I have not posted much at all lately but will be posting more now that I have free time. Reading your ending will be great. I understand wanting to conserve space.
I am going to Dl just before Halloween and am super excited about it. If I could get a quick trip this Christmas as well, I would be a happy girl.
I actually worked there for over 11 years, then I was a stay at home Mom for almost 2 years. They called me back last summer asking for 3-4 weeks. Eight months later, there was no end in sight. I really do adore them, but I stayed longer than I wanted. When I dropped all of my work off last week, the Dr tried to assign me a new project. He had to be reminded that I am done (at least for now). His last words were that we would work together again someday, so I am sure I will see him again. It was actually perfect timing to quit too. Crap is on a business trip in Boston this week and has another to San Diego next week. I do not have to worry about working on top of all of the other things I will have no help with over the next couple of weeks. Plus, both boys have some stomach bug.
It's not a huge deal to go slightly past page 250 in these threads, like if you're in the middle of something specific and just need to get to the end of it (for example, when we do the Theme Week Countdowns in the Disneyland at Christmas Superthread and are thisclose to the end of the countdown), but since my TR thread will be closed anyway I might as well conserve the final posts on page 250 for the thread Retrospective!
The just-before-Halloween trip will be so much fun!
I hope you can swing the holiday season mini-trip as well!
Even if Christmas time were not my favorite season, I would still say that it offers so much more all-around, thorough decor and general festivity at DLR than Halloween Time offers - right down to the hotels. It's a matter of 'getting more bang for your buck,' and the holidays at DLR deliver that bang whereas Halloween Time feels a little...I don't know...
thin, I guess. It pains me to say that because I love Halloween as a holiday so much!
But I am really, really hoping that Halloween Time can become bigger and better at DLR from this point forward. Even if it just got back to the level that it used to be, circa 2007 or 2008 - with themed music playing and obvious Halloween decor in DCA - that would be fine, but I think that Cars Land has a lot of Halloween potential, and I hope the creative wizards at DLR can build upon that. Also, I can totally envision retro Halloween decorations along Buena Vista Street. I can picture it. I can see the whole scenario. I can practically touch the vintage portraits of cherubic children wishing us all a "
Merry Hallowe'en" as they stand next to roughly sketched black cats and witches' hats. All Disney has to do is...well,
do it! They just have to make it happen!
I can't recall if you were still on the DIS when I posted this Halloween Time DIS Unplugged podcast/call-in show link in my TR last year but if you missed it, it's good for a listen as it will help with the Halloween fun & planning:
Halloween Time Podcast & Call-In Show (featuring the DIS Unplugged team - and me!!!)
Truth be told, I have not listened to the podcast/call-in show since we recorded it. I hate the sound of my own voice. But I know that we covered a wide range of Halloween Time-related subjects and I know that I was blurting out some tips at the very end. We also did a call-in show for the holiday season which was even better, I think.
I can totally understand not wanting to be stuck in a job beyond the time frame you had planned -
especially if you are a mom (which you are!). I'm not a mom, but I am the sort of person who will get very antsy if I am expected to extend myself past a pre-arranged time frame because it keeps me from doing something else I need or
want to do.
On the one hand, it's great that the Dr. and the office wanted you to stick around, and it is a job with which you are so familiar. The overall employment situation is bad in so many areas of the country, and people are either not able to find work or are having to take jobs in fields they would otherwise never be interested in delving into in a million years. At least you know you can probably always go back to the Dr. and that job if necessary.
But when you have children and other obligations, and you sign on for just a 'limited engagement,' you want to be able to end that engagement when you expected to.
I hope the boys are feeling better!
So happy to see one of you posting. I do think of Kim, you and the family and wonder how you're doing. Hope everyone is well. 
