Our WDW adventures & Magical Happy Halloween Cruise: Day 14 completed - 01/2010 pg 19

[TotallyAngelic]

HELP! I am in a state of complete panic! I have exactly 2 and a half full days at home ( can't count Thursday as I am in the hospital for my cystoscopy) and I still have ALL THIS to do:

make pirate skirt x 1
make pirate shirt x 1
fish extenders to finish
alterations to 2 dresses
make halloween costume skirt for me
finishing off some FE gifts
make door magnets

and have a few things to buy:

laminator and sheets to do door magnets
shoes for DH and myself
swimming cozzie for DD
few more FE bits

and not to mention PACKING!

I feel like my head is spinning...........


What am I doing on this computer when I have ALL THIS to do

If anyone has any remedy for last minute panic or any knowledge of how to slow down time, could you please send it in my direction

 

[Mozart]

HELP! I am in a state of complete panic! I have exactly 2 and a half full days at home ( can't count Thursday as I am in the hospital for my cystoscopy) and I still have ALL THIS to do:

make pirate skirt x 1
make pirate shirt x 1
fish extenders to finish
alterations to 2 dresses
make halloween costume skirt for me
finishing off some FE gifts
make door magnets

and have a few things to buy:

laminator and sheets to do door magnets
shoes for DH and myself
swimming cozzie for DD
few more FE bits

and not to mention PACKING!

I feel like my head is spinning...........


What am I doing on this computer when I have ALL THIS to do

If anyone has any remedy for last minute panic or any knowledge of how to slow down time, could you please send it in my direction

Last minute panic? Slow Down Time? One easy solution...Bahama Mama's. Lots of them. It may not really work but it will make you feel like it is.

 

[michellebriana]

HELP! I am in a state of complete panic! I have exactly 2 and a half full days at home ( can't count Thursday as I am in the hospital for my cystoscopy) and I still have ALL THIS to do:

make pirate skirt x 1
make pirate shirt x 1
fish extenders to finish
alterations to 2 dresses
make halloween costume skirt for me
finishing off some FE gifts
make door magnets

and have a few things to buy:

laminator and sheets to do door magnets
shoes for DH and myself
swimming cozzie for DD
few more FE bits

and not to mention PACKING!

I feel like my head is spinning...........


What am I doing on this computer when I have ALL THIS to do

If anyone has any remedy for last minute panic or any knowledge of how to slow down time, could you please send it in my direction

Have you thought about buying those self laminating sheets instead of a laminator? They are not quite as thick as a laminator, but basically are a thin sheet of platic that you stick on both sides of the sheet. Will be cheaper and maybe a little quicker. I'm sure you'll get everything done...last minute panic always seems to get my butt moving!!! Can't wait to see you guys!

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

If anyone has any remedy for last minute panic or any knowledge of how to slow down time, could you please send it in my direction

HEY, you are supposed to ENJOY your last days before departure !!!!!


I'm sending LOADS of and I'm sure you'll make it !!!! RELAX and get busy !!!!!!!!!!!

laura

 

[diberry]

Delegate, delegate, delegate! Only do what nobody else but you can do - which would be the sewing I imagine. Get the others to do the fish extenders, magnets, shopping (except perhaps for your shoes!!) and pack their own things! Enjoy !!! Here's Tink to help too!!

 

[TotallyAngelic]

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ...........

Good morning everyone! As you can see I am taking Jackie's advice - but I need to count to 100, or even 1000 before I even start to feel calm, and even then it is a remarkably transient sensation.

Yesterday's progress

I managed to almost finish DD's pirate skirt last evening - just got to put on some finishing touches and we're done with the skirts. I also cut out DS's pirate shirt fabric. We also went shopping and I finally managed to pick up some FE gifts for the older girls in my group!

I have sort of worked out a plan for the next few days (although whether I stick to it remains to be seen!)

Plan for today:

completely finish skirts
start sewing pirate shirt for DS
finish fish extenders
print out some stuff (for door magnets and FE gifts) now my colour ink has finally showed up.
start packing
shopping for shoes!

Plan for tomorrow

continue packing
finish pirate shirt
alterations to whatever still needs altering
shopping for whatever is still needed (including stuff for hospital visit)
print off documentation
photocopy passports etc

Plan for Thursday

hospital for cystoscopy at 07:30
rest of the day depends on how I am after the sedation
hopefully finish packing and whatever still to finish

Friday:

finish packing and other things if not finished yesterday
clean house
pack for overnight in hotel and in flight
pick up kids from school at 15:30
leave for airport hotel between 16:00 and 17:00
arrive at hotel and attempt to chill!


and thats it - I really don't like looking at all of this down on paper as it seems more than a little bit daunting - but at least I have something to refer to when I hit a state of panic! (and an excuse to pop on the DIS to check my list)

Di - unfortunately the ability to delegate is not one of my strong points - I would be constantly checking up to make sure they were doing things right!
One of the hazards of being a control freak - I feel I have to do everything myself!

Michelle - I am going to try and find laminating sheets when I go shopping on Wednesday as it does sound a lot easier.

Laura - thanks so much for the good wishes.

 

[diberry]

Di - unfortunately the ability to delegate is not one of my strong points - I would be constantly checking up to make sure they were doing things right!
One of the hazards of being a control freak - I feel I have to do everything myself!

ITA! I'm really good at giving advice but I wouldn't be able to follow it either!!!
Anyway I'm sure it'll all get done - I see you share my craziness in cleaning the house before you go away! But after a holiday it's so nice to come home to a clean and tidy house - at least before everywhere gets covered in dirty washing and half-empty suitcases!
I'll be thinking about you on Thursday - all the best! Grab as much sleep as you can while you're sedated!
Not long now before you'll be in that hotel ready for 2 weeks of Disney bliss!!!

