Mixed Marriage 2: The Conversion Continues..... now complete

[proudmomof4]

So we had decided to have a “rest day” and 2 members of the family took this to heart and promptly fell asleep. With the super room darkening curtains pulled shut and the AC running full blast, the sounds of masculine snores soon filled the room. Nowadays, I have no problem sleeping in- it is like my body is still trying to make up for the sleep I lost the year the twins were born. But back BT (before twins); once I was awake, I was awake.

If you will recall, I had been up since 7 am trying in vain to silence the alarm when I inadvertently took the Mickey wake up call meant for DS. That is strike 2 for Mickey wake up calls on our 3 night trip for anyone keeping track. I tried to fall back asleep to no avail. I looked for something to read. Since I am aware that I tended to wake up early and stay awake, I was in the habit of always taking a book or two on trips so I could read while I waited for the rest of the world to wake up. But I didn’t on that trip because I usually am unable to read in the car (sometimes if the road is straight and sky is cloudy, but on a sunny summer day it is a proven recipe for carsickness). I read the TV guide. I read the Disney propaganda left in my room. Only a couple of pages were devoted to the Disney Vacation Club but enough for me to know that we were not the target customer. I would have read the room service menu but we were at the All Stars so there was no room service. I did all this with a chair over by the window with my head stuck under the curtain. Classy, eh?
It didn’t take long for me to become bored. I will read almost anything in print but I am a very fast reader (which is why I think I am such a long winded writer). For a diversion I did my hair. I normally don’t spend a lot of time doing my hair. It just isn’t my thing. I, for an otherwise accomplished person, am amazingly inept at the higher orders of girlieness-(off topic example, last week I was going to a girlfriends birthday party so I did my hair- i.e. used a curling iron to make the ends flip up in what I hoped was a stylish but understated hair-do... I dropped the curling iron on my neck and the burn that resulted looks like something that rhymes with Mickey-so much for cool, collected, grown up look I was trying to achieve- shoulda stuck with the pony tail). I say all this so you can know exactly how bored I was. At Disney. Doing my hair when I know I am going swimming. I know I am going out into humidity levels that convince even the straightest hair to frizz.

I contemplate accidentally turning on the TV or dropping something or tripping over the suitcase. Ok so the last one I actually did and it wasn’t on purpose.
And then I had a bright idea….

I too will read everything I can get my hands on in the hotel room but there is never enough there to read.

And I too am not a "girlie-girl", I grew up with 5 brothers and no sisters and I guess DM was too busy chasing my brothers that she never taught me how to do my hair. I guess that was okay since I now have 4 DS and no DD so I don't have anyone else's hair to do. Here's hoping for some DGD far into the future.

 

[Thinktinknpixiedust]

Well I gotta give you credit for tip toeing and letting the boys sleep!! You see I would a been just like a six year old on Christmas morning, jumping up and down on their beds... (I actually did that last year...) The hair thing had me in stitches. For whatever reason I always do my hair in the morning, I guess it's just a habit left over from home and that bad four letter word called work. Nonetheless, within 5 seconds of standing outside our room door I turn into the Poof Princess...

So were they awake?? huh? huh? huh?

 

[TwinkieMama]

Anyone who is a boy, was a boy, married a boy or mothered a boy knows what I found in my hotel room. Yep, two sleeping boys. How can they sleep all day when we are in Disney World? So I went on in and tripped over the suitcase… on purpose this time. I made sure to flush a couple of time SHUWSH FLOOSH!! And I cracked the curtain.
Eventually my evil plan worked and DS woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed. I gave him some pop tarts and encouraged him to climb in with daddy. Yes, son chew with your mouth open so crumbs will be everywhere. Snuggle up to Daddy or bounce on him whichever you prefer. Yes you can watch TV!

I found the Disney Channel on TV so we could have some Disney fun on our non-park day. I “ssshed” him more loudly than I needed to and e-ven-t-u-al-ly my plan worked. As soon as DH cracked one little eye open I was throwing open the curtains and talking a mile a minute.

