Smidgy and the Grump, Freaky Friday, 11-06
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YAY, you're back!
You know I'll be along for the ride for anything you write. Just make sure to leave a forwarding address.
Unfortunately, that address is still here in Carpentersville. But at least we now have a shipload full of pictures of Vista Del Lago. Some day, soon I hope.
Great, you have no idea how jealous I am that you can bring some newbies.
Welcome home! I hope this doesn't mean the new report won't be a happy one. I've noticed the cutbacks, but for the most part I haven't been to let down. Cleanliness though needs to go back to the previous standards!
Ok I know you're not really asking but, a blog is similar to this, except that it's all mine. So I can pretty much say what I want without the mods kicking me off the boards --not that I would ever think or say anything like that
The big thing is that I can use it for work stuff as well as personal (I'm a TA specialing in......Disney vacationsand I am not affiliated with the agency that is owned by the owners of the DIS) Tweeting is like texting, short sweet and to the point. I mainly use it for news updates.
Can't wait for the final chapter(s) of this report and the new one
Thanks Chelly, would you believe we once bought an IBM PCjr. when they first came out, got pretty good at commanding DOS, and Diane even experimented in programming a bit in Basic. Now I'm an idiot when it comes to this stuff, I don't even have my own cell phone.
Uh huh, and I see you're taking a page or two on the same subjects.
Hi Nebo & Smidgy,
We figure you listened to us on the trip before this, so we are going to listen to you on this one...at least on the way down. We'll do 57 (the only way!) to 24 to 75. We'll let you know how we like that compared to "our" route.
Tracy, your best bet is to go right through Atlanta, skip the bypass. It may be hectic but so is the bypass, plus it's shorter. I would still take 65 over 57, it's about 80 miles shorter, speed limit is 70 compared to 65 in Illinois and Indianapolis and Louisville are nothing to go through. The best part is; if you come down 65 there is a bypass around Nashville called the Briley Parkway, we tried it this time and it was much less stressful and quicker.
Nebo and Smidgey -
the weather hasnt changed much here!!Summer never really did arrive - you wouldnt have happened to bring some of it home with you???
Man, I wish somebody had brought some back here before we got there, I have never seen it so humid before, and i have never refilled my mug so much before just to stay alive.
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Funny, I was just thinking about you guys today. Glad you're back and I'd love to hear your take on Disney from this trip! Will we need to pack pixie dust in the Christmas stockings in December?
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Darn it Nebo Now I'm going to have to look outside every bathroom to see if there is a water fountain 
I keep seeing fuzzy cups at Target, have to pick up some of those for my upcoming trip.
Can't wait to hear the rest and the next one, glad you guys had a good time, the cutbacks over the last few years have been very obvious to us being excastmembers, it'll be interesting to see what you observe, you're more tuned in to a lot of stuff than I am, I get a little sensory overload.
I keep seeing fuzzy cups at Target, have to pick up some of those for my upcoming trip.
Can't wait to hear the rest and the next one, glad you guys had a good time, the cutbacks over the last few years have been very obvious to us being excastmembers, it'll be interesting to see what you observe, you're more tuned in to a lot of stuff than I am, I get a little sensory overload.
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Ok, we're going to see what happens here. I really want to finish up the report but the puter is gasping right now, I was only able to grab one photo and it was all I could do to get out of Photobucket alive. I'll be shopping for a new one in the next couple of weeks, but in the meantime it's gonna kill me not to be able to post the last pics.
True conversation at our household yesterday:
"So, how'd it go?" Smidgy asked.
"Not too bad, was able to figure it out, no thanks to you."
"You didn't use all the ground beef, did you?"
"Nope," I replied, "I used just the exact amount I was supposed to use, followed the instructions to a tee."
"So, how did you measure out the right amount of ground beef from the package?"
Man, she just wouldn't let up, even though this was my first foray into making hamburger helper, I was a machinist for 35 years.
"It was simple my dear Smidgy".
" The ground beef came in a 3.27 pound package, I made two boxes of HH in two separate pans so I needed exactly two pounds of beef in one pound increments."
"Using my tape measure, I divided the package into thirds, now, since the thirds would still be too much, I moved over the line for the last third by a quarter of an inch, creating one large third and two smaller thirds, each of them weighing in at probably exactly one pound each."
"Line?", she asked.
"Yes, line. the one made by my magic marker to divide the package, I had to mark it out somehow didn't I?"
"You used a magic marker on ground beef?"
"Course not, it was ground chuck."
"Hey, those Sharpies will write on anything."
And yes, both pans came out very well, thank you.
It's Thursday, our last full day of the trip and a MK early entry day.
ANd we are going to get a little silly today.
