Disneyfreak92
<font color=red>Married to a Pretty, Pretty Prince
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- Jul 19, 2005
Lynda I will pm you my cell and intinerary.
Wow! I bet you are glad to have Maddy's procedure over with.
Yep, send me that info. I can't wait to see you!
Lynda I will pm you my cell and intinerary.
Maddy's procedure went great!
Ok, enough of that crap!
And a great amount of "OMG what am I doing to my child???!!!" crying from me. At one moment I convinced myself that she would stay stoned.
Within 5 minutes of drinking the pink sweet smelling forbidden fruit, she was slumping down and becoming sleepy. I was thinking hey can I take some of that home?
Letting me in the OR was probably not the best plan. I wanted to make sure she was comforted until she fell asleep. Any good that did cause I was a crying fool; the last thing I needed was to see her fight the gas and clonk out. She wasn't in any pain nor does she remember anything after drinking the kiddie cocktail, walking away from her just killed me inside.
The nurse walking me back said my reaction was because I'm a good mom, sure didn't feel like it at the time.
Today she is her cute adorable stich-like self. Tim checked on her before he left for work this morning and she opened her eyes and bellowed: TWO MORE DAYS!
Zack got the OK to do the water parks and rides. He just has to know his limits and be honest with me when he is tired. Which I believe he will.
Otherwise, I will just tell my mom to give up her scooter, suck it up and give it to Zack.
Kidding.
Get another KID!!! Are you kidding me? If we can lose one every trip, in a couple more years we can be empty nesters.
We have two more sleeps and we begin our drive late Saturday evening.
justthecaboose said:Get another KID!!! Are you kidding me? If we can lose one every trip, in a couple more years we can be empty nesters.
Great news! Please tell me you video taped her acting stoned...great fodder when she is a teenager.
Jill in CO
So glad to hear everyone will be feeling better in time for your trip.
Commence packing.
I'm here!! A bit late but I made it.
You've had a serious roller coaster ride this week. {{{HUGS}}}} Mama, you made it through and everyone will be just fine.
So what's your itinerary? I can drive right past Disney on the way home from work and have stopped quite a few times. DH is a CM these days so I get lots of Disney therapu when I need it.
I'm looking forward to your updates.
Wow! I bet you are glad to have Maddy's procedure over with.
Yep, send me that info. I can't wait to see you!
Monica, so glad to hear everyone is feeling better! Have a wonderful trip and I can't wait to hear all about it when you get back!
Monica
I so understand how you felt. I had two of my kids have to go under as well, one son was 18 months for tubes and the other son was 13 months was born with hypospadia and had to have a circumcision when he got older. I blabbered too! The nurses were great too. My first son who had surgery (the 13 month old) when I handed him over to the nurse in the OR said to me "the doctor takes care of his child patient's like they were his own" which I truly believe because he was always so nice to my son.
Glad to hear that Zack is cleared too! Can't wait for you to meet Lynda (I did in 2010)
Have a great trip!
Jill in CO
Have fun!
Have a good trip!
The kids are wild! And I mean that in the most literal sense. They are yelling and screaming and making this momma crazy! They got a good case of we are leaving for Disney ants in your pants!
I locked the doors and windows and made sure we werent forgetting anything like Nebo does.
I seriously recommend packing in Rubbermaid type tubs if you drive down, it saves so much room and makes it easy to move things around.
She gives me her overnight bag which I also allowed her to bring and I take it to pack in the back of the car.
As I am there making some minor adjustments each one of my kids comes walking out with something. The look on my husbands face as he hands his item to me is exactly how I am feeling, there is now twice as much stuff as we pulled up with.
So much for our people space in the car.
The drive is really uneventful. Tim drove for about 5-6 hours before he was just fighting to stay awake, I napped here and there and gladly took over. I am not a good passenger and I am usually the designated driver.
We stopped for breakfast outside of Corbin Kentucky at a Cracker Barrel and put 506 miles behind us.
Not like our stop a few trips ago, or was it the last one? Anyways somewhere in Chattanooga TN at Americas Best, don't stay there EVER, where I found a dozen earwigs in the bath tub! We high tailed it out of there and drove to a Hampton.
We got a kick out of the southern drawl and it was even evident in the elevators:
I asked for 100 likes on FB and a bottle of Sangria and I would do it! She moved before I got 100 likes and no one was bringing me a bottle of Sangria and she is MY MOM after all.
DEPARTURE DAY OR IN OUR CASE NIGHT AND THE DRIVE DOWN
They decide to play a game with a ball, in my house, and are throwing it around and hitting things and running and bumping in to one another while I am trying to think. I am trying very hard to ignore it but I dont want something shattering just before we are about to leave.
Like a knee cap!
Im sure I wigged out and made them stop but all I can remember as I am trying to close up the house and sweating like we are already in FL, my family is sitting in the car with the air blasting while I am left to close up the house.
At least they are out of my hair!
You mean your wig.
I locked the doors and windows and made sure we werent forgetting anything like Nebo does.
Boy, you forget your wife one time and they brand you for life!
I managed to use the stow-and-go space and the far back space for our things in the caravan. They only thing that was purposefully put in our people space was a small cooler with drinks and light snacks.
Ok, gotta ask, what are Dark Snacks?
I seriously recommend packing in Rubbermaid type tubs if you drive down, it saves so much room and makes it easy to move things around.
Does Rubbermaid come in my size?
I tell the kids to get out and use the potty one more time.
They hate when I say it that way.
We all go potty and I asked mom if there is anything she needs help with.
Um, you're not still talking about going potty here, are you?
I tell everyone just to get in the car and I go back inside to get my mom.
And to go potty again?
She is diabetic and on meds and I ask her if she has all her pills and meds and she says yes and we lock up and get in the car as I am pulling out she tells me she forgot her book. I run in for that ask her if there is anything else, she assures me that is it, and we are back on our way
The drive is really uneventful. Tim drove for about 5-6 hours before he was just fighting to stay awake, I napped here and there and gladly took over. I am not a good passenger and I am usually the designated driver.
I'm a terrible passenger too,,, this should be interesting by the time I lose all my eyesight and we are drivingt down!
We stopped for breakfast outside of Corbin Kentucky at a Cracker Barrel and put 506 miles behind us.
And 506 dollars behind you, I take out an equity loan to go and have breakfast at Cracker Barrel!
What a nice looking family, whose is it anyway?
The kids got to swim, we had a nice meal out and had time to relax and get a good nights sleep before the rest of our drive, about 6 more hours of hes touching me, shes looking at me, scoot over, I want a turn playing the DS, my mom yelling at the kids, me yelling at the kids, why did we drive again?
Diane just loves that bridge in Jacksonville, that's when she asks why we drove again, too.
Driving in the car was crazy at times, the kids and her. I can deal with my kids cause I can yell and or threaten them. But with my mom, I cant do anything but listen and secretly roll my eyes.
I asked for 100 likes on FB and a bottle of Sangria and I would do it! She moved before I got 100 likes and no one was bringing me a bottle of Sangria and she is MY MOM after all.
Iwas actually sad I didn't get a chance to talk to her that day, I wish we had more time.
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