Wonders10
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I will try this again. Last year I started writing a TR for one of the trips I went on and I think I made it through part of Day 2 before I totally stopped writing it. I love reading everyone elses TRs so I am going to give this another go. Also, I really want to include pictures in this one because I think it really adds to the TR. But most pics probably wont come until the actual trip. But I will try to throw some in here and there. Now on with the show!
Sunday March 4, 2007:
My mom and I are out shopping at the mall when I bring up the fact that my DB and his family might be out of town for my moms birthday in June. Im super nosy and overheard DSIL talking about it. Its not really a secret or anything, but I felt the need to mention it. Because this is not just any old birthday. My mom will be 60! I used to think that 60 was getting close to being old. But my mom is definitely not old. Not in the least. I like to think that I along with my DB, DSIL and their kids have kept her young and with it.
Anyway, that is when my mom dropped the bomb. My mom says well, we should go to Disney that weekend.
If I knew how to do a cartwheel or backflip I swear I would have done them up and down the aisles of the Macys petites section 
. You see, for as much as my mom loves WDW, Im usually the one that brings up the idea of a trip and convinces her that it is a good idea. For my mom to bring it up herself without any prompting from me? Unheard of. But I jumped all over it like eggs on toast. Is that an actual saying? 
I always want to use those snazzy sayings and I usually dont ever use them correctly.
The thing is my mom has been wanting to do something special for her big birthday for about a year. We tossed around ideas for day trips, longer vacations, etc. But the problem is I am in grad school and I have therapy patients to see. And my schedule changes every semester so planning a real vacation far in advance is really difficult. DB and his family also have planning issues. But not the same as mine. They might as well plan things after they do them that is how backwards they are
. For them to think and plan a vacation (or anything for that matter) more than 2 weeks in advance is probably not going to happen. So when DSIL decided that they were taking a 2-3 week vacation to New England to visit her family during the month of my moms birthday, knowing that we wanted to do something a little special for it? Well it sort of ticked me off. My mom doesnt really seem to care. Or if she does, she does a great job of hiding it.
Disclaimer: I swear we all get along great! But I do get miffed at their way of doing things sometimes. But thats them and usually it doesnt bother me, but for this it sort of did. Obviously. I keep rambling about it.
Ok. Moving on. I sent an email to DSIL today telling them that mom wants to go to WDW for her birthday and that if they are in town, they can come or not come. Or if my niece and nephew want to come that would be great too. They are 6 and 4. Mom and I always take them to Disney because 1) DB and DSIL like to have alone time and 2) DB and DSIL arent really fans of the Mouse and 3) I love to spoil them rotten and be the cool aunt for taking them to Disney World more times in their short 6 and 4 years of life than a lot of people go in a lifetime. But DB and DSIL have gotten better in the last couple of years though. I think they began to realize that when we do Disney, we arent amateurs about it. That stay at the BWI Concierge helped too
. Just point my DB to free food and hes in! See this cookie? I checked downstairs at the bakery and theyre $2! I already ate 4 today. We saved $8!
My moms birthday is June 9. A Saturday. And exactly 2 weeks after mine. The plan right now is to leave sometime on Friday June 8 and come home on Monday June 11. This may change depending on my patient schedule next semester. Im praying for no Friday patients! (totally jinxed myself, huh?) Quick, someone knock on some wood.
BTW, Hi! I'm Shannon
This is my mom and I in NYC a couple years ago. Sad, I don't have any recent pics of my mom and I.
Im in grad school for Speech Pathology. Im hoping to be done in April/May of 2008. Im at the point in the program where Im having actual therapy patients and taking time off for me to go to Disney World is not an option. But luckily we only live 3 hours away so getting there isnt too bad. 2 hours if you drive from my DBs house.
Moving on As soon as I got home from the mall, the planning began. I priced out all of the resorts we really like or still have not stayed at but want to (that list is getting smaller and smaller). Seems there arent many we have not tried yet. See, we are going on a cruise in April which is costing a decent chunk of change. Im unemployed as a full time grad student so my money must be spent on absolute necessities like purses and shoes. And trips to WDW. I would have loved to stay at the Poly Garden View Concierge again. I know it is by far my moms favorite of all the places we have stayed at. But it just isnt smart to spend all that money for this trip. So we will probably be booking 3 nights at our old reliable Port Orleans Riverside. We have stayed here tons of times and we really love it. Plus it is definitely in our budget, especially with that Florida Resident Discount. My favorite section is the Bayou.
Note to self book POR this week.
Thanks for reading!
Sunday March 4, 2007:
My mom and I are out shopping at the mall when I bring up the fact that my DB and his family might be out of town for my moms birthday in June. Im super nosy and overheard DSIL talking about it. Its not really a secret or anything, but I felt the need to mention it. Because this is not just any old birthday. My mom will be 60! I used to think that 60 was getting close to being old. But my mom is definitely not old. Not in the least. I like to think that I along with my DB, DSIL and their kids have kept her young and with it.