It's like this;
First, even though we have been unable to extend the trip, all rooms are booked or are now outragously priced because of upcoming President's Week, we still had hopes of doing so a few days ago and added one more day to the park tickets, just in case we got lucky and if you do that, it must be done while you still have days left.
We also decided that for once we don't have to hit the road first thing in the morning, if we can't get a room how about we use the extra day to go to AK Friday morning, then leave for home straight from the park.
This was a good plan, and meant that I don't have to be all depressed today, Thursday at MK.
There was also another reason for my good mood.
Chemicals.
Even though I have been in such pain throughout the trip that would have brought another man to his knees, I have persevered with minimal painkillers.
There comes a point when you get tired of hobbling around saying, "No pain, no gain."
I had a new motto for today.
"No pain, no pain."
I started when we were standing in front of the train station waiting for the brief opening you get for Early Entry.
And it was a glorious day, gonna be 76, not a cloud in the sky.
Diane was happy too. She got to be the wise guru on the bus on the way here. As we were sitting on the bus, we overheard a few kids saying to their mom where they want to go first, Splash Mountain, then Space Mountain. I just rolled my eyes at their ignorance but Diane was out of her seat in a flash all ready to impart her wisdom on them.
"No, no that won't work, Splash doesn't even open yet for another hour, here's what you should do;"
"At the Ice cream plaza, make a right and go to Buzz Lightyear and ride it, then send someone with all your tickets to get fastpasses for Splash Mountain. Now go ride the Raceway if you want to, or go into Fantasyland and ride Winnie the Pooh, Snow White and Peter Pan. If you have time before it turns 9:00 ride It's a Small World, then position yourself at the rope drop and cut through Liberty Square to Frontierland and Ride Big Thunder Mountain RR. Then you should do Splash Mountain, go to Adventureland and Ride Pirates, and by now you can get another fastpass, get one for Jungle Cruise. Go across the path and see Tiki Birds and afterward you'll probably be able to use the Jungle Cruise fastpass now. You can save the Space Mountain fastpasses for anytime of the day.............. and so on.
After a couple minutes of this the mom was taking notes, I was taking pictures of Obi Wan Kesmidgy.
And that's a bit of what we did, rode Buzz, I even beat her this time, a rare event, got fastpasses for Space and then went to the Tomorrowland Raceway.
This is my favorite thing to do on a bright, sunny Magic Kingdom morning.
There was no line yet, and I hopped into the passenger seat.
"Here, you drive," and I handed her the keys.
The vikes were just kicking in and I wanted to be safe, I told her. "Don't want a DUI, you know."
Wow! What a great feeling to have her cart my butt around the track. So this is what Diane feels like on the trips down here.
She got in, we held hands and said a prayer, and we are off!
I immediately made sure the door was locked, propped my pillow up between the door and the seat and told her to wake me when we get to Nashville. And I went to sleep.
About half way through I mumbled, "Kinda chilly in here," and "are you doing ok?" and went back to sleep before she could answer.
We came to a stop near the end, for some reason there's always a backup there, and were suddenly rear ended by the car behind us. We looked around and it was a little kid sitting there by himself, glaring at Smidgy like it was her fault. I'm not sure but I think he might have flipped her off too.
Then we did all the Fantasyland dark rides, hobbled to BTMR at the "real" rope drop and rode it a couple of times with no lines. Then Pirates, Jungle Cruise and now I'm noticing something; It's getting crowded, yep, Predident's Week is right around the corner. Diane then ran back and go us Fastpasses for Splash and we went back to Liberty SQuare for a snack. \
Sleepy Hollow, in particular, to split a funnel cake.
I always get a kick out of this, not because I love funnel cakes that much, but I'm very fond of sitting.
And of course, watching Diane EAT the funnel cake.
I don't know how she does it, but....... Have you ever seen Christmas Story? The part where Ralphie's little brother is having dinner and the mom encourages him to be a "piggy"? That's Smidgy. She cannot eat a funnel cake without all the powdered sugar getting all over her face.
We left then, went back for a short swim and soon were changing to return to the MK.
No, no bird bombers or code browns this time, just water and fun, followed by cocktails. And last day sydrome kinda hit me a bit, I was ready when we left the resort again. I'm still in "no pain, no pain" mode, and was already buzzed by the time the bus pulled up.
Sunny D's, are best enjoyed when they aren't too warm, and of course are easy to smuggle into the Magic Kingdom. And the best way to enjoy them is either on the train, or the Wedway,,,,,, sorry, Tomorrowland Transit Authority, of which we chose the latter on park arrival.
