What's Wrong With Me?

[Kerri]

...I mean, me too!

We leave in less than 3 weeks and I was totally hyped until about a week ago. I think that once everything is in place and I have nothing left to do but wait, I get a "letdown" feeling. But like everyone said, I, too, will get excited again... once we're in the car heading to the airport. (Packing doesn't do it for me...)

And once you're actually there...how can you help but be excited?!

Have a great trip everyone!

 

[Alex2kMommy]

I did the same thing! I started planning our first trip to Disneyland in January, and we were booked for late April. I read guide books cover to cover, took copious notes, read the DIS... Then in April I sorta ran out of gas. Then I realized, "Holy cow! We leave in two weeks!" and I was crazy again, running around trying to find everything, re-read the books, ordering things online. THEN DH wound up in the hospital two days before our flight, so we had to cancel our trip.

We are re-booked for late September, but I just wasn't as excited about it as I was the last time. But now that we're getting closer, I'm getting revved up again!

I think it's true that we get so excited and go crazy with planning, but when the trip is so far away, we lose momentum at some point. I imagine everyone gets excited again as the vacation date gets close!

 

[mking624]

I think a lot of people fall into this rut. I do before every single trip....I get so excited, but then there's a period where I just don't care. I think part of it is just the "stress" of the pending trip...some of it is the ups and downs of an adrenaline rush, and some of it might be that now the trip is right here...it's going to be over before we know it. I can completely relate to what you're going through. I can actually feel it start to creep on me.

 

[lovindonald]

Once it comes you will be excited again. The packing and getting ready is good excitement. Don't forget it has been a few months and it is hard to stay excited that long. I am in the same boat. I finally told the kids we are going and they are off the wall while I am like 'yes it's great". I know it will come back for me and it will for you too. It almost seems like it will never be here. Hang in there and have a great time!!

 

[siestakeys04]

I though i was the only one who felt like this. I was looking at everything since jan. Now i just say well its 4 more days i want to get back excited too. Maybe its because i did my packing 2 weeks ago. Now dh is talking talking about it everday non stop when i counldn't get him to help with adrs now he wants to know where we are eatting. Does this happen all the time????

 

[bluejasmine]

LOL, sounds like you just run out of steam I bet your excitement will return right before you go.. Ppl have actually posted feeling nervous too. I wouldnt worry about it all!
Now I wish I wouldnt stay so excited all the time because I cant concentrate at work, at the gym and when Im home I just want to be here on the DIS boards!

 

[FINFAN]

I am right there with you....part of my "glumness" is because the kids start school 5 days after we return, and we are used to more time than that to do last minute things, relax, get ready for school. So, the last week I have been trying to cram in a lot of stuff, plus DS birthday is today, I am not ready for that...seems like all the things I used to have special touches for, plan out really well....just get pushed aside. I am also feeling overwhelmed as this will be our first time kenneling the dog ( REALLY unhappy about that, 12 days!) first time using award miles for airfare and POP,using DME,trying to adhere to the DDP, ( usually do a lot of counter service and wing it, I am worried about being restricted to our TS TIMES/PLACES) first time at POP/POLY, we usually see my folks who are desperately missing our kids, but are only doing WDW this trip, GUILT, GUILT, GUILT....a lot of uncertainties on this trip. I can get overwhelmed easily during planning process when we are repeating stuff, this trip has me doing new things which is good but hard for me.
So, if any of those things apply to you, I totally get it, and the pressure of living up to expectations of past trips. We have splurged on this trip as well, did not go into debt, but man, way more than we usually spend so that is gnawing at me too.

So, you are not alone in your frame of mind, nothing wrong with you at all...just that when you have these boards it can put pressure on you to know all/do all....at least for me, I think, why didn't I know that or research that if something has gone wrong....just relax, enjoy the trip day to day.

I love just being in Florida so that helps. We leave in 3 days, so I better get my act together fast!


Pam

 

[Fonzy13]

It truly is amazing that we all feel like this. It's not a female thing either

Because I'm as male as you can get. I think.

