Hi all, just a quick note to check in! We are home (cue the wailing and gnashing of teeth
) though it was wonderful to snuggle my babies after 9 days away. The missed us, and we missed THEM
.
Thanks to an almost 3 hour delay
we got back quite a bit later on Saturday than we had hoped. It meant for a long travel day, and a busy Sunday. We had planned to do a little grocery shopping on Saturday night [if we had arrived home in the early afternoon as we were scheduled to] but that ended up being pushed off to Sunday morning. After returning home on Saturday, we pretty much just unpacked and tidied up: the cat fur flying around was insane
. I hadn't slept beyond 2:30 that morning.....keyed up about coming home, I suppose.....so I was literally asleep by 9:30 that night. Thank goodness for daylight savings time and the extra hour of sleep on Sunday morning.
Sunday was a big shopping trip (we had pretty much emptied our fridge during the week before our departure), raking leaves, mowing the lawn, doing some banking, and going through a week + worth of mail. Today, Steve and I are both back to work......and judging by the text messages we received last week from our managers, we're guessing its going to be a painfully busy week ahead. I suspect I will be working extra hours to catch up, and I can guarantee that will be the case for Steve as well.
The balance of our trip since I last checked in was fantastic. We had a great lunch at Disney Springs with
@afan and her friend Anne (they are such lovely ladies!!). We also had a WONDERFUL time at the Ferrytale Fireworks cruise on Friday night: it was a perfect grand ending to such an incredible vacation. I have a bazillion pictures to sort through and share......about 1400 in total
. The photo book for this trip is going to be a BIG one!!
I'm going to try and get my trip report started before the end of the week. No promises as to exactly when, but hopefully I won't have to make you wait too long.
Last night, I booked our May and October weeks for 2019: the best cure for the post-vacation blues is to start planning the next adventure. Assuming we get the approval from our immediate superiors at work, our spring dates will be May 3rd through May 11th. October will tentatively be the 18th to the 26th. Both sets of dates are subject to change a tiny bit until flights are confirmed, of course, but at least we have narrowed down the weeks.
I think we are going to let our SW AP's lapse for a year, and return to Universal for a change of pace. Variety is the spice of life
.
Let the countdown begin (again)
..... 179 days to go!
PS....don't forget to #shareyourears between now and November 17th on social media in support of Make a Wish!!
http://wish.org/content/disney/shar...nMJ_OAZCHXbTQ7K-BQKzLq7C5oxVu0j8aAv2AEALw_wcB