Overdue and Overpacked III: A Tale of Two Cities ~Last Chapter~ 8/22 Page 33

[lisalonglash]

Great, I'm DED again, my monitor is ruined and there are bittersweet tears trickling down my cheek...

I can only hope and pray that we have as much family fun during our upcoming WDW vacation as you and your family had at Ersal

Nearly makes me want to ask someone, anyone, for a Fiji water and some decent coffee...

 

[LISAMWDW]

I can't wait to hear how this works out!!!!!!!!!

 

[LaLa]

I was at the gas station doing my grocery shopping

Did you pick up any Fuji water?

Quennifer, CONGRATS on DVC! Although we've never stayed at the AKVillas, that won't stop me from giving you my opinion. The place rocks. I hear things. Plus we LOVED the AKL when we stayed there. In a regular ole savannah room. Loved it. I'm pumped for yall, Quenn. If this is old news and I'd just forgotten about it, I'm still pumped for yall.

Great, I'm DED again, my monitor is ruined and there are bittersweet tears trickling down my cheek...

I can only hope and pray that we have as much family fun during our upcoming WDW vacation as you and your family had at Ersal

Nearly makes me want to ask someone, anyone, for a Fiji water and some decent coffee...

Thanks Lisalonglash. I know yall will have an awesome time on your trip! You'll be in Disney, baby. How can you NOT have good family fun there?

I can't wait to hear how this works out!!!!!!!!!

Thanks LisaMWDW. I was planning on posting the next installment either today or tomorrow but as it turns out, you may have to wait just a little bit longer to hear how it works out. We've decided to head out of town for the weekend. On the spur of the moment. And starting in roughly ten minutes, the rest of my day will be spent running around like a chicken with my head cut off, getting clothes for four people packed and ready to go. So it'll probably be more like the beginning of next week before I can get the next installment up.

But in the meantime, might I suggest you check out ZZUB's new trip report?

Oh. Wait. He doesn't HAVE a new trip report up, does he?

Shame, that.

Yall have a good weekend.

 

[Backstage_Gal]

But in the meantime, might I suggest you check out ZZUB's new trip report?

Oh. Wait. He doesn't HAVE a new trip report up, does he?

Shame, that.

Yall have a good weekend.

Dang, LaLa, you had me all excitied there for a second

 

[burly]

All caught up la la. Wonderful as usual.

 

[Liz]

Hi LaLa,

I usually read at work and I'm not able to respond from there but I'm loving your Ersal Studios adventure!

I don't know if ya'll have mini-market/gas stations in LaLa land called Holiday, but I was in one today buying some water bottles and I about died when I spotted none other than Fiji water! In a 7-11 type store! I looked around for someone to tell but sadly there was no one with me who would appreciate my excitement!

Anxiously awaiting your next installment!! Don't suppose you could convince Zzub to start another one could you?!

 

[Frickles]

As we squeaked and squished our way back toward the Royal Pacific that day, we had one thing and one thing only on our mind.

Getting dry.

And then getting wet again.

Frick Math. Nuff said.

I know that sound well. And I know that Math problem well.

A thousand locked threads just rolled over in their graves.

Dang I miss Mel.

We could go to either one and it would be perfectly fine. But although Portofino is considered top dawg where the three Universal resorts are concerned and probably would’ve been much “prettier” than the Hard Rock, there was one thing the Hard Rock had that Portofino didn’t. And it was that one thing (or, more accurately, twelve things) that immediately catapulted the Hard Rock over Portofino in my mind the second I found out about it.

Two words.

Underwater Speakers.

Smart girl.....I would have made the same choice! Sweet!

I didn’t care what the pool and/or waterslide looked like. It mattered not. You could take a neon orange inflatable three ring pool from the Dollar Tree, back it on up to a swingset and snake a garden hose down the slide and tell me you’ve got underwater speakers incorporated in it and MY TAIL WOULD BE THERE.

With bells on.

Yelling to the neighbors, “Hey! Yall come check out these Underwater Speakers! That sucka knows it’s bad!”

Just one of the 674 reasons I find you to be hilarious. You kill me!

Based on the sage counsel of the gentleman working the desk, we (I) decided to take the shuttle bus instead of the water taxi in order to avoid the Ticket and Transportation Center-esque changing of boats at Citywalk. Then I asked when the next shuttle bus would arrive. “Ten minutes”, was his reply. His eyes briefly rested on the overpacked beach bag I was dragging behind me and he observed the kids poking each other in the ears with spit covered fingers and laughing like there was no tomorrow. And then he quickly followed it with “but if you miss that one, another one will be along shortly after that.”

#675

Well, that painfully embarrassing road test in Drivers Ed where I ran five stop signs in a row and to compensate, stopped at five imaginary ones (just to be on the safe side) and then took out a curb for good measure as I made an illegal U turn could’ve had something to do with it as well.

But mostly it was the directions thing.

I feel your pain.

