was at MK. Ran through MK, which always completely magical. I stopped for pics with Jiminy Cricket because my kids have been after him for SIX YEARS and never found him. So that was a huge score!
On the back side of the MK, I felt two women come up on either side of me. They had seen the bib on my back for the NKF. They each put one hand on my arm and prayed for Kelly. It was SO moving. Then they ran up ahead and I saw that they had Bible verses on their race shirts. So I dubbed them Team Jesus. I was crying. Just ONCE I would like to get through a race without crying!

At mile 7 I started being *aware* of my hamstring. I took a walk break to try and figure out what the pain was…just an annoyance or something else. And while walking, another woman passed me and said, “My daughter, too! Thank you!” Truly, I got lots of comments along the way.

And this is a good time to mention our race shirts. WOW. They really stood out. So at every turn and wherever there were spectators, people would shout out, “Go Team Goddess!” It was AWESOME. By this point, we were running straight into the sun and this is where runners started puking and getting dizzy, etc.

Right past mile 8 I knew I was in trouble. The hamstring was going, going, gone. Right then, there was a WISH support team. I don’t know their names, but I sure would like to find out and say thanks to them here on the boards. They had orange slices and that was EXACTLY what I needed at that point. I thanked them profusely and began to figure out what my strategy was going to be for the next 5 miles with a blown hamstring.

This is when I texted Liz saying, “Send me Nancy, I need her.” And she and Meg appeared magically. And I think you know the rest of the story from here. And even though those 4 miles were the most painful, they went by the fastest because we were three Goddesses doing our thing. Just as we were getting ready to go up Lisa’s Hill (as we have now named it) there was a DJ and she announced over the loud speaker, “And here comes Team Goddess!” Again…lots and lots of shout outs all along the race course. We stopped for some pics and just kept going until the finish.

We were walking quite a bit (due to me, not them) and one woman looked particularly in trouble and Nancy was SO concerned and wanted to help her, but she insisted she was fine. I was playing head games…”run to the purple sign, then we will walk again.” And Meg and Nancy totally did everything I said.

It was at this point that Nancy turned into a cheerleader for EVERYONE during that last mile. She was all out cheering, “You can do it! Run to the Finish! You’re almost there!” To EVERYONE. FOR A MILE. It was funny!

Meg wanted to blast it in for the Finish, which she did. Nancy and I ran it in as well, just without the kick. Got our medals, got some food and water, texted the others to make sure everyone was ok and had a partner. Once we got the ok from everyone, we began swimming upstream to get back to the finish line so we could see everyone cross. I ducked into the Medical tent and got ice and my hamstring taped. OMG, that ice felt GOOD.

Of course, the race officials kept telling us that we couldn’t there. We had to go back to the bag check tents and exit the race area. And I just decided to ignore them. Like, they would clearly tell me, “You can’t go there,” and I would smile and nod and just keep walking. Because really, they can’t hit me, right? So I just went on ahead. And Meg and Nancy just came along and did the same. When we HAD to talk to someone, we would tell them “We need more ice from the med tent.” Or “We need more water and there isn’t any back there.” Finally, we figured out that if we just hung at the med tent, no one would bother us and we were right by the Finish. But man, the med tent was a scary place to be. SO MANY dizzy runners--the humidity was bad. And several people in wheel chairs as their legs just gave out.

As you already know, we watched everyone finish, which was great. And when Kat, Liz, and Amy all finished, Liz was just like “I want my medal. Take me to the medals.” So I walked them over there…I already had my medal on…and the guy giving them out just put another one around my neck. I saw what he was doing, but figured that he would catch on at the last second and laugh at himself. But he didn’t. So I have TWO medals! Which is awesome because the day before I said I wanted two so I could give one to each of the girls. It was SO funny. Kat was like, “I can’t believe that just happened.”

Off to the massage tent as a team (LISA--$10 and it is a donation to NKF. You can also pay more for a longer massage). My masseuse LOVED me. She was laughing so hard. And she gave me 10 minutes for free. I asked her to do my shoulders (and of course everyone else wants lower body done, but I carry all of my tension from running in my shoulders for some reason) and she was like, “I am not letting you out of here like this. Your shoulders are like rocks!” And she was ALL ABOUT breaking the rules, which is why we got along so well. First, she kept me longer than she was supposed to. And then she kept pausing and finally she told me, “I am waiting for my supervisor to look the other way so I can use my elbow on you and really dig in. We were told no elbows!” So we were kindred spirits!

Finally…out to the cars for beers and clean clothes and then off to Cape May for Breakfast.

Part 3 up next.

 

[lisaviolet]

Oh crap. Listen, I'm dying to respond to everyone. Will do. LOVING it all. But I *might* not have access for a time (SHORT time). WE ARE FINISHED!!!!! Well not 100% but tomorrow morning will be FINISHED. Early tomorrow. A day early. Closing is Friday. So yeah. Jean is about to drop - poor thing. Really, it's been agony to watch her. I've done too much (just not thinking not being stupid in stubborn terms) and am in a bit of pain - but no biggie. Promise.

So last sleep - on the floor - but we're DONE.

So catch you all on the other side at some point....

to all and I'm dying to respond to all your TRs and such.

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

“Goddesses Drink and Run.”

I KNEW I joined right team!

Sounds like Kat is my twinkie on this one, I'm a FREAK about not being late, I'm sure being late to a race would be 10X what I'm normally like!


E, you made me feel like I was there with your TR! LOVE IT ALL!!!

 

[3DisneyKids]

Morning! Packing up at AKV and moving to BLT today. Excited! Lots to say about AKV but it will have to wait. I SO hope we can stay the whole time at BLT and not move. Fingers crossed!

The newbies comes today. Two families...Jeff's best friends. None of them have ever even flown before. I planned their entire trip. Booked their flights, booked their packages, chose the resort, made their ADRs. All of it. SO nervous. Like, this is a once in a lifetime trip for them. So I hope it goes smoothly.

Jeff and kids get here at dinner time. I am missing my kids something fierce. This is the longest I have ever been away, so I am excited to see them!