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- May 23, 2008
Day Zero, The Last Day Before the Trip, the Day We Actually Left Home, or Whatever You Want to Call It
The week before our trip was completely hectic - the last week of school, prepping for Disney, and, on top of that, my brother, sister, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins coming into town for our grandmother's 100th birthday
Knowing there would be no time for packing over the weekend, we got the majority of it wrapped up on Wednesday. Kristin and her mom paired clothes (yeah, we do that), and we got all the paper plates, protein bars, sunscreen, and whatever else you need to go to Disney earlier in the week.
Then...
There's some debate over what should officially be "0 days until Disney World". I say it has to be the day we arrive in Disney. Kristin says that means we never get to change the countdown to zero, since we stay in a hotel the night before we fly out. She has a point, but I stand by my opinion.
Oh, and we should have removed the "S" magnet. 1 Day. Not 1 Days. Amateur. Pure amateur.
I was up at 4:30 on Sunday, June 12th to take my siblings and nephews to the airport. Our nephews are boys, 18 and 15, so Dylan and they basically played video games the entire time they were here. The last night, due to their early flight, they all decided to not go to sleep. I slept on the couch, so I didn't exactly sleep much at all. But I slept some. Plus, after dropping them off, I could go back to bed.
Also happening that night was Dylan's new overuse of the word"cheeks", meaning "not good".
Dylan went to sleep when they left, and when I got home, I played around on the computer a little before going to bed. I checked out CNN's site, and the headline was the Orlando nightclub shooting. Horrible, just horrible. And we're going to that area in one day. Not anything you want to read the day before you travel. Or ever. My heart goes out to the survivors, and families of the victims
I do get some more sleep, and eventually, we all get up. We can go at any time, but there's really no rush. Dylan mows the lawn, then we head out to continue another (relatively new) tradition to uphold first - the Disney movie the day we start our trip!
This time, it's "Alice Through the Looking Glass", which we all loved. Was it over-CGI'd? Absolutely. But it works in those movies. Great story, and the actors are all wonderful.
After that, it was time to go! To New Jersey, that it. We fly out of Newark tomorrow around 9:15, and if we stay over, we can leave our car at the hotel for free. We do it every year, and it's great.
The car is PACKED, literally.
It looks like Emily got a hold of the phone.
Enough of that, now - let's eat!
Our stop is the Clinton Station Diner in Somewhere on 78, New Jersey. A lot of people love this place. It's good, but I'm not the biggest fan of diners. I don't even remember what we ate, but we ate it in a train.
It's smooth sailing the rest of the drive, and we reach the hotel before 8:00. We have an early morning tomorrow, so it's a brief battle with the horrible in-room wi-fi for some Trivia Crack and DISBoards reading, and then off to bed.
Oh, and this.
Alright, it's bed time. This was kind of a cheap, cop-out of an update, but don't worry - we'll get to Disney soon!
(Up next - Day One - Arrival at Coronado Springs, Dinner at Maya Grill)
The week before our trip was completely hectic - the last week of school, prepping for Disney, and, on top of that, my brother, sister, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins coming into town for our grandmother's 100th birthday
Knowing there would be no time for packing over the weekend, we got the majority of it wrapped up on Wednesday. Kristin and her mom paired clothes (yeah, we do that), and we got all the paper plates, protein bars, sunscreen, and whatever else you need to go to Disney earlier in the week.
Then...
There's some debate over what should officially be "0 days until Disney World". I say it has to be the day we arrive in Disney. Kristin says that means we never get to change the countdown to zero, since we stay in a hotel the night before we fly out. She has a point, but I stand by my opinion.
Oh, and we should have removed the "S" magnet. 1 Day. Not 1 Days. Amateur. Pure amateur.
I was up at 4:30 on Sunday, June 12th to take my siblings and nephews to the airport. Our nephews are boys, 18 and 15, so Dylan and they basically played video games the entire time they were here. The last night, due to their early flight, they all decided to not go to sleep. I slept on the couch, so I didn't exactly sleep much at all. But I slept some. Plus, after dropping them off, I could go back to bed.
Also happening that night was Dylan's new overuse of the word"cheeks", meaning "not good".
Dylan went to sleep when they left, and when I got home, I played around on the computer a little before going to bed. I checked out CNN's site, and the headline was the Orlando nightclub shooting. Horrible, just horrible. And we're going to that area in one day. Not anything you want to read the day before you travel. Or ever. My heart goes out to the survivors, and families of the victims
I do get some more sleep, and eventually, we all get up. We can go at any time, but there's really no rush. Dylan mows the lawn, then we head out to continue another (relatively new) tradition to uphold first - the Disney movie the day we start our trip!
This time, it's "Alice Through the Looking Glass", which we all loved. Was it over-CGI'd? Absolutely. But it works in those movies. Great story, and the actors are all wonderful.
After that, it was time to go! To New Jersey, that it. We fly out of Newark tomorrow around 9:15, and if we stay over, we can leave our car at the hotel for free. We do it every year, and it's great.
The car is PACKED, literally.
It looks like Emily got a hold of the phone.
Enough of that, now - let's eat!
Our stop is the Clinton Station Diner in Somewhere on 78, New Jersey. A lot of people love this place. It's good, but I'm not the biggest fan of diners. I don't even remember what we ate, but we ate it in a train.
It's smooth sailing the rest of the drive, and we reach the hotel before 8:00. We have an early morning tomorrow, so it's a brief battle with the horrible in-room wi-fi for some Trivia Crack and DISBoards reading, and then off to bed.
Oh, and this.
Alright, it's bed time. This was kind of a cheap, cop-out of an update, but don't worry - we'll get to Disney soon!
(Up next - Day One - Arrival at Coronado Springs, Dinner at Maya Grill)
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