"Hi, we’re trying to get to the Hard Rock pool and were told to catch the shuttle bus. Is this where we’re supposed to be? If so, do you know how often do the busses come by?"

And as she inched closer toward me, she smiled shyly and repeated “Aloha?”

Great. Here we go again.

You should assume she no speaka de English. You should assume I asked her if she could at least hook me up with a churro or two before she walked away and left us all alone. Pondering the confused exchange. Yet again.

#689

As his eyes rested on a cute little girl in line directly in front of us. And then it hit me. He was trying to put out the prenager vibe and I was messing it up. So I grabbed him and gave him a big old kiss on the cheek and ruffled his hair with my hand. Squeezed his cheeks and called him Mama’s wittle man. Or at least I wanted to. Instead, I just stood there. The lone adult in a crowd of kids. In my dripping wet bathing suit. Suddenly feeling very... tall. And a little bit sad. Because that one look represented the start of it for me. The dreaded start of the breaking away. Before you know it, he’ll have no time for toys or playing anymore. He’ll be too busy heading out the door to meet his buddies or picking up his date for the prom. Which is how it should be. It’s my prayer that he’s able to experience all the irreplaceable joys those days will bring. I just don’t want it to come too soon.

Yet I know full well it will.

Stop it!!!!!!!

Once we arrived, we hopped off the bus and walked smack dab into a fancy schmancy dinner affair.

Oh snap.

I felt slightly underdressed. To say the least.

The walkway from the bus depot to the pool area takes you by an area that they apparently use for fancy catered events. And it just so happens that on this particular evening, there was a little shindig going on. There were tables draped in fine white linens with fresh flowers in vases and candles flickering brightly inside hurricane vases scattered amongst the tables. There were servers dressed in black and white circulating and carrying plates of caviar and pate. Not that I would know what it looks like. They just looked to be the kind of people who would be serving that stuff. That and Fuji water. The guests, and there were plenty of them, were all wearing cocktail dresses and suits that even PDiddy would be jealous of. Drinking wine from their wine glasses and holding their pinky fingers up while politely guffawing at each other’s lame jokes and talking stocks, bonds and real estate investments.

Cut to the LaLa Three.

We’ve got the pool hair goin’ on with a few spikes sticking up here and there for good measure. We're oblivious to them as they blow in the breeze. Waving hello to anyone and everyone we see. A steady stream of water is dripping over our eyebrows and off our noses. Our eyes are blood red and 2/3 of us are sporting the type of red marks across our faces that come from wearing a pair of goggles tight enough to cut off all circulation to the brain. The dull scraping sound of a 25 pound beach bag being drug along the concrete follows us with each step that we take. We’re cuttin’ a path through the middle of all this Fuji water drinking nonsense wearing soaking wet Tshirts stuck to our bodies. With the outline of our brightly colored bathing suits showing through. Our flip flops are squeaking and leaving a swath of water in their wake. The boy’s complaining that he’s so hungry he could eat a hippopotamus and the girl’s whining and begging me to pick her up and carry her the rest of the way because her legs “are broke and won’t work anymore”.

So I shuffle the 3 foot wide beach bag I’m dragging over my shoulder and pick her up. Then I walk straight up to one of the servers, grab a lil sumpm sumpm off his tray, wave hello to him with my hair and cooly venture, “Pardon me. Would you have any Grey Poupon?”

I talked to NM last week and she told me about this lil passage and how it cracked her stuff up...giggling the whole time she told me about it. She was right....you got some good stuff going on here La! Girl you have the gift of putting us RIGHT THERE. I felt underdressed sitting here reading it! #548. I told her to tell you 'hi' from me!

When we finally made it around to Bula, DH had already ordered our drinks for us. The man knows what we like. I can’t tell you how much we enjoyed that meal. I don’t know if it was just the fact that we were actually sitting down that did it or if it was the laid back atmosphere that we were digging. But it was a nice little come as you are, no ADR required, relaxing meal by the pool.

Ahhh, good times!

So I called the number I’d been given previously and filled them in on the goings on with the tickets. Then I ventured “My husband is trying to convince me that the tickets are good for any of the parks instead of just Magic Kingdom. Are they good for any park?”

And then I held my breath. And prayed a little prayer.

She put me on hold for a minute or two, then came back on the line and said “Yes maam, they’re good for any park. You don’t have to use them at the Magic Kingdom, you can use them at any of Disney’s four theme parks.

Yeah for the LaLa's!!!

I thanked her profusely and when I hung up, I did the Joe Horn dance, the Macarena, the Running Man, the Sprinkler, the Chicken Noodle Soup AND the Elaine kick shuffle dance all at the same time.

You mean you didn't do the Dr. McDreamy dance from Can't Buy Me Love?

Thanks for that beautiful picture. It made me vibrate.


Loved it LaLa! Thanks for the many giggles!!!!!

