MegansMom
Always Ready to Go Back with my "Minnie" Megan Mou
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First of all, I must apologize for the delay--one day late!!! AAHHHH!!!! Yesterday was a RIDICULOUSLY busy day for us--very unforeseen, so I was unable to DIS all day, and then I fell asleep around 9pm last night waiting for Tom to finish using the computer!!! I guess I am still trying to catch up from the trip!!!
BUT GUESS WHAT?!?!?!? TODAY IS THE DAY!! TODAY IS THE DAY!! THE TR BEGINS!!!!!!!!!!
AND HERE WE GO!!!!!!!
"HEIGH HO, HEIGH HO!! IT'S OFF TO MICKEY'S WE GO!
(WHISTLE, WHISTLE, WHISTLE, WHISTLE, WHISTLE)
HEIGH HO, HEIGH HO!! WITH SEVEN SOMEWHAT NEWBIES IN TOW!
(WHISTLE, WHISTLE, WHISTLE, WHISTLE, WHISTLE)
HEIGH HO, HEIGH HO, HEIGH HO!!"
It all started on a beautiful and HOT Friday morning--June 6, 2008. It would turn out to be a very BUSY Friday for those in our vehicle--Tom, Kristi, Megan, and Myself! For those in Mike's vehicle--Mike, Mom, Dad, Conner, Josh, and Maddie--the day was pretty predictable. They left around 7:30am due South to DISNEY!!! I will let Mike fill us all in on the details of their day and their drive!! Stay tuned for that!!!
So back to my day!! We all got up around the same time at our household--7am--when Tom's alarm went off for him to get going to work. YES--Tom HAD to go into work that day. He is a Senior Manager in the accounting department at Cincinnati Bell--our area's BIG telephone and wireless provider. Friday happened to be "Day 5" in their normal monthly close agenda. Due to his position in the company, he HAS to be at the close meetings every month and for the whole close process each month, and also for the 4-month long yearly close process from Jan-April. Since this close had gone pretty smoothly, he was hoping that the 10am meeting would go quickly and uneventful, and then he would be able to be home and depart by noon or 1pm. Those were really good intentions-------that unfortunately did not happen!!!!! More on that in a little bit!!
Okay, back to my day!!!! Megan and I were too excited for words when we got up that morning--and the enthusiasm barely waned from that point on! We both got going early with showers and a bath for her and then got dressed and ready for the trip!!! I had a last check that I wanted to do for all the suitcases to make sure everything was in them that needed to be, but I also had a small list of things I needed to do before we left---so which did I do first?
THE TO DO LIST!!!! I was just about to head out the door to run my errands when the phone rang--did I stop to answer it????????? Of course I DID!!!!! And I am glad I actually stopped to do so because it was Kristi!!! She said she was done much earlier than she thought with packing and getting ready to go, so she was wondering if she could go ahead and come over-------I OBVIOUSLY said YES!!!!!! So, we postponed our errands for a few more minutes as we waited for Kristi to arrive. Once she got there---we LEFT finally!!! YEAH!!!
Okay, so my to do list was simple (or so I thought): 1. Go to the bank and cash my check and get the other funds we needed for the trip 2. Go to the car wash and have the van washed and vacuumed out 3. Get back and do my double check on the suitcases 4. Load up the van!!! 5. LEAVE ASAP!!!