Anyway, that is when my mom dropped the bomb. My mom says well, we should go to Disney that weekend.
If I knew how to do a cartwheel or backflip I swear I would have done them up and down the aisles of the Macys petites section . You see, for as much as my mom loves WDW, Im usually the one that brings up the idea of a trip and convinces her that it is a good idea. For my mom to bring it up herself without any prompting from me? Unheard of. But I jumped all over it like eggs on toast. Is that an actual saying? I always want to use those snazzy sayings and I usually dont ever use them correctly. The thing is my mom has been wanting to do something special for her big birthday for about a year. We tossed around ideas for day trips, longer vacations, etc. But the problem is I am in grad school and I have therapy patients to see. And my schedule changes every semester so planning a real vacation far in advance is really difficult. DB and his family also have planning issues. But not the same as mine. They might as well plan things after they do them that is how backwards they are
. For them to think and plan a vacation (or anything for that matter) more than 2 weeks in advance is probably not going to happen. So when DSIL decided that they were taking a 2-3 week vacation to New England to visit her family during the month of my moms birthday, knowing that we wanted to do something a little special for it? Well it sort of ticked me off. My mom doesnt really seem to care. Or if she does, she does a great job of hiding it. Disclaimer: I swear we all get along great! But I do get miffed at their way of doing things sometimes. But thats them and usually it doesnt bother me, but for this it sort of did. Obviously. I keep rambling about it.
Ok. Moving on. I sent an email to DSIL today telling them that mom wants to go to WDW for her birthday and that if they are in town, they can come or not come. Or if my niece and nephew want to come that would be great too. They are 6 and 4. Mom and I always take them to Disney because 1) DB and DSIL like to have alone time and 2) DB and DSIL arent really fans of the Mouse and 3) I love to spoil them rotten and be the cool aunt for taking them to Disney World more times in their short 6 and 4 years of life than a lot of people go in a lifetime. But DB and DSIL have gotten better in the last couple of years though. I think they began to realize that when we do Disney, we arent amateurs about it. That stay at the BWI Concierge helped too
. Just point my DB to free food and hes in! See this cookie? I checked downstairs at the bakery and theyre $2! I already ate 4 today. We saved $8! My moms birthday is June 9. A Saturday. And exactly 2 weeks after mine. The plan right now is to leave sometime on Friday June 8 and come home on Monday June 11. This may change depending on my patient schedule next semester. Im praying for no Friday patients! (totally jinxed myself, huh?) Quick, someone knock on some wood.
BTW, Hi! I'm Shannon
This is my mom and I in NYC a couple years ago. Sad, I don't have any recent pics of my mom and I.
Im in grad school for Speech Pathology. Im hoping to be done in April/May of 2008. Im at the point in the program where Im having actual therapy patients and taking time off for me to go to Disney World is not an option. But luckily we only live 3 hours away so getting there isnt too bad. 2 hours if you drive from my DBs house.
Moving on As soon as I got home from the mall, the planning began. I priced out all of the resorts we really like or still have not stayed at but want to (that list is getting smaller and smaller). Seems there arent many we have not tried yet. See, we are going on a cruise in April which is costing a decent chunk of change. Im unemployed as a full time grad student so my money must be spent on absolute necessities like purses and shoes. And trips to WDW. I would have loved to stay at the Poly Garden View Concierge again. I know it is by far my moms favorite of all the places we have stayed at. But it just isnt smart to spend all that money for this trip. So we will probably be booking 3 nights at our old reliable Port Orleans Riverside. We have stayed here tons of times and we really love it. Plus it is definitely in our budget, especially with that Florida Resident Discount. My favorite section is the Bayou.
Note to self book POR this week.
Thanks for reading!
. We have always had that freakish Gilmore-Girls-ish bond. Except my mom did not have me when she was 16. And neither of us are waifish-ly thin like Lorelai or Rory. Either way, I wanted to do something special. So I made a list of restaurants that I thought would be good potential birthday dinners:
. As my mom starts perusing the many menus I gave her to study, she immediately goes to the desserts section first and then looks at the rest of the items if she finds a dessert that sounds extra appealling. 
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I booked the resort today. Port Orleans Riverside in a standard room for June 8-11 
. I may have to change the dates (arrival or departing) because of school, but Im crossing my fingers that I dont have anything on both Monday and Friday because then we probably wouldnt go. And that would really stink. And I wont know until the first week of May if this is the case. 
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. We waited about 2 hours though just to get in. It was crazy busy. We only got the Frozen Hot Chocolate but it was soooo worth it. I forget how old your daughter is, but we stopped by American Girl to get some outfits for my niece's doll. It is a little girls dream come true. I wanted to buy everything there!
