A DREAM is a wish your heart makes...Halloween on the High Seas edition - updated 09/14/2014 - Page 34 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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OMGosh!!! I may be able to add you to my list of PPers too?!!!! That would be awesome!!!!
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Originally Posted by OhToodles!
Oh my gosh! That would be awesome! I'm almost positive we'll make the October trip work somehow. Funny that we could drive a few hours to visit each other and now we may meet in our happy place instead! That is Dylan's fall break so it's a perfect time to go to the world.
I will let you ladies know when we find out if Justin can get vacation for sure. I am on pins and needles hoping this week works out!
Sorry you had to cancel June, but on the plus side it is HOT in June, October is better temp wise.
Looking forward to reading more.
To me, they aren't that much different honestly. I know the boys, mainly DH, were looking forward to SWW though. I am looking forward to doing F&WF right in October though!
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Congrats to Mike! That is great news.
I will let you ladies know when we find out if Justin can get vacation for sure. I am on pins and needles hoping this week works out!
I hope these dates work out for everyone!! I just added meals to our last full day since the boys made special requests.
Well today is Mike's first day! He said he'd call or send me an email when he could. I hope everything will work out. He did have a shift at Disney store last night where he was finally able to speak to a manager and they're going to work with him on getting at least one shift and mentioned having him go through management training too. We don't know what that entails but sounds good right?! He also accepted a part time job at the Lego store which he goes to on Friday for orientation. I'm not sure he can handle 3 jobs and I'm not sure I can handle being a 'somewhat' single parent but if this is what it takes to get us going in October I'm all in!
I'll try to work on an update soon but for now am going to catch up on all these other PTRs/TRs that I'm way too behind on. I'm starting to get out of that funk a bit I think.
Congratulations to Mike. I hope the job becomes more permanent. Good luck still getting in Lego and Disney too. Sorry you had to cancel the June trip but hopefully everything will work out for October.
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I've been so busy lately that I haven't been able to check in on this TR in a while. I'm glad that Mike is getting some job prospects and that the October trip will likely work out. It's too bad about the June one though. You'll be one busy mama with Mike working 3 jobs! But if it's what has to be done for now you'll survive. When Nate quit his job last March he was unemployed for 3 months. And then he got a contract job for 2 months. It was extended for another month and then they let him go. He had to get another one, which ended up being another 3 month contract. He was finally hired full time a few months back. So the contracts can turn into full time work. It was stressful for us for a while as Nate's hours were all out of whack, but we survived (sometimes I think just barley). Now his hours aren't ideal, but we're used to them. I really hope Mike's opportunities turn into full time permanent work!
YEAH for Mike and YEAH for you getting out of the funk
I've even started listening to Disney music again!
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I've been so busy lately that I haven't been able to check in on this TR in a while. I'm glad that Mike is getting some job prospects and that the October trip will likely work out. It's too bad about the June one though. You'll be one busy mama with Mike working 3 jobs! But if it's what has to be done for now you'll survive. When Nate quit his job last March he was unemployed for 3 months. And then he got a contract job for 2 months. It was extended for another month and then they let him go. He had to get another one, which ended up being another 3 month contract. He was finally hired full time a few months back. So the contracts can turn into full time work. It was stressful for us for a while as Nate's hours were all out of whack, but we survived (sometimes I think just barley). Now his hours aren't ideal, but we're used to them. I really hope Mike's opportunities turn into full time permanent work!
His is like that too right now. I've switched my work hours from 730-4 to 830-5 so I can drop Dylan off at school. Getting off at 5 and making it to pick him up by 6 is hard! I'm sure it will be an adjustment but we'll get through it - hopefully. Glad Nate finally has a full time permananet job and that you survived the coming & going.
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