areno79
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Cast of Characters:
Me (Amanda), 26: Obsessed Disney Wife
Ray, 29: Not-so-obsessed Husband. (I think he thinks Im a little crazy
)
Valerie, 11: My Cousin, who is way too cool for her own good
Kayla, 9: My other Cousin (also Valeries sister), who is just as obsessed about planning as I am. Weve nicknamed her The Littlest Travel Agent. And I have no idea where she got that from
DH and I (well, mostly I) decided in January that we needed to take a trip for our 1 year anniversary in May. We looked online for a while, and decided, somewhat, on a cruise to the Bahamas. That was fine, but then a couple of days later I got a GREAT idea. Why not go back to Disney World, where he had our best vacation ever in 2003?? We had planned to go there for our honeymoon, but when money got tight and we bought a house right before our wedding, we decided to forgo the big honeymoon for 2 days in New York City. Definitely NOT the Happiest Place on Earth. Anyway, my brainstorm continued, and I thought Gee, weve already done Disney solo. Why dont we take my cousins, who have never been out of New Hampshire, much less Disney World!?! They stay at my house every other weekend, so I know I can handle them. I knew their mom could never afford to take them, and once I got her okay, I started working on my hubby. Ray thought it was a little weird that I wanted to take kids on our anniversary trip, but after much debate, I finally convinced him! Besides, I had my reasons. I figured if we could survive Disney World with kids (and no other adult supervision), we would finally be ready for our own kids! Hence, The Kid Test began!
I obsessed for the next few months over planning, and after we told the kids, that only aided in my obsession. I thought a few times DH might divorce me because I was turning into a crazy person, but we made it! Ill start the story on the day we left, April 29.
Although I wanted to take the whole day off, Ray had to work till 5, so I figured since I was all packed, I should work till noon. Friday morning we got up and did another check that we had everything, and I drove Ray to work, then headed to my work. I thought it would be a long morning, but I had a meeting that took up most of the morning, so by 12:00 I was ready to go!
I stopped by the bank to pick up some cash, then stopped by Blockbuster to pick up a couple of DVDs for the kids to watch during the long car ride. Dropped some bills off, then headed home for a few hours. I showered and got some more comfy driving clothes on, and packed up the plug in cooler. Around 4 I dropped Peanut off at my ILs. It was SO much harder to leave her than I thought it would be shes never been away from us overnight, much less for a week! I cried a little, but I was fine when I got on the road and realized we were headed to the Happiest Place on Earth!!
I picked up Ray at 5, he told me he couldve gotten out at 2, but he couldnt get a hold of me. HELLO!?! Thats what a cell phone is for! Anyway, we stopped and picked up the girls at their house, and at 5:00 sharp, we were outtie!
Everything was going great, we passed the Massachusetts border about 20 minutes later, and we were all excited because we were finally out of New Hampshire!! Turned on a good driving CD, and we were all set. Until 15 minutes down the road, when he hit a bump, and the car started getting hard to steer. Uh oh. I pulled over onto the median on the left side of the road, praying to God that it wasnt what I think it was. We all got out of the car, and sure enough, I saw it. A flat tire. I instantly felt all of the happy feelings Id had all day draining out of me. We unloaded the back of the truck to get to the spare tire, and the girls sat on a blank on the grass watching the rush hour traffic go by. Ray had trouble jacking the car up, but luckily a Mass. Tow truck came by and helped us out. The guy didnt know where he could get another tire, but he did mention that they had a Super Walmart with an auto center in Salem (NH), which was about 10 minutes away. Got the spare on, loaded the car up again (well,halfway) and proceeded back into New Hampshire. Got to the Walmart, and we were all crossing our crossables that they had the tire we needed. The guy behind the counter came back, and this is how the conversation went:
Counter Guy: Yes, we do have that tire in stock. YAY, finally, some good news!! But then his face fell. Uh oh he said Its $92.
I looked at him like he was nuts. HELLO?!?
Me: Thats great! (Obviously he had no idea just how much I wouldve paid for the tire at that moment!)
Counter Guy: Yeah, sure
Me: How longs it going to take?
Well, apparently everyone in the free world decided they needed new tires from the Salem Walmart at the moment, because he said it would take 2 hours!! (It was already almost 7:00) Its only 1 tire, for cripes sake!! I tried to flash him a little bit of skin, but I guess my old, stained college t-shirt just wasnt doing it for him.
Well, 2 hours was better than no tire at all, so I grabbed a book out of the car, and we went next door to the Wendys to grab some dinner. Kayla pointed out that we broke the first rule of the trip. We have a rule that whenever we go on vacation, we cant eat anywhere that we can go at home. I assured her it didnt count since A) We were starving and B) We werent even out of New Hampshire yet.
Ill skip the dining report for Wendys, but after we got some grub, we slowly made our way back to check out WallyWorld to kill some time. In the parking lot we did see something pretty amusing, this kid was driving by us in an old gold and red (yes, 2 colors) Toyota Corolla, blasting Eye of the Tiger on his radio. That in itself was pretty funny. But it totally put us over the edge when we looked and realized he was wearing a Samurai hat! :roflol: That certainly lightened the mood, which we all needed. Ray and Kayla decided to check out the store while Valerie and I hung out in the auto center; she watched Americas Funniest Home Videos while I started my book. By 8:30 the car was done, but Ray and Kayla were no where to be found. I started getting that panicky feeling that they would take forever, so I had him paged and called his cellphone (twice). Less than a minute later they came skipping down the aisle, ready to go. After we paid and got out to the car, we realized we had to repack the car, which had taken us an hour the night before. Luckily we got it done in about 15 minutes, and we were outtie! For real this time! (And with Ray driving since we hadnt fared so well when I had been driving earlier.) Yay, were going to Disney World!!!
