The Good, The Bad, & the Nuts! ...ANYONE GOING MAY 8-15?

[mom3sonstt]

Running out of hat pictures.....but that's ok because I am running out of days to count!!!! Don't know if I will be able to get on tomorrow. We aren't taking a computer with us this weekend and I don't know if I will try to do anything from the phone. But for today - here is the Big Cheese himself and his Number 1 Girl!!

5 Hat Days to go!

 

[KatMark]

Have a great weekend, Tanya!

 

[mom3sonstt]

Have a great weekend, Tanya!

We had a great time Kathy. Left Danny's work at 4:30 Friday, pulled in the drive today at 4:28 - gone 48 hours.

Spent the night in Indianapolis, supper at Cracker Barrel (always yum!)

Drove on to Columbus the next day and got there around 1-ish. Checked in, room was ready, changed shoes and went to the fair. I didn't realize we were going over there that early, I thought we would go eat lunch somewhere and go to the fair later. This is where it got a little scarey. We pulled in to the parking lot and realized how far we had to walk to get in to the fair grounds. Not a huge distance....but back 6 months ago I hated having to walk from the front of WalMart to the cart corral, let alone all the way from the parking lot....so walking all the way across the lot into and through the fairgrounds was daunting. But victory was mine! We walked in and halfway up the midway until we found an indoor (read "air conditioned") building that had various booths of displays. In the middle of it it had a little food court area. As much as I was really wanting some Deep Fried Kool Aid or Chocolate Covered Bacon an air conditioned table beat walking the midway with a corn dog. So Danny had a cheeseburger, and I had some General Tso chicken and rice from Chinese stand.

We spent the next few hours looking at displays in that building and a few others, we walked the length of the midway. I did take a couple breaks for a few minutes, but overall I probably walked more than I have since my Disney trip in 2007 when I thought I was going to die.

A little after 5 we went over to the Center where Meat Loaf was performing and waited until doors opened at 5:30. The center held just over 10,000 people and while not every single seat was full I didn't see any sections where there were large areas empty. The two seats next to us were empty, but a couple days after we had ordered our tickets we went back to see about getting another one for Ryne and the closest we could get was about 3 rows away.

There was a family in front of us with 2 little girls, the youngest was about 6-ish and the older 10-ish. The little girl sang along with just about every (innappropriate ) lyric he sang, and the older girl was recording with her phone throughout the whole concert. I would say ages 6-60, but heck, Meat is 63, so 6 - 80. Doesn't sound as good, but is much more accurate. And everyone there seemed to love it. He played for a little over 2 hours and, while his voice isn't as strong and clear as it was in 1977 on the original Bat album, well, that he was half his age then Once he got going on some of the songs though he was just as great as ever!

 

[mom3sonstt]

With only 3 days left here are 3 "Best Buds"

Mickey

Pluto

and Donald!

And I have all the clothes packed for everybody, shoes for all 3 boys (don't have mine & Danny's put away yet because we took them with us this weekend) bathroom stuff for everybody. Danny's working on cameras and computer stuff right now, then it is just last minute odds and ends.


3 Hat Days to go!

 

[englishrose47]

Sounds like you had a fun weekend !!! Good for you with all that walking !!

 

[KatMark]

Sounds like a great weekend, Tanya!

 

[jenb1023]

Hey Tanya! sounds like a great day! Glad you enjoyed the concert. good for you doing all of the walking!

Your trip is almost here!!!!

 

[mom3sonstt]

Sounds like you had a fun weekend !!! Good for you with all that walking !!

Sounds like a great weekend, Tanya!

Hey Tanya! sounds like a great day! Glad you enjoyed the concert. good for you doing all of the walking!

Your trip is almost here!!!!

It was a great weekend! Probably not the smartest idea to go out of town just days before vacation - but well worth it.

And now I know ahead of time that if I want to run to Downtown Disney for a couple hours I can do it without the scooter without worrying that it will be too draining. I also know I can't do a park....at least with the guys. But since Animal Kingdom is the one I always skip because it requires a bus, maybe on my day and a half after they leave I can spend some time over there at a slower pace. I would be guaranteed to stop and see my surroundings because I sure couldn't keep going at a full pace all day.

 

[mom3sonstt]

With 2 days to go here are 2 pics of my #2 son wearing 2 different hats

2 Hat Days to go!

 

[KatMark]

Great pics and to two days to go.

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

almost

 

[KatMark]

It's almost here.

 

[jenb1023]

doing the one day dance for you!!!!

 

[mom3sonstt]

Great pics and to two days to go.

almost

It's almost here.

doing the one day dance for you!!!!

Thanks! Can always use some help with the happy dancin'!!

 

[mom3sonstt]

And then there was one....

1 Hat Day to go!

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

So close! Have a great time!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Have a great trip!

 

[mom3sonstt]

So close! Have a great time!

Have a great trip!

Thanks!!

 

[mom3sonstt]

Just a little pre-trip drama tonight.

Went to go online to print my boarding pass for tomorrow and they had switched my seat. With AirTran if you choose a seat ahead of time you pay $15 (for a preferred seat). We went on Sunday night and selected seat 14C. It was an aisle seat near the front. Paid our $15, printed our confirmation and was satisfied. Tonight I got on to do my boarding pass and pay my luggage fees and it had me assigned to 21C and was wanting me to pay $20 because it is an exit row. The seat I paid for was not available to select.

Called AirTran. Person #1 said that it looked like I got on earlier today to check in and unselected that seat. Now that just makes no sense. Why would I pay for a seat then un-select it. And why would they let me? If you can do that then people would select them then go in within the 24 hour free period cancel it and take a free seat. She told me my $15 had been returned to my account. She also said that seat was taken and I could either take the exit row seat or a seat in Row 18. That is when I turned it over to the guy lurking over my shoulder. He got loud (not out of control - but loud) with her. Then asked for her supervisor.

Person #2 said it appeared to be a computer glitch but that he could not move me to my original seat even though Danny insisted that I had a receipt/confirmation showing me in that seat. Got a little loud with him too and asked for his supervisor. Danny explained to him that I could not have an exit row seat because due to my transplant I did not meet the requirements for lifting 50 pounds. And that we selected the priority boarding and paid for it, and refunding us the $15 was not acceptable enough since we would not have time to use it before it expired. When that got nowhere he asked for his supervisor.

Person #3 came on after a lengthier hold than the first one, and immediately offered to put me in a business class seat and asked if I preferred aisle or window. I said I didn't care as long as it wasn't a middle seat. In business class they only have 2 seats on each side so a middle seat was not an option anyway.

So now I am in 3C, which is the last row in business class - may not have been the best choice now that I think about it since I don't know if those seats recline. But I never recline my seat anyway so I guess that doesn't really matter. I hate when the person in front of me reclines especially if I have the tray down, so I typically don't do it myself. And since it's a non-stop flight only lasting about 2 1/2 hours, it's not that big of a deal.

Hopefully the return flight will be drama-free and the seat that I have already purchased for that one will still be there when it is time to check in.



In 24 hours I should be settled in to my room!

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

seat trouble stinks but seems like you got a upgrade...and i think they have free snacks in those seats.
like better ones ones than they serve the rest of the common folk.