Anywho, yeah, I'm going through the same thing, but I know when I finish packing on August 23rd I'll be ready to go. It happens every year.

And Let's Go Mets! Though cheering Utley's loss was a bit much.

 

[vellamint]

I can commiserate. And my uncle who has been battling cancer for nearly 2 yrs now is back into ICU in horrible, terrible shape. Emergency surgery last night, back on a respirator. This is not good. We leave in 3 days for WDW (me, dh, + the kids). It's a good 18 hours drive straight through. We didn't buy trip insurance because we could reschedule the trip or whatever easily since we are not flying. I just don't know if we should! The kids are packed and ready to go, but if Uncle doesn't make it, The Family would be FURIOUS if I didn't pack the kids up and drive back home again. Arrggh. I wonder if foreboding was keeping me from getting really excited??

For your situation, I think maybe once your trip gets going, you'll be excited again. That happened to me last trip. I didn't really get excited until I got off DME at my resort.

So sorry to hear this...hope your uncle gets well and your trip goes as you want!!

I am getting afraid that I made all the wrong ADR choices, that I did not buy all the correct stuff, that I will overpack, underpack....arg.....I think I need a drink....

 

[LBAK]

I"m right there with everyone. In fact here I sit commiserating with everyone when I should be packing because we're leaving at 5:00 tomorrow morning. Instead I'm thinking of when I can plan my next trip for! How pitiful is this?? By tonight though I"ll be still packing at midnight and so excited that I can't sleep. Have a good trip everyone that's going soon.

 

[Gabkatt]

I have been planning our August trip for a long time. I made tons of ressies, read lots of books, and scanned the DIS for hours. I was PUMPED for the trip. But as the trip has approached, I have seemed to forget less and less about it and basically don't care. What's wrong with me?!?! I just realized I'm leaving in 2 weeks from tommorow!!! About 3 months ago, I would have thought that I would have been on the DIS all day and all night! Help me get excited!

Alright everyone, stand back...we've got an emergency over here!!! SNAP OUT OF IT!! Its gonna be OK. Someone get 'Tink' over here 'STAT' we need some Pixie Dust..or...something... I didn't think the words 'trip approaching in 2 weeks' & 'Don't care' could be used together in a sentence?! Maybe a few of those rediculous dancing smiles will do the trick... OK...OK... it looks like your pulling through & gonna make it! WWWHHHOOO.....that was a close one. Have fun on your trip!

 

[clombardi]

Clombardi- love your avatar- is that a boston? we have 2!

Yes that is a Boston named Maggie. She is 4 years old!

 

[Pooh93]

I was the same way before our June trip. Now, I've been so BUMMED since we came back. All I've been doing is reading here and trying to figure out when we can get back there again!!! ENJOY and don't worry, you'll have a MAGICAL time!!

 

[vellamint]

Whew....okay I feel a little better now!!

I put lime green ribbons on most of our suitcases.

I found an extra suitcase to carry heavy items in so that MOMS's suitcase doesnt get charged for overweight. I put the airmattress, ponchos, detergent tablets, and a ziplock of little shampoos and soaps in there.

I packed the carry-on backpack that we use to put the things to keep the kids occupied on the flight....this includes folders for each with Disney word searches etc.

I packed the soft-sided cooler with more heavy stuff.

I wrote our names in BIG permanent marker on our brand-new .99 cent Disney towels.

hmmmmm what else...oh yeah...I sorted through our various tickets and made photocopies of them all. (I HATE that job but someones gotta do it lol)

NOW I feel better!!! AM I SICK OR WHAT?!?!

(Oh and printed out the Ultimate Packing List to peruse in bed tonight...oh yeah...I got it bad!)

