Something About Nothing..........# 10

[Lynne G]

planned another trip and just booked air for it.


i shouldn't sit up and be on the internet late at night/early morning.

So where??? Inquiring minds want to know!

Hope you are doing well Mac.

I keep checking airfare to see if I can get lower rates. Nope, not yet.

Wahoo to all you fall travelers. That may be me some day. Have to get 2 through college first.


Congrats to the new baby girl born in July! A toddler and baby is a great excuse to travel. What a fun holiday season you will have this year.

Off to get my much delayed cup of

 

[tink1957]

Hi homies

I can't believe it's only 3 weeks till our trip

I still haven't booked our airport transfers... or bought ROF passes...I guess I'd better get a move on.

I want to wish a belated to Metro, Tom(Mr Schumigirl), goofyfigment and all the other August babies I may have missed. Work has been kicking my butt this month as several people have left their positions and guess who gets to pick up the slack.


I need this vacation really bad...can't wait to meet up with my homies and have some fun

Yes, Mac inquiring minds want to know...where are you going?

 

[keishashadow]

planned another trip and just booked air for it.


i shouldn't sit up and be on the internet late at night/early morning.

hehe you go girl

Woohoo. Blessed with another baby girl on 07/29!!! Still in a sleep deprived fog but loving every minute. Running after a 22 month old with a newborn deserves a vacay!!

Trying to fit a trip in before I have to go back to work. It's hard to justify the finances tho with a decreased paycheck. Le sigh.

It's a catch 22. I finally have the time, but low on cash. Ha ha. #Murphy'sLaw

or a nanny jk congratulations!!!!!!! hat's off to you.

I spread my spawn out...

they still managed to find their way home...

ta-dump, it's hump day

party was a success, full of sugar-amped kids & ex-in laws; no wonder I got sick as a dog next day. Just starting to keep food down, better sick now that in a month.

 

[macraven]

Woohoo. Blessed with another baby girl on 07/29!!! Still in a sleep deprived fog but loving every minute. Running after a 22 month old with a newborn deserves a vacay!!

Trying to fit a trip in before I have to go back to work. It's hard to justify the finances tho with a decreased paycheck. Le sigh.

It's a catch 22. I finally have the time, but low on cash. Ha ha. #Murphy'sLaw

congrats mom!

a brand new homie for us to name.

let's call her junior.
no??

plan another trip.
no matter which park you hit, the girls will be free.
under age 3 clause....

sleep is highly over rated.
i didn't sleep when my boys were littles.
i didn't sleep when they were teens.

now i have a horrible habit of not sleeping during the night.

i blame the sons.........

 

[macraven]

So where??? Inquiring minds want to know!

Hope you are doing well Mac.

I keep checking airfare to see if I can get lower rates. Nope, not yet.

Wahoo to all you fall travelers. That may be me some day. Have to get 2 through college first.


Congrats to the new baby girl born in July! A toddler and baby is a great excuse to travel. What a fun holiday season you will have this year.

Off to get my much delayed cup of

in the dead of winter to the motherland and the darkside.
one of my sons, the one that i like the best as of today, asked me if he could go with me to orlando.
he couldn't get off work for 9/30 flight and was so sad.....

then he asked if would i go with him on a different date.
i told him of course.
it's not everyday your kid wants to spend time with you and do a vacation together!

last week he said either january 3rd or the friday after mlk day he could go and be off work.
shoot.

i have always sworn i would never get on a plane in dec, jan or feb again as long as i lived.
weather is iffy where i am and i want HOT weather in orlando when i go...


i booked rooms at both places 5 or so days ago.
finally booked the flight at 1:30 am this morning.

i always prefer to use UA or AA but their prices were crazy high.
our return date is the killer.
$657 one way on UA........(only first class seats available for our date)
departure date was $330...
nixed that immediately.

i always book my air for my long fall trip 7-8 months out.
prices can drop 3 weeks out from my trips but not a guarentee that i get the flight i need.
i prefer early morning, first flight out and last flight evening period in returning home.

i'm doing a trip to the east coast end of april and will start searching around Tday time for that flight.

when is your next trip that you need air for?
darkside???

i always keep checking fares on different airlines up to the week before my trips.
i either cringe or smile based on what i find.
the past 3 years i noticed that if the flight isn't at a great time, rates really drop low 2-3 weeks out.

hope you find a flight and rate that is good.