For some reason, even though the park is much more crowded then we have been used to, the TTT is really backed up. Wait, sorry, the TTA. I hate it when I mix up my T and A. (did I just say that out loud?) anyway,
The ramp that goes up to the loading station always reminded me of boarding a cruise ship, but now they are only letting small groups go up at a time. And I wasn't in the mood for lines, at least not for this, don't they care that my Sunny D that I have saved is getting warm?
I saw this little kid standing alone and felt like grabbing him and yelling,
"I HAVE A CHILD!", but thought better of it.
Finally we were on, and all was right with the world. In my world it was more than all right, I knew we were going to be eating soon, and if my little friends are going to help me it would have to be before then. At least this time no drinking fountains were needed, Sunny D..... eince, zwei, drei, Zouffa, or how ever you spell it.
No wait for Casserole of Progress, and we went to see Mickey's Philharmagic.
Diane handed me the 3-D glasses cuz I was too stupid to remember to grab them, and we waited down in front of the theater doors.
With a cast member standing right in front of us.
You are probably asking why I put that in a separate sentence there, and I will tell you.
Because even though the Sunny D's are gone, I still have contraband in my pocket, and I was suddenly hit with the same feeling you got when you came home late at night, kinda drunk and were afraid your parents were going to find out.
And there is no liquour sold in the MK.
Once I realized what I was feeling, instead of being quiet and staid, the opposite thing happened; I didn't care if mom found out.
I put on my glasses, looked around and said to the CM who was looking at me, "Wow, it's like I can almost reach out and touch you! These things are incredible!"
As I picked up my hand Diane slapped it back down, "You be a good boy Steve or it will be time to see the Doctor again."
The CM just laughed.
Wish mom and dad would have had that attitude.
When I am waiting for a 3-D movie, I always place the glasses earspieces around my neck, so they hang down. When we left the theater, that's where they were, of course, so I can see.
At the exit by the glasses return barrel, Diane reminded me to toss in my glasses.
Yep, you got! I almost did.
Reached up, grabbed my glasses, ripped them off my head and almost tossed them,,,,, caught myself just in time, probably because now the barrel had become all blurry.
I casually blew on them, put them back on and tossed in the right ones.
Not sure if Diane bought the routine, but she never said anything about it.
Then it was time to eat, which I wasn't exactly ready to do, but either way it was still time so we went back to Cosmic Ray's.
I just got a hot dog with fries, and we were lucky to get a table right down near the animatronic entertainment.
Later I was told that I embarrassed her.
Thinking about it, I probably did.
You know the guy that tells the jokes and sings, Sunny Eclipse?
The animatronic?
I started heckling him.
Sorry, seemed like the fun thing to do.
"Hey, that supposed to be funny?" "Why did the chicken cross the road on your planet?"
I thought it was funny, I hoped to get other tables joining in but I don't think any did, wonder why.
I have to give him credit, he never once flinched.
As we left I stumbled a bit on the way out and I remember mumbling, "Nebos wobble but they don't fall down," which was followed by a "Oh, brother," from Diane.
Yes, I had suceeded admirably in my goal today of "no pain".
So, what's next after dinner? Of course!, Space Mountain!
"You sure you really want to do this?" she asked.
"Yep, jush point me to me ship." And she walked me through.
She was too smart to ride, so I handed her my glasses just before boarding.
"Cool!"
"It's in 1-D!"
"Steve, just stay in the car, don't try to reach out and explore new worlds."
I was more afraid of my stomach firing the photon torpedoes since I just ate, but all went well.
Since it was now dark, we ended up the night with the Haunted Mansion, followed by using the fastpasses from the morning for Splash, then we watched Wishes, on Main Street.
I guess I lost it a bit during Wishes, just didn't want the trip to end, especially now that the weather had finally warmed up and while it was still going on I had to wipe a tear from my eye. Ok, maybe two.
"Are you crying?"
"Nope, eyes are just sweatin', that's all."
True conversation at our household yesterday:
"So, how'd it go?" Smidgy asked.
"Not too bad, was able to figure it out, no thanks to you."
"You didn't use all the ground beef, did you?"
"Nope," I replied, "I used just the exact amount I was supposed to use, followed the instructions to a tee."
"So, how did you measure out the right amount of ground beef from the package?"
Man, she just wouldn't let up, even though this was my first foray into making hamburger helper, I was a machinist for 35 years.
"It was simple my dear Smidgy".
" The ground beef came in a 3.27 pound package, I made two boxes of HH in two separate pans so I needed exactly two pounds of beef in one pound increments."
"Using my tape measure, I divided the package into thirds, now, since the thirds would still be too much, I moved over the line for the last third by a quarter of an inch, creating one large third and two smaller thirds, each of them weighing in at probably exactly one pound each."
