Kanga1 said:Oh, Minmate...what a WONDERFUL read!! I read your entire trip report from the "Predawn nervousness" to "Sam (again) I am" and it was like a terrific book that I couldn't put down!! And I'll have you know that you have the honor of being the FIRST trip report I have ever read! Even though I've been on these boards for some time, I just yesterday discovered the Trip Report Board! It's now prominently booked next to all the rest of them.Thought my DH would enjoy your trip as well and, knowing that he would NOT sit at the computer for that length of time to get it all read, I printed it all out for him...ALL 56 PAGES!! You owe me some ink girl!
But I digress. Anyway DH kind of rolls his eyes at me ("Here she goes...talking about the DIS boards again") when I say, "Here, some fun reading material for you." So he starts it last night in bed and reads until he can no longer stay awake...and then takes the rest of it too WORK so he can FINISH it! He can't put it down. We love it and can't wait until our trip begins.
"I remember back two days ago, and can almost see the ghost of my family where we stood waiting to enter the park that day, the girls donning their princess dresses."
I LOVE this part!!! It gave me shivers when I read it. I can't tell you how many times I've ended a vacation and felt that same wash of feeling come over me...just could never put it into words.
Quick question: Did you write this on a daily basis or wait until you got home? I'm amazed at all the details.
Thanks again, Minmate. Don't know if you know it or not, but you sprinkled pixie dust in our house yesterday. Have a wonderful, Disney day!
Well, This is just about the NICEST compliment EVER! I think I should print it out and show it to MY DH! I had written the BASICS ever night during our vacation (the succession of rides and such)... and sometimes just a word or two to jog my memory of things *I* wanted to remember. It probably took me three days off and on at home to write up the entire report. At first dh figured I was just doing it for a journal. He was in shock that I'd actually post it, and in utter disbelief that ANYONE would actually want to read it... all of it nonetheless! He has actually not read it yet! So, way to go to YOUR dh! Thanks to both of you!
By the way, I also keep a running journal of every day life on my desktop. There are people in my life (mainly dh and MY sister) who have a terrible time with remembering their memories, much less the details. I am pretty much the opposite. One of my earliest detailed memories is from age 2. Nothing special about it either, not a memory about a traumatic experience or anything but it has checked out as accurate. Of course, as I age, I've noticed that sometimes life can be a blur. So I don't want myself, my dh or my kids to forget some of the details in life that made us all laugh and cry... the details that make us so unique. I don't get everything down, but I do what I can and because of it, I am able to remember such insanely funny things that may not mean anything to others but brings back the ring of laughter to my ears... such as when my ds (now 4), was 2 and fell in love with a big clunky cable connector and called it his "dopelarp!" Who knows why!!!! But he lost it for a long time and just a few days ago, the kids all came running into the house to show me, "Mom, mom! Look what we found! What did Buddy call this again?" Mom to the rescue! Of course, as soon as Buddy saw it, he seized it and I think it is now hidden at the bottom of his superhero dress-up clothes!
So, THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH for making MY day... making me feel like I've touched another in a good or happy way!
