Hi to all,
Time to share: I have had a very unusal life lately. At the beginning of the year, I started thinking of returning to Disney (after a 10 Day WDW/US trip) and began to make plans for May. Well my family decided to do a beach vacation in May and I decided to go. The vacation started off well enough but went downhill by the end of the week and fighting occurred with extended family which just cast a black cloud over everything which seems to have lasted for months. Needless to say, I came home from that vacation with the idea that I was going to Disney alone.
The month of June eventually arrived and those darn Disney FTP commercials were playing all the time. I finally decided to call to determine what cost I would have to endure for a Disney vacation. Low and behold it was a vacation that I could actually afford (trust me I was shocked). Out came my credit card, plans made and deposits paid.
Then the last two weeks of June occurred. This turned out to be a horrible month (which by the way, it rained every day this entire month). A call came in one Saturday morning. It was my grandmother (otherwise known as Maw-maw - yes I'm a southern gal) she had fallen and couldn't get up (no joke)! Run over to her house (I live a short distance away) to find her on the floor in pain. It seemed that she had broken her 2nd hip replacement. Well I have never seen so many doctors in my life until this moment (every possible doc came out of the woodwork in the hospital). My mawmaw managed to break a hip that was unbreakable and word spread like wildfire in California around the hospital (her x-rays were more popular to look at than Finding Nemo, literally classes were given with 40/50 people at a time showing those x-rays of my mawmaws broken hip). The doctors didn't know exactly how to remove the former prosthesis as it grows into the bone over time. They actually had to study how to do this and order special equipment which was flown in overnight. Luckily mawmaw managed through the surgery and was placed in a recovery unit for a month. Thank GOD that she is okay.
The very next day after my mawmaws surgery, I managed to get into an accident. The adjusters are still working out the issues.
Now we proceed to the last few days of June. I decided that I needed to get past my amazement of the things that happened in June so far, so I ordered my non-refundable airline ticket (what was I really thinking) to Disney. The very next day, the firm that I work for had a coup. Some of the partners decided to start their own firm and everything at work came to a head that day. All of a sudden my job was in jeopardy. Now I was truly depressed. Several of the employees I worked with for years were either laid off or due to the stress of not knowing what was going to happen, went and located other jobs. We went from an office of about 20 people to 10 in a 6 week period. July and August (which by the way, rain continued almost daily) I found myself in a state of denial and depression. I can't state how I really felt as everything from this year seemed to culminate at this time. There were many times where I thought that I would have to cancel my trip but kept thinking to hold on as the last payment wasn't due until the end of Sept.
Mid August. I woke up one morning and literally decided it was time to stop sulking (especially since it was one of the actual days we got to see the sun and it didn't rain) and it was time to plan my Disney vacation and wish for the best. I began to do just that. This is the important part. Part of what managed to get me out of my depression was that I would come on these boards and read various threads and trip reports and dream of how my vacation would go. THANKS to all of you Disser's, as you helped me get out of my duldrums. Many of the trip reports managed to make me laugh and giggle (and reminded me of some of my own past Disney moments) when I was feeling my worst.
Sept came and I decided to take the vacation a notch up and add on days before and after the FTP just to do shopping and relaxing. People at Southwest Airlines must think I'm nuts as I kept changing my departure and arrival times and dates. Crazily enough, I also decided to pack (tell me if I am not wishing this trip into existence) about half of what I intend to take with me.
Oct. - Well things are still continuing to change at work which has been very stressful for the past two weeks (it got to the point where I informed them that if things didn't change, then I would have to quit as it is beginning to take a toll on me). Tomorrow I will attend my 5th funeral this year (3 relatives who died suddenly and 2 neighbors). Tomorrows funeral is a cousin who will be missed.
Literally, I can take no more. I have a fear that these next two weeks will feel like a year and the 10 days of my next Disney trip will feel like only one day there compared to the rest of the year.
I truly wanted to say thank you to all of those that have shared their experiences, I've enjoyed reading them. I will attempt to type trip reports after I return and can only hope to make others smile or laugh. Disney is literally the one dream that I need and will achieve. Just wanted to share.