Hi homies

I can't believe it's only 3 weeks till our trip

I still haven't booked our airport transfers... or bought ROF passes...I guess I'd better get a move on.

I want to wish a belated to Metro, Tom(Mr Schumigirl), goofyfigment and all the other August babies I may have missed. Work has been kicking my butt this month as several people have left their positions and guess who gets to pick up the slack.


I need this vacation really bad...can't wait to meet up with my homies and have some fun

Yes, Mac inquiring minds want to know...where are you going?

i'm going home two months and 2 weeks after i have returned from the october trip.

i am excited for the trip coming up later this month.
you do have me penciled in your meet up book, right.....?

the rof passes won't sell out.
i know you would prefer to have that all set up before you get to the darkside.
you probably won't have any issues in getting your transfers set up days out from your trip.
it seems like there are always available.

you will so love being on vacation!
a great change of pace from being at work and busy all the time.

you'll be busy at the darkside but a fun type of busy...

 

[macraven]

hehe you go girl


or a nanny jk congratulations!!!!!!! hat's off to you.

I spread my spawn out...

they still managed to find their way home...

ta-dump, it's hump day

party was a success, full of sugar-amped kids & ex-in laws; no wonder I got sick as a dog next day. Just starting to keep food down, better sick now that in a month.

you are a much better person than i am.
it's been so long since i have seen my ex inlaws, i wouldn't know what they looked like now.


oh, i forgot it was hump day.
bring your camel next week here so i'll remember wednesday..........

tell us who won the bean bag toss game at the party!
i'm hopping it was you.
well, first i hoped it was your dgd and then you in second place.
littles love to win games...

not good you are sick.
hope you feel better real soon.
stay away from people until your trip begins...
you don't want to catch any bad cooties from peeps.



btw, homies......
if you need info on AT or SW and need it at that moment, janet/keisha is not up reading her emails after midnight. she's the shell answer man for sw/at

so i had to call the sw agent for the answer to my question........

 

[Lynne G]

Hi Mac! Still up, but fading fast.

Already booked and paid for airfare that will take us to and from our holiday family adventure. I have never vacationed over the holidays, so it will be a shock to me to be in FLA when it is not hot, hot, hot. It's the only time Mr. G was willing to travel with us. I am readying myself for the crowds and traffic. Since I renewed my AP, the Darkside may be on the agenda. However, I am getting my money's worth out of our Super Grover passes before they expire at the end of the year.

Hoping I remember some of the good, but not tourist, places to eat. Metro said some, I just have to remember. The Mr. is not fond of crowds and it is a good thing DCL is allowing jeans in the MDRs.

And Mac, my teen actually said this on our last day at DLR. "Mom, I think we may be done with Disney." He still wants to cruise with DCL though, with a visit to USO. Gotta love both my kids are thrill seekers and do not get motion sickness.

Hope you are having a good night. You are such a good momma homie! I hope my kids want to travel with them when they are grown up homies.

