Chapter 70. The Young and the Restless.
I've been reminded that I need to do an update a day until I leave...I don't honestly know if that's possible, but I'll do my darndest.
Have you noticed some of us are never quite satisfied with our plans? We go through change after change. I think we get restless. We've done so well organizing the trip that there's that dead space between the planning and the trip. We don't want to stop planning, it's like crack. So we find some reason to keep planning--we make changes. It could be a resort change, or adding a day, or adding the WaterPark and more option. It could be going to US or IOA or SeaWorld. It could adding or dropping the Dining Plan. It could be any number of things or all of the above, just as long as we don't have to stop planning.
Well..... I haven't made any changes yet, but I need to do more planning. Glennbo has recently purchased airfare for his trip in June. His update prompted me to go back and look to see what prices were now for my dates. 313 non-stop a great price. I think I've been down this road once before...I could buy the tix and take a credit on southwest. The new flights would get me in on Friday at 6pm instead of 11:20pm. On the 18th, I would leave at 7pm instead of 2:30pm. I would have to adjust my spending money budget to do it, but it is feasible. I would probably give up most of my TS ADRs during the solo portion of my trip except for maybe Brown Derby and Jiko. Thoughts?
I also started thinking about resorts. As much as I want to stay at AKV Kidani, a little voice inside kept telling me how much I'd miss the Boardwalk/Beach Club area. So....I asked Wendy to call DVC Member Services and see if I could switch back to the BWVs. Well..it was not meant to be. They are booked. So, the restless person is forced to stick with AKV. Darn.
I have yet to have time to really go back over my itinerary. In fact, the last version was done at the beginning of December. I may do that tonight.
So much for the Young and the Restless.
And now cuddle up under the blankets, grab a cup of coffee and listen to a story.
As many of you know, I used to work in mgmt at
Disneyland. Disneyland is about 7 minutes door-to-door to where I lived when I worked there. As I was leaving work one day, I had the urge to dookie. Not bad. Now I remember thinking to myself as I stood outside the restroom at work, "I can go here and leave behind death and destruction or I could go home in the comfort of my home; grab a magazine and take my time." It wasn't exactly like that, but close. I chose to go home.
As I was getting off the off-ramp, I noticed a back-up. I wasn't that worried as there's a few signals right off the fwy that often back up the freeway a bit. However, as I exited the freeway. Traffic was at a standstill. It took about 30 minutes to get through 2 signals. Now, remember I had to dook. You know how sometimes when you have to go bad, but can't you hold it in. You start sweating as a "contraction" comes, you squeeze your stomach muscles to hold that dook in...and then it's gone. Well that went on for about 1/2 hour. However, with each "contraction" the pressure pushing down got more intense. It was bad. I finally got up to the 2nd signal which meant I needed to turn left and traffic was gone. I looked ahead to see the where all the traffic was going. It was April 15th....in 1987....tax day. Everyone was dropping their taxes off at the Post Office.
You know when you have to go potty really bad and you're driving home. You get out of your car and all of a sudden it's like your body says "Okay, I'm ready to go" and you run to the bathroom and you're pulling down your pants and you go behind first to the toilet hoping that you make it.....
Well.......when the light turned green at the signal....my body said "You're home, I'm ready to go". I tried to hold it, but it was too late. Lincoln log decided to drop right there in my pants, in my car, while I was driving. It was embarrassing, but you know what...it felt soooo good.
Okay I gotta run to church...I don't even have time to do the links right now........
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I'm not as cool or well-spoken as you so I don't know if I'll ever write a trip report, but I want you to know how much your efforts are appreciated. This past year has been crazy for so many people in our country and many a hard day I've come on the Dis and read your PTR and you really lifted my spirits, so thank you very much!
