When YOu Wish Upon a Star... Hey That's ME!!!!..updated with pictures

[starann]

Seeing I have never done this before, but I used to enjoy writing (that was when I had time for it), I think I might like to start a trip report...so here goes nothing.........................


When: Oct 17, 2008...leaving Hellertown, Pa, arrving at WDW 10/18, leaving WDW 10/26 for home.

Where: All Star Movies....3 rooms

Who: DH Randy (age 34)
ME!!! Star (yes, that is my REAL name, hence the title of my PJ) (age 28)
Cheyenne, our niece, who we have custody of and are rasing (13)
Cody (4.5)
Shane (3.5)
MIL Sandy (67)...her 1st Trip to WDW
FIL Sam (68)...his 1st trip to WDW...well not really, he had been in Epcot for a confrence but never had any desire to see anything!!!!!


A little backround on us

DH and I met online, moved intogether, had son #1, got engaged, started planning wedding, got preg with son #2, had son #2, got married, had DN come live with us (I had custody of her once before when she was 6 and I was single...this time she will not be leaving us until she goes off to college)

I had been to WDW a few times growing up, the last time when I was 18 with my family. DH had NEVER been to WDW, had no desire to see some 'overpriced, overgrown rodent.' He had often told me I could bring the kids, but he was not going to ever set foot at WDW. He had grown up without ever seeing MM and was no worse for the ware.

Fast Forward...my Bama passed away (her and I were VERY close and DH and I cared for her when she got sick, even having her move in with us so I could take care of her) and after her estate was settled by Dad announced that he wanted to take us to WDW with the $ my Bama had left him. We went on a FREE trip with my dad (a total of 12 of us) and my DH fell in love with the magic of it all.

He fell in love with it so much that he wanted his parents to see the magic of it...through their only granchildrens eyes (DH had a sister who passed away at 40, 2 years ago, who thankfully never had children).

Laptop battery is going dead...more to come later

 

[starann]

DH fell in love with the Magic of WDW and couldn't stop talking about going back....with his parents. The past year we have saved and saved, I have worked more OT and did more Fantasia Parties than I care to remember, all in the name of Disney.

We took our tax return, the Bush $ and paid for the trip.....there was some $ left over so his parents paid that last week (we got our $00.00 receipt!!!!!)

DH cousin is a AAA travel agent, so we booked through her, 8 days MYW Park Hoppers, 3 Preferred rooms at ASMo. I made our ADRs as soon as EMH came out for Oct.

I am not usually a planner (quite the opposite actually), but I have gotten every Disney planning book, joined a few sites (this one included) and have planned the heck out of this vacation. I have even gone as far as going to allears and getting the menus of the places we have ADRs at, copying and pasting them into a word document and sending it to my inlaws. I have made sure to leave a 'free' day (which now is not so free anymore, more about that later) since our last trip was soooo exausting.


We will be leaving home on Fri around 2 or 3 pm, when our oldest gets out of school, my plan is to have the car loaded with everyones stuff, car seats, toys, and DVD player hooked up, all packed and ready to leave as soon as she gets home. Drive til 6 or so (depending on traffic), stop for dinner, get back on the road and stop again at 10 or 11 to change the kids into pjs and drive straight through to FL, stopping in the morning for breakfast, and arriving at WDW by 10 or 11. I was hoping that my inlaws would be here (they live outside of Philly) and all ready to go, but hubby informed me that he wants to then drive to pick them up, load them in and leave. I was really hoping to be on the road at 2, driving to WDW, but his thought is that we have to 'pass' them (not really, it is out of our way) to get to I95, so why not stop and pick them up......ummmm because it will take another 2 hours to load them in and get back on the road. UGH! Hopefully I can get him to see the idea that we will then have to repack the car and waste more time. Dh wants to get there closer to check-in, but maybe if I remind him we can get there, see some of the park, then check in, he might be motivated to having his parents come up here.



These are our ADRs

Sat 10/18
Dinner at Wispering Canyon at 7:10

Sun 10/19
Lunch at Hollywood and Vine at 12:15

Mon 10/20
Dinner LTT at 4:30

Tues 10/21
Dinner at Tony's at 5:05

Wed 10/22
Nothing booked....was our 'free' day, but now we have plans

Thurs 10/23
Breakfast at Chef Mickeys at 7:30....what was i thinking!