After more pop tarts were consumed, a small scuffle over ESPN vs. Mickey Mouse and some serious lollygagging we finally headed out to the pool. I did my Tour Guide Barbie routine (actually that is the Disney character I am most like and it goes way back to before Toy Story- I love being the vacation know it all). Then we had to open a can of serious whoop-fanny to find chairs.

No, I am just kidding. Remember, I am repressed. I don’t throw fits….. Very often anyways. (Doo dooh do do…. Is this foreshadowing??) Actually there is not another soul at the pool. We could have 20 chairs each…. On the front row. So we set in to have a good time Twinkie style.

TwinkieDaddy laid down to work on his tan. I think he just wanted another nap even though he just woke up. TwinkieSon got in the pool and proceeded to cling to the side for dear life even though he was a whole head and shoulders taller than the water and the pool is flat. No deep end. No shallow end. Like a baseball diamond, get it? TwinkieMama tried to coax/trick TwinkieSon into some real swimming practice.

“Come on. I’ll hold your head and back and we will practice floating. I won’t let go. I promise”
Un-uh. He shakes his head.
“Sweetie- the pool is the same depth all over. If you get scared you just put your feet down and stand up”
Nope.
“Pretty please. Come on. I’ll be fun. You will have so much more fun once you can swim...”
No dice.
TwinkieMama got a wee bitty miffed. TwinkieMama put herself into time out in one of the empty pool chairs.

 

[DisneyNutMary]

Twinkiemama
I just got caught up on your trippie. Good choice on having a rest day. I am sure that made better memories for Twinkieson, than a meltdown in MK.

 

[sorul82?]

OK, I love a person that can come up with this and use the word endothermic in a sentence. What do you do in your non-DIS life???

Non-DIS life? No comprende mon ami!

 

[KathyRN137]

Twinkie Time Out (TTO)--
Sensible, not Soggy Twinkie!

Kathy

 

[princesslibby]

Anyone who is a boy, was a boy, married a boy or mothered a boy knows what I found in my hotel room. Yep, two sleeping boys.

Boys are just so silly.

TTO Twinkie Time Out

 

[SleepingBeautyDreamr]

TwinkieMama got a wee bitty miffed. TwinkieMama put herself into time out in one of the empty pool chairs.

I can just picture myself doing this

 

[UtahMama]

Yeah Twinkie! Maybe if he had arm floaties??? I am glad you put yourself in time out. What a good mama you are.
I love how subtle you were waking up Twinkiedaddy!


Cant wait for s'more!

OT did you know bouncy smilies cause seizures? Let's see:




anyone? I need a nap and a nab.

 

[Sirius.Lee.Askew]

Everytime we go on vacation, DH has to stop at Wal-Mart and buy a new bathing suit because he forgot to pack his. He owns like 20 bathing suits now.

So DH collect suits like women do shoes???

Oh... I forgot His a Southern Belle...

The Askew in the "SO Askew" Family

DON'T PANIC

 

[sorul82?]

So DH collect suits like women do shoes???

Oh... I forgot His a Southern Belle...

The Askew in the "SO Askew" Family

DON'T PANIC

UH, how many swim suits do you have? And just how many did you buy from Wally-world this past March?

 

[Sirius.Lee.Askew]

UH, how many swim suits do you have? And just how many did you buy from Wally-world this past March?

5 total.. 1 this past March


DON'T PANIC

 

[UtahMama]

on post #114, by TM, said ".. yada yada...LIKE 20 suits....."
Twinkie I, of course, KNOW that when a woman says "like 20" it really means 5!!!!

"Trip Reporters are permitted to embellish the facts on occasion for creative license when said fact is uninteresting..."

Man Code:
Like 20= 5
Like a million= 6
Like a zillion= 7 maybe 8

 

[DebIreland]

TwinkieMama, you are seriously funny! I was going to quote one or two of the funny parts but I couldn't choose as there are so many! Suffice to say, I love this report.

