Lisa's Wish Journal - Now we have gone Dopey.

[lovinaz]

Add me to the list of dentist wimps!

GOOD LUCK on your travels and race, I know you will do great!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Lisa, I am so sorry I didn't get on here sooner to wish you happy travels and good luck! I know you'll do great, whatever the weather. You have shown such determination, discipline and dedication all these months and its about to pay off!

So glad the gas leak wasn't serious, that is always scary.

I'll be thinking about you on Saturday and can't wait to hear all the details!!

 

[toystoryduo]

Thinking of you today, WISH sis and cheering you on to that finish line! You CAN do it, Lisa!!!!! Go Lisa! Go Lisa!

 

[Amy&Dan]

I was thinking about you yesterday Lisa. I can't wait to hear the details and I know you did great!

 

[lovinaz]

Can't wait to hear how it went! I'm sure you did great!

 

[eyor44]

Hello everyone!
I got back in Monday night but this is the first chance I have had to get on. The trip was great and I finished the 1/2 marathon! and I have a medal to prove it.

Thank you all for the wonderful well wishes, thoughts and prayers. I know they all helped. When we started out Saturday morning from the room at 4:00am it was 32. By the time I crossed the starting line, it was 30, sleeting and snowing. Yes, sleeting and snowing in Orlando. Supposedly the worse weather in over 20 years. But I was so determined to at least try. AND I DID IT! Not in my best time, but with the weather (it turned to rain after the sun came up) I was just happy to finish, and in the allotted time. I felt good enough to go to a park that afternoon, but it was just so darn cold. Went to the Magic Kingdom the next day and stayed there all day. I felt great. I can't wait to do it again next year. It was a great experience.

I have someone waiting for me (I'm at work), but I'll get back on tonight to catch up with everyone and provide more details.

 

[inkkognito]

WOO HOOO WAY TO GO!!! Especially in the cold!

I was thinking of you as DH and I were in Cracker Barrel on marathon day and saw some runners wearing their 1/2 marathon medals. That accomplishment has to feel great.

 

[toystoryduo]

Way to go, Lisa!!!!

Congratulations, WISH sis!!! I knew you could do it!!! I am so proud of you!!!!

Can't wait to hear all about the marathon....Will you be posting any pictures?

 

[eyor44]

Thanks Barb
Thanks Tracy

Cracker Barrell????? I love Cracker Barrell and while I love eating at Disney, please, I'll take Cracker Barrell's chicken and dumplings any day.

Pictures??? Well, the "official" ones are horrible. One after the 5K is okay, but the rest..... I haven't looked at the ones on my camera yet and I didn't take any during the race. Next year I am going to carry a small camera with me. I may post the official one though of me coming out of the castle just so y'all can see how crazy I looked. So many clothes......


Now.... can someone please tell me why I am so hungry today? This is ridiculous. I ate breakfast and then a snack and I am still hungry. Plus I have had two bottles (small) of water, a cup of hot chocolate and part of a coke. I should not be hungry, yet I am starving. Not out of boardom as I am very busy this morning. I just don't get it unless I am making up for last week. Didn't eat a lot and then had all that exercise and stress of flying. Perhaps that is the problem? I am just making up? Hopefully after lunch I'll feel better.

 

[lovinaz]

CONGRATS on your 1/2 marathon!!! Especially in that awful weather. Do you have your sights set on a full next??

Maybe you are extra hungry because you are having a growth spurt. At least, that is what happens with my kids. Your body is just probably trying to get readjusted from all the travel, being off routine, etc. Keep your snacks healthy and I'm sure your hunger will get back to normal in no time.

 

[Amy&Dan]

Lisa, Congratulations, we all knew you'd do it!!! I looked on weather.com that morning and said a prayer you had on layers! I can't wait to see pictures and that is so awesome you are already planning to do it again. Your worked hard and it paid off!!

I love Cracer Barrell too. We have one about 70 miles away and I keep telling Dan we need to get in the car and drive down there!

You are hungry because you need to eat!

