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yay! its all coming together. I gotta do alot of that stuff this weekend I cannot believe its nearly time! You reminded me of a few things I need to get done myself LOL
Thanks everyone. I got the majority of our stuff packed tonight. Besides the cleaning(which I know will take a while), and the little bit left to pack, I can relax a little bit before we leave, and certainly sleep in a little bit the day we leave. I tried weighing my two checked in bags, but the scale won't weigh them. All of our clothes are neatly packed in one and the rest of the stuff is in the other. I feel so much better now that the majority of packing is done.
Thanks everyone. I got the majority of our stuff packed tonight. Besides the cleaning(which I know will take a while), and the little bit left to pack, I can relax a little bit before we leave, and certainly sleep in a little bit the day we leave. I tried weighing my two checked in bags, but the scale won't weigh them. All of our clothes are neatly packed in one and the rest of the stuff is in the other. I feel so much better now that the majority of packing is done.
Yea! Glad to hear the packing is done--now I'm sitting next to the TV biting my nails--trying to not just turn off the TV and wait for the results. I love watching football--but watching the Saints play becomes stressful for me!
Yea! Glad to hear the packing is done--now I'm sitting next to the TV biting my nails--trying to not just turn off the TV and wait for the results. I love watching football--but watching the Saints play becomes stressful for me!
Thanks Heather. You and us both. I was biting my nails, knocking on wood, you name it. I mjssed part of the 3rd Quarter from packing, but the packing needed to get done. Kind of scary with Reggie Bush getting injured. I'm glad Hartley didn't botch the Field Goal.
Oh BTW, did you know Jabari Greer made an appearance on Bridezillas? His sister was certainly a wicked Bridezilla. She wouldn't even let the DJ announce him as a member of the Super Bowl Champs. He did look
pretty nice in a Tuxedo as one of the
Groomsmen though.
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Thank you all. Erick made a comment to me last night ehen he came home and asked if anything was packed. I told him I'm 95% packed. He was quite shocked too. I feel so relieved about the packing being done. I know cleaning needs to get done, and I asked Erick to help me with it tonight and Thursday nigt when he's offwork and told me not to worry about it. He works too hard for me to leave him withthat, but I think he wants me relaxed over the next few days instead of having a pre-trip Anxiety Attack, especially since I would have a hard time getting it under control unmedicated. Only one more appointment this week, and then Vacation Mode can officially start.
I know Friday night when we get there we're going to go out to dinner with my mom and my Aunt. I told my mom at least for lunch and dinner Saturday and Sunday we can save some money and eat at her place. The last time I was there 3 years ago(exact time of the year) she made these delicious salads that had grilled chicken, dried blueberries, ranch flavored almond slivers(which were used instead of croutons), a bunch of other raw veggies, and either baby spinach or a mixture of various kinds of lettuce with a freshly squeezed orange quarter for dressing on it. Oh my, I could live off of salads. She was surprised when ai mentioned that for lunch and dinner before we leave. Skyler may not like the orange on it, but he will eat it, since he is just like me in the sense of our prefered meat being chicken and being big fruit and veggie lovers. At least the only cooking will be the chicken breasts, but very easy meals. Mind you, I love my mom's cooking, but since I don't want anything going bad on her, I like to be easy on her. She did even mention she made a basket of goodies to brin with for snacks and breakfast(how thoughtful) in Disney, so we will see when we get there if we're going to bake muffins(although I think those would help boost our energy level through out the day with a well balanced source of calcium, protein, and potassium! I know if they gave me energy for swim meets when I was younger, they should help energize us for the parks.
I do feel like Tigger though. Bouncing off the walls to go. I hope everyobe's having a great day. Friday will be here efore I know it, and it doesn't feel the the 5 months of planning have flown by so quickly. Thanks for helping the time of our trip fly by with all of your kind words and following with all of my ramblings in my PTR. I will update until we leave though and try to when we're there.
My mom almost tried to get me to switch our hotel and not stay on Disney Property. I've already told her we're already checked in, and paid in full and we bought a package deal from Disney. I did tell her it is way too late to do that. I know she means well trying to find a room at a different hotel for $25-35 a night, but I want to stay on property. Honestly I felt a little stressed out with her asking that. I appreciate her trying to save us money, but when it'sbeen over 20 years since you've stayed on property it will be nice being able to do it. I should have known she was going to try to get me to change something else for Disney. Plus I want Skyler to be able to enjoy the Toy Story section of our hotel, especially since he loves Toy Story. I just don't need last minute stress or anxiety right now since I know Disney will charge me to change my reservations at this point and it's not worth the extra expense to stay at a different hotel at this point. Sorry for my rant everyone.
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