 

[#1Disfann]

because I am feeling the same way! I also leave in two weeks and while I am still excited I am also kind of blah and I think you all hit it right on the head! It's because I know it will all be over too soon and I will be so sad to come home! I want to go again next August so I guess I'll have to start on that as soon as I get back! Hopefully, that will help! I'm also apprehensive about boarding our dog for the first time and I know it's because when we went in 2003 my beloved dog Max, had to be put to sleep while we were gone (unexpectedly). He was staying at my mom & dads and he had a stroke. He was old (15) but not at all sick when we left so getting the news at Disney was terrible and then coming home was reliving the "terrible" all over again. My parents will be away this time (taking my niece to college) so Lucky will stay at the vet's boarding facility for 8 nights! My DH is dreading it. He loves that silly old dog! (Me too! - Who am I kidding?! ) Well, I think I'll go pack some things and watch my copy of Wishes that some kind Dis'er sent me. See, I am sick....Watching some strangers home movies!! See some of you in 2 weeks!

 

[pixistix]

Wow! So glad I read this! We're leaving in 5 days and I'm in that doldrums mood too. Everyone else in the house is excited. I'm trying to keep up on wash so we have what we need to pack, wrap up work stuff, remember all the last-minute things I have to buy (like dramomine for the plane ride!), pack for the dog, stop the mail, cash in change jug......PLUS....I'm not sleeping well cuz I wake up early every morning and think about the trip!!!!!
But I know I'll be fine once we're on our way to the airport! Then the work is done and the fun begins!

 

[kcrew]

Whew....okay I feel a little better now!!

I put lime green ribbons on most of our suitcases.

I found an extra suitcase to carry heavy items in so that MOMS's suitcase doesnt get charged for overweight. I put the airmattress, ponchos, detergent tablets, and a ziplock of little shampoos and soaps in there.

I packed the carry-on backpack that we use to put the things to keep the kids occupied on the flight....this includes folders for each with Disney word searches etc.

I packed the soft-sided cooler with more heavy stuff.

I wrote our names in BIG permanent marker on our brand-new .99 cent Disney towels.

hmmmmm what else...oh yeah...I sorted through our various tickets and made photocopies of them all. (I HATE that job but someones gotta do it lol)

NOW I feel better!!! AM I SICK OR WHAT?!?!

(Oh and printed out the Ultimate Packing List to peruse in bed tonight...oh yeah...I got it bad!)

Did you say ultimate packing list? Oh, yeah tell me where to find it!!!
I'm going from doldrums to panic!! I just realized how much I have to do in the next 19 days!!!

 

[DreaminDisney]

I know just the thing you can do........

You can put your ressie in MY name

I'd be more than happy to go for you

I'm not even going and I'm excited for you going!! Have a GREAT vacation

 

[disneyfreakjackie]

COME ON!!!! GET EXCITED!!! We're going on the 28th and I am SO EXCITED!!!! Did you go look at your old pics of WDW, go into the picture gallery here ... that SHOULD get you excited!!! I can't wait, I don't want to work, clean, do laundry ... NOTHING!!! All I want to do is think about how GREAT this trip is going to be!!! Come on over, this DISNEYFREAK will get you excited about your trip again ... and if I can't do it I have four dd's who will take a shot at it!!! They're just as excited as I am!!!

WOOOHOOOOO!!! You're going to WALT DISNEY WORLD ... the HAPPIEST place on earth!!! Think of how happy Mickey will be to see you!!!

 

[mommykds]

You are going to have such a good time, GET EXCITED!!

I go through this with every trip. For me, I plan for so many months and get so excited at the thought of going, but about a week before we leave, I start to come down a bit. It is because I start to think that, hey if we leave in one week, that means in two weeks we will be home with no Disney to look forward too. This probably doesn't make sense to some. The good news is once we are on the plane and on our way, all is well again and ALL I can think about is Disney...

Have a wonderful trip!!

This is how I feel right now..I will be in Disney in 2 weeks from yesterday...but that also means I will be back home after the trip with no Disney trip on the horizon & having to get my kids back to school.

Hey Mets fan, I am a Mets fan too!!!!! We just went to Sundays game 8-1 win for the Mets!

Right now they are 4-2 Mets vs Padres!!!!