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I said I needed a break but....this is not what I meant
Who:
Me – Minnie Jen – 38 and the planner of the family
My Husband - 40 and in charge of all silliness
Our sons – just turned 2 (Ethan) and 4 (Ty) – their 4th trip to the “land”
When:
May 10th to the 14th (Monday to Thursday)
Where:
We have a vacation condo just north of San Diego and go a few times a year. We were spending two weeks there this time with the visit to DLR landing early in our trip. We purchased annual passes this year and found a great deals on the property hotels. We considered staying at the Grand California again (twice before) but ended up deciding to try the Disneyland hotel. We were very excited about this. My hubby had stayed once about 25 years ago and we knew many many things had changed and were very excited to see what. I had seen the lobby briefly when I did the 1/2 marathon last year for the document pick up etc and liked what little I saw.
Dining:
We made PS to have dinner at Goofy's Kitchen for the boys "birthday" on monday night, early. We did a breakfast there once before but never dinner and I was hoping the food would be good. We love food and it is always nice when we can be surprised by quality when we are going to a character dining experience for reasons outside of food expectations. We also decided to gamble and make early dinner PS for Steakhouse 55 with the boys. The boys are well behaved in most restaurant situations but they are young and have their bad days for sure. We figured if they were not doing well we would just cancel. Both restaurants were in our hotel just by chance but a nice bonus.
Plans:
The boys had their birthdays just 3 or 1 week (depending which one you ask about) before our trip and were looking forward to much celebrating and spending of birthday money. I had our lists of new rides to try as our oldest gets older and taller and braver. Also lists of old favs to be sure we don't miss anything. I had a list of things I wanted to buy from seeing things online, on the boards. Also lists of the places we want to try for food that we never have and all the yummy treats/snacks we do/buy every time. Yes I love my lists. I have a small notebook that is always in my purse regardless of being at Disney or the grocery store. It is not a happy MinnieJen if I do not have it with me.
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We arrived at our condo on Friday and took the weekend to get settled, unpack and set up house and planned to pack small bags on Sunday night and leave first thing on Monday morning for DLR. I got a bit behind on the laundry and because of that I was forced to leave some of the packing for Monday morning. I got all of our snack bags and the thank you bags I made for stellar CMs done but some some of the clothes I wanted for the boys were still in the washer when I went to sleep on Sunday. This did not please me but little that I could do.
The next morning I was rushing around and getting things done. I wanted to leave as soon as we could. I went over my lists a few times and repacked the purse/bag I wanted to carry in the parks and grabbed our pin lanyards. I checked the boards quickly and closed my laptop and set it on the bed to go in my computer bag. I am not sure how but it slid off the bed and landed on it's side, right onto the top of my foot.
Now I do not curse, and I had a hard time keeping my mommy PG rating at this moment. I did yell VERY loud and curled up on the floor. My hubby and older son came running. Bless my son's heart he was asking over and over if I was alright. I told my husband I thought I broke my foot. It hurt so much and I just kept wanting for the initial pain to pass and get a good idea how bad it really was but the pain was going nowhere. I could move my toes but not without pain. I tried to walk but it was a sad limp. I kept thinking it would start to get better so I told my hubby to pack the car and put the boys in. I put my offending Mac in my bag and limped to the car.
It was 9:30 and I was happy we got out that early. We are about an hour and a bit away from DLR so we could drop the car and our luggage and hit the parks for plenty of time before our 5pm dinner plans. Except....
....my foot was throbbing worse and worse the more we drove. It was getting very bad and my sweet hubby said this was silly and pulled off the freeway to an ER. We agreed he would leave me and take the boys somewhere to play since I knew I would be there for at least a couple hours with xrays and exam and all. I grabbed something to read and some water and limped into the ER.
Three hours later I limped out with a walking boot, a diagnosis of a hairline fracture and script for pain pills.
I'm another one who has lists, sometimes I have lists OF my lists .
I'm sorry about your foot though. I remember reading about it in another thread but luckily you got a walking boot. It may not be the most comfortable thing at first but you do get used to it (I have one too for a cist in my foot that's extremely painful when it's aggravated).
How terrible! I feel your pain, I broke my right foot two weeks before we left on our trip a few weeks ago, I spent the entire DL vacation in a cast and wheelchair and then needed to have surgery to repair it once I got home. I really hope you were able to enjoy your trip!
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My hubby helped me get back into the car and while I was in the ER he and the boys went to a nearby mall and bought me some See's chocolate and a pair of Adidas yoga pants to cheer me up. They are so sweet and I am very lucky. Ty was very happy to have mommy back and did a dance even strapped into his seat. Ethan was happily eating snacks from the mall and gave me big smiles. So Hubby looks at me and asks what we should do now. I said there is no way we are skipping Disney! I said we could get a scooter and see how well I can get around that way. He said we should do whatever I want and he would make it happen. He is a very good and hands on daddy but I knew a lot of the kiddo duties would land in his lap during this trip. He said not to worry at all.
I had the same pain medication packed with us that they prescribed to me as I sometimes have neck spasms so I did not need to go fill my medication right away. I took a pill right away as my foot was very painful. We planned to go pick up the new pills the next day so we could do straight to the hotel and try to get settled.
At 2pm we finally pulled up to the Disneyland Hotel and Ty was excited already by the big Mickey statue they have out by the Valet. He is a little delayed in his speech but when it comes to Disney he is quite fluent. He was ready to get out and party with Mickey. Hubby got the luggage all set with the bell desk and we headed inside. The bellman really wanted to get me a wheelchair and was very sweet. I was going very slow as I was still learning how to walk with the boot. I told him no thank you since we were going to try and get me a scooter after we checked in. He still seemed worries so I must have looked horrible.
There was no line and we walked right up to check in. The woman was so sweet and concerned for my injury. She was trying to get us into a room right away. She could get us a regular room but we really wanted a renovated room and none were to be had yet. I gave my cell number for a text when it was ready. She gave us birthday pins for the boys. I asked about a park scooter rental and she said we could rent one from guest services down the hall, it would be less expensive and we could bring it back to our room every night! Perfect!!
Off to Guest Services....the CM there was amazing. She got us set up with a scooter that would be delivered in about 45 minutes to the bell desk. Then see went on a mission to get us in a renovated room right away. She got us one and with a pool view as well. She was amazing. She even had a super cute Minnie pin with a Hawaiian theme. We traded for the pin and I thanked her a million times for all her help. We headed off (slowly) to find our room. Who did we find along the way....Goofy. The boys were thrilled. The night before as I kissed Ty goodnight, I told him we would see Mickey Mouse the next day and he said "and Goofy mommy" so I guess he knew who we would see first. My hubby and my boys are very goofy and trust me when I say silliness is a big deal in our household. Goofy would fit right in.
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I said we could get a scooter and see how well I can get around that way. He said we should do whatever I want and he would make it happen. He is a very good and hands on daddy but I knew a lot of the kiddo duties would land in his lap during this trip. He said not to worry at all. 
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