Fri 10/24
Dinner at Germany at 5:30

Sat 10/25
Dinner at Mickeys BYBBQ at 6pm


I am thinking of adding Ohana in there somewhere....which meal is better there? Our oldest LOVES Stitch (in fact her B-day cake yesterday had Stitch) and I think she would like it, who am I kidding, she would LOVE it! Does the Poly have a lot of Stitch gift items?


2 months EXACTLY today.........I get more and more excited as each day passes, my boys ask every day if it is time to go to Mickey's House. Chey got $175 in DD for her b-day yesterday, so she is a bit excited about all the Stitch stuff she can buy!

Gonig out for a Girls day with Cheyenne for her 13th B-day....and getting her 2nd hole as a B-day present!

 

[starann]

I get to go into work late today, so I thought I'd post some updates......

About 2 weeks ago I was on the DIS Boards (like I am everyday, multiple times a day, there really should be a warning about how addictive this place is) and DH was reading one of the many WDW books I have. He yelled into me "I want to go to Disney NOW!" So I get the bright idea to watch our home movies from our trip 2 years ago. The boys were so excited, they kept saying "I wanna see Shamu" The thought it was the GREATEST thing to see themselves on our tv.

It was a really nice night, I finally filled the frame we got there 2 years ago with picts from our trip...it only took 2 years! However my dh got the bright idea that he wanted to go to Sea World now. He called his cousin and for the 7 of us, it will be about $500!!!! for 1 day!!!!! OMG! We talked about it, and decided that if I work Labor day at the hospital it should get us pretty close (it would be 8 hours of OT, on holiday pay), so we are going to do it. So now our free day is SeaWorld day!

I decided that I wanted us to do Ohana b'fast. Our oldest LOVES Stitch and I think this would be a GREAT. DH decided he wanted to do Fantasmic, however he knows all of our TS are used up and he didn't want to pay anything extra (which is a total crock since he told me on this trip he wants to not have to worry about $$, that he just wants to spend it, which is why I've been working my tail feather off with the OT). Last night we decided that we will cancel Mickey's BYBBQ. We did it once before and it's not something I think is worth 2 TS and I don't think m inlaws will be thrilled with it. So this weekend I have to call to see if I can cancel MBYBBQ, add a Fantasmic dinner package and Ohana b'fast.

 

[starann]

I'm in a rotten mood today, a really rotten mood today, I'm in a snitch, I'm in a stew, there's nothing more I can to do then sit around the house and brew.... I"M IN A ROTTEN MOOD!!!!!!

One can wonder how someone going to WDW is less than 2 months is in a such a bad mood....sadly the answer is Disney and their need ot increase the price of something 300%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll back up to Mothers Day. I told my hubby I wanted family portraits done. We hadn't had them done since it was just us and Cody, when he was 4 or 5 months old.....and he's almost 5 now! We have since added 2 more people to our family, Shane who will be 4 in Feb and Cheyenne, my niece who just turned 13 last weekend. So Mother's Day I wake up and I am presented with a 101 Dalmatians card from the kids, a candle and a promise of family pictures the following weekend. YAY!!!!

The following weekend....
Shane ends up getting the potty seat stuck on his head (he is 3.....and while it was scarey then we laugh about it now!) and is the proud owner of some pretty bad bruises.

The week after that......
While at daycare, Cody got clocked in the head by a toy, and now had a nice cut on his face.

The it was time for crew cuts, and there went my family picts.

Upon soaking up everything Disney I could, I found out about the photo sessions and the pre-ordered cd's....YAY what special pictures I would have now, family portraits done in Disney!!!!!

I started looking online for matching clothes for the family, asked my inlaws if they would like to join us for some of the picts.....I got soooo excited to add this bit of magic to our trip.

UNTIL TODAY......now the price is going up (alot) and they are taking away the ability to enhance them so the great deal has become a huge letdown. If you booked by today, you would still be locked into the current price, however you can only book 30 days out....we are WAY over 30 days out.

So now photosessions as I can't justify $200 for family photos with the fast pass with no enhancements and no 'real' photos.....you get the cd, but then have to pay to have prints made.

Hi, my name is Star......and my middle name is Murphy!

 

[starann]

I'm over my bad mood...well not really, but realize there is not a thing I can do that will change it, so I shouldn't let it get me too down.

I have spent a good part of my Sunday being non-productive (around the house) but I got a bunch of phone calls and Disney plans made!!! YAY!

