Woo-hoo! I am back in business! I think
When trying to copy my old hard-drive to my new one we found out that the start up boot (I think thats what she said) and some other technical thingy things were not readable, so she went around the ones that could not be read and copied the ones that seemed to be okay. It seems to have worked but said I may find a few glitches; she had no way of knowing what would be affected. I guess I will see as I go. I am to play around with the computer and make a list of what has been affected. She will come back in 3 weeks to work on those things.
Whew!
Nothing like losing all your Disney stuff and then finding it again to renew your Disney spirit!
So back to planning
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Before I jump into how I see Day 1 happening, let me start with how I see the days leading up to "Day 1" happening:
Sat. Nov 22 (aka 6 days til Disney)- Go to the in-laws to celebrate SIL BDay, and hopefully Leons as well since we will be away for his actual BDay. (I am secretly hoping he will get Disney Dollars as spending money for Disney)
Sun. Nov 23 (aka 5 days til Disney)- Get a little crazy
over getting the house cleaned before we have leave, do our last minute shopping for the trip & start throwing things to take to Disney in piles to be organized and packed during the week.
Mon. Nov 24 (aka 4 days til Disney)- Babysitting my niece while attempting to pack but probably getting nowhere
Tue. Nov 25 (aka 3 days til Disney)- Babysitting my niece and a second child, while attempting to pack but probably getting nowhere and starting to freak out.
Wed. Nov 26 (aka 2 days til Disney)- Really freak out because I will be babysitting two kids from 7am until 5pm, and at the same time I plan to have everything packed for the trip as if we were leaving the next day, while making my Thanksgiving mashed potatoes and a pie to bring to dinner (also for the next day). This will be the real packing day because no matter how much pre packing and prep I do in order to avoid this situation on the last day before the trip, it always turns out the same. I tend to be one of those people who NEEEEDS to see everything laid out in front of me. It drives Ron nuts whenever we need to pack up the car to go somewhere, whether it be the airport, on a road trip, or a simple event that requires bringing more than my purse, because I pile everything by the door and when he asks if he can put anything into the car yet, I always say no because I have to see it all together before I can let him pack it all into the car. I have to visualize it, in order to know I have not forgotten anything. So I will spend the day laying everything out all over my room, covering the bed and the floors so I can see it all before sticking it into our suitcases. I will then decide the bags are too heavy because I tried stuffing everything I want to take into as few bags as possible (the goal is 1 bag per person or less). I will then transfer a few things to a 4th and possibly 5th bag. Luckily, because we booked Jet Blue before May 31st we are grandfathered in to the two checked bags per person free of charge rule. I will then probably unpack everything and re-assess what I have packed and try to eliminate a few things because I hate having too much stuff to carry. On average I tend to pack and re-pack my suitcases at LEAST 3 times before a trip and I am always up well past midnight doing it. Ron will be working from one of my lists to help get the house cleaned up before we go, while telling me there is no need to re-pack everything AGAIN, and that we should really get to bed, its past midnight. About 2 or 3am I will take his advice.
Thur. Nov 27 (aka 1 day til Disney)- Thanksgiving Day- if all has gone as planned, all my bags will be packed and waiting by the door, outfits for the next day will already be set out, the mashed potatoes and pie will already have been made, and Leon and Ron will watch the Macys Thanksgiving Parade on TV while I try to sleep in. I will probably have to medicate myself as a preventative measure against the inevitable Fibro Flare-up due to lack of sleep and anxiety. My mom and my sister will call several times that morning to find out when Dinner will be and when are we actually leaving for Rons parents house, and do they have to get there at the same time we do or can they be late, should they follow us, and should my mom bring her own wine. Basically all the same questions as last year and the years before that, followed by all the same answers. Every year we go to my in laws and every year my DM and DSIS are invited and every year they say well see, and every year they come. Nothing has changed except my niece was born this year. That MAY put a kink in the plans, in that they might want to go to see my sisters BFs family
but her BF is not much of a planner so I half expect him to leave it up in the air till the last minute and then end up coming with us anyway. After we sort who is and isnt going, who is meeting who, when we are going to get there, we will leave our house in the early afternoon. There will be much merriment and food, but I will probably be watching the clock wondering why dinner isnt ready on time? And would it be bad to skip out before dessert? And dont these people know we have to be up at 4am the next day? But in the end it will all be fine because we will aim to leave the in-laws house by 6:30pm but after all is said and done, well actually leave closer to 7:30 or 8. By the time we get home I will have Leon in bed by 8:30pm. Check in for the flight on-line. I will do a last minute check of all our baggage, and then take a huge step in telling Ron it is okay to put everything in the car a whole night before we have to leave. Take a shower and try to go to sleep. Wake up every 20 to 30 minutes in the night looking at the clock because I am afraid of over-sleeping and missing the flight. I will finally fall asleep at 2:30 or 3am and then the alarm will go off at 4am.
