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'Scuse Me; High Five!; Two Moms - August Weekend TR
I briefly touched on this trip within my September PTR, (this post is where I actually announce it) but here are some introductions as I didn't really do those at all
Introductions:
Chryselle: My BFF/The Real Mom
Keegan: The oldest son/Captain America Look Alike
Jacob: The youngest son/Goofball!
Melissa (Me): The BFF/Second Mom
**pictures to come in TR, I promise **
When:
For Chryselle and the boys, it was Thursday, August 20th to Friday, August 28th. They left Upstate New York early on the 20th and drove straight through to Disney, arriving Friday, August 21st. Why? A full Disney vacation to celebrate being a family of 3 again
For me, it was Friday, August 21st to Sunday, August 23rd. Why? A weekend vacation to spend some time with my BFF and two favorite little men in our Happy Place for the first time! This was also a true test to see how the 4 of us fare in Disney together
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She's not the star of our TR, and she only makes appearances at the beginning and end of our stories this year. She's been reincarnated to a new name... I give you...
ALICE!
Formerly known as Sally, Alice was born because I just plain-old didn't like Sally She kept turning on the check engine light and things started breaking. No bueno for a car that I just got in May
What better way to try to love a new-used car than to theme it after a Disney movie? Alice has been very good to me since I renamed her. She's much happier as a Disney character than she was as a race car name
Dotting the I’s and Making the Drive…
Friday, August 21st
Every day at work, I print out what ads are scheduled to run on that day. Every Friday, I fashion my “I” with a little Mickey head. Today, that meant something. Today, that meant I was leaving early to go to Disney!
I had worked extra, earlier in the week, to be able to get out a little early this Friday; and not have to use any of my PTO time. I booked it out of work at 2:30, promptly.
Even though the car was already packed and ready to go, I had to make a quick stop at home to say goodbye to my boys. Joshua doesn’t work on Fridays so he was home with the pup. I excitedly announced “No time to waste! Hello! Goodbye!” even though I wasn’t late; hopped back into Alice and we were heading down the street at 3pm sharp!
I decided to take a new route to Disney today through the middle of the state. This could be good, or it could be really bad! I normally take I-75 North to I-4; a very direct, main road route to get there. However, after living in Florida for a couple years, I found that I detest I-75 and people drive like crazies on there! Apparently most say that this goes for I-4 as well but the speed limit is higher on I-75 so I loathe it just a bit more
Joshua warned me that this new route was no good, and that the directions would take me through lots of small towns with very slow speed limits; I had to try it anyway. Was he right? Yes. But it also took me past fields of cows and beautiful scenery that you don’t get on major highways. It reminded me of New York, and made me happy. It rained a couple times on my trip, but never for long, and not harsh at all.
I pulled into Pop at 6:10pm. It took the same amount of time as the major highways! Not to mention, it felt a lot faster because I was more relaxed on this drive!
I had no trouble at the gate as I had worried about earlier, as the gentleman only asked for my ID and then gave me directions to the 50s section. I pulled into a space and waited for Chryselle and the boys to arrive. They had spent the day at Typhoon Lagoon, and then went to the Outlets to check out the Disney merchandise.
Here are some photos from their day:
Keegan, Chryselle, and Jacob
As soon as they arrived I jumped with joy and we all had our hellos! The boys helped me carry my small amount of bags up to the room, where we dropped them by the door and started our mission for the Front Desk.
Correction: After we dropped the bags, I was presented with a gift! A whole set of Mickey Antenna toppers themed after holidays and seasons!!! I had always wanted a Mickey Antenna collection, but my Subaru didn’t have an antenna! Luckily, Alice does, and she is now fashioning the Halloween candy basket topper.