Yes, we love our jumpers here in Ireland That's cause it's always cold so we need a good solid word like 'JUMPER' to describe such an oft' worn garment, sweater just wouldn't cut it!

 

[kimbac3]

I am so hooked on this trip report!! You are a very entertaining writer!!!
Please hurry and post more!!!

Kimba

PS: Did you keep a journal while you were there or did you go mostly by memory? I want to do a trip report after this trip. I tried keeping track of what we did last trip, but I was so stinkin' tired every night I never did accomplish it. This year I'm think of getting one of those small tape recorders (like the Doctors use on tv ) and speak my notes. I think I could manage that before falling asleep!!

 

[TwinkieDaddy]

I must apoligize to all of TwinkieMama's fans. While you are waiting with baited breath, she is out getting her groove on tonight and totally dissing you fans. Maybe better luck tomorrow.

 

[MyTalula]

TwinkieMama got a wee bitty miffed. TwinkieMama put herself into time out in one of the empty pool chairs.

Sooooooooo BTDT

Patiently wating waiting waiting.....

 

[TwinkieMama]

A few minor points of clarification
1. How do I remember all this stuff? Well, some of it I just do... sometimes though if I stop and think then with the help of T-Daddy I can reconstruct. I do have 2 scrapbooks (ours and DS's) that are some help as reference since when I do scrapbook (increasingly rarely these days) I do journal. I also have DS's autograph book handy. Most helpful is the actual bill from WDW- saved and easily accessible thanks to TwinkieDaddy's foresight, genius and just plain he can't get rid of stuff.

2. I guess I am not a typical woman because when I say "like 20" I mean somewhat in the neighborhood of 20. A better guesstimate would be 17. I am not going to get them down and count them.... yep, he has a whole box of swim trunks in the top shelf of the closet. Most purchased at Wally's World O Wonders on various trips, some from pre-marriage and a few that are hand-me-downs from my dad and grandpa (think Kramer wearing Mr.Constanza's cruise wear). It has been said that most don't fit and that again falls under TwinkieDaddy's foresight, genius, and he just plain can't get rid of stuff.

3. Where was I yesterday? In the hospital. I was diagnosed with overexposure to bouncing smilies.

 

[TwinkieMama]

DebIreland! Thanks for posting That co-worker I was talking about got an exchange student one summer- poor guy had never left Ireland before he showed up in 93 F heat and 97% humidity of a NC summer! Talk about climate shock! We had to make him go buy lightweight clothes. That November as he getting on the plane to go home, my co-worker said to him "Well, son, you have had more days of sunshine this year than you will ever have again in your life." He replied that he could deal with the cloudy days but needed to get out of heat as NC only became truely habitable around Halloween.

Also a shout out to Jodie (elywitsomenumbers)- you always say the nicest things and I can just hear a crisp little accent in my head- could you come follow me around and encourage me in my nonDIS endeavors- like "Yes! folding the laundry- brilliant idea!" or "Pizza for dinner instead of grilled chicken and veggies-great idea for keeping the peace!"


Mommy Time Out has worked well in our family. Sometimes Mommy has such a bad attitude that she needs to sit and think in her walk in closet with the door shut and the bathroom door shut and the bedroom door shut. Sometimes she has time to read a whole chapter of a book hidden behind the shoes for just such an ocassion.

 

[UtahMama]

Wow! It's kind of "girlie" to have 17-20 swim trunks!

I HATE bouncing smilies. There I said it. They distract me while reading. Have you seen the "new" smilies? They've evolved.

I'm glad you clarified your 6 year old TR recollection ability because I could not write an accurate TR from my last year's trip! Even though I scrapbooked the heck out of that trip...the sequence would be off. I'd have to look at a park map and make stuff up. So when I go (in 29 days 8 hours and 22 mins) I'm going to take a lime green notebook to write notes in. I wonder if we'll get better service on the DDP if I'm writing in a notebook like I'm some restaurant critic. I'll act all important and be jotting stuff down whenever the CM comes to our tables. How intimidating!

Twinkie, you are doing great, as always. Cant wait for more! You ROCK!