Looks like we've got an *official* game plan for next week. It's turned into a Girls' Trip. I'll miss the fellas but I am looking forward to having just us girls.
Joshua decided not to go because of soccer. During try-outs he did great and made it on a new comp team, same Club, but this team is Premiere and he's never played premiere. He wants to start so badly and has some tough competition. If we weren't turning around and heading back to move Gabby, then he might not skip this trip but he really doesn't want to miss a week especially the week before his Club's tournament. Michael was never going to go on this one. Gabby's fella was debating it but he's going to stay with Joshua when Michaelis at the FD while were away. Joshua could have stayed with his grandparents but he's got soccer sometimes 3x a day. He's still training with his old coach 3x a week, he has speed training 2x a week, and then team practice. This is all on his accord. We are NOT those soccer parents.
We had some driving decisions to make like what day should we leave. I got out voted. I wanted to leave 7/4 after Gabby got off work, drive to Vegas, stay over, and then haul booty out of Vegas 7/5 early morning to miss all of the Vegas into So Cal traffic but the girls' bestie is here, the one we took to to WDW for Chloe's bat mitzvah trip, and they all want to do the fireworks together at the fire department. Their friend's dad use to be a firefighter with Michael and July 4 is full of fun for fire kids. I gave in, because I am a huge sucker, so our plan looks like this:
Saturday 7/4: July 4 fun! I will miss the fireworks thought to stay home and pack the car.
Sunday 7/5: Leave our house at 5 am
The girls don't know this yet but I am not bringing the travel hitch thing that goes on the back of the MDX so the 3rd row won't be an option. Someone will sit up front with me and the other two will share the middle row. They'll live. LOL!
Drive.
Drive.
Drive.
I know we'll hit that horrendous traffic.
Check into out hotel in So Cal.
Depending on what time we get there we may make the sunset, maybe Super Mex or Taco Surf for dinner.
Monday 7/6: Beach!
Grocery store to pick up water, snacks, and booze for our Disney days.
Tuesday 7/7: Check out of our hotel and into the GCV for two nights.
I have tried 3x to link reservations so we don't have to change villas and
DVC Member Services has been unable to help for some reason; they were unable to match the names/addresses perfectly. I faxed the GCH/GCV yesterday and they called me saying they received the fax. I also added a villa request. As long as we don't have to change villas, I'll be happy. I might try calling MS one more time but that may involve a conference call with who rented points from.
EMH/MM is at 7 am at
Disneyland and because it's summer and hot and we'll be at the GCV, we'll do rope drop because a midday pool break will be in order.
Disneyland/DCA.
Wednesday 7/8: EMH/MM for DCA
Pool.
Back at night.
Thursday 7/9: Sleep in a little.
Check out of the GCV and head down towards San Diego for the One Direction concert.
Check into our hotel in Carlsbad first. We are staying about 28 miles away in Carlsbad because it's also ComiCon and by the time my friends looked for hotels everything reasonable was gone. Rooms are going for 600+ a night.
Lunch, drop girls early at Qualcomm Stadium.
Dinner with my two girl friends.
Back up to Carlsbad after the concert.
Sleeeeep.
Friday 7/10: Back up to So Cal, check back into our hotel, the one we stayed at the first two nights, for one night.
Beach. Sunset. More Mexican food.
Saturday 7/11: drive back to Utah.
That's it in a nutshell. I'll be back to share links to our hotels and this cool place I found to eat in San Diego. I am not familiar with SD and am open to any dinner suggestions.