I mapped out EMH with our ADR's and made out a tentative game plan for our trip. I think I've mentioned that I am not a planner....not to the degree that I have planned this trip, but I don't want to miss anything, yet I don't want it to seem over planned, resulting in a vacation after my vacation!

Here are our NEW ADR's

Sat
Wispering Canyons dinner

Sun
Hollywood and Vine chara lunch

Mon
LTT Dinner

Tues
Italy Epcot dinner

Wed
Seaworld

Thurs
Chef Mickey b'fast

Fri
Germany dinner

Sat
O'hana b'fast
Fantasmic Dinner at Hollywood and vine


Ok...now I REALLY have to get some work done around the house.

 

[starann]

This weekend I did a whole bunch of nothing around the house! A much needed break from all the OT and Fantasia parties. But I also didn't do hardly any house work Hubby wasn't too happy, but oh well, the house work will be there this weekend as well. Hubby took the boys to see Clone Wars, which he thought was stupid, but the boys liked.

I did get a bunch of Disney stuff done and organized. From my previous post I changed some ADRs, made a pencil game plan for our days at Disney, allowing us to take advantage of EMH. I felt so accomplished! I try to make all my Disney calls on the weekends from my cell phone, when the minutes are FREE, therefore I don't have to pay long distance from the home phone (alwayd the bargain shopper!). When we were down 2 years ago we did the fly by the seat of our pants method and missed A LOT (Spectromagic, Wishes, Illumination, AK Parade) and wasted a lot of time playing the "What should we do tomorrow?" game. So having the game plan made out really helped. I gives us 1 full day in HS and an evening for Fantasmic, 2 half days in AK, and a bunch of other days in Epcot and MK.

Tonight I went through our Change for Disney Jar, picking out all the 1983 and older pennies (as advised by the DIS boards! ) for Pressed Pennies. I'm not sure the kids will want to do this, although knowing my boys and how much they love $$$, I'm sure they will. If not, we have pennies to put into our Change for the Shore (next years vacation). The rest of the change will be taken to a CoinStar machine, turned in for a e-certificate for Disneyshopping.com then I will order a Disney GC. Hopefully I can do it!

I then made a list of 'extra' money we may have.....a $25 AMEX Gift Card I got for Xmas, the rest of a VISA GC (around $27), a Walmart GC I found in my purse

I also turned in some MyPoints for a $25 Cracker Barrell GC. I also have a return at the Disney Store. I had gotten Cheyenne a Mickey purse to keep all of her stuff (i-pod, book, DS, cell phone) together in the car. I went to the Disney Store last week and the thing was about $7 cheaper! Since I have to go to TDS anyway, I'll buy a new one, and return the one I paid more for (since it is past the price gaurentee). $7 is $7!!!! I may look into selling some old gold if I actually get my act together.

We aslo have a savings account that has a nice chunk of change in it (from saving and putting $ away each week), as well as a paypal account that has about $220 from some ebay stuff.

WE are going down to WDW with only this $ that we have saved and put away, as well as any DD and GC we have. The Cracker Barrell and others will be used for meals on the drive down.

Then I have the yard sale as well.....as if I wasn't busy enough I have a Fantasia Open House Hostess Event at my house the weekend before the yard sale....all to make $ for Disney. Hopefully it will make my 1 month, 22 days go that much faster?

More to come tomorrow....or maybe I will get cleaning done.......

 

[starann]

DISCLAIMER: I have taken a narcotic pain pill and it is starting to kick in, so there will be typos!

I called into work sick today. I started with BAD back pain (a common thing for me) last night, took a pain pill, went ot sleep and wouldn't you know, I woke up with the same pain, although it felt bunches better. There was no way I was going to be able to do my job. I am a visiting nurse which mean I go into people's homes to give them care. I never know what I am walking into, as I do the inital visits which are often long (about 2 hours) and can travel an average of an hour or more a day. And since sitting (standing or laying for that matter) seems to make this pain worse there was no way my sore butt was going to work.

So what did I do......surfed the DIS boards. DANGEROUS! I am now more obsessed then I was before!

I was over on the DISign boards and got some GREAT ideas for the trip, including a Kids Journal for the boys. I am so excited to get this done, I think it will make a GREAT memento for the boys. Once we get it all done after our trip, I will get it laminated so they will have a book they can't destroy (that can't destroy that easily)

I wasted most of the day on DIS, reading others TR, PJ and tips. Then I went into the attic to get some more stuff together for the yard sale...another 3 LARGE boxes! YAY! Although I didn;t hide it that well, cause Shane found some counting bears and now he wants them (you should have seen the face he made when I told him we were selling them!!!).