"Line?", she asked.
"Yes, line. the one made by my magic marker to divide the package, I had to mark it out somehow didn't I?"
"You used a magic marker on ground beef?"
"Course not, it was ground chuck."
"Hey, those Sharpies will write on anything."
And yes, both pans came out very well, thank you.
It's Thursday, our last full day of the trip and a MK early entry day.
ANd we are going to get a little silly today.
It's like this;
First, even though we have been unable to extend the trip, all rooms are booked or are now outragously priced because of upcoming President's Week, we still had hopes of doing so a few days ago and added one more day to the park tickets, just in case we got lucky and if you do that, it must be done while you still have days left.
We also decided that for once we don't have to hit the road first thing in the morning, if we can't get a room how about we use the extra day to go to AK Friday morning, then leave for home straight from the park.
This was a good plan, and meant that I don't have to be all depressed today, Thursday at MK.
There was also another reason for my good mood.
Chemicals.
Even though I have been in such pain throughout the trip that would have brought another man to his knees, I have persevered with minimal painkillers.
There comes a point when you get tired of hobbling around saying, "No pain, no gain."
I had a new motto for today.
"No pain, no pain."
I started when we were standing in front of the train station waiting for the brief opening you get for Early Entry.
And it was a glorious day, gonna be 76, not a cloud in the sky.
Diane was happy too. She got to be the wise guru on the bus on the way here. As we were sitting on the bus, we overheard a few kids saying to their mom where they want to go first, Splash Mountain, then Space Mountain. I just rolled my eyes at their ignorance but Diane was out of her seat in a flash all ready to impart her wisdom on them.
"No, no that won't work, Splash doesn't even open yet for another hour, here's what you should do;"
"At the Ice cream plaza, make a right and go to Buzz Lightyear and ride it, then send someone with all your tickets to get fastpasses for Splash Mountain. Now go ride the Raceway if you want to, or go into Fantasyland and ride Winnie the Pooh, Snow White and Peter Pan. If you have time before it turns 9:00 ride It's a Small World, then position yourself at the rope drop and cut through Liberty Square to Frontierland and Ride Big Thunder Mountain RR. Then you should do Splash Mountain, go to Adventureland and Ride Pirates, and by now you can get another fastpass, get one for Jungle Cruise. Go across the path and see Tiki Birds and afterward you'll probably be able to use the Jungle Cruise fastpass now. You can save the Space Mountain fastpasses for anytime of the day.............. and so on.
After a couple minutes of this the mom was taking notes, I was taking pictures of Obi Wan Kesmidgy.
And that's a bit of what we did, rode Buzz, I even beat her this time, a rare event, got fastpasses for Space and then went to the Tomorrowland Raceway.
This is my favorite thing to do on a bright, sunny Magic Kingdom morning.
There was no line yet, and I hopped into the passenger seat.
"Here, you drive," and I handed her the keys.
The vikes were just kicking in and I wanted to be safe, I told her. "Don't want a DUI, you know."
Wow! What a great feeling to have her cart my butt around the track. So this is what Diane feels like on the trips down here.
She got in, we held hands and said a prayer, and we are off!
I immediately made sure the door was locked, propped my pillow up between the door and the seat and told her to wake me when we get to Nashville. And I went to sleep.
About half way through I mumbled, "Kinda chilly in here," and "are you doing ok?" and went back to sleep before she could answer.
We came to a stop near the end, for some reason there's always a backup there, and were suddenly rear ended by the car behind us. We looked around and it was a little kid sitting there by himself, glaring at Smidgy like it was her fault. I'm not sure but I think he might have flipped her off too.
Then we did all the Fantasyland dark rides, hobbled to BTMR at the "real" rope drop and rode it a couple of times with no lines. Then Pirates, Jungle Cruise and now I'm noticing something; It's getting crowded, yep, Predident's Week is right around the corner. Diane then ran back and go us Fastpasses for Splash and we went back to Liberty SQuare for a snack. \
Sleepy Hollow, in particular, to split a funnel cake.
I always get a kick out of this, not because I love funnel cakes that much, but I'm very fond of sitting.
And of course, watching Diane EAT the funnel cake.
I don't know how she does it, but....... Have you ever seen Christmas Story? The part where Ralphie's little brother is having dinner and the mom encourages him to be a "piggy"? That's Smidgy. She cannot eat a funnel cake without all the powdered sugar getting all over her face.
We left then, went back for a short swim and soon were changing to return to the MK.
No, no bird bombers or code browns this time, just water and fun, followed by cocktails. And last day sydrome kinda hit me a bit, I was ready when we left the resort again. I'm still in "no pain, no pain" mode, and was already buzzed by the time the bus pulled up.