Now I will admit, since the day was here, my adrenaline was pumping!!! I think maybe at times a little TOO much!!! I was quickly becoming irritated with every "slow" and "obnoxious" driver that was "getting in my way!!!" Didn't everyone in the town know to get out of my way because I had big places to go to----ahem DISNEY WORLD?!?!?!?!? I know I must have been a little impatient driving up to the bank, because I caught myself several times getting frustrated with drivers and red lights, and that normally NEVER happens. I think Kristi picked up on it too because she kept laughing about it! We did eventually get there---WHEW!!! It felt like it took days, but I'm sure it was only about 15-20 minutes!!! I had a personal check from a girlfriend of mine whose baby I watch every once in awhile that I needed to cash, and I was also supposed to withdraw another chunk of change out of one of our accounts to take with us on our journey. Now, I should probably tell you that my mother-in-law works at this bank, so they all know me in there really well of course. So I drove up to the window--didn't want to go in because I would never get out of there. My favorite teller Stephanie came over and I told her what I needed to do. She took the check, went over to the computer, got Megan her favorite kind of lollypop, and then sent my money back to me. I said bye, and started to pull away. THEN, I noticed that the envelope surely didn't feel as full as it should have---so I double checked it, and sure enough, she was missing the money that I asked her to take out of our account--she just gave me the cash from the check. UGH!! I had to drive around and start all over again!! I wasn't mad at her, it was an honest mistake, I just wanted to go, Go, GO!!! She knew as soon as I pulled up what she forgot to do, corrected the situation, and I was back on my way again----or so I thought!!! As we started to pull out of the bank lot, guess who just happened to PULL IN?!???!?!??!?!?! I know you all know the answer---------THAT'S RIGHT!!!! My MOTHER-IN-LAW!!!! And OF COURSE, she saw us and waved to me to turn around and come back! DOUBLE UGH!!! I am usually a much more patient person, but I really just wanted to GO!!! So, I of course turned around like any other good daughter-in-law would, and drove back into the parking lot so she could come over to see us. She came over to give Megan hugs and kisses good bye again (we had just seen her the night before so she could do that) and then she wanted to talk to me about a few things. I feel bad now because I probably was not that talkative--maybe even a little short with her--but I just wanted to go. I usually am never that impatient, but my mind was clouded and befuddled with thoughts about leaving for WDW, so I hope that makes my behavior at least a little more forgiveable! We finally said all our good byes, and then we finally did leave the bank!!! YEAH!
Our next stop was the car wash--and YES--it seemed like forever again in traffic trying to get there. Once we got there, we had to reassure Megan again that the van would be coming out---it is one of those that they have you leave your vehicle and it goes through the wash on its' own. So she was a little upset. That too seemed to take forever, but it was finally done, and looked great!!! OKAY, that just left getting back to the house, running through my check list, and loading it up---things I could control the pace of!! YES! So we hightailed it back, and Kristi was great at entertaining Megan while I went through my checklist--CHECK, CHECK, CHECK--and while I loaded up the car. Everything went in its' pre-designated place JUST GREAT!! I was such a happy little packer/organizer. Now, we were just missing one thing--TOMMY!!! I was trying not to worry too much--I promised him that I wouldn't call him knowing that might delay him even more, but I will admit, I was worried!! I know it had to be past 2pm, and I was longing to be out on the open road! Since we had everything done--even had Tom's driving clothes laid out, we all just chilled out in my family room. Kristi fell asleep, Megan tried but couldn't, and I just kept daydreaming about the trip to come!
We waited, and waited, and waited!!!! I worried, and worried, and WORRIED!!!! And I finally got his call around 3:45pm. He was walking down to his car and would be heading home FINALLY!!! Since it was just before rush hour, he didn't think it would take him that long to get back home from Cincy. We all started to jump up and down---Megan got on the phone to talk to him, and when he said he was on his way home, she started squealing so loudly and at such a high decibel, I am sure the neighborhood dogs were going crazy!!! "YES, WE ARE GOING TO MICKEY'S HOUSE!!!" were the words that rang from her lips-------for the next 15-20minutes until he got home!! We were MUCH too excited!!! There was much shouting and a LOT of this
going on by all three of us! It was much later than we wanted, but hey, we would get there soon and we all decided we just couldn't worry about the lateness of the day anymore! (In case you were wondering, Tom had had a HORRIBLE day at work--things fell apart and then some! One of his co-workers that had just left the company, left her work in complete disarray!! He was beyond stressed out when he got home, but knew he was going on vaca, so I think that helped him greatly!) So he got home, joined in on the dancing, and quickly got changed. He ran around the house checking all the things he usually checks before we leave--locking doors, window, turning up the A/C, turning off the water, etc.--and realized we were ready to roll! We all decided we would grab McD's on the way out to the expressway, and loaded up the Family Truckster!! I believe we rolled out the driveway at 4:43--again, headed due south to MICKEY'S HOUSE!!! We ran through our local McD's, grabbed dinner to go, and hit the road. Tom even restarted his IPOD shuffle for the beginning of the trip! OFF we went! We looked a little like this:
Now is that a happy face or what?!?!?!?!?!?
Our own Lightning McQueen!! YES--he may have been driving a mini-van, but he was driving it like a lightning fast racecar!!!