I then went to the chiro to see if he could help any with my back....He did help, but now I am worse than I was last night....My left leg is going numb, and getting cold (not to touch, it just feels cold inside). I've had this happen before and it usually passes, but I worry about our trip...what if it happend down there? I will give acall into my Neurologist to see what she can do for me if it still bothers me tomorrow.


Oh, a question...how do I get my PJ into my sig line?

Lorcet has kicked in and now I need to 1. throw up....2. go to bed!

Night night!

 

[starann]

I wish I could say my back was ALL BETTER, but it's not. It IS better, just not all better!

I've got a busy few weekends a head of me. Tomorrow will be bridal dress shopping for my friend, Erin's, wedding. Sun I NEED to get some yard sale things priced and sorted. Monday I am working OT from 7a-3p which should pay for our Sea World tickets, which we got tonight!!!! The benefit of having your cousin be your travel agent!

Next weekend we have a picnic Sat and then I go to AC with my mom for a Fantasia confrence.

Busy, busy!

I had a really bad day at work today, so hubby told me to find a sitter for the kids, and he took me out...to the mall. You have to know my hubby to understand how BIG this is....he HATES shopping, and hates malls even more! It was a nice night out to talk and shop, a trip to Barnes and Noble and dinner. We stopped in the Disney Store to get some more DD with some change jar cash.

I have so much planned, done, and finalized that I am at a bit of a stand still and it's driving me MAD!!!!!! I just wish it would get here already, I have no idea of how I will survive 1month and 19 days....or 49 days as hubby says!

Today was another of those eye opening days for me. I went out to see a patient. She is in her 40's and has stage 4 ovarian cancer. I have seen her in the hospital as a patient, as well as her homecare nurse. She has such a positive attitude and is so pleasant to be around that you can't help but to really like her. Sadly her and her husband were never able to have children, which is a shame, cause they would have made GREAT parents.
I noticed that she had a cap on, and as we got talking I mentioned to her about I see her hair is thinning. She mentioned how when ehr dh got home from work, they were going to shave the few clumps that were left off. With that she broke down and started crying.....and with that, I started tearing up with her and crying for/with her. She told me how in the last few days reality set in and it hit her....she has cancer. My heart broke for her. Made me grateful for all the things I complain about.


Well off to bed to read my new book!!!! Tomorrow will be an early day with a trip to Woodbridge NJ for dress shopping!

 

[addictedtothemouse]

Hey Starann,

Man are you busy! I know what you mean about everything being done and waiting for time to pass so you can be at Disney. I hope your back starts feeling better for your trip. And here's some pixie dust so you stay pain free on your trip.

My mom and I ate at whispering canyon cafe on our last trip. Your little ones will have a blast.

I've planned a trip with my girls next spring and am working tons of OT to pay for it. The other day I came home a couple of hours early and DD(11) said, "Hey! What are you doing home? You're supposed to be at work earning Disney money!"

When I took the girls 2 years ago I didn't plan anything except our ADRs and we missed ALOT. With my mom I planned everything that was a must for her and me and we saw all that we wanted to and then some. Planning is good IMHO.

 

[starann]

Hey Starann,

Man are you busy! I know what you mean about everything being done and waiting for time to pass so you can be at Disney. I hope your back starts feeling better for your trip. And here's some pixie dust so you stay pain free on your trip.

My mom and I ate at whispering canyon cafe on our last trip. Your little ones will have a blast.

I've planned a trip with my girls next spring and am working tons of OT to pay for it. The other day I came home a couple of hours early and DD(11) said, "Hey! What are you doing home? You're supposed to be at work earning Disney money!"

When I took the girls 2 years ago I didn't plan anything except our ADRs and we missed ALOT. With my mom I planned everything that was a must for her and me and we saw all that we wanted to and then some. Planning is good IMHO.

Thanks so much for the concern. My back does feel better than yesterday, so here's hopnig tomorrow is even better than that! I work monday, and as much as I would LOVE a 4 day work week, I keep thinking Time and a half (cause it is OT as I am taking a 'holiday' for monday, but because I do per diem work at the hospital) on holiday (more time and a half) pay......Hopefully that will get me through the day.