Me (Amanda), 26: Obsessed Disney Wife
Ray, 29: Not-so-obsessed Husband. (I think he thinks Im a little crazy
)Valerie, 11: My Cousin, who is way too cool for her own good
Kayla, 9: My other Cousin (also Valeries sister), who is just as obsessed about planning as I am. Weve nicknamed her The Littlest Travel Agent. And I have no idea where she got that from
DH and I (well, mostly I) decided in January that we needed to take a trip for our 1 year anniversary in May. We looked online for a while, and decided, somewhat, on a cruise to the Bahamas. That was fine, but then a couple of days later I got a GREAT idea. Why not go back to Disney World, where he had our best vacation ever in 2003?? We had planned to go there for our honeymoon, but when money got tight and we bought a house right before our wedding, we decided to forgo the big honeymoon for 2 days in New York City. Definitely NOT the Happiest Place on Earth. Anyway, my brainstorm continued, and I thought Gee, weve already done Disney solo. Why dont we take my cousins, who have never been out of New Hampshire, much less Disney World!?! They stay at my house every other weekend, so I know I can handle them. I knew their mom could never afford to take them, and once I got her okay, I started working on my hubby. Ray thought it was a little weird that I wanted to take kids on our anniversary trip, but after much debate, I finally convinced him! Besides, I had my reasons. I figured if we could survive Disney World with kids (and no other adult supervision), we would finally be ready for our own kids! Hence, The Kid Test began!
I obsessed for the next few months over planning, and after we told the kids, that only aided in my obsession. I thought a few times DH might divorce me because I was turning into a crazy person, but we made it! Ill start the story on the day we left, April 29.
Although I wanted to take the whole day off, Ray had to work till 5, so I figured since I was all packed, I should work till noon. Friday morning we got up and did another check that we had everything, and I drove Ray to work, then headed to my work. I thought it would be a long morning, but I had a meeting that took up most of the morning, so by 12:00 I was ready to go!
I stopped by the bank to pick up some cash, then stopped by Blockbuster to pick up a couple of DVDs for the kids to watch during the long car ride. Dropped some bills off, then headed home for a few hours. I showered and got some more comfy driving clothes on, and packed up the plug in cooler. Around 4 I dropped Peanut off at my ILs. It was SO much harder to leave her than I thought it would be shes never been away from us overnight, much less for a week! I cried a little, but I was fine when I got on the road and realized we were headed to the Happiest Place on Earth!!
I picked up Ray at 5, he told me he couldve gotten out at 2, but he couldnt get a hold of me. HELLO!?! Thats what a cell phone is for! Anyway, we stopped and picked up the girls at their house, and at 5:00 sharp, we were outtie! Everything was going great, we passed the Massachusetts border about 20 minutes later, and we were all excited because we were finally out of New Hampshire!! Turned on a good driving CD, and we were all set. Until 15 minutes down the road, when he hit a bump, and the car started getting hard to steer. Uh oh. I pulled over onto the median on the left side of the road, praying to God that it wasnt what I think it was. We all got out of the car, and sure enough, I saw it. A flat tire. I instantly felt all of the happy feelings Id had all day draining out of me. We unloaded the back of the truck to get to the spare tire, and the girls sat on a blank on the grass watching the rush hour traffic go by. Ray had trouble jacking the car up, but luckily a Mass. Tow truck came by and helped us out. The guy didnt know where he could get another tire, but he did mention that they had a Super Walmart with an auto center in Salem (NH), which was about 10 minutes away. Got the spare on, loaded the car up again (well,halfway) and proceeded back into New Hampshire. Got to the Walmart, and we were all crossing our crossables that they had the tire we needed. The guy behind the counter came back, and this is how the conversation went:
Counter Guy: Yes, we do have that tire in stock. YAY, finally, some good news!! But then his face fell. Uh oh he said Its $92.
I looked at him like he was nuts. HELLO?!?
Me: Thats great! (Obviously he had no idea just how much I wouldve paid for the tire at that moment!)
Counter Guy: Yeah, sure
Me: How longs it going to take?
Well, apparently everyone in the free world decided they needed new tires from the Salem Walmart at the moment, because he said it would take 2 hours!! (It was already almost 7:00) Its only 1 tire, for cripes sake!! I tried to flash him a little bit of skin, but I guess my old, stained college t-shirt just wasnt doing it for him.
Well, 2 hours was better than no tire at all, so I grabbed a book out of the car, and we went next door to the Wendys to grab some dinner. Kayla pointed out that we broke the first rule of the trip. We have a rule that whenever we go on vacation, we cant eat anywhere that we can go at home. I assured her it didnt count since A) We were starving and B) We werent even out of New Hampshire yet.
Ill skip the dining report for Wendys, but after we got some grub, we slowly made our way back to check out WallyWorld to kill some time. In the parking lot we did see something pretty amusing, this kid was driving by us in an old gold and red (yes, 2 colors) Toyota Corolla, blasting Eye of the Tiger on his radio. That in itself was pretty funny. But it totally put us over the edge when we looked and realized he was wearing a Samurai hat! :roflol: That certainly lightened the mood, which we all needed. Ray and Kayla decided to check out the store while Valerie and I hung out in the auto center; she watched Americas Funniest Home Videos while I started my book. By 8:30 the car was done, but Ray and Kayla were no where to be found. I started getting that panicky feeling that they would take forever, so I had him paged and called his cellphone (twice). Less than a minute later they came skipping down the aisle, ready to go. After we paid and got out to the car, we realized we had to repack the car, which had taken us an hour the night before. Luckily we got it done in about 15 minutes, and we were outtie! For real this time! (And with Ray driving since we hadnt fared so well when I had been driving earlier.) Yay, were going to Disney World!!!