 

[macraven]

thanx homie lynne.

i am excited to do this trip with son.
he is so easy going.

i'm such a good mom, i'm making adrs for the motherland and included espn club for him as a surprise.
i don't like the looks of the food there but can always get a burger or dessert.

for the darkside, i booked the king suite.
i'm going to have him take the bedroom and i'll take the pull out couch in the other room.
in the late evening, he can have his sports channels on the entire night.
i won't hear a thing with the door closed.

i don't watch the sports commentary networks.............


do a search on this thread to find the off site restaurants that metro listed.
that's the easiest way to find them.

which holiday will you be doing florida?
will you be staying long or visiting relatives?

i have relatives in flagler beach and tampa.
they are always begging me to let them know when i will be in orlando so they can come up and spend time with me in the parks.

i did that twice so far in the past.
now i call them on my last day in town..............i'm bad......

that is great that Mr G will be on the trip with the rest of youse.
Mr Mac won't step foot in florida.
well, he would if we went to the everglades.

i'm sure you are catching zzzzzzz's now.
i'm more than likely talking to myself here........

 

[Lynne G]

Morning Mac.
Yep, I am not a late bird, so this is a delayed response.
It's the Christmas holiday. We'll be based in Orlando for almost 10 days. I don't mind the drive to Tampa to get to BGT and maybe that waterpark there. No relatives to visit, just fun. I have never seen the parks decorated for anything, as we generally go at the end of August. So, I am curious to see the parks when all the decoration is about. Depending on the crowd and traffic levels, this may be a one and only time holiday trip.

I too have eaten at ESPN. Teen has been fond of watching sports for quite awhile, and bar food tends to be decent, and decently priced. I can usually find something to eat at ESPN. When all else fails, appetizers make good meals.

Happy Thursday all! It's a watching for the week-end day.

 

[Kogo Shuko]

I'm getting very excited over here! I only have two weeks left of waiting!

For the first half of vacation, I'll be in Sanibel, but then we're staying at Vistana for the majority of the second half of the vacation.

Hope to run into a few people if I can!

Was hoping to be able to go to the beach up here this weekend, but they're calling for rain.

 

[schumigirl]

mac.......that trip with your son sounds like a lot of fun We love the fact our boy still wants to travel to the States with us and we cherish that a lot. I`ll bet you`ll both have an amazing time together

I discovered 2 weeks ago I have a relative in Tampa I had no idea she lived there and has done for about 20 years. Guess we are not too close

7 more sleeps till we fly



Janet......hope you feel better soon but glad the little ones party went well

Vicki........we`ll be meeting up soon

Kogo.........hope we`re someone you`ll run into over there

goNDmay9.........congrats on the new bubba.........glad it all went well and definitely get a trip planned


Trying to decide what to do on the first Saturday of our trip. We are not starting the parks till Sunday, so we can either drive to St Pete`s in the afternoon and watch the sunset have dinner and drive home. We have done this before and always enjoy it but someone said traffic down that way at the weekend is not fun. We normally have a drive to St Pete`s/Clearwater midweek so not sure if this info is correct.

Or we could look to hire a cabana at RPR for the day and just have a day poolside. Not sure about this as we never usually spend a whole day by the pool.......worried we may get a bit bored.

Nice decision to have though

Hope everyone`s good

 

[macraven]

schumi, eat, drink, relax on arrival day............!!!

break out the suntan lotion.

 

[schumigirl]

schumi, eat, drink, relax on arrival day............!!!

break out the suntan lotion.

Sounds good

We arrive next Thursday (yay).....get to hotel around 5/6pm try to stay awake till around 9/10pm.
We`ll have been awake for about 22 hours by that time. Jake`s or Bula Bar for dinner, then hopefully a fantastic sleep and not wake too early next morning Trying to adjust to time difference is easier this side of the trip than going home.....that is hard sometimes.



Just been out for dinner as it`s our 21st wedding anniversary today

Had a lovely Chinese meal so I`m very full now.....no room for dessert but food was so good.

Hairdresser tomorrow.....trip getting so close

 

[goofyfigment]

I had the mini grilled cheese and tomato soup at Jakes and it was soooo good!

 

[keishashadow]

carole - Happy Anniversary!

mac - lol my GD babysitting gig is now starting a half hour earlier many nights I'm snoring by 11 pm, other nights can't sleep a wink. sorry I dropped 'da SWA ball. I can't remember the last time I booked another airline. Would u believe I didn't get a chance to play with the minions? tots are brutal.