 

[TotallyAngelic]

Yesterday I set myself a "to do" list which I wanted, well actually desperately needed, to accomplish if I was to have any remote chance of actually being ready to leave on schedule on Friday....

Plan for today:

completely finish skirts
start sewing pirate shirt for DS
finish fish extenders
print out some stuff (for door magnets and FE gifts) now my colour ink has finally showed up.
start packing
shopping for shoes!

Plan for tomorrow

continue packing
finish pirate shirt
alterations to whatever still needs altering
shopping for whatever is still needed (including stuff for hospital visit)
print off documentation
photocopy passports etc

After a very busy day yesterday I am pleased to say that I acheived everything on my list apart from the "shopping for shoes" .......we decided that we will do this on the way to the airport hotel on Friday as we actually pass by the shopping mall. Otherwise it is a 3/4 hour trip to get there, and time is a precious commodity at the moment.

Managed to do quite a bit of the packing - but halfway through loading up the cases I realised that no way would we fit all our clothes, costumes, formal and semi formal wear, FE gifts etc etc into just 2 large cases. So another item on today's list - is pick up another large case! I don't think I have ever had SO MUCH STUFF to pack! I just don't get it ....it's 2 weeks for goodness sake - not 2 months! And I am even planning to do a quick of essentials before we board the Disney Magic.

So this morning I am off shopping to try and get as much as I can of the outstanding stuff, plus a few things for my hospital trip tomorrow. Then back home to finish the pirate shirt and whatever sewing jobs need finishing off - and finally (and hopefully) finish the packing and then have an early night in preparation for tomorrow's little ordeal .

 

[diberry]

Well done Sarah - that's brilliant that you got so much done yesterday!
We got stung for extra baggage on our way home from WDW in August - $100 which they've never enforced before. We didn't even have that much - about 5 kg over, I think! So make sure no individual case is over 20kg (some airlines say 25kg I think). But as there are 6 of you you'll be able to spread the weight and take a total of 120 kg!!!
Good luck tomorrow!

 

[Disneygrl36]

Sarah,
Hope all goes well with the cystoscopy tomorrow. You will be in my thoughts!!!!!!!!
Great job on getting so much done lately. Sounds like you have it all under control.
I can't believe you are almost ready to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I can't wait to see pictures of all these brilliant costumes you are making. I am so going to miss being Mary Poppins aboard the Disney Magic this year.

 

[anewmac]

my goodness you sound like me before we left. breathhhh... just think in a few days it will be all worth it! cant wait to live through you and feel like im back on MY boat lol

 

[Goofy442]

Good Luck today. I hope all goes well for you. There's nothing like being up against the wall with everything you need to do before you leave. I hate the day we leave it makes me crazy.

 

[jenn&nelsonrego]

Sarah,

Any luck with the packing?

Jenn

 

[Disneygrl36]

Happy Halloween Sarah & family

I know you are having a fabulous Halloween aboard the Magic & I can't wait to hear all about it when you get back. I know all the stressing & preparation you did before hand are paying off now with a wonderful holiday.

 

[TiszBear]

I know you are having a wonderful time on your cruise. I have just finished reading your pre trip report and I have truly enjoyed it. I can't wait to read about your vacation.

 

[BeachPartyof3]

Hi Sarah... Did you get the presents we left in the room? We really confused P. with our request to leave them for you. He wanted to know HOW we knew who had the room after us. We gave him your name and country..and then he confirmed it on the last night there and said it was ok to leave it since the two matched!

I hope you had a great cruise like we did... Did the beeping from the washer drive you nuts? I'm a light sleeper and will NEVER get a room near the laundry again.

 

[LovableGluttons]

I never ran into you on our cruise Sarah!


I bumped into Amy quite a bit, Shoshie, Newfie Mom, Cean and Christine, and Dana here and there.


But not you!

 

[TotallyAngelic]

Hi everyone!

Just a very quick post just to say hi, we arrived back in the UK at 08:10 and arrived home at about 11:30 this morning.

What can I say! We had an amazing time in WDW and our first Disney Cruise was magical! It certainly lived up to all our expectations - which were exceedingly high having lived on the DIS boards for the past year! I didn't find it at all relaxing though - maybe just rushing around trying to do too much didn't help! Lots of things I didn't get to do at all really!

The highlight of our cruise was having wonderful friends to share it with - massive thanks to Helen, Andy, Rachel and Bethany for making our cruise and our last day in Orlando so special! It was wonderful to meet so many lovely DIS friends too -although there are so many of you I sadly didn't get to meet.

So once I get my self sorted I will try and finish the last few installments of my pre-trip report, which were sadly interrupted by my unanticipated hospital encounter, and then I will try and get started on the trip report for real!

One thing I know for sure is - I WANT TO GO BACK ON THE MAGIC!

 

[TotallyAngelic]

I never ran into you on our cruise Sarah!


I bumped into Amy quite a bit, Shoshie, Newfie Mom, Cean and Christine, and Dana here and there.


But not you!

Hi

Sorry I didn't get to meet you either - were you at the DIS meet? There were so many there I didn't get to speak to many people at all. I bumped mostly into Jackie and Michael, Suzie and family, Amy and family, Shoshie and Adam, Lynne and her niece Karen, Valerie, Sean and Christine, and Jenn and Nelson, and also met lots of others at the meet, but not everyone, which would have been nice.

 

[MaryAz]

I just found this, LOVE IT!! So glad you had such a great time! Can't wait to read the rest.