pigletforever
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The last couple years of our lives have been crazy. In May 2007 my husbands company decided to move us to New Mexico. We had 30 days to get moved. So we left our son who was starting college in Kansas and left our home and moved to Albuquerque. We were in ABQ for a week when we got a call that our son was T-boned when a guy ran a red light and hit our son going 45 miles an hour. Angels were with him - he walked away but had to have surgery 6 months later on his knee which was damaged in the wreck. We had a trip to WDW planned but had to cancel because of money problems after the move.
6 months later my husband's company had him commuting to Sacramento 3 weeks a month. AFter 6 months I told him the company needed to move us to Sacramento because I didn't move away from all my friends and family to be a single mom with no support in ABQ. They agreed. So exactly one year after moving to ABQ we moved to Sacramento. This was June 2008.
October 2008 my husband's colon perforated and had to have emergency surgery. He got sepsis and nearly died. Docs said if we had waited one mroe hour to get him to the hosptial he could have died. Cancel second trip to WDW so DH could recuperate.
April 2008 DH had surgery to finish repairing his colon. September 2008 my dad had brain surgery to remove a tumor that was growing in his skull and pushing on his brain. After all of this I told DH to pick a weekend in October - any weekend and we were going to my happy place. WDW was out of the question due to $$ so we decided to do a long weekend at DL. October 21-25 were the dates selected.
The morning after I booked our trip I got a call at 630. DH was riding his bike to work and got hit by a car. Luckily he was fine except for the broken collar bone.
I can't make this stuff up.
I walked into the hospital and after I made sure he was OK I told him "I don't care if you have to watch DS7 and I ride every ride and you sit on a bench don't even think for a second this gets you out of going to Disneyland in 3 weeks"
DH knows I need this trip and the doc has said he can go as long as he doesn't ride a few certain rides.
So we are booked at the Sheraton Anaheim. I bought AP for the 3 of us. We are going again the first of Jan when DS 20 comes to visit over Christmas break. I have breakfast for Minnie and Friends October 22 at 810 - as soon as the park opens. Tickets to ToT party that night.
NOW FOR THE BEST PART - DS 7 has absolutely no clue we are going. We homeschool him and on the monthly school calendar I put field trip tags on teh days we will be gone. We are getting him up at 5 AM and putting him in the car. We are hoping to keep it a secret until we pull up at the hotel.
pictures of the participants will be up later.
6 months later my husband's company had him commuting to Sacramento 3 weeks a month. AFter 6 months I told him the company needed to move us to Sacramento because I didn't move away from all my friends and family to be a single mom with no support in ABQ. They agreed. So exactly one year after moving to ABQ we moved to Sacramento. This was June 2008.
October 2008 my husband's colon perforated and had to have emergency surgery. He got sepsis and nearly died. Docs said if we had waited one mroe hour to get him to the hosptial he could have died. Cancel second trip to WDW so DH could recuperate.
April 2008 DH had surgery to finish repairing his colon. September 2008 my dad had brain surgery to remove a tumor that was growing in his skull and pushing on his brain. After all of this I told DH to pick a weekend in October - any weekend and we were going to my happy place. WDW was out of the question due to $$ so we decided to do a long weekend at DL. October 21-25 were the dates selected.
The morning after I booked our trip I got a call at 630. DH was riding his bike to work and got hit by a car. Luckily he was fine except for the broken collar bone.
I can't make this stuff up.
I walked into the hospital and after I made sure he was OK I told him "I don't care if you have to watch DS7 and I ride every ride and you sit on a bench don't even think for a second this gets you out of going to Disneyland in 3 weeks"
DH knows I need this trip and the doc has said he can go as long as he doesn't ride a few certain rides.
So we are booked at the Sheraton Anaheim. I bought AP for the 3 of us. We are going again the first of Jan when DS 20 comes to visit over Christmas break. I have breakfast for Minnie and Friends October 22 at 810 - as soon as the park opens. Tickets to ToT party that night.
NOW FOR THE BEST PART - DS 7 has absolutely no clue we are going. We homeschool him and on the monthly school calendar I put field trip tags on teh days we will be gone. We are getting him up at 5 AM and putting him in the car. We are hoping to keep it a secret until we pull up at the hotel.
pictures of the participants will be up later.
leave it to kids 
we are flying down this Friday the 23rd. My DD6 has been there twice last year and WDW once. I didn't make it to 
I'll have my LG tag on my backpack maybe we'll run into each other on the 23 or 24 
