Thanks Lisa! We do look very happy, which is so nice. I think there are more people walking around with gluten problems than most people realize. I read something that said that 10% of Americans probably have c-d and 30% probably have c-d or gluten intolerance. I'm just glad that all these years I really wasn't a hypochondriac!
Oh and minor correction--the dress was sports skirts. I have some running skirts stuff too and I got them confused.
Ok here's Day 2 of my TR--Friday, May 20th
I woke up around 6:15am when I got a text from DS that his plane was delayed. We spent the next two hours just hanging out waiting to see what was going to happen with his plane. He finally boarded around 8:00am—his connector was supposed to take off at ~8:30 but they had already rescheduled him. He only ended up getting to MCO about an hour and a half late. So that worked out ok. He was really tired though, since he had been up the night before to watch the POTC movie at midnight.
Anyhow, after we knew what was going on with him we got cleaned up and had a quick breakfast in our room—hard boiled eggs for me. And maybe a Lara bar. I can’t remember. Then we headed off to MK. We missed the opening—we did not make it to MK for park open the whole time. I was kind of bummed. I love staying at BWV, but the bus to MK is kind of a pain. We didn’t have anything major that we wanted to do. We got a fast pass for Jungle Cruise—which we haven’t done for a really long time. While waiting we went back and did the Haunted Mansion, including the new queue which I thought was pretty cool. Mike really likes Haunted Mansion cause there is a Hidden Donald.
We also rode BTMRR.
We still weren’t sure when DS was going to get there, so we grabbed some lunch at the Pirate place—I have no idea what it’s called. But they have burritos and I thought, ok we can get veggie nachos again. I loved the veggie nachos the day before. Well we had to wait awhile for a manager to come out—they almost always call for a manager at CS places when dealing with a food allergy. He was pretty nice. He asked us what we wanted off the topping bar cause he was worried about cross contamination. So we thought we were getting nachos with bean and corn salsa. Here’s what he brought out.
Pretty boring. We asked and he brought us a big cup of the salsa and that helped. Still a kind of yucky lunch, but it filled me up.
DS’s plane still hadn’t landed so we went on Jungle Cruise after lunch. We then headed over to Tomorrow Land and were going to try to ride Buzz Light Year, but it had a long line. We decided to go on the People Mover (TTA) and right about then got a text that DS had landed. He got lucky and got right on a ME bus.
On the People Mover (TTA). I am having some seriously bad hair today!
After the People Mover we headed towards the exit. We waited 20+ minutes for a BW bus. It was pretty hot—and we were the only bus stop with a line. Three yacht club busses came during that time! We should have just got on one of those and walked to BWV.
I hadn’t mentioned it earlier, but my right ankle had been swelling up a bit for several days. (So now, I am dealing with itbs in my left leg and a strained right ankle.) I think I twisted it when I had heels on one day before we left for Disney. Anyhow, I pretty much just ignored it, because let’s face it, after itbs pain, this was nothing! So while we were waiting for the bus that was never going to come a preschooler shoved a stroller solidly smack into my right ankle. It was excruciating!!! I was in tears, it hurt so bad. Oh and I had slammed my roller bag into the back of that ankle the day before and had a nice bruise. It swelled up nice and puffy after the stroller incident. Lucky for me we had lots of KT tape
and Mike taped it up pretty good. As long as it was stabilized the pain was doable. So I had a big strip of pink tape on my left leg and my right foot had three strips of tape, though after the first day one seemed to do the trick.
We made it back to BWV (finally!) just a minute or two before DS’s ME bus. We got him settled in the room and ate a second lunch from our Garden Grocer stockpile. He had pb&j and I had some cheese and hummus and scoops. Yum! We got cleaned up and headed to DHS where we were supposed to meet Debra from Team Ohana for dinner. DS did not want to take the boat so I hobbled my way there. I probably should have put sneakers on, but I was kind of dressed up, so I wore sandals.
We made it to DHS and headed for Star Tours. There were folks dressed up in costumes and Star Wars characters floating around. And it was HOT—in the 90s. The wait for Star Tours was 60 min but DS really wanted to do it, so we decided to give it a try. We only had to wait about 30 minutes. It was fabulously fun! They did a spectacular job with the redo. Definitely worth the wait.
DS not wanting to have his picture taken in the Star Tours line.
This one is a little better. My hair is looking better since I flat ironed it after lunch!
