"Think of the Happiest Things" - How This Trip Was Born

[Bloodhound]

Hi, poping in to see how everything is going.

 

[stagemomx3]

Hi, poping in to see how everything is going.

Things are going ok. I'm just trying to get through Friday and then I'll be on summer vacation. The house is almost finish and we could possibly be moving into it in just over a week.

So Disney planning has been on the back burner, but it's always going on in my head!

 

[brookelizabeth]

I'm here too! This will be the first DL TR I've read - DH and I talk about going there after doing DCL (which I'm hoping for in 2009...)

Sorry you had such a stressful month back in April - ugh! Glad it's over. And YAHOO! on the house being almost done!

 

[stagemomx3]

I'm here too! This will be the first DL TR I've read - DH and I talk about going there after doing DCL (which I'm hoping for in 2009...)

Sorry you had such a stressful month back in April - ugh! Glad it's over. And YAHOO! on the house being almost done!

You are getting all caught up tonight aren't you.

 

[2xcited2sleep]

Climbing aboard from your WDW trip report, that I'm loving. A Disneyland report will be great. I've only been once - last summer- and LOVED it. Especially POC and Blue Bayou!

 

[stagemomx3]

Climbing aboard from your WDW trip report, that I'm loving. A Disneyland report will be great. I've only been once - last summer- and LOVED it. Especially POC and Blue Bayou!

I think we might have to give Blue Bayou a second try. We didn't enjoy it so much on our last trip, but most people seem to love it.

 

[Bloodhound]

I think we might have to give Blue Bayou a second try. We didn't enjoy it so much on our last trip, but most people seem to love it.

Hi, I herad that getting an 11:30 am PS at the Blue Bayou would be gauranteed boat dock seating to watch the POTC boats float by....JUst ask when you make the PS

 

[stagemomx3]

Hi, I herad that getting an 11:30 am PS at the Blue Bayou would be gauranteed boat dock seating to watch the POTC boats float by....JUst ask when you make the PS

We had water side seating last time we went. It was just so dark and crowded in there. I think part of the problem was we were all very tired. We went late in the evening for dessert only.

 

[Charleston Princess]

So, is school out for you now???

 

[stagemomx3]

So, is school out for you now???

Yes, my last day was Friday. So now I will have some writing time! Now why are you here and not writing your trip report? Or did you start and I haven't got there yet? Going to check right now!

 

[Lady Lallie]

I'm here! I'm caught up!!

Reading about DL really makes me want to stick to the trip we were going to do in Feb. 2009 but we are iffy only money wise. We both really want to go but money makes the world go round and lack of it forces you to stay home.

At least I will get to "live" through your trip!

 

[stagemomx3]

money makes the world go round and lack of it forces you to stay home.

Tell me about it!

 

[Charleston Princess]

Yes, my last day was Friday. So now I will have some writing time! Now why are you here and not writing your trip report? Or did you start and I haven't got there yet? Going to check right now!

Hurray for summer vacation!

Oh, I am so OCD and such a perfectionist that I have to make sure everything is perfect before I start my TR.

 

[stagemomx3]

Hurray for summer vacation!

Oh, I am so OCD and such a perfectionist that I have to make sure everything is perfect before I start my TR.

For every chapter I write it in long hand- a rough draft in my "notes" composition book, then rewrite a second draft in my "final" composition book, then I type it up.

 

[Charleston Princess]

For every chapter I write it in long hand- a rough draft in my "notes" composition book, then rewrite a second draft in my "final" composition book, then I type it up.

You are as bad as me!

I started off keeping notes while we were on vacation, but that stopped after the first night. So, now I am trying to make sure I write a bunch of notes in my trip journal before I forget it all.

 

[stagemomx3]

You are as bad as me!

I started off keeping notes while we were on vacation, but that stopped after the first night. So, now I am trying to make sure I write a bunch of notes in my trip journal before I forget it all.

I managed to at least list what we had done every day, either at night or before we left again the next morning. That has really helped me to remember the details. Along with the 1,000 + pictures.

 

[willwriteforears]

I tend to over think things and get myself worked up needlessly over what might happen, so I spent the month of April driving myself nuts over the boys and school issues. I don't know about others and homeschooling, but I hit these periods of time where I question my decisions and wonder if homeschooling is really the right choice. Sometimes these questioning periods pass quickly sometimes they linger for awhile. This time around was one of the lingering variety.

Hello! working on catching up, but since I home-schooled for the majority of my high school years, thought I'd chime in from the "kid's" POV.

For me, home schooling was an excellent way to go. I'd been going through severe a bout of depression and other emotional issues that I think would've only been exacerbated in a traditional high school setting. There are definitely times when I feel regret at having missed out on the traditional high school stuff--prom and senior trips, etc., but then I hear all these horror stories about what kids endure in high school, and I think I'm really better off. I just wasn't at a point where I could've dealt with it then.

And of course your kids are younger than I was, and everybody's different, but you know your kids and what's best than anyone else. I'm hoping you're feeling less stressed about it at this time than when you first started the PTR.

 

[stagemomx3]

And of course your kids are younger than I was, and everybody's different, but you know your kids and what's best than anyone else. I'm hoping you're feeling less stressed about it at this time than when you first started the PTR.

I am feeling less stress, being on summer vacation helps with that.

 

[willwriteforears]

Glad you're less stressed now! Wish I could have a summer vacation; alas, the 9-5 (well, for me, 7:15-3:45) means I just get my two weeks, 2 floating holidays, and 9 days of regular holidays. No big blocks.

Anyway, caught up here and now on to the TR!

 

[mommaU4]

I am feeling less stress, being on summer vacation helps with that.

I'm glad to hear you are less stressed now. I am loving your Pre TR so far and can promise you Disneyland at Christmas time is so magical. Anyway, just wanted to say I'm on board!