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Another day has dawned on our much anticipated trip and another day finds me 'enjoying' the room here at Pop Century while my boys take in the magic and excitement in 'The World!'
So...here's what they've been up to.
After I left the boys at MK, they visited Mickey's Philharmagic and then headed over to Frontierland. After running his dad all over Tom Sawyer Island for 90 minutes, DS announced his hunger and the boys went for some burgers at Pecos Bills. Except for forgetting to take DS to the restroom before sitting down to lunch, DH seemed to be coping fairly well without me....
After exploring the Swiss Family crib, the boys split a Dole Whip float. DH said he didn't enjoy it quite as much as in the past. He was too worried about the effect it was having on his blood sugar. I'm sure it was fine since he's been so good lately and had gotten quite a bit more exercise on TSI than usual. After their snack, they headed off to Tomorrowland for a little ride on the Caroussel of Progress (oddly one of DS's favorites). After COP, DS announced he was tired and wanted to come back to the hotel for a nap. They had to wait quite a while for a bus, but finally made it back here to the room at around 3pm. After a quick nap, the boys put on their suits and headed off to the Hippy Dippy Pool. When they returned, DS announced his desire to ride a little Toy Story Mania. I warned both of them about how long the line would be and that FP would be long gone, but they chose to give it a go anyway.
They headed over to DHS around 6pm or so and ate a quick bite at Pizza Planet. After dinner, they entered a 70 minute long line for TSMM and did surprisingly well at not bothering each other (having DS's 'DS lite' with him didn't hurt!)
The boys tried to make it over to Fantasmic! for the 9pm show, but just narrowly missed getting into the already full stadium, so they just headed back to the room instead. After arriving, DS wanted more time in the wading pool. It was pretty late, but DH agreed a few minutes wouldn't hurt. DS had a fabulous time at the wading pool and even made a few friends. All parties made plans to meet out there again at about the same time tonight.
One benefit of our pool view room was that I was able to pull the chair up to the window and enjoy watching DS having such a wonderful time.
As for little old me.... I'm so upsetting I'm missing our vacation. I kept telling DH I didn't care if the weather forecast called for rain the whole time as long as we were together. Well, that's not working out. I'm so happy that DS is out there having a fantastic time and is really enjoying the magic, but I would so much like to be there to witness it! KWIM?
During their break yesterday, DH brought me some dry toast from the food court. Before they went back to DHS, he got me a "Big Bowl of Chicken Noodle Soup"...which was okay. It had some mushrooms (yuck) and a little spice to the broth, but not much. I was feeling so hungry and I hoped a little gentle food would help ease the acidic burning in my stomach. After being 'better' for 6-7 hours, I figured the worst was probably over. While the boys were away, I watched all the programs that I had so diligently TIVOed at home...figuring I'd miss seeing since I would certainly be out having a super good time at the parks... I also snacked on some saltines. After good nights rest, I was going to feel SUPER DUPER and be out livin' the magic at Epcot....RIGHT?
Well, I got up this morning and put on my 'suck it up' Mom face. I got all ready and took a little walk around the 2nd floor. Soon after I returned, my stomach started cramping again and here I find myself...again...in the room. The boys are off at Epcot enjoying the F&GF and Pixar Weekend.
Currently, I'm trying to get myself psyched into seeing if I'm good enough to meet the boys at Biergarten for our lunch ADR. I've got about 15 minutes to decide...what to do?
Hopefully, I'll be back later to update that I'm feeling so much better and I've recovered enough to get back to my family.
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Countdown to April/May 2014 Boardwalk Inn.....3 Generations trip with my mom (first trip) and DS9 (fourth trip). DS's gonna show his Gramma the world!
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I'm so upsetting I'm missing our vacation. I kept telling DH I didn't care if the weather forecast called for rain the whole time as long as we were together. Well, that's not working out. I'm so happy that DS is out there having a fantastic time and is really enjoying the magic, but I would so much like to be there to witness it! KWIM?
I also snacked on some saltines. After good nights rest, I was going to feel SUPER DUPER and be out livin' the magic at Epcot....RIGHT?
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