Why look---it is Sleeping Beauty!!!!! Boy would she kill me if she knew this picture was on here!!! SSHHH!!!! No one tell her okay?!?!?!? Kristi suffers from what I call "Car Coma." It is physically impossible for her to stay awake during car rides. The hum of the road must lull her to sleep. I think she slept through 95% of the road trip--NO LIE!!!! Megan's infamous line about this: "Is Kwissy sleeping AGAIN!?!?!?"
We were pretty lucky traffic-wise on Friday night--the only slow spot we hit was near a little construction around Lexington, but it didn't slow us down much. Since we got started so late and Tom had to work all day, I knew we wouldn't be driving straight through like normal. He has to be driving, or he gets car sick. But I didn't know just how long we would go--would we just try to get out of KY? Would we shoot for TN? What about setting our sights on the great ATL!?!?!?!
What do you think????????????????
Well, since he had a VERY heavy foot that night and traffic was sailing smoothly---we made it all the way to Morrow, Georgia which is a little south of ATLANTA!!! And we made it there in 6 and half hours! We were VERY pleased! We stopped in Morrow at a Best Western right off the expressway. Poor Tom was too pooped to go any further--it was going on midnight by the time we checked in and got settled. We all crashed relatively quickly. We were happy because we knew we were a little more than half way there!!! We were hoping to get all the way there originally, but after his horrible day at work, we were just happy to be as far as we were!!!
So, what would be in store for us for Day 2? When would we leave GA, and when would we get to Mickey's House? Would we be so lucky with traffic on Day 2? Could that flash of a new white Caravan actually have been a DISER???? IF we get to Mickey's House, what on earth would we do?!??!?! OH, my lovelies, you will just have to stay tuned for the next installment to find out!!!!! More fun, excitement, drama, and pictures are to come in the next installment!! COMING SOON!!!
BUT GUESS WHAT?!?!?!? TODAY IS THE DAY!! TODAY IS THE DAY!! THE TR BEGINS!!!!!!!!!!
AND HERE WE GO!!!!!!!"HEIGH HO, HEIGH HO!! IT'S OFF TO MICKEY'S WE GO!
(WHISTLE, WHISTLE, WHISTLE, WHISTLE, WHISTLE)
HEIGH HO, HEIGH HO!! WITH SEVEN SOMEWHAT NEWBIES IN TOW!
(WHISTLE, WHISTLE, WHISTLE, WHISTLE, WHISTLE)
HEIGH HO, HEIGH HO, HEIGH HO!!"
It all started on a beautiful and HOT Friday morning--June 6, 2008. It would turn out to be a very BUSY Friday for those in our vehicle--Tom, Kristi, Megan, and Myself! For those in Mike's vehicle--Mike, Mom, Dad, Conner, Josh, and Maddie--the day was pretty predictable. They left around 7:30am due South to DISNEY!!! I will let Mike fill us all in on the details of their day and their drive!! Stay tuned for that!!!
So back to my day!! We all got up around the same time at our household--7am--when Tom's alarm went off for him to get going to work. YES--Tom HAD to go into work that day. He is a Senior Manager in the accounting department at Cincinnati Bell--our area's BIG telephone and wireless provider. Friday happened to be "Day 5" in their normal monthly close agenda. Due to his position in the company, he HAS to be at the close meetings every month and for the whole close process each month, and also for the 4-month long yearly close process from Jan-April. Since this close had gone pretty smoothly, he was hoping that the 10am meeting would go quickly and uneventful, and then he would be able to be home and depart by noon or 1pm. Those were really good intentions-------that unfortunately did not happen!!!!! More on that in a little bit!!
Okay, back to my day!!!! Megan and I were too excited for words when we got up that morning--and the enthusiasm barely waned from that point on! We both got going early with showers and a bath for her and then got dressed and ready for the trip!!! I had a last check that I wanted to do for all the suitcases to make sure everything was in them that needed to be, but I also had a small list of things I needed to do before we left---so which did I do first?
THE TO DO LIST!!!! I was just about to head out the door to run my errands when the phone rang--did I stop to answer it????????? Of course I DID!!!!! And I am glad I actually stopped to do so because it was Kristi!!! She said she was done much earlier than she thought with packing and getting ready to go, so she was wondering if she could go ahead and come over-------I OBVIOUSLY said YES!!!!!! So, we postponed our errands for a few more minutes as we waited for Kristi to arrive. Once she got there---we LEFT finally!!! YEAH!!!