We didn't plan 2 years ago either and we miss bunches, so this time I planned everything...well not really.....so we don't miss any of the parades and fireworks. I just hope I didn't plan too much and I come home needing a vacation after my vacation! LOL!

 

[starann]

Here are some picts of my and the family......

Me and DH

The kids and I

Hubby and Shane, 1st trip for both to WDW

Shane LOVED his Mickey Icecream

Cody Getting REady for the Parks

Chey and her pal, Mickey



NOW some more recent picts

the boys last month

Chey at her family b-day party



Ok now I am off to check out the boards!

 

[addictedtothemouse]

As my one cousin says "I'm keeping my eye on the dollar sign."
I know what you mean about needing a vacation after vacation. When I went with my mom I was so exhausted that by day five I was ready to head home for a rest. I told her she would be back but she insisted that there was too much to see to take it slow.
I hope tomorrow goes smoothly for you.
And your family looks great and so happy.

 

[starann]

Wow, I can't believe how fast time is passing by.....yet it still seems like 34 days is toooooo long to wait for WDW!

Fall always seems to be a busy time of the year for us (thinking about it, anytime is busy for us).. Chey started back to school on the 25th and seems to be enjoying being back. She signed up for Fall Ball....a fall practice for Lacrosee which she will be playing again in the Spring. The boys are no separated in pre-school and pre-K and are getting into 'learning' which is so cute! We have back to school night for them the 24th of this month and then on the 25 we have back to school night for Chey. That is, if the teachers are back from striking.....they are supposed to go on strike on Monday.

Sadly, my mom and I didn't get to have a girls weekend in AC...a few days before my Granddaddy went into the hospital with a brain bleed. He is ok now, but my mom had to go to NC to be with him. I still went and took my hubby cousin, but we only went for the day. We won some prizes and they announced the trip for next year...Vegas, which I am bound and determined to win!!! So mom and Iwill have a Girls Vacation next year!

I also got called off on Labor day...there went all the extra $$$ for Seaworld. I did work last weekend for a few hours though...still not the same.

I have started to send out the invites for my Fantasia Open house that I am having at home the end of the month. I hope to have a decent party which would mean more $$ for Disney!!!!!


Not much to report on the trip though Everything is booked...even the rental, which if I didn't post before, DH convinced my inlaws to come up here so we can leave earlier!!!!!! I did order some stuff from disneyshopping.com...a towel for 2.99, a lunch box for each of the boys, a few pairs of pj's for the boys, a shirt for me, and a Stitch pin for Chey (as a suprise, which reminds me, it hasn't come yet). I picked up some shorts at JCP for dh as well as some swimming trunks...better yet, they were on SALE!!!!!


My house is a disaster...I have yard sale stuff scattered through out, the playroom looks like a cyclone went through it. Today I went Walmart and got labels for pricing so tomorrow will be more yard sale stuff and getting the invites ready to go to the post office on Monday.

Off to spend some time with the boys!

 

[starann]

As you can tell in my title, I LOVE to shop! My hubby does not enjoy this past time as much as me (well actually, he HATES shopping and the $$ I spend). I have slowly been making purchaces and putting them away in the attic so the kids (and hubby) don't see it.

Usually it is stuff I find on sale (like the Color WOnder princess set and Pixar coloring books I found in Target this week) for the hotel room or on the car ride down.

I have been putting some new movies away (as they come out so they are brand new and may hold their attention longer), matching t-shirts for the family, electronic hand held games, a few new DS games for Chey. In fact I don't think I paid full price for anything!!!!

WE have 1 month and 1 day to go. I know the next few weeks are going to whiz by and I will feel rushed and tense by the time vacation comes and nothing is ready! That is usually how it happens for me, I'm running around the last minute like a chicken with my head cut off!

This weekend will start with a dr appt and meeting with the bosses at work (I have started to hate my job and have a meeting to discuss this with them). Sunday will be a Fantasia party.
Next week will be Parent's night at the boy's school then the next night, Parent's night at Chey's school Finishing up the weekend with a Fantasia Open HOuse at my house ( a fun night in with games and prizes and hopefully make some $ for our trip in Oct).
Then October is here and I need to get some packing done as well as a yard sale (again, extra money for WDW) then it's time to LEAVE!!!!!