Time to share: I have had a very unusal life lately. At the beginning of the year, I started thinking of returning to Disney (after a 10 Day WDW/US trip) and began to make plans for May. Well my family decided to do a beach vacation in May and I decided to go. The vacation started off well enough but went downhill by the end of the week and fighting occurred with extended family which just cast a black cloud over everything which seems to have lasted for months. Needless to say, I came home from that vacation with the idea that I was going to Disney alone.
The month of June eventually arrived and those darn Disney FTP commercials were playing all the time. I finally decided to call to determine what cost I would have to endure for a Disney vacation. Low and behold it was a vacation that I could actually afford (trust me I was shocked). Out came my credit card, plans made and deposits paid.
Then the last two weeks of June occurred. This turned out to be a horrible month (which by the way, it rained every day this entire month). A call came in one Saturday morning. It was my grandmother (otherwise known as Maw-maw - yes I'm a southern gal) she had fallen and couldn't get up (no joke)! Run over to her house (I live a short distance away) to find her on the floor in pain. It seemed that she had broken her 2nd hip replacement. Well I have never seen so many doctors in my life until this moment (every possible doc came out of the woodwork in the hospital). My mawmaw managed to break a hip that was unbreakable and word spread like wildfire in California around the hospital (her x-rays were more popular to look at than Finding Nemo, literally classes were given with 40/50 people at a time showing those x-rays of my mawmaws broken hip). The doctors didn't know exactly how to remove the former prosthesis as it grows into the bone over time. They actually had to study how to do this and order special equipment which was flown in overnight. Luckily mawmaw managed through the surgery and was placed in a recovery unit for a month. Thank GOD that she is okay.
The very next day after my mawmaws surgery, I managed to get into an accident. The adjusters are still working out the issues.
Now we proceed to the last few days of June. I decided that I needed to get past my amazement of the things that happened in June so far, so I ordered my non-refundable airline ticket (what was I really thinking) to Disney. The very next day, the firm that I work for had a coup. Some of the partners decided to start their own firm and everything at work came to a head that day. All of a sudden my job was in jeopardy. Now I was truly depressed. Several of the employees I worked with for years were either laid off or due to the stress of not knowing what was going to happen, went and located other jobs. We went from an office of about 20 people to 10 in a 6 week period. July and August (which by the way, rain continued almost daily) I found myself in a state of denial and depression. I can't state how I really felt as everything from this year seemed to culminate at this time. There were many times where I thought that I would have to cancel my trip but kept thinking to hold on as the last payment wasn't due until the end of Sept.
Mid August. I woke up one morning and literally decided it was time to stop sulking (especially since it was one of the actual days we got to see the sun and it didn't rain) and it was time to plan my Disney vacation and wish for the best. I began to do just that. This is the important part. Part of what managed to get me out of my depression was that I would come on these boards and read various threads and trip reports and dream of how my vacation would go. THANKS to all of you Disser's, as you helped me get out of my duldrums. Many of the trip reports managed to make me laugh and giggle (and reminded me of some of my own past Disney moments) when I was feeling my worst.
Sept came and I decided to take the vacation a notch up and add on days before and after the FTP just to do shopping and relaxing. People at Southwest Airlines must think I'm nuts as I kept changing my departure and arrival times and dates. Crazily enough, I also decided to pack (tell me if I am not wishing this trip into existence) about half of what I intend to take with me.
Oct. - Well things are still continuing to change at work which has been very stressful for the past two weeks (it got to the point where I informed them that if things didn't change, then I would have to quit as it is beginning to take a toll on me). Tomorrow I will attend my 5th funeral this year (3 relatives who died suddenly and 2 neighbors). Tomorrows funeral is a cousin who will be missed.
Literally, I can take no more. I have a fear that these next two weeks will feel like a year and the 10 days of my next Disney trip will feel like only one day there compared to the rest of the year.
I truly wanted to say thank you to all of those that have shared their experiences, I've enjoyed reading them. I will attempt to type trip reports after I return and can only hope to make others smile or laugh. Disney is literally the one dream that I need and will achieve. Just wanted to share.
Have a great time at the Mouses' house!
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Pixie Dust to you.
