Hi, we're back from our Thanksgiving trip as of last night! I now have 5 whole days before Steve and I are off again - work calls and who am I to not answer 
Thank you again for following along, I so enjoy sharing our trips! I do think I'll do a TR for this trip and will post the link here whenever that's started. In the meantime I'll be finishing up my dining report; everyone please stay well and healthy!
No folding? Where is that done, then? Not Chicago with their deep-dish.
Either way, I wanna NY pizza!
(And for the record... folding is weird.)
Well it's done in NY by tourists from Canada
Did you do a 1 or 2 bedroom at BLT? I'd love to stay there at some point.
We did a 1 bedroom and while of course a 2 bedroom would have been lovely, we loved the 1 bedroom and it was plenty of room! And FYI I preferred BLT to the Contemporary but not sure why lol
The Wave is getting great reviews for dinner.
Yes it is, lots of people who normally wouldn't book it are eating there since there are less options but that's not a bad thing. Had another great dinner there on Friday!
What are you going to be doing at work next? It sounds like you've done well through all of this which is awesome. I know some people who's work has dried up completely.
I am super super lucky
and I know it; there are lots of agencies that didn't make it through this. It was rough, surprisingly tougher in like August through October but now has picked up again heavily! We have a "team" whereby you take on more responsibilities including more clients and there are deadlines as far as when certain things need to be done; less "on your own" kind of. I've done it before; then stopped; and now am getting back on it which may not be the best choice during the holidays lol but in the long run it will most likely pay off! It'll for sure take up more time daily though.
TR please......will be keeping my eyes peeled on FB as well.
I think I decided I'm doing one
That's the plan!!
My Mom and I were just talking about you yesterday. She mentioned that she had gotten a check from her company that let her go in September to pay out all her unused vacation time, which she promptly put in the bank and decided to possibly join us for Christmas 2021!!
She's like, "we only need $200, right?
When you call, just tell her to do what she does--book us together but separate." LOL We'll talk when you get back from your trip!
I actually meant to respond to this before we left because as weird as it sounds it really touched me
Your mom is so sweet; I'm also glad she got that check! My mom was let go a couple years ago from Girl Scouts after 30 years - unexpected - and while it's worked out for the best and she's really happy it stunk when it happened and had me worrying of course. I hope they join you and I will happily be part of the planning again!
Yea, homeschooling has been a challenge this year. Never realized it would be such a task. Thankfully, my children are pretty amenable to learning online, and I've had tremendous help from the teachers and school resources online.
Ugh did any of us that aren't teachers lol? Luckily Chris 15 is dealing with it well and his teachers have been great; I will say it's much better now than it was in the spring but I realize teachers as well as kids and parents were all thrown into it unexpectedly. Ricky much preferred his in person college classes and pretty much hated the remote ones and spring semester will be the same; crossing fingers fall 2021 is all in person! I think it depends not only on the school district and teachers but the child's individual personality and abilities-and parents patience levels!
Wow!! that's amazing to have trips so close together!! Just seems surreal to me lol!! Your Thanksgiving trip sounds fantastic and I look forward to hearing more about what that is like!!
HAHA I've gone 2 months in a row but never 2 weeks in a row! Our Thanksgiving trip was already set when the work opportunity came up and I really couldn't turn it down. And then the airline messing with flights and FORCING me to add a night
Had to be done!
I hope you are having a fantastic time at Disney this week. Can't wait to read all about it!
Thank you we did! I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving as well and I think I'll definitely be doing a TR!
I fell waaayyy behind but I'm all caught up now. Just wanted to say have a fabulous trip
Hey that's ok - life
And thank you we did! I hope you and the family are hanging in over there!
I fell waaaay behind on trip reports this month... it’s been one of those months.
That's ok it happens, to me as well! I know it'll take me linger to get this next TR going with the holidays and work too. But I'm glad you're back to finish reading!
ad that Ricky had to leave school early, but glad he was responsible and safe. I’m so frustrated by the sheer number of people who just won’t wear a mask or avoid unnecessary large gatherings. We would all be able to have small family get together safely if only people stopped going to (currently illegal) 500 person parties!! /rant
Yes yes yes; extremely frustrating
Quinnipiac was able to go back down to "orange" status for their last few days before the kids left for Thanksgiving and one of Ricky's suitemates had stayed so at least they got their #'s down again by instituting the "red" level but it shouldn't have had to get to that point if everyone paid attention. I want Ricky to be able to have tons of fun and do what college kids are supposed to do; when the time is right. I sincerely am proud of his and his roommates' good decision making this semester.
You and Jenny always have such a good time together!
We do! And we always miss each other when we're apart so either they need to move to NY, we move to Chicago or we all move to Florida lol, right
@Jenny Sanders ? What's our countdown now?
The character cavalcade are too cute! I hope that’s something they consider keeping, even if they are less frequent.
I do too! I still prefer this to regular meets and feel stronger about it after each trip!
Hope your Thanksgiving trip has gone well!! I’ll keep an eye out for the report. Interested to see how the boys handled the changes and lack of FP!
We did have a good trip and it was good having the boys with us even though there were a few sticky moments lol. They did well with the changes! Glad we moved from AOA to BLT though because I don't think they would have been as happy at AOA.
I literally keep starting to read your posts and then never get a round to adding comments. But I have been following along!
Hey Ariella
I hope you guys had a nice Thanksgiving and I'm glad you've been reading! I'll get over to your new report and hope to see you when I start our Thanksgiving TR!
I remember you telling me about the 1st or 2nd furlough so happy you're still working and hope that continues.
Either way I'm sure I'll do a TR for our Thanksgiving trip since I rarely get to write one that includes the boys.
I guess I missed the name change--whoops! I'll blame it on 2020, like I blame everything else these days... 