So while everything is getting so close, it is still far enough away that I can't wait to get there. I'm also getting a little feeling of being overwhelmed just because of all the things we have going on the weeks leading up to leaving. Don't get me wrong, I am so excited about going, beyond happy. I know we probably won't be going back for awhile so I guess I am trying to make sure we see/do/feel everything. Looking back, I wish we would have booked additional days, oh well..I am happy with what I got.

ok, I have to put the little ones to bed.....more later this week...including picts of all my goodies!

 

[starann]

Can you tell I am excited?! LOL! It's so close....well 29 days away, but that is a lot closer then 6 months! Or even 1 months....or even 1 month, cause we are under that now!

Ok...back to cleaning, after all I need a clean house before we leave, so when we come home, it is still clean (which would be a record of clean, as the boys have become little cyclones who will destroy anything in their paths!

 

[sherreis]

Popping in to say hi. Saw your link to your PTR in one of your posts. You are quite a busy lady! And, I know you're special because you're a nurse (me too).

Your boys are adorable and Cheyenne is lucky to have such a special aunt in her life.

I'm jealous - you've gotten your documents and I haven't. We leave on Oct 15th.

Just one comment about your travelling - are you going to be on 95 around Baltimore/D.C. rush hours?????

 

[starann]

HECK NO!!! My FIL is a former truck driver (he then went into hazmat and retired form there) and knows many, many roads. He has a way to get us around DC at rush hour.

It was part of the deal for DH having them drive to us, to save time (this way the car will be loaded and ready to go with everyone once Chey gets home from school at 2:30, rather then leave at 2:30, then drive to Philly to pick up the inlaws).......FIL gets to handle the navigation of it, which is fine by me as I won't be driving in the begining, and I can't drive at night!!!! LEss driving time for me!!!!

What kind of nursing do you do?

 

[sherreis]

My specialty used to be Labor and Delivery but now I do Case Management. A bit of a difference cause now I deal with everything through the spectrum. The nice part is that I work from home - some extra DIS time occasionally -especially, now, while I'm busy planning our next trip.

 

[addictedtothemouse]

WE have 1 month and 1 day to go. I know the next few weeks are going to whiz by and I will feel rushed and tense by the time vacation comes and nothing is ready! That is usually how it happens for me, I'm running around the last minute like a chicken with my head cut off!

I thought it was just me. No matter when I start getting ready for a trip or how many lists I make I'm never ready when I need to be. I'm always the last to go to bed and the first to get up because there's always "something" I have left to do.
I'm so excited for you. Less than 1 month. I have 11 weeks until DH and I go for a way late honeymoon. (6 1/2 years late) And 7 1/2 months until I take our girls back for their second trip

 

[starann]

So tonight was the night of my BIG Fantasia Open House..the night I have planned for for months, a night for showing people the new products, booking parties, just a fun night.

Well that was what I thought! I sent out over 50 invites...can you guess how many people RSVP'd that they were coming? 10, plus 3 other reps and about 5 maybes. Guess how many showed up....go on guess.....................











4, plus the other 3 reps.....yup my BIG day, which I cooked (a lot of food) and cleaned for had 4 people show up. So needless to say, I am a bit miffed at people who I thought were my friends. I feel like the kids who got picked last for dodgeball, the little girl who had a Birthday Party in which no one showed up. Some people I called and they had excuses, of course, others didn't answer, and some I didn't bother to call at all. I will be bitter for a few days, but it isn't my nature to hold on to it for too long, which is maybe why things like this keep happening to me.

I did make some money and maybe have a new rep (a gal I went to HS with came, it was so nice to see her after 10 years) to sign up, but I am still dissapointed.....I busted my behind to make a big thing of this...got raffle tickets for games, but ended up not needing them as we played some games but nothing that we needed the raffle tickets for. Not to mention that I paid $$ for the food, and then DH took the kids to the movies (which as we all know, is expensive theses days). At least my house is clean!

I just feel deflated and let down....once again. It seems to be a pattern in my life...a bunch of dissapointment. I know I have plenty to be happy and thankful for and I am grateful and happy for those things, but right now I am having a bit of a pity party because I just don't seem important to those I find important. It's been a bad 7 days and this was the perfect way to end it. It started last Sat with my father sending me some VERY nasty news and has gotten worse and worse from there.

Thankfully vacation is 19 days away!!!!! YAY! It's hard to get excited for it (although I am) as I am so afraid something will come along and that will get canceled and I will be let down again.


When it rains it pours, and right now I am in the middle of a monsoon.