After that we headed back to TSM—and I think it was calling for 60 minutes as well, so we jumped in line. I think we ended up waiting about 40 minutes. It was quite the interesting wait—the parents were letting their kids leave the queue and climb all over the props. It was just crazy! Mike and Tom kept trying to stand between me and the family behind us because their kids were so wild they were afraid I was going to get nailed in the ankle or knee. We finally made it to the front and had a nice ride.
After that we headed to the Brown Derby to meet Debra for dinner. We had never met Debra before, but I just knew everyone was going to like her. (I think DS thought we were a little wacky for arranging to meet someone that we met online—but he had a good time! I think he saw a side of us he is not used to seeing—that we actually are pretty social.) Anyhow, we were seated in the back of the restaurant in the bamboo room (?? I think that’s what it was called). It worked perfect for us cause it was kind of quiet and we could talk. Debra and I both had the veggie noodle dish with tofu—mine was modified to be g-f. Mike and Tom both had some fish dish—I think it was grouper. I thought they had something different, but Mike said it was the same. Tom really loved his—said it was one of the best pieces of fish he’d ever had. There was some confusion as to which dish was mine and which was Debra’s but once we got it straightened out we were good to go.
My noodle dish was ok. It was kind of frustrating cause Debra had more veggies in hers, and I’m not quite sure why they left them out of mine. Her tofu also had a coconut crust and mine had nothing. It was not my favorite dish, but it was ok. (Actually, it bothered my stomach a little, but I think that was the seasoning.) I wish I would have just got a salad and cheese. If we go again, that’s what I’ll do.
We all had dessert. I had the g-f choice—flourless chocolate cake, Debra and Mike had some other cake, and Tom had some banana thing. I have pictures—but can’t remember what they were called! The flourless cake was ok, nice to have dessert, but not as good as what we had at California Grill.
My noodle dish.
Oh and I almost forgot--my drink. I think it had bourbon in it. It was pretty tasty!
The grouper.
My dessert.
Tom's dessert--I thought his looked a lot better than mine!
Mike and Debra each had this for dessert.
I would go back to Brown Derby—with the TIW card, it ended up being not too bad, but I would rather go to Cali Grill or Narcoosee, or Yachtsman. I did really like the atmosphere in the restaurant. We should have taken more pictures.
After dinner we said good-bye to Debra and headed to Star Tours. This time we waited about 40 minutes. It’s cool, because they have a whole bunch of different combos/scenarios that you can get so the ride seems different every time. After Star Tours we headed to Fantasmic. It was at 9:00. We were about 30 minutes before the start so were on the far left side of the stage. It was really fun. We haven’t been to Fantasmic for a while, so we all really enjoyed it.
Waiting for Fantasmic--see those little hairs sticking to my forehead? That's my hair growing back in from when it was falling out before I went off gluten. I am really grateful that it is growing back, but goodness, those little hairs drive me NUTS!
We sat for a while after it ended cause we didn’t want to fight the crowds. My knee and ankle were pretty sore and it was a long hike back to BWV. Mike and Tom did a good job staying between me and the strollers on the way out—Tom said he took two or three hits for me.
What a good boy.
We made it back to BWV around 10:30ish and were all pooped! We were happy to call it a day!
If I cross the finish line upright and smiling it will truly be a victory. My hip is pretty sore, which means the knee will be sore when I run, but I'm going to stretch a bunch today and hang out with my foam roller and hopefully the bad pain will hold off long enough for me to finish.
I have had stomach issues my entire life and just thought it was normal. It got really bad last winter and I went to my mom's doctor. He wanted to do all sorts of tests and even prescribed me medication. (never mentioned the idea of celiac) I really didn't want to start taking meds. 
But, I've managed to lose 17 pounds in the last few months and have reached my dream weight. I've also lowered my body fat considerably. I wasn't overweight to start with, but needed some fine tuning. I'm feeling so good and healthy. 
) Anyhow, I'm ordering dessert with every dinner even if I just eat a bite or two! I don't make a lot of desserts at home cause I'm afraid of overeating, but I guess I need to make it, have a serving and then send it to work with DH the next day. We were at the MiLB game the other night and some friends were having a birthday party and they sent cake down to our section and passed it around where we sit. DH had some--it looked so fabulous! The funny thing is that this time last year I probably would have passed on the cake--not worth the calories. But I guess it's that whole you want what you can't have.
After a few moments of horror we got it out and were on our way. 
We should have gotten our package that we shipped (with the sunscreen in it) and our garden grocer order and just ate something in the roombut we really wanted to get something to eat. By now it was 1:30.
