UsMcWifeForever
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This is my first try at writing a PTR, until now I have pretty much been a "lurker" on the boards. So bear with me, and PLEASE feel free to leave me any tips/info you might have. I have read many PTR & TR, so I sorta have a feel for how this should go. Lets get started.
This is a last min trip. and our FIRST trip ever during the holidays. How it all began: Lets start at the begining....of the year that is. My DH is in the Marine Corps (12yrs). Jan. 19, 2011 he left,
from St Louis, to go to "The Basic School" (TBS) for 4 months. This school is for those who are being promoted to Warrant Officers. About a week after he was gone I got a call from my Dad, in Ohio, telling me my mother (who was battling breast cancer) was not doing well at all.
I was on the next plane home with 3 kids under the age of 6 ALONE.
My mother passed away shortly after I got home and of course my DH could not leave TBS.
They would not grant him leave because of the HUGE ice storm that was sweeping the mid west. After the funeral I decided I was going to move home to Ohio to help my Dad tie up all the loose ends of my mothers death, since we would be moving to North Carolina in a few months when DH was done with TBS. I Moved home and stayed with DH's brother, his wife and their boys. This was a bad idea because, as much as I love his brother and family, we had Marjory different views on raising kids and the way kids should be talked to. SO it made for a very LONG "few" months. Before I Knew it , it was time to move with DH to our new home in NC. I was looking forward to a fresh start and to have my own bed back. I called the military office that deals with moves and getting your house hold stuff....they told me that It would be July 28th before we could get our stuff...I looked at the calendar and cried 
bc it was only June 10th. 2 months of sleeping on air beds and sitting on camping chairs. Will I survive?????? Fast forward a little to a few days ago, DH and I had a conversation that went something like this
ME: (out of the blue and joking bc he isn't a Disney freak like me)....The kids and i are going to go away for a few days I need a vacation.
DH: I need one too, but I can't get out of work, Where are y'all going to go?
ME: Disney?!?!?
DH: When?
ME: Next week??
DH: OK.
ME: (shocked he agreed when I was joking) REALLY!!!!
DH: Sure! you deserve a vacation after all that has happened this year. Just keep it Cheap!!!!
ME: (as i open my lap top) I am gonna start planning!
I did Little planning and ran some numbers and had a TA friend of mine run some numbers too and went back and talked with DH about what I had found. He said "I was thinking, why don't we go over Thanksgiving so we ALL can go together." I was a little bummed i wasn't leaving in a few days, but was happy the NON DISNEY person in my life had come to
my side, no 
the dark side no 
the magic side, no 
the Disney side. So a quick chat with my TA friend and she gave us the prices for our trip with "plus dinning" and without. UP NEXT THE CAST AND SOME ROUGH DETAILS OF THE TRIP
This is a last min trip. and our FIRST trip ever during the holidays. How it all began: Lets start at the begining....of the year that is. My DH is in the Marine Corps (12yrs). Jan. 19, 2011 he left,
from St Louis, to go to "The Basic School" (TBS) for 4 months. This school is for those who are being promoted to Warrant Officers. About a week after he was gone I got a call from my Dad, in Ohio, telling me my mother (who was battling breast cancer) was not doing well at all. I was on the next plane home with 3 kids under the age of 6 ALONE. My mother passed away shortly after I got home and of course my DH could not leave TBS. They would not grant him leave because of the HUGE ice storm that was sweeping the mid west. After the funeral I decided I was going to move home to Ohio to help my Dad tie up all the loose ends of my mothers death, since we would be moving to North Carolina in a few months when DH was done with TBS. I Moved home and stayed with DH's brother, his wife and their boys. This was a bad idea because, as much as I love his brother and family, we had Marjory different views on raising kids and the way kids should be talked to. SO it made for a very LONG "few" months. Before I Knew it , it was time to move with DH to our new home in NC. I was looking forward to a fresh start and to have my own bed back. I called the military office that deals with moves and getting your house hold stuff....they told me that It would be July 28th before we could get our stuff...I looked at the calendar and cried bc it was only June 10th. 2 months of sleeping on air beds and sitting on camping chairs. Will I survive?????? Fast forward a little to a few days ago, DH and I had a conversation that went something like thisME: (out of the blue and joking bc he isn't a Disney freak like me)....The kids and i are going to go away for a few days I need a vacation.
DH: I need one too, but I can't get out of work, Where are y'all going to go?
ME: Disney?!?!?
DH: When?
ME: Next week??
DH: OK.
ME: (shocked he agreed when I was joking) REALLY!!!!
DH: Sure! you deserve a vacation after all that has happened this year. Just keep it Cheap!!!!
ME: (as i open my lap top) I am gonna start planning!
I did Little planning and ran some numbers and had a TA friend of mine run some numbers too and went back and talked with DH about what I had found. He said "I was thinking, why don't we go over Thanksgiving so we ALL can go together." I was a little bummed i wasn't leaving in a few days, but was happy the NON DISNEY person in my life had come to
my side, no the dark side no the magic side, no the Disney side. So a quick chat with my TA friend and she gave us the prices for our trip with "plus dinning" and without. UP NEXT THE CAST AND SOME ROUGH DETAILS OF THE TRIP
they have no idea that we are going on this trip. They just think Mommy is "looking at Disney stuff again" hahahahaha
) Nicky is a HUGE Buzzlightyear fan and Toy Story. He was told Before he was potty trained if he started using the potty we would take him to see Buzz. Thank God it work 
He has been to WDW 2
Now I am a roller coaster nut and love anything that goes 0-60 in 2 seconds, turns me on my head, or drops me 10 stories in a few seconds 
, I can only hope that they will not chicken out
...I refuse to be the parent to drags their small child on to a ride kicking and screaming! So I hope they take after Mommy and not Daddy 
Thanks I will check out ur TR...I am a TR junkie, I read them all the time. I can use alot of tips for going during the holidays, I have never been during thanksgiving or Xmas
are. I will probably pick up fast passes for all of us, if we don't use them I will give them to someone maybe it will add a little pixie dust 
to their trip 
