Glad to be back, just some general ramblings:
I know as a general rule solicitations are not allowed on the dis but I’m seriously thinking of taking up a collection for a rand McNally map of the U.S. for the old guy & I. After 4 hours of driving we noticed the scenery was looking eerily familiar, low and behold it seems West Virginia borders the great state of Kentucky. So instead of visiting U of WV and Marshall then driving back home to NJ only to turn around and drive back to Kentucky 2 weeks later, if we only had a brain we would have combined the two visits. Now it probably wouldn’t have been too bad had this been the only time we’ve done this but a few of you may remember that we drove to WDW in May only to drive back home (still in NJ) to turn around and drive back down to Louisiana. Magellan, we are not.
After a variety of open houses, I’ve figured out they are very much like visiting the MK.
Stage 1-Tommorow land. You can tell this stage by the goofy smiles on the faces of the parents. This is our introduction to the college; we’ve seen all the wonderful buildings and met the professors. We have visions now that our little princes and princes are the next Nobel Prize winning doctors, Rhodes scholars or U.N. ambassador if we can just get them in this school.
Stage 2- Frontier/Adventure land. This stage is characterized by 2 scenarios both designed to get said future Rhodes Scholar to show some or any interest at all. First you have bribing…Look hon, look at all the pretty buildings you’ll go to class in. Think how many wonderful people you’ll meet here. Then it’s out right wild wild west….I don’t care what you say, you are going some where next September and it’s not in front of a video game.
Stage 3- Fantasy Land. This is characterized by a blank, deer caught in a head light stare. Here is where we find out the final tab and come to the realization that we will officially be working until we are 97 to pay for said Nobel Prize.
Finally Main street USA
If an alien was watching TV news the last couple of months he may come to the conclusion that Americans didn’t really get along all that well, what with elections, bail outs and economic collapse it would seem that we are a pretty contentious bunch but...
Saturday night I chatted with a women from Lexington who shared my love of wdw (I ditched the men folk) She said she was thinking about becoming a
dvc member and I did my best to give her my honest opinion, the good and maybe not so good. Before leaving I gave her my business card and email address along with the web address of the dis and told her to feel free to call me if she had any other questions. today at work I received a Lou Mongello 2009 desk calendar of Disney trivia as a thank you from my new friend….
I'm thinking we get along just fine...
Happy trails to all that are heading to the world soon...
) have a wonderful time.
