Welcome back! I've taken several long breaks from the DIS - it's tough to have much Disney excitement when you don't have plans to go. I'm glad you're here to share the rest of your trip!
It's too bad you were stuck by so many convention folks - loud, smoking ones at that. Your room looks nice, though!
I'm right there with you on Animal Kingdom. I think MK remains my favorite, but AK is definately (a very close) second. It's such a lovely park!
thank you for the welcome back!! Knowing I couldn't go anywhere really, really got me down. Getting back to feeling some kind of normal was hard!
The loud convention people was jarring, b/c the experience on all the other days had been so quiet. The whole vibe of the YC is calm, cool, and relaxing, so having people - adults - being so loud was incredibly annoying. It was like Grown Ups Gone Wild or something
It was a nice room! I did like getting the advantage of seeing two rooms during that trip. I loved my King room with the huge balcony, but the double queen room felt like it was a good use of space. I do recommend bringing slippers for the new hard surface floors that are being put in the rooms, though.
Love Tangierine Cafe SO much!
I tried that strawberry macaron sandwich last March and loved it!
Sounds like you are handling things the same way as we are. I was teaching online until the end of June and the twins were finishing up their grade 12 courses. Jack came home early from university and finished second year online. We are getting lots of projects done; stained the deck, did a lot of work in the garden, in the midst of painting the living room, have to do paint the basement stairwell and finish the stairs there. Luckily we are in a small town with abundant green space so can get out daily for walks/bike rides etc without seeing a lot of other people. Here in Canada, things are getting much better. We have had almost 105,000 cases with just over 8,600 deaths. Most people are on board with masks and physical distancing although there are still some special friends who think all of this is just a fairy tale.
Ugh....what is wrong with people! Did you ask to get moved again?
My favourite too........I notice something new every time I am there.
Great picture and I love your outfit!
I honestly think Tangierine Cafe is the one place I want to eat at most when we are back in the parks!! When I was writing this and got to that part all I could think about was that chicken shwarma!! I make a roasted veggie "shwarma" at home, but it's not the same. Also the hummus fries from Food and Wine...I have been thinking about those too.
I was so happy to finally have that macaron ice cream sandwich. I have wanted one for the past several trips but for one reason or another it never worked out. It was worth the wait!
Our state is one of the "bad" ones right now. In the beginning, our numbers were very low, but since reopening in June, we are now in a rough spot. We are one of the counties in our state with the highest numbers (although we have had a decline in the past few days). A lot of our community spread has come from chicken processing factories who weren't doing enough to keep workers safe. The people who work in the factories really have no choice but to go to work, and with many of those families living in multigenerational households, it spread so quickly. I will say, the little bit of time we spent around people this weekend, more people seemed to be masked than usual. Masking has sadly become quite politicized here. Southern people thinking their rights are being infringed upon
Luckily we have a lot of outdoor space where we can get away from others, too. We're the Natural State, so lots of places to get out and get away!!
I stuck it out in the room...I bring ear plugs for sleeping, lol!! The first night Raeven was with me, we stayed out late at MK after hours, so we missed the loudest part of them that day. They were just there for three days. If it had gone on any longer I'd have definitely asked to move!!
Yess!! Love Masterchef Junior!! And also regular Masterchef. My mom also loves it, so when I moved back in with her for a bit between degrees and before Nathan and I moved in together, we always used to watch it together.
Sane? Not sure I fit the whole "sane" thing anymore. But we're passing the time with lots of TV and playing Animal Crossing. I'm working on a research project with a group over Skype. But the newest thing is probably that Nathan has finally convinced me to try playing Dungeons and Dragons (No judgement!! LOL) We're playing with two of my other friends online on a DnD site that allows you to basically conference call while you put all the maps/images/etc for your DnD campaign up on the screen. I thought it would be a slog that I'd just do to make my husband happy, but it's actually ended up being pretty fun since I get to "hang out" virtually with my friends at the same time, and Nathan's a good storyteller
Nice! Nathan loves podcasts so I'm gonna save this list for him. We listed to a lot of My Favourite Murder last summer when I travelled with him for work.
This is AWFUL. People are so inconsiderate sometimes.
This actually makes total sense.
Oh my gosh! It speaks to the times we're living in right now that I was kinda shocked to see a group of that many people standing so close together.
So cute and functional!
The kids on Masterchef Junior blow my mind. How do they even know how to do half the stuff they come up with??
Haha, oh i'm with you on the "sane" thing!! What does it even MEAN?!?!?
LOL, no judgement on the D&D! If Joe Manganiello is a dungeon master, is there even any nerd stigma attached to the game anymore?? It's not my thing, but I live in a house of boys who like it!
MFM is one of my favorites, although sometimes I get annoyed by their telling of certain stories. The Villisca Axe Murders in particular, b/c I've done a pretty deep dive into it and I wanted to interrupt them with facts. American Hauntings does an entire season that is VERY in depth, and while I know Georgia and Karen are story skimmers, when they do murders I know about I have to skip those sometimes. Also I desperately want to be friends with Karen but I feel like she'd be too cool for me
Doin' it for the boards! Gotta be able to describe a rope drop experience, right??
Yeah, this crowd of people...I have to say, I do NOT hate the social distancing part of CoronaPalooza2020. Like, at all. I'd love it if staying far away from people just became the norm, lol. No more "fill in all the available space"!! Watching videos of the Universal parks right now makes me want to go. I'd rather be spread out and masked than touching sweaty arms with strangers.
Yeah! You're back!
I can't wait to get to my happy place! I love seeing the various parks through your eyes. You take great photos!
Yes, back and happy about it!! I let myself wallow in sadness for long enough.
Yay you're back!
I think this about Ariel too
That's happened to me before too, and I also thought it looked like the Supernatural demons
I used to watch the tv version of that on
Amazon, I was sad it was cancelled.
I am! I couldn't stay away any more!!
I loooooved Ariel as a child, but now I'm like, honestly kid - you're 16. Nothing you are doing is ok
It feels very CW teen drama though, now that I think about it...It's basically Riverdale, lol.
Why does it have to look so scary??
Lore Podcast is where I learned the whole truth about Typhoid Mary