Pluto0809
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Hi Y’all and welcome to another one of my TRs! I think most people know me by now so you can skip over this introduction stuff since I basically copied it from my last TR. But just in case there are some newbies here, I’m Ariana and I live outside Atlanta GA with my husband Jim and our five furry butts. Yep, you read that right, we have 5 dogs.
Jim doesn’t factor at all into this trip, he’s more of a once a year or even every other year kind of Disney guy. We actually went twice in 2018 which was way more than enough for him so he didn’t join me on my trips this year. Here’s a picture of the two of us from our January 2018 trip. We do have a trip scheduled for April 2020 which will be all about the Star Wars stuff including the Star Wars 5K for me.
And since I think they are the cutest dogs ever, I’m going to spam you with pictures of my dogs before I go on to talk about this trip.
First up is Sierra, she is a 9 year old Miniature Schnauzer and the apple of her Daddy’s eye. We bought her home as a puppy and is the last dog we bought from a breeder.
Next is Remy aka “The Little Rat”. He’s a Yorkie and was the first to follow me home from the local animal shelter where I volunteer. He was supposed to be a foster over the holidays when the shelter was closed but he never ended up going back. He is extremely high maintenance and even though I love him to death, I’m not sure if I would ever get another Yorkie.
Ellie is our next baby. She is 3 years old and we believe she might be a Schnauzer/Jack Russell mix. She is an absolute sweetheart and never sits still. She is usually outside chasing down the many squirrels that inhabit our backyard. We brought her home from the shelter because she looked exactly like our dog Alex. Unfortunately we lost him to cancer a few months after we got her. Here she is photobombing me at the Atlanta Braves game last month. She loves going places so we took her to Bark at the Park.
At one point in 2017 we were down to just three dogs, Ellie, Sierra and Remy. Ellie, being so much younger than the other two, was driving them nuts wanting to play all the time. So we brought Buddy who is now 4 years old, home from the shelter as a playmate for her. We believe he is a Schnauzer/Dachshund mix because he has stubby legs and a long barrel shaped body.
Unfortunately Buddy did not turn out to be the playmate that Ellie needed. Even though he was around the same age as her, he was more content to lay on the couch then run around and play. By the time we realized that he wasn’t going to work out, he was already a member of our family. So the search continued for a playmate for Ellie. We introduced her to a couple of dogs at the shelter but nothing clicked until Sulley came along. He’s a Schnoodle and turned out to be the perfect playmate for Ellie. Jim and I both agree that he is one of the weirdest dogs we’ve ever had but in a good way that makes us laugh all the time. I mean, just look at how he likes to sit!
I see this upside down grin quite often too. One of my friends said he reminds her of a sloth.
OK, I think I’ve gone on long enough about my dogs. Let’s move on and talk about the actual trip now.
This trip started out as a super quick solo trip for me to run the Fall Feast 5k. I booked a room at Pop Century and was going to fly down Wednesday night and come home Sunday. But when I mentioned the trip to Mom, she quickly jumped on board. She loves Disney almost as much as I do. Here we are on our last Mother/Daughter trip in February 2018.
We ended up getting flights for Wednesday morning and also added an extra day so we weren’t flying home till Monday. I was never able to add that extra night to our Pop reservation and I booked that last night at All Star Sports. Somewhere along the line, I managed to change that Sports reservation to one night in a Deluxe Studio at Animal Kingdom Lodge using an awesome AP rate. This was going to be a surprise for Mom and I also booked us dinner at Boma which was a new restaurant for both of us.
About two weeks before the trip though, Mom called me to let me know she wasn’t sure if she would be able to go. She has a condition called Trigeminal Neuralgia. Basically, it’s a chronic pain condition that affects a nerve in her face. It’s supposed to be one of the most painful conditions out there. For the most part, Mom controls it with heavy doses of pain meds (which of course come with their own nasty side effects) but once in a while she has a flare up. When that happens, she has trouble eating and talking and has to up the pain meds even more which leaves her tired with constant dizziness and migraines. She started one of these flare ups about two weeks before the trip and was still hoping that she could get over it in time for the trip.
Me, I was not so hopeful. I knew that the flare ups usually lasted around a month and there was very little chance she would be able to go on the trip. So I went into last minute panic mode and added and adjusted a lot of the plans. I didn’t cancel anything yet but I knew that it would be a very different trip if I was solo. For about a week I had two completely separate set of plans and didn’t know which one I would end up using.
As you probably can tell from the title, Mom did end up cancelling. Hopefully, she will be healthy enough to go on our February trip. I have some fun surprises planned for her that trip since she couldn’t go this time.