Sunny D's, are best enjoyed when they aren't too warm, and of course are easy to smuggle into the Magic Kingdom. And the best way to enjoy them is either on the train, or the Wedway,,,,,, sorry, Tomorrowland Transit Authority, of which we chose the latter on park arrival.
For some reason, even though the park is much more crowded then we have been used to, the TTT is really backed up. Wait, sorry, the TTA. I hate it when I mix up my T and A. (did I just say that out loud?) anyway,
The ramp that goes up to the loading station always reminded me of boarding a cruise ship, but now they are only letting small groups go up at a time. And I wasn't in the mood for lines, at least not for this, don't they care that my Sunny D that I have saved is getting warm?
I saw this little kid standing alone and felt like grabbing him and yelling,
"I HAVE A CHILD!", but thought better of it.
Finally we were on, and all was right with the world. In my world it was more than all right, I knew we were going to be eating soon, and if my little friends are going to help me it would have to be before then. At least this time no drinking fountains were needed, Sunny D..... eince, zwei, drei, Zouffa, or how ever you spell it.
No wait for Casserole of Progress, and we went to see Mickey's Philharmagic.
Diane handed me the 3-D glasses cuz I was too stupid to remember to grab them, and we waited down in front of the theater doors.
With a cast member standing right in front of us.
You are probably asking why I put that in a separate sentence there, and I will tell you.
Because even though the Sunny D's are gone, I still have contraband in my pocket, and I was suddenly hit with the same feeling you got when you came home late at night, kinda drunk and were afraid your parents were going to find out.
And there is no liquour sold in the MK.
Once I realized what I was feeling, instead of being quiet and staid, the opposite thing happened; I didn't care if mom found out.
I put on my glasses, looked around and said to the CM who was looking at me, "Wow, it's like I can almost reach out and touch you! These things are incredible!"
As I picked up my hand Diane slapped it back down, "You be a good boy Steve or it will be time to see the Doctor again."
The CM just laughed.
Wish mom and dad would have had that attitude.
When I am waiting for a 3-D movie, I always place the glasses earspieces around my neck, so they hang down. When we left the theater, that's where they were, of course, so I can see.
At the exit by the glasses return barrel, Diane reminded me to toss in my glasses.
Yep, you got! I almost did.
Reached up, grabbed my glasses, ripped them off my head and almost tossed them,,,,, caught myself just in time, probably because now the barrel had become all blurry.
I casually blew on them, put them back on and tossed in the right ones.
Not sure if Diane bought the routine, but she never said anything about it.
Then it was time to eat, which I wasn't exactly ready to do, but either way it was still time so we went back to Cosmic Ray's.
I just got a hot dog with fries, and we were lucky to get a table right down near the animatronic entertainment.
Later I was told that I embarrassed her.
Thinking about it, I probably did.
You know the guy that tells the jokes and sings, Sunny Eclipse?
The animatronic?
I started heckling him.
Sorry, seemed like the fun thing to do.
"Hey, that supposed to be funny?" "Why did the chicken cross the road on your planet?"
I thought it was funny, I hoped to get other tables joining in but I don't think any did, wonder why.
I have to give him credit, he never once flinched.
As we left I stumbled a bit on the way out and I remember mumbling, "Nebos wobble but they don't fall down," which was followed by a "Oh, brother," from Diane.
Yes, I had suceeded admirably in my goal today of "no pain".
So, what's next after dinner? Of course!, Space Mountain!
"You sure you really want to do this?" she asked.
"Yep, jush point me to me ship." And she walked me through.
She was too smart to ride, so I handed her my glasses just before boarding.
"Cool!"
"It's in 1-D!"
"Steve, just stay in the car, don't try to reach out and explore new worlds."
I was more afraid of my stomach firing the photon torpedoes since I just ate, but all went well.
Since it was now dark, we ended up the night with the Haunted Mansion, followed by using the fastpasses from the morning for Splash, then we watched Wishes, on Main Street.
I guess I lost it a bit during Wishes, just didn't want the trip to end, especially now that the weather had finally warmed up and while it was still going on I had to wipe a tear from my eye. Ok, maybe two.
"Are you crying?"
"Nope, eyes are just sweatin', that's all."
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Tell me why you made so much Helper at one time? My dd loves it; lots of Helper around here. Her favorite is tuna helper with broccoli added. I can't even imagine the smell when she takes it to school and removes the lid of the thermos.
You old softie--sweaty eyes indeed!
You old softie--sweaty eyes indeed!
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Nebo,
I love, love and love reading your reports. You are so real.