 

[inkkognito]

I think it could be the exercise and stress...now your body is demanding extra fuel.

We have several Cracker Barrels around here since it's so touristy so we often go there if we're looking for a quickie meal. My favorite Cracker Barrel experience was seeing a blind person with a guide horse at one of the tables!

 

[toystoryduo]

Hope you have a nice weekend, Lisa! Looking forward to hearing about your marathon experience.

 

[eyor44]

Thank you ladies. I am trying hard to control my eating and I am thinking it is from last week where I did so much yet ate so little. Perhaps my body is trying to catch up. I was so nervous before the race with flying and then not knowing what was going to happen that my head kept hurting and then I couldn't eat.

This weekend we packed up Christmas, and that is always so sad and depressing for me. The house always seems so empty and sterile right after we pack everything up. I love Christmas. Everything is so bright and sparkely.

I plan to get back to walking beginning tomorrow. I took the week off and while I liked the rest, my legs and feet have been hurting. My muscles were really used to the walking and stopping suddenly probably wasn't a bright idea. I did clean the studio today and that involves a lot of walking while sweeping and mopping. I am actually looking forward to getting back to walking. DH even said that he wants to join me when he is home, which means weekends only. But hey, that's a start.

 

[eyor44]

I think I will just do a mini trip report right here.
We left Thursday morning for Disney. I picked up E and drove to the airport. I really don't like flying, okay, I HATE flying, but hey, I was headed to Disney.

We had just passed through our town on the interstate when E realized she didn't have her makeup bag. The last exit where I could turn around easy was coming up fast and she couldn't decide if I should turn around or not. She finally decided that we could just stop at a store on the way and she would purchase new makeup. She didn't want her DH to know she had forgotten something. (hey, I forgot a rain poncho, no big deal) We stopped in Slidell and E got new makeup and I got rain ponchos. When we got back to the car, she was like "Oh No". What now? E's makeup bag was on the floor board of the car and had been by her feet the whole time. Here we go.

Got to the parking lot, dropped off the car and got to the airport without further incident. Got checked in and through security. At the gate in plenty of time and we were even able to get breakfast.

The plane ride was basically uneventful. Very smooth flight, although the pilot had a hard time keeping the cabin pressurized. That was the beginning of my sinus problems. And then E didn't want to get lunch at the airport. I have to eat or I end up sick and unable to eat. Combine that with the stress and I was not doing good.

I have never used the Magical Express before but E has. Guess what? She didn't know where it was in the airport and of course we went to the wrong baggage pick up first. We finally found it and didn't have to wait long for our bus. We had a nice ride to the resort and got checked in.

Someone gave us a ride to our room where we dropped our carryons and then made our way back to the front for the bus to the Marathon Expo. WOW! was that place busy. Lots of people, but once we found where we needed to go, check in was very easy. We got our bags for the 5K first and then picked up our wrist bands for the Race Retreat tent for the 1/2. Then downstairs to get our bags for the 1/2. While we were there we bought t-shirts for the 1/2. We actually had to go to another building to get our bags and tshirts for the 1/2. Very smart. They had you go past a very large room full of vendors to get back to where the tshirts were. The bags we got were very nice. Mesh bag, tshirt, Clif bloks, sharpie and some others things (samples). The 1/2 bag also included a disposable camera. Where do you get regular film developed these days?

After the expo, we went back to the resort for dinner and to turn in early. We ate at Olivia's. It was nice and the food was good. We made our way back to the room and turned in early. We had to be up really early the next day. I liked being at Old Key West cause we had two queen beds instead of a bed and pull out. Cause guess who would have been on the pull out.

 

[Amy&Dan]

Lisa, I hate to fly too! But like you, I conquer my fear so I can get to WDW! Glad you liked OKW, its a favorite of mine, its the least fancy of the DVC's but it has a lot of charm and I love the lush grounds and pools.

Can't wait to hear more details of the trip.

I am sure your muscles are sore, and yet I think taking some time off was probably a good thing. Ease back in slowly!

