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You're one tough lady to have a broken nose and a fluid filled knee and didn't think it was bad enough for a doctor. I'm going to be starting the couch to 5 k this week, but I'll try to be extra careful now! Good luck!!
I kind of fell off the face of the earth for a couple of weeks, so I'm just getting caught up.
First, your ADRs look great! I truly do hope Matthew can join you, but I totally feel your pain about the "possible" extra person. For our 8-day trip in December (when we were already a party of 8), BIL first told me he'd be joining us for the last 3 days. So I made ADRs accordingly. Then he decided about 2 months before the trip that he'd join us on Day3 instead, so I had to change all of our ADRs to a party of 9, including our Candlelight Processional package -- ummm, hello! He was completely shocked when DH told him that we'd already had our plans in place for 4 months by this time. I'm glad you got it all worked out!! Sorry about having to cancel Brown Derby and Flying Fish, though.
Second, OH NO!! I hope you are healing up nicely in time for your trip! You poor thing. I've definitely taken some bad spills (including some "flights") while running, but nothing that bad. Glad your glasses will get fixed on the cheap, though -- way to find the silver lining!
THANK YOU all for the pixies and good thoughts.....
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Oh, good grief!!!
When you do something, you really do it!! You poor thing. I hope your nose is ok to heal the way it is and I hope the ortho can drain the fluid NOW so that you have time to heal. Hard to imagine how you managed all that damage just jogging--sounds like you were in a bad car crash. You really must have been flying!
I have to laugh about it now, but it wasn't too funny right after it happened! I was going pretty fast but only because we were running downhill. I'd never fall if we were going uphill!
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Many to you for a speedy recovery!
Your dog sounds so sweet to wait with you.
My Cody dog is the best! She's absolutely devoted to me.
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I hope you have a speedy recovery and don't have any more trouble than you need. 2 weeks should be a good recovery time I would think. At least long enough to not have a bandage on your face if you will need one for your nose. Now go put your feet up and rest. No more trying to get healthy for you!! it's bad for your health!!!
Rachel
Lol!!! You are so right. I need to become a couch potato - it's so much safer!
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Oh MY Goodness!!!! Hope for good news at ortho and that you heal quickly!!! YIKES!
My ortho said my knees don't need to be drained and I'll be fine by the time I go to WDW.
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Here's hoping for a speedy recovery.
On a lighter note The GIRLS don't go to camp till Friday and they love it there The people that own and run it have younger kids and love to play with my 2 So while they would prefer if Daddy stayed with them they do okay Considering how things might go with some of my family that might not be such a bad idea.
I'm glad your girls enjoy camp. My baby-dogs don't so I'm still sad about leaving them.
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Oh my! So sorry this happened to you and so close to your trip. Hope you have a speedy recovery!
The funniest/saddest thing about this is that people who know me weren't surprised that I would trip while running. I am known for my clumsiness
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My goodness! hope you all are well by WDW!
I am on the mend and feeling really good. I'm not supposed to run again for a few more days, but I think I'm ready!
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oh my! that you get better before WDW!!
If I had to, I'd crawl - nothing is getting in the way of this trip!!!
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Oh my gosh!
Kind of a typical adventure for me......unfortunately......
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Oh my goodness! Lots of coming your way!
Thank you!
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Oh wow!! I hope you feel better quickly
You're one tough lady to have a broken nose and a fluid filled knee and didn't think it was bad enough for a doctor. I'm going to be starting the couch to 5 k this week, but I'll try to be extra careful now! Good luck!!
Good luck with C25K!!!! I LOVE that program. I always think I have a low pain tolerance, but a few years ago we were hiking and I twisted my ankle. We turned around and hiked 3 miles to our car. My husband said I had a bad sprain, but he didn't think it was broken (he's an engineer, not a doctor). It was super swollen and black and blue. It hurt, but I walked on it for two weeks. I had these horrible shooting pains and finally decided to see my doctor. It was broken and I had to have a cast. I don't know if I'm tough or crazy.
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I kind of fell off the face of the earth for a couple of weeks, so I'm just getting caught up.
First, your ADRs look great! I truly do hope Matthew can join you, but I totally feel your pain about the "possible" extra person. For our 8-day trip in December (when we were already a party of 8), BIL first told me he'd be joining us for the last 3 days. So I made ADRs accordingly. Then he decided about 2 months before the trip that he'd join us on Day3 instead, so I had to change all of our ADRs to a party of 9, including our Candlelight Processional package -- ummm, hello! He was completely shocked when DH told him that we'd already had our plans in place for 4 months by this time. I'm glad you got it all worked out!! Sorry about having to cancel Brown Derby and Flying Fish, though.