Back to the Front Desk…
I had worries that they wouldn’t let me stay at the resort, or give me a parking pass so that my car wouldn’t be towed away, but I didn’t need to worry – this is Disney after all! I was allowed to be checked in as a guest for the weekend, and given a parking pass for the length of Chryselle’s reservation. I was even given my own keycard for the room! Chryselle asked about putting the key on my band, but they couldn’t do that because I wasn’t actually on the reservation. I didn’t mind! I was very pleased with all that I had already received!!
We turned towards the busses to go to DTD (not Disney Springs yet!) but then realized that Chryselle had forgotten my voucher for DisneyQuest in the room. We ran up to the room to look for it, but she couldn’t find it at the moment. They had just arrived at the resort that morning after driving straight through from NY, so I’m sure she was feeling a bit delirious at this point!
The car wasn’t far away, so we went out to look for it there. Meanwhile, apparently the boys were getting themselves into a bit of trouble! They were trying to climb the bottom of the Lady statue. More like succeeded and then a lifeguard told them “Great job guys! Now get down.” They were so excited to tell us about it, because apparently the guy thought they were so cool for doing it, but had to be responsible and tell them to get down.
The voucher wasn’t in the car either! Feeling even more spacy now, Chryselle sent the boys up to the room to look, where they immediately found it in an envelope that Chryselle had already looked in Oh well! It was a good adventure and we hadn’t even left the resort yet!!
The four of us left the 50s section, back towards the main building to get on that bus and go to DTD…
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I love Alice!! Very fashionable! What a nice start to your trip! The boys are adorable and I was about the Lady story! Glad everything worked out for you at the resort and very glad that you found your voucher for Disney Quest!!
Oh alice is adorable!!! Love the sun visor what a start! Whew! At least yall found that which would be something I would do lol I can't wait to hear more
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I know that I have disappeared for a while, and I have tons of PTRs and TRs to catch up on, but work has just been crazy for quite some time, and isn't going to slow down anytime soon. I'm just making my priority on here to get through my TRs -- then when things slow down again, I'll go back and read all the wonderfulness that you guys have been experiencing
Other quick life updates... So you know where I have been
Chryselle came to Florida for her first visit at the beginning of November. It was a fantastic time, and we even spent a day at Universal Studios. I can't wait for her to come down and visit again!!
We have had a few unfortunate weeks and have lost some people from our families within a short period of time. The two biggest for us were my Great Uncle, and Joshua's Dad. We've been trying to get through the sadness the best we can.
We are traveling to New York for Christmas ; we start driving this Friday night. We will be making a stop in TN to visit with my cousin for a little bit, then continue all the way to Upstate NY. I have been looking forward to being with my family after losing my Uncle, and can't wait to give everyone hugs . I'm hoping that the closeness of my family will help Joshua get through this holiday season.
A tiny bit of good news, if you remember my mom dropped her phone in the toilet and she had to get a new one. I thought that the photos she took from our trip were gone, but she had uploaded them to her Google Drive before the incident! Once I finish this TR, I can't wait to share that one with you!
On with the show!! Sorry for lack of photos on this next post.
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She kept turning on the check engine light and things started breaking. No bueno for a car that I 
even though I wasn’t late; hopped back into Alice and we were heading down the street at 3pm sharp!
Apparently most say that this goes for I-4 as well but the speed limit is higher on I-75 so I loathe it just a bit more 
but never for long, and not harsh at all.
They were trying to climb the bottom of the Lady statue. More like succeeded and then a lifeguard told them “Great job guys! Now get down.” 
They were so excited to tell us about it, because apparently the guy thought they were so cool for doing it, but had to be responsible and tell them to get down. 
Oh well! It was a good adventure and we hadn’t even left the resort yet!!
Very fashionable! What a nice start to your trip! The boys are adorable and I was 
what a start! Whew! At least yall found that which would be something I would do lol I can't wait to hear more 
; we start driving this Friday night. We will be making a stop in TN to visit with my cousin for a little bit, then continue all the way to Upstate NY. I have been looking forward to being with my family after losing my Uncle, and can't wait to give everyone hugs 
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