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Great start. I don't blame you for wanting to get to BWI early, we plan that every time we fly as we have to go on the Beltway to get there. Brake light city there.
Love the butterfly feeling...miss having it. Getting excited to read all about your trip.
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Great update Melissa. I'm not a morning person at all and it would normally take a bomb to get me out of bed at 3:30am (A bomb or a trip to Disney). Some how never mind getting up at 3:30 when I'm going on vacation.
Great start Melissa. I amnormally"That Woman" toowhen it comes to traveling and being up that early too. How sweet of your dad to say goodbyeto all 3 ofhisgirls, & Chad to get misty eyed. Disney & your beautiful daughter do equal happiness.
Great start and enjoy reliving the happy times at Disney - you deserve it after the past few days!
Thanks so much! It does take me to a much happier time.
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I can always get up easily on mornings I'm leaving for WDW. Glad you got everything done and left on time, even a bit early. I have been THAT woman before. I don't like it either! LOL! Can wait to hear more.
Don't you wish you had that feeling every time you woke up in the morning? Then it wouldn't be so bad when you had to get up for work.
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Melissa I am so sorry for your loss. And really sorry that I am just now getting to post. I have been mia since last Thursday with a sick toddler. I am so glad to see you starting your tr though, disney is truly about happiness and family, so what better way to work through your grief.
Thanks so much, and I hope your little guy is feeling better now. This is definitely helping to take my mind off of everything going on, plus when I'm at work that helps too. It's when I'm sitting at home that I get sad all over again, but it's nice to take a break from it during the day.
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Great start! I'm not a morning person at all it must be because I have trouble falling asleep at night and in the morning I'm kind of grouchy . My hubby knows to stay away from me while I cool off. But when going on a vacation I'm usually in a good mood but sometimes I do become "that woman". Anyways, glad you had a smooth start. Can't wait to read more.
I've been so tired lately that I have no problem falling asleep anywhere, but getting up is the hard part for me.
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First let me say I am so sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. This is a great start to your report.
Thanks so much and welcome to the trip report.
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I'm glad you started your report. Hopefully it will be helpful to focus on something happy as you work through your grief.
We're leaving in two days for our trip and I have to say if I don't finish what I need to for work I'm going to be "that woman."
Looking forward to more!
Thanks for joining in. Have a magical time on your vacation and I hope no one sees "that woman" before you go!
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Awwwwwwwwww...Chad is a great daddy!!! I'm so glad you are doing your report. I am looking forward to lots of Hope pictures. Oh and I AM that woman!!! Not enough sleep and rushing around panicked.
Yeah...he's okay I guess. I thought it was about time to get this thing started, I mean, I've been back for 2 weeks now!
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Disney does = happiness as does that cute little girl of yours, so just think of those things when you're sad and it will help.
You're off to the happiest place on earth! Can't wait for more!
Hope was the first person to put a smile on my face when I was told my Nanny passed away. I got off the phone with my mom, sat on the stairs and put my face in my hands crying. Hope came over and sat next to me, put her hand on my knee, bent forward to look at my face and started giggling. She obviously didn't know what was going on, but how could you not smile at something like that? I am truly blessed.
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Great start! I am usually that woman running around like a crazy person just before a trip, I am glad you were able to get up early and not feel rushed! I think it's sweet that Chad got misty eyed at the airport, he was going to miss his girls.
It was the first time I wasn't rushing around and it felt great. I'm definitely going to do that again...it's a nice way to start things off right.
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Great start!I'm sure Chad missed his girls while you were gone!
I don't know how much he missed us after we were gone because he told me he enjoyed sleeping in.
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Great start! Hope getting through security went smoothly!
Everything went very smooth. But I guess you'll have to stick around to see just how smoothly it all went.
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Great start. I don't blame you for wanting to get to BWI early, we plan that every time we fly as we have to go on the Beltway to get there. Brake light city there.
Love the butterfly feeling...miss having it. Getting excited to read all about your trip.
Oh, the beltway is HORRIBLE!!! I'm so glad I didn't have to get on there to get to the airport.
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Great update Melissa. I'm not a morning person at all and it would normally take a bomb to get me out of bed at 3:30am (A bomb or a trip to Disney). Some how never mind getting up at 3:30 when I'm going on vacation.
I definitely don't need a bomb to wake me up, just put a baby monitor next to my bed and I'm good to go!
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Oh I am THAT woman! Just ask DBF, LOL. Your trip report is off to a great start.
I'm sorry to hear about your Nanny.
Thanks for the condolences. Hopefully your DBF is very understanding when THAT woman rears her ugly head.
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Originally Posted by BeckiO5
Great start Melissa. I amnormally"That Woman" toowhen it comes to traveling and being up that early too. How sweet of your dad to say goodbyeto all 3 ofhisgirls, & Chad to get misty eyed. Disney & your beautiful daughter do equal happiness.
My daddy is definitely a big sweetheart and I wouldn't have expected anything less from him.
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Sorry for your loss, Melissa.
Glad that you're on your way and made it to the airport with no major worries. Looking forward to hearing about the rest of your trip.
Thank you, and welcome to my report. Getting through the whole airport is the most difficult part of the trip, at least for me it is. Once I get off that plane I feel much better about my vacation.
Nice start and good to see you with happy thoughts again! So what the heck did Chad want to watch that doggone early in the morning???
You snuck in while I was doing all of my other replies...tsk tsk tsk. I think he thought the news would be on, but I think he forgot how early it actually was because he never did end up turning on that tv.
I'm so sorry for your loss, but happy you got to spend some time with your nanny before she passed. Hopefully writing this TR will put a smile on your face for a bit.
Looking forward to hearing more of your travels.
So cute about Hope making you smile. Dylan did that for me when my grandma passed away. Kids make all the difference!
Don't you ever wonder what you did without them?
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I'm so sorry for the loss of your Nanny. Hope is just adorable and I can't wait for the rest of your trip report and pics.
Thank you very much.
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Originally Posted by Linnynad
I'm so sorry for your loss, but happy you got to spend some time with your nanny before she passed. Hopefully writing this TR will put a smile on your face for a bit.
Looking forward to hearing more of your travels.
Thanks Linny. It definitely is a good distraction.
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Glad you got everything done and left on time, even a bit early. I have been THAT woman before. I don't like it either! LOL! Can wait to hear more.
it must be because I have trouble falling asleep at night and in the morning I'm kind of grouchy 
. My hubby knows to stay away from me while I cool off. But when going on a vacation I'm usually in a good mood but sometimes I do become "that woman"
. Anyways, glad you had a smooth start. Can't wait to read more.
I thought it was about time to get this thing started, I mean, I've been back for 2 weeks now! 
But I guess you'll have to stick around to see just how smoothly it all went. 
Our 3 princesses LOVE the RED SOX!!!!
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