We leave in 27 days, and 4 weeks from today we will be at Disney World!! I can finally say that I'm going to Disney
THIS MONTH!!
DH came home last Thursday night, very tired and groggy. I've never been someplace that made it so difficult to adjust to the time difference. 12 hours is quite a difference!!
We left Friday afternoon to drive up to North Carolina and watch NC State play SFU. It rained the entire drive up there. And since he was so tired, I did all of the driving. Let me tell you - I do not drive well in the dark. I'm fine if it's raining during the day, but if it's raining at night then I might as well walk to where ever I'm going. The normally 4 hour drive was easily 5 hours for me.
The next day we met up with some friends of ours that were there for SFU and DH and FIL took us on a nostalgic tour of the NC State Campus. It was a beautiful day!! We get to the stadium and find our seats just in time for kick off (or tip off, first serve, whatever they call it in football!!
). Just after the second quarter starts, so does the rain. I ran down and got ponchos for all of us while it was still in the sprinkle phase and we got them all on before the heavy rain started. Needless to say, quite a bit of the stadium cleared out when the rain started and we were quick to follow. At the half, NC State was losing pretty bad and none of us wanted to sit there in the rain anymore. They ended up losing the game 41-10.
Just to think that we drove all the way up there for half a game in the rain that they didn't even win makes me sick...and now I am sick!! DH wasn't feeling too well when he got back and now I have a sore throat and runny nose. I'm not sure if sitting in the rain the other had anything to do with it, but I wouldn't doubt it! I hope I get back to normal soon, since now DH's entire family is coming to visit this weekend.
What started as just BIL and nephew has turned into DH's sister, BIL, 2 nephews, mother and possibly father. I just heard yesterday that the BIL and father are both sick as well, but I think they're all still coming. Not too sure where all of these people will sleep, but we'll figure something out!
When we were up in NC this past weekend, we did see both of the nephews for a little bit. I had asked them if they were getting excited about Disney, and they both replied with a boring, 'yeah'. DH doesn't think they quite understand what they are in for!!
I was hoping to maybe show them one of the travel channel shows I still have on the DVR, but DH has convinced me that they will do nothing but bother their parents about it for the next 3 1/2 weeks if I do that. I guess I'll have to find some way to contain my excitement when they come - but I don't know how I'm going to do it!!! Is it possible to think that I am more excited right now then they are?? I can't wait to see the look on their faces when they get there!
DH and I will probably still be at RPDE when they check in. Thier plane lands at 10AM and I'm not sure how long it will take for ME to get them to the resort and for them to check in, but maybe they can make it over there in time to watch him drive his 8 laps at the end. I already know I'm going to have to buy the video - everything that I have read says it's completely worth every penny. I know my parents will drive over there with us in the morning, so I'll at least have them to stress with when it's time for him to get behind the wheel.
We did get our travel documents Friday!! It seems so official now! I'm not sure how much time we'll have for the Sea Racer (or if it will be warm enough) but we definitely are a mini golf family!! We usually play one big game in Myrtle Beach every year, but we didn't go to MB this year - so this will be the Kiger Kup 2008 Championship game!!
Still looking for lanyards...and it's starting to seem like I'm going to have to get the generic Disney lanyards and put a couple of pins of their favorite characters on them. And I did wonder if everyone would wear them, and I'm pretty sure they would. If they don't, then they've got a nice souvenir to keep their resort keys on!
One of our new cabinets turned out to be the wrong size, and then we come to find out that our quote only included mirror frames, not the actual mirrors. So now, our bathroom reminds me of "Friends" - where they had the empty frame on the door around the peephole. I hope they can come on Monday to put the mirrors in!! But, the new cabinet won't be here until we get back.
This was some smokey chili!! DH said it was the best mistake I could have made! He loved it, and so did everyone that tried it. The heat really snuck up on you! He thought of a new name for next year: "I Fear You Underestimate the Sneakiness..." (for any Mr. Deed's fan out there - one of DH's favorite movies!)