Second, OH NO!! I hope you are healing up nicely in time for your trip! You poor thing. I've definitely taken some bad spills (including some "flights") while running, but nothing that bad. Glad your glasses will get fixed on the cheap, though -- way to find the silver lining!
I am soooo glad that someone else occasionally falls when they run. Sometimes it just can't be helped - at least that's what I tell myself!!!
My 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Norwood, told me more than once, “An idle mind is the Devil’s workshop” and “Idle hands are the Devil’s tools”. Well, I’m certain I wasn’t the devil’s plaything, but I sure had lots of time on my hands the past few days as I healed up from my fall. What better way to spend it than re-planning our trip, which just happens to start in 10 days???
I spoke with Matthew and told him I really needed to have a better idea of his plans. He said he was about 90% certain he’d join us. That was good enough for me. I told him to make his airline reservations and I’d take care of the resort.
I Disney and added him to our room, dining plan and got his tickets. After I hung up, I thought about how much I disliked the idea of sharing a bathroom with three males . In my home I only use our master bathroom for showering or bathing. I use another bathroom for everything else, including my grooming. A one bedroom Villa at WL was not going to work for me.
I Disney again and asked if I could move to a two bedroom instead. There were none available! Uh oh. Changing from Steve’s favorite resort was not something I wanted to do without talking to him first. I was also feeling bad because Eric had hopes of being a Family.
When he came home from work, I told him Matthew would in all likelihood be joining us. I mentioned the bathroom situation and the fact that there were no two bedroom villas available at WL. He is such a great guy – he said he completely understood why I would hate sharing and said he would have no problem giving up WL if I could find a resort that would allow me to have my own bathroom. He also tried to reassure me that once Eric used the night vision goggles to see the animals, he’d forget all about being a Family. (I hope.)
So, I thought and thought and thought . I don’t want to break the bank on this trip - we just went in January, and we are planning to take my brother’s two youngest daughters in June. It might be different if WDW trips were the only vacations we take, but they aren’t and we aren’t rich. I knew that the Kidani one bedrooms have two bathrooms, so that seemed like a good place to book.
I WDW (again) and switched us from VWL to AKL-Kidani. I was pretty happy with that for a few hours. But then I thought about the boats that Steve would miss. And how weird it might be for Matthew to share a sleeping area with a 12 year old, even though they are cousins. Since SSR and OKW are less expensive, I decided to book a two bedroom at OKW. It is such a good thing that I never speak to the same CM when I call.
So, now we were set! Until I spoke to Matthew that evening. He said that looking at the resorts, he’d prefer a two bedroom at BC or AKL. He said he’d gladly pay the difference for a two bedroom at whatever resort I chose, but those would be his preferred resorts. Grrrr. But then he said something that turned everything on its head – he said, “There is still a very slim chance that I might not join you. It might be unnecessary for us to get a two bedroom. I’ll still pay for the upgrade, but it’s something you might want to think about.”
I thought about it – for hours – and finally decided to go with a one bedroom at AKL-Kidani. I really don’t want my son to pay for a bedroom that he might not use and I don’t want to pay for it either. Matthew said that he’d be happy on the chair-bed as his penance for being unable to give me a firm commitment.
I’m pretty sure that we’re locked in at AKL. But I’m not doing online check-in for a few days just in case……
I'm glad you didn't have to have the fluid drained and that your MD says you'll be ok for WDW!! I just have to laugh at the saga of booking/cancelling rooms. I understand the reasons you made every choice you made, but all the same it made me kind of glad I travel solo! Seriously, though, your 3 (or 2) guys will be great travel companions judging by how they're going along with the changes!
Sorry to hear that your plans are still so up in the air at this date. THat Mathew will will be able to join you before he reports. Think it will go a long way way with showing young Eric that he is not alone and has family he can turn to.
Side note The Girls did great at camp BUT went nuts when I picked them up They were pulling me so fast tring to get to the car that I lost my footing and had to let go of the leashes just in time to keep from being dragged under the car. (Hint a PRIUS isn't that high and while I may be skinny I am not that skinny
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Now go put your feet up and rest. No more trying to get healthy for you!! it's bad for your health!!! 
So sorry this happened to you and so close to your trip. Hope you have a speedy recovery!
Disney and added him to our room, dining plan and got his tickets. After I hung up, I thought about how much I disliked the idea of sharing a bathroom with three males 
. In my home I only use our master bathroom for showering or bathing. I use another bathroom for everything else, including my grooming. A one bedroom Villa at WL was not going to work for me. 
Family.
. I don’t want to break the bank on this trip - we just went in January, and we are planning to take my brother’s two youngest daughters in June. It might be different if WDW trips were the only vacations we take, but they aren’t and we aren’t rich. I knew that the Kidani one bedrooms have two bathrooms, so that seemed like a good place to book.
on the chair-bed as his penance for being unable to give me a firm commitment. 
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