 

[LISAMWDW]

Dang, LaLa, you had me all excitied there for a second

Dang it! You had me excited there for a second too!!!!!!!!!!!! Then, I remembered, it was too early for ZZUB! He goes in Sept!

Hope ya had a great weekend!

 

[princessjv]

Weekends over. Hope it was fun heading out of town.


Get back at it.


Chop, Chop!

 

[Disfan3]

SERIOUSLY??






get on with it woman.

 

[Disfan3]

Thanks LisaMWDW. I was planning on posting the next installment either today or tomorrow but as it turns out, you may have to wait just a little bit longer to hear how it works out. We've decided to head out of town for the weekend. On the spur of the moment. And starting in roughly ten minutes, the rest of my day will be spent running around like a chicken with my head cut off, getting clothes for four people packed and ready to go. So it'll probably be more like the beginning of next week before I can get the next installment up.

But in the meantime, might I suggest you check out ZZUB's new trip report?

Oh. Wait. He doesn't HAVE a new trip report up, does he?

Shame, that.

Yall have a good weekend.

woops I guess I missed that post.


Oh well. Its Monday now.... time to get back to work, here.

 

[lisalonglash]

Thanks Lisalonglash. I know yall will have an awesome time on your trip! You'll be in Disney, baby. How can you NOT have good family fun there?

I hope so, La! Keep in mind our group consists of 14 family members though, so here's hoping we'll all have good family fun LOL There's lots of booze there though, right? Just in case?

Oh, and I'm with everyone else waiting oh so patiently for your next update

 

[praisehisname]

LaaaaaaaLaaaaaaaa..... We miss you!!!

Hope you had a fun weekend away!

Denise

 

[LaLa]

...toilet bowls and butter on the rolls.

Hey Everybody! Thanks for all the posts while we were away. We had an awesome weekend. Since the boys (and the girls apparently) are die hard Saints fans, we took a little jaunt to training camp to see what we could see. The boy left with a Saints football, a Sharpie, and his Drew Brees poster in his hand and a few lofty expectations in his head.

The bad news is the morning practice yielded no autographs or meet n greets for the kid. The good news is the afternoon practice did. He had about seven different players sign his football, among them was Reggie Bush. Booya! And as the boys were leaving, they ran into Drew Brees, who signed the boy's ball, posed for a picture with him and talked to him for a minute. Which made his day, month and year all rolled into one. You have no idea. The boy hasn't set that football down or stopped smiling yet.

And neither have me or DH.

Great weekend, that one was.

Again, thanks for all the sweet posts. Hope yall all had a great weekend as well. I'm headed out the door for work now but plan on posting the next installment when I get home tonight.

Don't suppose you could convince Zzub to start another one could you?!

Doubtful. I can't even convince ZZUB to move out of his mom's basement and befriend a tube of Clearasil. But there's always hope. For all of the above.

Yall have a good one.

 

[LISAMWDW]

Doubtful. I can't even convince ZZUB to move out of his mom's basement and befriend a tube of Clearasil. But there's always hope. For all of the above.

Sounds like you had a great weekend!

 

[Quennifer2008]

Congrats on a great weekend, sounds like you had a blast

I don't know that much about football, so I will leave the jokes up to everyone else


We made the purchase in February while on vacation. It wasn't a planned thing.
It was just a really good offer (in our opinion)

Can't wait to use it

Gotta a trip coming up (heh heh) and am stoked

 

[Quennifer2008]

And since I can post pictures now
I got a little sumpin sumpin for you

SEE, you were right

You just wanted to make sure it came from this water system
So you can share that with the waiter and the Mr.

 

[DVCTiff]

Since we're renting out our points next year, your trippie (and ZZUB's when he gets around to it) will be all I have to survive on until ....who knows!

Think anyone will mind if I come on here and post my Royal Carribean Alaskan Cruise trip report?

 

[PISCESANGEL]

I'm all caught up finally! I just have a couple of comments...

LaLa - did you really get reprimanded TWICE for pulling out your camera?! That is sooo something I would do, and my family would not be above heckling me as well! I had to read that part to them and they all enjoyed hearing that we aren't the only ones...

Great desciptions of the rides and attractions and food (of course!) I love how you can make us feel like we are right there with you (NOmaking out!)...

Thanks as always - looking forward to more!!

 

[LaLa]

And since I can post pictures now
I got a little sumpin sumpin for you

Quenn! I am SO DED over this picture! Where on EARTH did you find that?! And is that the type of water they serve at Teppan Edo? If so, SIGN ME UP! Anyplace that serves Fuji water is allright with me. And so are you for having my back. Because I knew it all along. Or did I?

LaLa - did you really get reprimanded TWICE for pulling out your camera?!

I most definitely did. They don't play around with cameras at Universal and my tail was a walking target. Apparently. That's funny that you read that part out loud to your family and yall could all relate. Glad to hear it's not just us either. But more than that, glad to hear you're enjoying the report.

LisaMWDW and DVCTiff: Thanks for posting! Next one's coming up...