And then the adventure begins:
Fri. Nov. 28 DAY 1
Wake up all excited, despite only 2 hours of sleep, because today we are gong to Disney! Nudge Ron, Get Dressed, Nudge Ron again, double check my lists, yell at Ron to get in the shower NOW! Call my best friend just to wake her up. No I am not mean, there is a reason see OT below. Once Ron is dressed, pack any last minute items into the car. Carry Leon from his bed to the car and hope he stays asleep. Yeah right!!!
5:00am Make sure the cat is in, lock up the house, and head to the airport.
5:30am Check-in the bags while Ron parks the car
6:01am Panic because Ron is still not back from parking the car (He is parking it in the employee parking lot at JFK which he estimates should take him 30 minutes to do and get back)
7:00am Take off for MCO and hope that Leon will fall asleep. Wishful Thinking.
10:30am ARRIVE IN MCO!!!
Start taking pictures immidiatly, take our first monorail and find baggage claim.
From here it gets a little nuts
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Then find Alamo car rental. I dont want to waste any time with the ME, as cool as it is and as free as it is, it will still cost me TIME.
Jump into the rental and head for Wally-World ( Wal-Mart). Get some groceries, maybe pick up some souvenirs, and look around BRIEFLY for any Black Friday Deals, Ive got to get my fix you know.
OT- you dont know how much it kills me to be missing out on my annual Black Friday Shopping Spree. My best friend is not happy that I am bailing out on our tradition of getting up at the crack of dawn, for our 15 or more hour, non-stop bargain hunting, take no prisoners, Top Secret Tag Team Black Friday Shopping Spree Mission. We are very serious about this. We plan for weeks and weeks in advance. She is however very understanding of the fact that the only thing worthy of tearing me away from my mission is Disney World itself! She is a Disney nut herself.-OT
Then well head to DTD to pick up my DDE card on the way to the POP. If our room is not ready when we check-in, well put our bags in storage after grabbing our suits from the carry-on and then head over to the Hippy-Dippy Pool. Once our room is ready we will head up to the room and unload our things, hopefully there will be time to nap after we shower. But probably not.
4pm - take the car to Hoop Dee Doo Revue look around the resort until the show begins.
7pm-ish Okay now that Hoop Dee Doo is over here is where the wishful thinking begins
..Drive over to MK for Wishes and Spectro Magic. Then go back to the resort and pass out!!!
DOH!
OKAY, OKAY I know this isnt very realistic of me to throw that on the end. And I am pretty sure we probably wont get to do that last bit. But I can dream. If it were just Ron and I, then sure, no problem we would definitely do it. However in this case it will ALL depend on Leons disposition.
OT-In the last few weeks we have gotten back a diagnosis of ADHD for Leon, since then I have been doing a ton of reading and crying (lets not forget the crying
) while researching this disorder. We want medication to be our very last resort, but it MAY be inevitable. But in the meantime we have him in therapy to manage his anger and frustration. And we are working closely with him and his camp counselors (and eventually his teachers, come September) to help him learn to control his impulses and hyperactivity. Right now we are all in the learning stages, so we are still having some issues. On his good days he can keep himself controlled WITH reminders throughout the days to do so, but at some point he just cant take it anymore and he needs to just let it all out. Thats where the after camp/school tantrums, fits and just all around bad behavior comes in. He becomes uncontrollable and inconsolable its exhausting!! So in the case of Disney we have 133 more days (or just 20 more Fridays) to learn how to help him keep in control longer, so we all get to enjoy ourselves for longer periods of time. -OT
So in reality we most likely will not see Spectro Magic on Day 1, which may mean we miss it all together since on the other nights that they offer it during our stay dont really fit into our schedule. Except maybe on Day 2, but I have my reasons for not wanting to do it that night, which I will go into then.
I'm sure it'll be amazing whatever it is. With lots of Disney magic and pixie dust, nothing will get in your way-not even poop, poop and more poop! 
Little did he know what he was in for!
So far so good. Your first day sounds full of fun and excitement. Can't wait to hear about day 2!!!
Hey!
to be at Disney to sleep past 7am or Leon will wake up at 6am 
because no matter what time he goes to bed he still wakes up before 7am and always needs mommy to get up with him. Since we are having a late brunch at Chef Mickey’s reserved for 11:20am, I plan to have a light breakfast in the room.
"We had a little problem with Danielle today", she said. "We were working on a craft project - and she apparently was having some difficulty with it - and shouted out 'Oh, s**t!!'"
Then later that week, on his way to time out for some offense, he said "You're really pi**ing me off!" 