Okay, so my to do list was simple (or so I thought): 1. Go to the bank and cash my check and get the other funds we needed for the trip 2. Go to the car wash and have the van washed and vacuumed out 3. Get back and do my double check on the suitcases 4. Load up the van!!! 5. LEAVE ASAP!!!
Now I will admit, since the day was here, my adrenaline was pumping!!! I think maybe at times a little TOO much!!! I was quickly becoming irritated with every "slow" and "obnoxious" driver that was "getting in my way!!!" Didn't everyone in the town know to get out of my way because I had big places to go to----ahem DISNEY WORLD?!?!?!?!? I know I must have been a little impatient driving up to the bank, because I caught myself several times getting frustrated with drivers and red lights, and that normally NEVER happens. I think Kristi picked up on it too because she kept laughing about it! We did eventually get there---WHEW!!! It felt like it took days, but I'm sure it was only about 15-20 minutes!!! I had a personal check from a girlfriend of mine whose baby I watch every once in awhile that I needed to cash, and I was also supposed to withdraw another chunk of change out of one of our accounts to take with us on our journey. Now, I should probably tell you that my mother-in-law works at this bank, so they all know me in there really well of course. So I drove up to the window--didn't want to go in because I would never get out of there. My favorite teller Stephanie came over and I told her what I needed to do. She took the check, went over to the computer, got Megan her favorite kind of lollypop, and then sent my money back to me. I said bye, and started to pull away. THEN, I noticed that the envelope surely didn't feel as full as it should have---so I double checked it, and sure enough, she was missing the money that I asked her to take out of our account--she just gave me the cash from the check. UGH!! I had to drive around and start all over again!! I wasn't mad at her, it was an honest mistake, I just wanted to go, Go, GO!!! She knew as soon as I pulled up what she forgot to do, corrected the situation, and I was back on my way again----or so I thought!!! As we started to pull out of the bank lot, guess who just happened to PULL IN?!???!?!??!?!?! I know you all know the answer---------THAT'S RIGHT!!!! My MOTHER-IN-LAW!!!! And OF COURSE, she saw us and waved to me to turn around and come back! DOUBLE UGH!!! I am usually a much more patient person, but I really just wanted to GO!!! So, I of course turned around like any other good daughter-in-law would, and drove back into the parking lot so she could come over to see us. She came over to give Megan hugs and kisses good bye again (we had just seen her the night before so she could do that) and then she wanted to talk to me about a few things. I feel bad now because I probably was not that talkative--maybe even a little short with her--but I just wanted to go. I usually am never that impatient, but my mind was clouded and befuddled with thoughts about leaving for WDW, so I hope that makes my behavior at least a little more forgiveable! We finally said all our good byes, and then we finally did leave the bank!!! YEAH!
Our next stop was the car wash--and YES--it seemed like forever again in traffic trying to get there. Once we got there, we had to reassure Megan again that the van would be coming out---it is one of those that they have you leave your vehicle and it goes through the wash on its' own. So she was a little upset. That too seemed to take forever, but it was finally done, and looked great!!! OKAY, that just left getting back to the house, running through my check list, and loading it up---things I could control the pace of!! YES! So we hightailed it back, and Kristi was great at entertaining Megan while I went through my checklist--CHECK, CHECK, CHECK--and while I loaded up the car. Everything went in its' pre-designated place JUST GREAT!! I was such a happy little packer/organizer. Now, we were just missing one thing--TOMMY!!! I was trying not to worry too much--I promised him that I wouldn't call him knowing that might delay him even more, but I will admit, I was worried!! I know it had to be past 2pm, and I was longing to be out on the open road! Since we had everything done--even had Tom's driving clothes laid out, we all just chilled out in my family room. Kristi fell asleep, Megan tried but couldn't, and I just kept daydreaming about the trip to come!