I always think I am going to do a TR , but never do it...
Enjoyed your ending -
Your eyes were sweatin' - that happens to so many of us.
I love, love and love reading your reports. You are so real.
I always think I am going to do a TR , but never do it...
Enjoyed your ending -
Your eyes were sweatin' - that happens to so many of us.
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That's just what my dad would do, he's an electrical enginer.
You should see my sisters eat one.
AWWWW.
nebo
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Ok, I have done it now. I posted all my observations in a different thread so folks that want to know might take a look at it. let's see if I can figure out how to insert a hyperlink here, it's been a while.
http://disboards.com/showthread.php?p=33552015#post33552015
I wouldn't waste too much time to check it out. It's bound to rile someone up and start an arguement resulting in it getting shut down.
By the way for those clicking on "last page", the real report is on page 42, I thought it was a fun chapter.
http://disboards.com/showthread.php?p=33552015#post33552015
I wouldn't waste too much time to check it out. It's bound to rile someone up and start an arguement resulting in it getting shut down.
By the way for those clicking on "last page", the real report is on page 42, I thought it was a fun chapter.
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Diane should have her own comedy routine. I'm not sure which of you is the straight man.
smidgy
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ok. you KNOW, no matter how often you wash your hands, you are going to drag your hands along the rails in the lines. and, you KNOW, every country in the WORLD is represented at WDW. wednesday night.. all packed,gotta go the next AM. nebo sleeping, Smidgy watching Soap net......ok, WHY? is DUmbo sitting on my chest all of a sudden?.. sigh! at least this "cold" waited till the trip was over!
nebo.. bless his heart, does ALL the driving.(I get freaked out if the INdy speedway goes over 5 MPH!) so, 2 days of driving coming up, in a little enclosed space, with tons of smoke. and all my colds turn into Bronchial messes. obviously, I'm NOT going to ask Nebo to NOT smoke! unless I want to drive home (and get us killed). he opened the window to smoke, and I looked like the prverbial dog, hanging his face out the window. (ok, not really )
so, we planned the trip with the MAX amount of days. we can get home on friday aft. about noon or one, and I can be at the restaurant at 4. no problem.
I'll just shower and be bright eyed and bushy tailed at work at 4! work fri night, sat. day is our grandaughter's first birthday party at a park at !pm sat., then I'll go straight from there to work sat night, until about 12, then work all day sunday.
would have been fine.. if not for the "cold from hell", then.. the call from the VFW, can you fill in 2-3 nights this week? regular bartender is sick. so worked day and night all week.
babysitting all the rest of this weekend, after working, and maybe have to fill in this week. how can i turn it down? after spending money on the trip?. then... grandson Jackson was supposed to come next weekend, but he is here this weekend instead. Grandma Smidgy! wake up! aren't you going to play with me?......
...
who lives in the Pineapple under the Sea? ... SpongEBob Sqaure Pants! (oops , universal plug there!)
tomorrow we are babysitting for Kaylee for 2 nights (our grandaughter). maybe next week I will start missing Florida.
the trouble is.... we try to drag out the trips as long as possible....but there is ALWAYS the PIPER to PAY. (for some of us, anyway)
would I go back and give up those last couple days??? my dad (when I was a kid) always liked to end up our vacations a day early...give him a day to "settle in" before going back to work...... NAH! I'll always drag it out as long as I can!!! silly me.
I have a lot of Scarlet O'Hara in me... " I can't think about that right now...I'll think about that tomorrow"!
that could be a WHOLE 'NOTHER thread, actually. quantity vs. quality..
would you add a day onto your trip, if it meant going RIGHT back to work (like, in my case the same day?). I chose, SAME day.....
didn't know I would get the "chest cold" from hell, AND didn't know I would get asked to "sub the very same week" (which, I COULD have turned down, but who can turn down extra money after just spending $ on a vacation?)... and they might need me next week as well!.. here's hoping... um.. maybe hoping...hmmm... well, I'm NOT going to turn it down... sigh.
nebo.. bless his heart, does ALL the driving.(I get freaked out if the INdy speedway goes over 5 MPH!
) so, 2 days of driving coming up, in a little enclosed space, with tons of smoke. and all my colds turn into Bronchial messes. obviously, I'm NOT going to ask Nebo to NOT smoke! unless I want to drive home (and get us killed). he opened the window to smoke, and I looked like the prverbial dog, hanging his face out the window. (ok, not really ) so, we planned the trip with the MAX amount of days. we can get home on friday aft. about noon or one, and I can be at the restaurant at 4. no problem.