So many are starting to head on down to the darkside. I'm still marveling @ the cabana @ PBH for $75 peaches found!

got my 1st pin code and it came from Universal of all things. Saved me nearly $100 for my 3 nights stay vs my AP rate.

 

[Kogo Shuko]

Schumi - Will you be online during your trip so we can coordinate meeting up? It looks like we'll be at HHN on the same night. We can meet up at some point. I've got an EP, but I've no issue hanging out for a bit.

 

[macraven]

Sounds good

We arrive next Thursday (yay).....get to hotel around 5/6pm try to stay awake till around 9/10pm.
We`ll have been awake for about 22 hours by that time. Jake`s or Bula Bar for dinner, then hopefully a fantastic sleep and not wake too early next morning Trying to adjust to time difference is easier this side of the trip than going home.....that is hard sometimes.



Just been out for dinner as it`s our 21st wedding anniversary today

Had a lovely Chinese meal so I`m very full now.....no room for dessert but food was so good.

Hairdresser tomorrow.....trip getting so close

i swear, this post came out of the twilight zone.
can not believe i missed it...

anyhoo, happy belated anniversary!!
21 years is fantastic, especially since you still are very much in
tell tom i send my best happy thoughts to him also!

you can never go wrong with chinese food.
yum


your trip is just around the corner..

carole - Happy Anniversary!

mac - lol my GD babysitting gig is now starting a half hour earlier many nights I'm snoring by 11 pm, other nights can't sleep a wink. sorry I dropped 'da SWA ball. I can't remember the last time I booked another airline. Would u believe I didn't get a chance to play with the minions? tots are brutal.

So many are starting to head on down to the darkside. I'm still marveling @ the cabana @ PBH for $75 peaches found!

got my 1st pin code and it came from Universal of all things. Saved me nearly $100 for my 3 nights stay vs my AP rate.

and i missed this post also!
i've been in the basement too long..............

congrats on the pin!
don't you love it when you get money off on the room.
makes you feel like spending more money on other things then.


your dgd will go throught the stage of not being wide awake in the morning when she starts school.
i think it is written in some book that they get up real early before the sun rises from ages 2-4, and then slack off and become sleepyheads the day school begins for them.

well, it did in my household.

 

[keishashadow]

I did afternoon preschool/kindergarten for my kids, DIL took my advice

GD is raring to go before 5:30 am it's me who is dragging her heels until i'm caffeine fortified

 

[schumigirl]

Schumi - Will you be online during your trip so we can coordinate meeting up? It looks like we'll be at HHN on the same night. We can meet up at some point. I've got an EP, but I've no issue hanging out for a bit.

Yep......I`ll borrow DS laptop and have a peek on here whilst we`re there........Would love to meet up. Not sure what we`re doing about EP this year, as we`re doing 4 nights we may not bother, but yeah it`d be great to meet up even for a bit
Think that`s the same night Vicki is going (Tink1957) we`re meeting up too

i swear, this post came out of the twilight zone.
can not believe i missed it...

anyhoo, happy belated anniversary!!
21 years is fantastic, especially since you still are very much in
tell tom i send my best happy thoughts to him also!

you can never go wrong with chinese food.
yum


your trip is just around the corner..


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LOL......Twilight Zone.......that made me giggle.......Thank you Will pass on good wishes.......he deserves a medal putting up with me all these years..........there`s a reason he`s practically bald

Yep......just around the corner..........so excited........I`m even considering getting Tom to bring the suitcases out tomorrow instead of waiting till Tuesday night


5 sleeps till we fly including overnight at airport

 

[RAPstar]

Yesterday was a verrrrrrry long day. Left for work at 2:30pm, started a little after 3pm.We had computer issues around 7pm, so I got to stay at work till 4am. And unfortunately none of it was overtime because of the holiday Monday. Oh well, still 6 hours over 40 for the week.

20 days left!!