Newton's second law and the Grim Beaker~new 11/18~what goes down must come up, right?

[sharkB8HooHaHa]

Newton's first law of motion, sometimes called the law of inertia, was actually adopted by Newton from the work of Galileo. It states that a particle's velocity will not change unless a force is applied to the particle. This means that if a "body" (a collection of particles having appreciable mass) is at rest it remains at rest unless a force is applied. If a body is moving with some velocity, it will continue to move with the same velocity unless a force is applied. The first law is really just a qualitative statement about the persistence of motion.

Thank you Wikipedia.

More simply put, a body in motion stays in motion unless otherwise acted upon by a force.

Who were the bodies in motion on this journey?

There’s me. SharkB8 on some cell phones. Kate. The SAHM.

There’s DH. Stress the D. The accountant. The Gator.

Son #1 who turned 12 on this trip.

Son #2 is 8.

Son #3 is 5.

I’ll spare you the dating service description of my boys. You know…”He likes escargot and playing guitar”. Some of you have met my boys. They are good kids and I’m fortunate to have them.

We do Disney with a plan. We’re good DISsers and we check park hours and the like. DH makes the color coded spreadsheet and we stick to it. Bodies in motion stay in motion.

Otherwise acted upon by a force?

My in-laws were there, too.

 

[DisneyJo]

Wooohoooo it's started and am I first????

 

[askelton]

Here I am!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

 

[Muffinygood]

I'm happy to be third. Third's good.

Mel

 

[Disneyland_Mama]

There’s me. SharkB8 on some cell phones. Kate. The SAHM.

Ok, that line made me only because I know exactly whose phone you speak of.

Glad you're gonna rock this one out! Can't wait to read it!

 

[PrincessV]

I'm here!!! I haven't read anything yet, but I'm here! Be back after dinner... save me a spot.

 

[PrincessV]

There’s me. SharkB8 on some cell phones.

Not anymore - you were upgraded to a real-life first name a few weeks ago!

There’s DH. Stress the D. The accountant. The Gator.

GO GATORS!!!

I’ll spare you the dating service description of my boys. You know…”He likes escargot and playing guitar”. Some of you have met my boys. They are good kids

I'll attest - they;re GREAT kids!

Really, though - escargot? I'm impressed.

My in-laws were there, too.

Ok, that line made me only because I know exactly whose phone you speak of.

 

[Goofyluver]

I"m here.

 

[Lauralee131]

YAY! I'm here!

And on PAGE ONE!!!

I'm extremely proud of myself...

And bloating already... You can't just leave me hanging with some cryptic "my inlaws were there too"!!!

How am I supposed to function??

My DIS time is limited these days...Don't make me wait too long!!

 

[Hedy]

In laws!

 

[rachel3]

yay!!!! i'm in!!!

 

[PrincessV]

 

[sharkB8HooHaHa]

My in-laws are good people.

Really.

We have been to WDW with the twice before. The first time was way back when I was expecting #2. We stayed at POR…which they insist to this day on calling Dixie Landings. It was during hurricane Floyd. It was an interesting week, as I was cranky and tired, and probably not the best company. But I know I swore I’d never go back with them again.

Then we caught up with them last February. We had a trip planned. They decided to go as well. But while we were there “together” we really weren’t there TOGETHER. We stayed at SOG. They were at BWV. We did our thing. They did theirs. It was good. Fun. It was good fun.

So last spring when they offered to take us, we figured it sounded like a good idea. But needed to think.

They own DVC at SSR. And they had just bought in to AKV as well and had their carrot points that had to be used by the end of October. They had points. We had APs. And vacation time. When the offer was made I vaguely recalled my declaration of the first trip.

I mulled. I’m a muller. I figured enough time had passed that I could give it another go. Besides, last year really was fun.

So as the days approached and I tried to make plans…looking at park hours, early closures, dates for MNSSHP…I got on the phone and spoke to my m-i-l. We’ll call her Nana. Well, ‘cause that’s what we call her. I asked her what she wanted to do, where they wanted to go, and what was most important to them. You know, the kind of things you ask when you’re trying to be considerate and open the lines of communication about a trip you’re taking with someone else. When I mentioned the words “rope drop” I thought I was going to hear her drop.

“Oh, we haven’t made it to rope drop in years!”

As my friend Lauralee would say…”Exsqueeze me?”

“No, we don’t tour like that anymore.”

I had visions of beautifully color coded spreadsheets flying out the window.

I saw hordes of people in front of me as I looked at the stand by time for Splash Mountain.

I imagined the line for Haunted Mansion snaking around and around, past the horseless carriage, out beyond the gate, encroaching on a great tuna sandwich.

I had no choice but to snap out of it. I knew getting into this that going with others might mean straying from the beloved plan. So I took a deep breath and proceeded to ask about meals and the like, all the time reminding myself that flexibility was going to be key if I was going to make it without incident.

So, I had a new plan. I planned to be flexible. To go with the flow. To “woo-sa” and enjoy.

Well, there was another part of the plan.

Back in August while waiting for the bigger boys to get off of Splash Mountain, I received a text from V. It was a “Psst” message. Only V sends me “psst” messages and it’s usually good. She also sends me football game scores. That information I just pass along. This “psst” was checking dates for October. And as August rolled into September, she booked the weekend we’d be getting into town.

My new plan? Be flexible. Go with the flow. Woo-sa. Enjoy. And spend some time with two really cool people, V and her son Leo.

 

[DisneyJo]

No rope drop OMG what type of people are you related to?

What a great idea to meet V, especially as she was the one who "suggested" you write a TR

BTW Kate do you want me to show you how to update the title????

 

[Goofyluver]

I have a new saying...

Woooosaaaaa!

 

[sharkB8HooHaHa]

No rope drop OMG what type of people are you related to?

I'm not related by blood, so I'm good.
:

BTW Kate do you want me to show you how to update the title????

You showed me last time and I think I still remember...I just didn't think this one was worthy of updating the title.

I have a new saying...

Woooosaaaaa!

And you must pull on your earlobes while saying it.

 

[Goofyluver]

And you must pull on your earlobes while saying it.

Of course.

 

[DisneyJo]

You showed me last time and I think I still remember...I just didn't think this one was worthy of updating the title.

Of course it is, it was an update

 

[bawsmom]

i'm in

and more power to ya... my mil in c-r-a-z-y... fil just stays our of her way
she took us about 2 yrs ago... so she can say she's "taken the kids to WDW"... don't really want to go back with her... now unless she's going to pay for a week and GF, Contemp or the Poly again