I'll just shower and be bright eyed and bushy tailed at work at 4! work fri night, sat. day is our grandaughter's first birthday party at a park at !pm sat., then I'll go straight from there to work sat night, until about 12, then work all day sunday.
would have been fine.. if not for the "cold from hell", then.. the call from the VFW, can you fill in 2-3 nights this week? regular bartender is sick. so worked day and night all week.
babysitting all the rest of this weekend, after working, and maybe have to fill in this week. how can i turn it down? after spending money on the trip?. then... grandson Jackson was supposed to come next weekend, but he is here this weekend instead. Grandma Smidgy! wake up! aren't you going to play with me?......
...
who lives in the Pineapple under the Sea? ... SpongEBob Sqaure Pants! (oops , universal plug there!)
tomorrow we are babysitting for Kaylee for 2 nights (our grandaughter). maybe next week I will start missing Florida.
the trouble is.... we try to drag out the trips as long as possible....but there is ALWAYS the PIPER to PAY. (for some of us, anyway)
would I go back and give up those last couple days??? my dad (when I was a kid) always liked to end up our vacations a day early...give him a day to "settle in" before going back to work...... NAH! I'll always drag it out as long as I can!!! silly me.
I have a lot of Scarlet O'Hara in me... " I can't think about that right now...I'll think about that tomorrow"!
that could be a WHOLE 'NOTHER thread, actually. quantity vs. quality..
would you add a day onto your trip, if it meant going RIGHT back to work (like, in my case the same day?). I chose, SAME day.....
didn't know I would get the "chest cold" from hell, AND didn't know I would get asked to "sub the very same week" (which, I COULD have turned down, but who can turn down extra money after just spending $ on a vacation?)... and they might need me next week as well!.. here's hoping... um.. maybe hoping...hmmm... well, I'm NOT going to turn it down... sigh.
smidgy
dimples
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murhpy's law... why is it, when you agree to be a "sub"... they NEVER call you when you are are doing NOTHING. they always call you when your calendar is full and you are sick (even though you are the most healthy person you know and almost never get sick?). if you turn them down, you KNOW they'll never ask you again,.
I could ... right now... be a substitute teacher.... but I KNOW they would only call me at 5 AM on BLIZZARD days!!!! .. (this is why we need to live in Florida.. Smidgy doesn't drive in snow)
but. ten to one, I will be working day and night this next week. but... every extra day working means another $ towards Disney! or moving to Florida.
I could ... right now... be a substitute teacher.... but I KNOW they would only call me at 5 AM on BLIZZARD days!!!! .. (this is why we need to live in Florida.. Smidgy doesn't drive in snow)
but. ten to one, I will be working day and night this next week. but... every extra day working means another $ towards Disney! or moving to Florida.
jcc0621
DIS Legend
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Hi Nebo and Smidgy: I've been back from DIsney about 3 weeks, but am just catching up now. It was the trip from hell. I wound up in the ER with severe sinusitus and dehydration. I also have something called Iritis...an inflammation of the eyes that prevents your pupils from sialating (Nebo, I have a newfound respect for you and your eyes
). I am on so many steroids right now, I should be hitting 300 for the Phillies in about a week.
Loved the TR as usual. Can't wait until the next one...there is going to be a next one...tighy??????
Love you guys!
). I am on so many steroids right now, I should be hitting 300 for the Phillies in about a week. Loved the TR as usual. Can't wait until the next one...there is going to be a next one...tighy??????
Love you guys!
ChelleinNC
Say "Hi" to Art the Greeter for me!
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ok. you KNOW, no matter how often you wash your hands, you are going to drag your hands along the rails in the lines. and, you KNOW, every country in the WORLD is represented at WDW. wednesday night.. all packed,gotta go the next AM. nebo sleeping, Smidgy watching Soap net......ok, WHY? is DUmbo sitting on my chest all of a sudden?.. sigh! at least this "cold" waited till the trip was over!
nebo.. bless his heart, does ALL the driving.(I get freaked out if the INdy speedway goes over 5 MPH!
so, we planned the trip with the MAX amount of days. we can get home on friday aft. about noon or one, and I can be at the restaurant at 4. no problem.
I'll just shower and be bright eyed and bushy tailed at work at 4! work fri night, sat. day is our grandaughter's first birthday party at a park at !pm sat., then I'll go straight from there to work sat night, until about 12, then work all day sunday.
would have been fine.. if not for the "cold from hell", then.. the call from the VFW, can you fill in 2-3 nights this week? regular bartender is sick. so worked day and night all week.
babysitting all the rest of this weekend, after working, and maybe have to fill in this week. how can i turn it down? after spending money on the trip?. then... grandson Jackson was supposed to come next weekend, but he is here this weekend instead. Grandma Smidgy! wake up! aren't you going to play with me?......