Up Next: Making Disney Friends at 30,000 Feet
Jim doesn’t factor at all into this trip, he’s more of a once a year or even every other year kind of Disney guy. We actually went twice in 2018 which was way more than enough for him so he didn’t join me on my trips this year. Here’s a picture of the two of us from our January 2018 trip. We do have a trip scheduled for April 2020 which will be all about the Star Wars stuff including the Star Wars 5K for me.
And since I think they are the cutest dogs ever, I’m going to spam you with pictures of my dogs before I go on to talk about this trip.
First up is Sierra, she is a 9 year old Miniature Schnauzer and the apple of her Daddy’s eye. We bought her home as a puppy and is the last dog we bought from a breeder.
Next is Remy aka “The Little Rat”. He’s a Yorkie and was the first to follow me home from the local animal shelter where I volunteer. He was supposed to be a foster over the holidays when the shelter was closed but he never ended up going back. He is extremely high maintenance and even though I love him to death, I’m not sure if I would ever get another Yorkie.
Ellie is our next baby. She is 3 years old and we believe she might be a Schnauzer/Jack Russell mix. She is an absolute sweetheart and never sits still. She is usually outside chasing down the many squirrels that inhabit our backyard. We brought her home from the shelter because she looked exactly like our dog Alex. Unfortunately we lost him to cancer a few months after we got her. Here she is photobombing me at the Atlanta Braves game last month. She loves going places so we took her to Bark at the Park.
At one point in 2017 we were down to just three dogs, Ellie, Sierra and Remy. Ellie, being so much younger than the other two, was driving them nuts wanting to play all the time. So we brought Buddy who is now 4 years old, home from the shelter as a playmate for her. We believe he is a Schnauzer/Dachshund mix because he has stubby legs and a long barrel shaped body.
Unfortunately Buddy did not turn out to be the playmate that Ellie needed. Even though he was around the same age as her, he was more content to lay on the couch then run around and play. By the time we realized that he wasn’t going to work out, he was already a member of our family. So the search continued for a playmate for Ellie. We introduced her to a couple of dogs at the shelter but nothing clicked until Sulley came along. He’s a Schnoodle and turned out to be the perfect playmate for Ellie. Jim and I both agree that he is one of the weirdest dogs we’ve ever had but in a good way that makes us laugh all the time. I mean, just look at how he likes to sit!
I see this upside down grin quite often too. One of my friends said he reminds her of a sloth.
OK, I think I’ve gone on long enough about my dogs. Let’s move on and talk about the actual trip now.
This trip started out as a super quick solo trip for me to run the Fall Feast 5k. I booked a room at Pop Century and was going to fly down Wednesday night and come home Sunday. But when I mentioned the trip to Mom, she quickly jumped on board. She loves Disney almost as much as I do. Here we are on our last Mother/Daughter trip in February 2018.
We ended up getting flights for Wednesday morning and also added an extra day so we weren’t flying home till Monday. I was never able to add that extra night to our Pop reservation and I booked that last night at All Star Sports. Somewhere along the line, I managed to change that Sports reservation to one night in a Deluxe Studio at Animal Kingdom Lodge using an awesome AP rate. This was going to be a surprise for Mom and I also booked us dinner at Boma which was a new restaurant for both of us.
About two weeks before the trip though, Mom called me to let me know she wasn’t sure if she would be able to go. She has a condition called Trigeminal Neuralgia. Basically, it’s a chronic pain condition that affects a nerve in her face. It’s supposed to be one of the most painful conditions out there. For the most part, Mom controls it with heavy doses of pain meds (which of course come with their own nasty side effects) but once in a while she has a flare up. When that happens, she has trouble eating and talking and has to up the pain meds even more which leaves her tired with constant dizziness and migraines. She started one of these flare ups about two weeks before the trip and was still hoping that she could get over it in time for the trip.
Me, I was not so hopeful. I knew that the flare ups usually lasted around a month and there was very little chance she would be able to go on the trip. So I went into last minute panic mode and added and adjusted a lot of the plans. I didn’t cancel anything yet but I knew that it would be a very different trip if I was solo. For about a week I had two completely separate set of plans and didn’t know which one I would end up using.
As you probably can tell from the title, Mom did end up cancelling. Hopefully, she will be healthy enough to go on our February trip. I have some fun surprises planned for her that trip since she couldn’t go this time.
Up Next: Making Disney Friends at 30,000 Feet
And I agree, great to see all the POP pics - thank you!
