It Happens Every Time!

[RobInBigKC]

OK, I know there's a lot of people who go to Disney that are/will be a lot worse off than us but this still gets frustrating...

A brief history of our Disney trips since we've had kids:

Sometime around the end of April 1997, my DW gets herself pregnant (ok, I probably had some role there) with our 3rd DS. So, on our WDW trip in December 1997, she was about 8 months pregnant.

About two weeks prior to our Disneyland trip in July 2000, my DW steps in a hole in our front yard and breaks her ankle. I get the pleasure of pushing her around DL in a wheelchair in the summer heat (though that wasn't half the fun of pushing her up and down the hills of the San Diego Zoo that same trip). (She's also about one month pregnant with our 4th DS on this trip.)

Literally ten days prior to our WDW trip in January 2003, my DW had her gall bladder removed in an up-'til-then unplanned surgery.

Ok, so last Friday, we're ten days from our next planned trip to WDW and my DW falls UP the stairs leading from our garage to our kitchen. There's only two steps and like I said she was going up them but she still found a way to injure herself. So, off to the ER for x-rays only to find out that all she has is a bad sprain but she is on crutches and my guess is she won't be in great shape for several days of park walking and line standing at WDW next week.

The funny/sad thing is that other than these above incidents, she really doesn't get sick very often and she really doesn't injure herself badly very often. Obviously, the pregnancy thing is a little different because, in theory, we did have some control over that but it just seems like events conspire against her as we close in on our Disney trips.

Don't get me wrong. We still have a good time and we still love being at Disney with our four DS's and we're still looking forward to our fast approaching trip to WDW but it would be nice (for both of us) to have a Disney trip when she's in her normal active condition.

I don't dare become a DVC member -- that many trips would surely be the end of her!

-- Rob

P.S. This is my 100th DISboards post!
P.P.S. One week from tonight I'll be sleeping at WDW!

 

[Joan S.]

Hi Rob, This post is kind of FUNNY! But maybe as your trip approaches your wife gets OVERWHELMED with all she has to do,not only to prepare for the trip but also all the NORMAL stuff involved with raising 4 children. And in her hurry to get everything done she is rushing around and trying to get everything done TOO QUICKLY! We are most apt to hurt ourselves when our mind is thinking one thing and our body is trying to do another! We also will be in THE WORLD next week! Good Luck! Joan

 

[alecam]

I don't dare become a DVC member -- that many trips would surely be the end of her!

Too Funny!!

 

[RobInBigKC]

Hi Rob, This post is kind of FUNNY!

I agree! In fact, as she was on the floor writhing in pain last Friday, I couldn't help but chuckle a little bit because it had happened yet again.

One reason I posted is because I knew others here would understand. The other was to see if anyone else had any wierd patterns like this with their Disney trips.

-- Rob

 

[3princesses4us]

Look at it this way- she could be pregnant again!

Seriously though, you're very funny and should consider taking up writing. Thanks for the laugh.

 

[jennifer293]

My mom is the SAME EXACT WAY (not the pregnant part..thank god)...we have an ongoing joke with her about her always getting hurt and that we won't take her anywhere with us because we are afraid she will get hurt.

She either always gets sick and ends up in the car all day and can't move or she breaks her ankle, or she falls down stairs and breaks her tailbone.

You can't take her anywhere!!!!

 

[mickeyfan2]

So plan your vacation and tell her that it is a month later than it is and you pack and put her in the car. Then she is safe.

 

[RobInBigKC]

So plan your vacation and tell her that it is a month later than it is and you pack and put her in the car. Then she is safe.

If I could figure out how to sneak her away from work for a week (she is a manager of dozens of direct reports where she works), I WOULD do just that! Unfortunately, like most of us, she kind of has to wrap up loose ends and make coverage plans before she can leave on a long trip.

you're very funny and should consider taking up writing

Thanks. You're too kind. Actually, I would LOVE to do that. Maybe when my 4 princes are all raised, I can write a book (or at least an article or two) on how we survived! What DID we do with all of our time before we had kids (and I don't just mean my family -- I mean ALL of us with kids)?

-- Rob