...
who lives in the Pineapple under the Sea? ... SpongEBob Sqaure Pants! (oops , universal plug there!)
tomorrow we are babysitting for Kaylee for 2 nights (our grandaughter). maybe next week I will start missing Florida.
the trouble is.... we try to drag out the trips as long as possible....but there is ALWAYS the PIPER to PAY. (for some of us, anyway)
would I go back and give up those last couple days??? my dad (when I was a kid) always liked to end up our vacations a day early...give him a day to "settle in" before going back to work...... NAH! I'll always drag it out as long as I can!!! silly me.
I have a lot of Scarlet O'Hara in me... " I can't think about that right now...I'll think about that tomorrow"!
that could be a WHOLE 'NOTHER thread, actually. quantity vs. quality..
would you add a day onto your trip, if it meant going RIGHT back to work (like, in my case the same day?). I chose, SAME day.....
didn't know I would get the "chest cold" from hell, AND didn't know I would get asked to "sub the very same week" (which, I COULD have turned down, but who can turn down extra money after just spending $ on a vacation?)... and they might need me next week as well!.. here's hoping... um.. maybe hoping...hmmm... well, I'm NOT going to turn it down... sigh.
I hope you fill better soon!
Hi Nebo and Smidgy: I've been back from DIsney about 3 weeks, but am just catching up now. It was the trip from hell. I wound up in the ER with severe sinusitus and dehydration. I also have something called Iritis...an inflammation of the eyes that prevents your pupils from sialating (Nebo, I have a newfound respect for you and your eyes
Loved the TR as usual. Can't wait until the next one...there is going to be a next one...tighy??????
Iritis is awful!!! My sister has had it twice and I've seen how bad it can be. You get extra hugs
Love you guys!
LadyMar
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Nebo Quote:
I saw this little kid standing alone and felt like grabbing him and yelling,
"I HAVE A CHILD!", but thought better of it.
Diane handed me the 3-D glasses cuz I was too stupid to remember to grab them, and we waited down in front of the theater doors.
I love, love, reading your reports too. I never fail to laugh out loud.
too stupid so plainly put, a riot. ha
I saw this little kid standing alone and felt like grabbing him and yelling,
"I HAVE A CHILD!", but thought better of it.
Diane handed me the 3-D glasses cuz I was too stupid to remember to grab them, and we waited down in front of the theater doors.
I love, love, reading your reports too. I never fail to laugh out loud.
too stupid so plainly put, a riot. ha
nebo
<font color=red>sharkbait<br><font color=teal>Uh o
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Boy, I'll tell you, there's nothing like a screwed up computer to knock the trip reporting right out of you. I just gave up for awhile, just too disgusted to do much about it again, but I have it running, albeit very slowly, once again.
I realize when you drag something out this long, folks lose interest and I don't blame them. I was even all set to go buy a new computer, but I found out that the new operating system, Windows 7 comes out late October, and the last thing I feel like doing with a new computer is changing the OS, even if the computer comes with a free upgrade. So I'm kinda stuck for a few more weeks with this piece of crap.
I also have to admit that I've undergone another of my dreaded "post Disney depression" episodes, I just hate it when I don't even have a trip planned, or can realistically see one in the near future. This weird disability/retirement thing has something to do with that too, I"m sure. It's not like I planned to retire, far from it. It seems the only difference now is that I don't have to set the alarm when I go to bed at night.
But if you'd still like, I only have one chapter left to this trip, and it appears I can still write and post it, I just can't get the pictures out of P-Bucket, and I'll catch up on some call outs.
Post Disneyparting depression, yep.
Hey, did you see they brought back the buy 4 get 3 free?
Mbwahahahahhah!!!!
I realize when you drag something out this long, folks lose interest and I don't blame them. I was even all set to go buy a new computer, but I found out that the new operating system, Windows 7 comes out late October, and the last thing I feel like doing with a new computer is changing the OS, even if the computer comes with a free upgrade. So I'm kinda stuck for a few more weeks with this piece of crap.
I also have to admit that I've undergone another of my dreaded "post Disney depression" episodes, I just hate it when I don't even have a trip planned, or can realistically see one in the near future. This weird disability/retirement thing has something to do with that too, I"m sure. It's not like I planned to retire, far from it. It seems the only difference now is that I don't have to set the alarm when I go to bed at night.
But if you'd still like, I only have one chapter left to this trip, and it appears I can still write and post it, I just can't get the pictures out of P-Bucket, and I'll catch up on some call outs.
Post Disneyparting depression, yep.
Hey, did you see they brought back the buy 4 get 3 free?
Mbwahahahahhah!!!!
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