TheNeverEndingPTR! Sept2010...no, November...WAIT! January?Ugh. maybe September 2011!

[3princesses+aprince]

Sorry to hear that you don't feel well!! Can't wait to hear about orientation though!!! Is Rey nervous?

 

[Sleepingbooty]

Hey Karen, hope you're feeling better! How'd Rey's orientation go?

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Thanks for asking everyone! Orientation is over, he is on the road, headed to pick up his trailer and then he will get his first load in the morning tomorrow!!! I'm so excited!

Cold is lingering enough that I can't run b/c I'm congested still, but it's going away slowly. I wish it would hurry up already! I'm tired of this.

 

[seamama71]

Karen, hope you are feeling better. I love the rare opportunity to rest/relax when I'm feeling well, but get so antsy when I'm sick and actually want to be doing something!

I just started C25K myself, so I'll be following along

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Karen, hope you are feeling better. I love the rare opportunity to rest/relax when I'm feeling well, but get so antsy when I'm sick and actually want to be doing something!

I just started C25K myself, so I'll be following along

Welcome Sarah!!! I'm so glad you joined in the fun, now you'll have to get on me to get back to running! I'm still not 100% and sitting here waffling this morning about whether I should get out there and try to run. I'm a little scared that it will make my lungs messed up more, but I really want to get back to it...but I don't want to push it either! See how I'm waffling?!?!?!

 

[DrMomof3]

You could always walk instead of run until you feel better. That way you're still doing something without pushing yourself too hard. FEEL BETTER!!!

Good luck to Rey!

Amanda

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

You could always walk instead of run until you feel better. That way you're still doing something without pushing yourself too hard. FEEL BETTER!!!

Good luck to Rey!

Amanda

Thanks Amanda! The new job is in full force, he's getting to come home over the weekend (well, part of today and tomorrow) on his way to deliver, so that will be nice!

As for walking, part of why I was worried about running today is that I will be walking a bit today already (festival in my town that we're walking up to) and I don't want to overdo it. AND, I'm a freak and walking just won't cut it for me, so if I get out there, I know I'll want to run. I think I'll just go for a little bit and take it slow, maybe just for 15-20 minutes or something and see how my lungs react.

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

WOOT! I stopped procrastinating and got out there and did it! I did week 5/Day 1 again and did just fine! Felt great, I'm glad I didn't talk myself out of it. On Monday, I will be starting week 5 over again so I can build up to Friday's 20 minute run!

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Three Caballeros/Cinco de Mayo Day

We had a fun time yesterday with our "movie day"!

I made cheese enchilada's and Hope brought chips, dips, and the cutest idea for lemonade for the girls! She put green sugar on the glasses and they had lemonade in them!

We had a great day! I wish I could find more words, but I'm just sort of BLAH today. I should get out and run, but I just don't feel like it. Sigh.

 

[Charlefours]

Hi Karen!

I hope you are feeling much better!! Yay for Rey's job starting. How is it going?

Love the flower you got from WDW. Did you get it in Mexico WS? Great day again!! Your and Hope's days look like a lot of fun. The enchiladas look yummy!!

 

[3princesses+aprince]

Glad to hear that you're feeling better and back to running! Glad to hear that the new job is going well too!!

Your Disney night looks very cute!!!

 

[DrMomof3]

Great job with your run!!!!
Love the movie night (as usual!).

Amanda

 

[Sleepingbooty]

very cute faux Margaritas! Did you actually watch the movie this time? I'm guessing..... not

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

very cute faux Margaritas! Did you actually watch the movie this time? I'm guessing..... not

Of course not!

 

[3princesses+aprince]

Hey Karen, I just posted on my PTR to see if everyone had their park days all planned out and wanted to see if we could set up a day for a dismeet. I'm hoping we all have a day that will work for us!

 

[3princesses+aprince]

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

 

[Twoboysnmygirl]

Thanks for the mothers day wishes, it was a nice day for us. The kids even let me take a group picture of them, which is something they have resisted for a long time! I liked this one b/c the boys were smiling, they always try to have tough guy faces!

As for the trip, I'm losing hope. The new job is going well, but we've gotten so far behind on things that it may take months to catch up. The old job is saying he doesn't have as much in the escrow that he had and we went back and looked and have no proof of the escrow they took. Way too long to explain, but that money was supposed to help us catch up. I think we're in such a hole now that it will take months to catch up...if we even can. It's bad when your friends are giving you groceries.

I won't cancel until August 11th at our 45 day mark, but the closer we get the more sure I become. Sigh. I wouldn't mind postponing the trip until another year, it's not the end of the world, but it was the only opportunity to go with friends and that was special. Anyway, I don't mean to be a downer, it's why I'm not posting much b/c I have nothing nice to say. My mother always told me...

 

[-Hope-]

Ugh, those rats! I know this makes it harder but I know you're going to pull through and get yourselves back on track. It may take longer than you originally planned but you'll get there!

I know it's so disappointing because we've planned together- it's disappointing for me to think about going without you! But I just try to remember the 10/10/10 rule. In ten minutes this will still be disappointing. In ten months you'll be returning from your anniversary trip and it will hardly matter. In ten years we'll have made so many other wonderful memories together that a trip to WDW a decade before would be a minor blip in our friendship. I'm not losing faith that you'll get to go but just know that if you can't it will still all work out in the long run.

 

[3princesses+aprince]

First off, that's a very nice picture. Your Savannah is just so darn pretty!!! I cannot get a picture with my 13 yr old stepson smiling either. It's very rare! When I get one, I always make sure to print it out. I can probably count on 1 hand all of the pics my stepson was smiling in from Disney and there were thousands

I'm so sorry about how things are going financially for you. And I definitely know the disappointment you feel about canceling the trip. Before our first trip last year we had a trip or two in the planning stages that we had to say forget about to. If you change the dates to next year, that would make you feel a little better than canceling all together, right? But I do know what you mean about going with good friends. I keep thinking about me and my best friend going together and I know it's going to be different than just a family trip. It will all work out for you Karen, wether you go this year or next!!!

 

[Victoriasmom98]

Beautiful children, Karen!!


We are all here for you to talk to, tell your troubles to, and just plain vent. I feel we've all become great friends on here and you don't have to always say something positive. Life isn't always positive, so why should your posts be? Believe me, I know what money troubles are and thank God I am in a better place right at this moment, but the shoe could drop at any minute and none of us are really "all set". And it's true what both Pam and Hope said.....so what if you have to postpone your trip until next year?! Just think how fun this will be to plan for an even LONGER time. I swear the planning is half the fun. I know I'll be booking a bounce back if there is one, so there will always be more trips to come.....it's ok. As for groceries, isn't it wonderful to have the friends you do to help you in rough times? And I'm sure they are more than happy to help you out ---- you'd do the same for them if need be. We all need help from time to time and there's nothing wrong with that. It's all about Karma....you've been such a good friend to so many people and helped them out, so now it's your turn to get some magic in return. It's OK!