 

[eyor44]

5K at Epcot

Friday, the alarm went off at 3:30am. I did not sleep well, as I kept waking up and looking at the alarm. We had to be to the bus by 4:00am and we had to get to the front on foot. We were over a mile from the Hospitality House, but I knew there must be an easier way to get there. I'll let you in on a little secret. Old Key West is on a golf course and I knew there wouldn't be any golfers out at 4:00am in the morning. I checked out the resort map and I realized that we could cross over one of the holes and be there in half the time. Just involved crashing through some bushes. No problem. E was worried that someone would see us and call security. I figured if security showed up then they could give us a ride to the front and the bus.

We got to the bus and to Epcot in plenty of time. We found where we needed to be, took a few pictures and waited.....and waited. When it was finally time to start, we couldn't even get into the corrall we needed to be in. Finally got in and everyone promised me that Saturday would be much better organized. The 5K finally started and we had a nice walk around Epcot. You go through some of the back and service roads, which I thought was really neat. I love seeing behind the scenes. I wasn't worried about time today as we weren't being clocked and there were lots of people stopping to take pictures and such. and not watching where they were going. We finished in about 54 minutes, got our medals, took pictures and then got some food. Some very nice people were handing out bags of food. We decided to wait around Epcot for the park to open and ride a few rides until our ADR for lunch in Italy.
E was feeling little slow (how was she ever going to do the 1/2 if a 5K tired her out), so I told her to go to Test Track while I went to get FPs for Soarin'. I was standing at the rope to go to Soarin' when I realized she was behind me. She wanted to know how to get to Test Track. Now E has been going to Disney for like 20 years and for the past 10, once or twice a year and she needed directions to Test Track. I gave her directions and then we were off to Soarin. Got FPs and I headed over to Test Track. Which was down. There was a problem with the pre-open runs and they were "working" on it. So, we went to see Ellen and the dinosaurs. After Ellen we rode Soarin', the Land and the boat ride in Norway. Then it was time for lunch. We were early and had to wait a few minutes for them to open. No problem. But, I ordered regular spagetti and couldn't eat it. I'm not sure what happened. I was hungry and fine when we went in and suddenly I didn't feel well and couldn't eat. I asked for some hot tea which helped, but I still couldn't eat. We left soon after and went back to the room for a rest and change before dinner.
Know what I love about hotels? Unlimited hot water. I took a long, hot shower and then laid down for a little while. I felt much better. We were going to POP for dinner and a WISH meet. We had to take a bus to one of the parks to transfer and it worked quite well. We arrived to POP just a couple minutes before my friend Sandy and her family. It was wonderful to finally meet Sandy after coversing for so many months here on the DIS. She had a surprise. She had made us all lime green scarfs to wear at the 1/2. I can not tell you how much I appreciated that scarf. I meet several other DISers that I recognized their screen names. We took a group picture and then got dinner. I was really hungry and got my pasta I missed at lunch. I always eat pasta the night before a long walk. Something I learned from one of my nephews. He always eats pasta before a soccer game.

After dinner, back to the room for another early night. We got all of our stuff ready for the next day and kept watching the weather channel. I was convinced that they were just predicting the absolute worse it could possibly be so people would plan. Oh Boy was I wrong.

 

[toystoryduo]

Can't wait to hear about the rest of your trip!

I know exactly what you mean about packing up the Christmas stuff. Since we had so much snow after Christmas here, a lot of people still have their outdoor Christmas lights up and on. I love that! I told my DH yesterday that I was bummed out that the Christmas season was over already and he agreed.

Be sure and ease back into your workouts....

Hope you have a great day!

 

[lovinaz]

Can't wait to hear about the rest of the trip and of course the 1/2!

Carb loading is a good thing when you are going to be burning a lot of calories - carbs give you lots of energy to burn off.

 

[inkkognito]

Awesome trip report! Can't wait to read the next installment.

I know what you mean about putting away the Christmas stuff. We appease it a bit here by decorating for Valentine's Day although we need a new flag because the holder piece for the old one tore. They have cute light-up hearts at the big box stores.