We waited, and waited, and waited!!!! I worried, and worried, and WORRIED!!!! And I finally got his call around 3:45pm. He was walking down to his car and would be heading home FINALLY!!! Since it was just before rush hour, he didn't think it would take him that long to get back home from Cincy. We all started to jump up and down---Megan got on the phone to talk to him, and when he said he was on his way home, she started squealing so loudly and at such a high decibel, I am sure the neighborhood dogs were going crazy!!! "YES, WE ARE GOING TO MICKEY'S HOUSE!!!" were the words that rang from her lips-------for the next 15-20minutes until he got home!! We were MUCH too excited!!! There was much shouting and a LOT of this
going on by all three of us! It was much later than we wanted, but hey, we would get there soon and we all decided we just couldn't worry about the lateness of the day anymore! (In case you were wondering, Tom had had a HORRIBLE day at work--things fell apart and then some! One of his co-workers that had just left the company, left her work in complete disarray!! He was beyond stressed out when he got home, but knew he was going on vaca, so I think that helped him greatly!) So he got home, joined in on the dancing, and quickly got changed. He ran around the house checking all the things he usually checks before we leave--locking doors, window, turning up the A/C, turning off the water, etc.--and realized we were ready to roll! We all decided we would grab McD's on the way out to the expressway, and loaded up the Family Truckster!! I believe we rolled out the driveway at 4:43--again, headed due south to MICKEY'S HOUSE!!! We ran through our local McD's, grabbed dinner to go, and hit the road. Tom even restarted his IPOD shuffle for the beginning of the trip! OFF we went! We looked a little like this:
Now is that a happy face or what?!?!?!?!?!?
Our own Lightning McQueen!! YES--he may have been driving a mini-van, but he was driving it like a lightning fast racecar!!!
Why look---it is Sleeping Beauty!!!!! Boy would she kill me if she knew this picture was on here!!! SSHHH!!!! No one tell her okay?!?!?!? Kristi suffers from what I call "Car Coma." It is physically impossible for her to stay awake during car rides. The hum of the road must lull her to sleep. I think she slept through 95% of the road trip--NO LIE!!!! Megan's infamous line about this: "Is Kwissy sleeping AGAIN!?!?!?"
We were pretty lucky traffic-wise on Friday night--the only slow spot we hit was near a little construction around Lexington, but it didn't slow us down much. Since we got started so late and Tom had to work all day, I knew we wouldn't be driving straight through like normal. He has to be driving, or he gets car sick. But I didn't know just how long we would go--would we just try to get out of KY? Would we shoot for TN? What about setting our sights on the great ATL!?!?!?!
What do you think????????????????
Well, since he had a VERY heavy foot that night and traffic was sailing smoothly---we made it all the way to Morrow, Georgia which is a little south of ATLANTA!!! And we made it there in 6 and half hours! We were VERY pleased! We stopped in Morrow at a Best Western right off the expressway. Poor Tom was too pooped to go any further--it was going on midnight by the time we checked in and got settled. We all crashed relatively quickly. We were happy because we knew we were a little more than half way there!!! We were hoping to get all the way there originally, but after his horrible day at work, we were just happy to be as far as we were!!!
So, what would be in store for us for Day 2? When would we leave GA, and when would we get to Mickey's House? Would we be so lucky with traffic on Day 2? Could that flash of a new white Caravan actually have been a DISER???? IF we get to Mickey's House, what on earth would we do?!??!?! OH, my lovelies, you will just have to stay tuned for the next installment to find out!!!!! More fun, excitement, drama, and pictures are to come in the next installment!! COMING SOON!!!
, glad you made it home safe and sound!
Can't wait to here about the magic 
and see all those pics. Deb.
Sorry, just had to get that out of my system - guess I was having one of your "GO GO GO" moments! 
Hope you'll forgive me! 
Can't wait till the next installment to hear what time yall made it "home". Oh, and all about the "reunion" with the rest of the family! Woohoo!
Yes I wonder if there are any "dis spottings in your TR as well?" 
to you and your family. I hope to catch up really soon. I can't wait to hear about your wonderful experiences at the World.
A--hee hee! I am sure if you stick strictly to the limit, we should have made it there in about 14 hours. JUST to give you some comparison! I do feel sorry for you that it does take that long for you to drive!! OUCH! I know what you mean about the airfare prices!! We live VERY close to CVG--Cincy's International airport--which just so happens to be one of the MOST expensive airports to fly out of!! OH lucky us! Now add on the price hike for the elevated cost of gas, and you need to begin selling body parts to fly out of here!!! It is SO frustrating!
