the2ndstar2theright
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 7, 2017
How exciting! Good luck on all of your exams!!
Hi, friends! I just wanted to pop in and let you know that I haven't abandoned my TRs! I've been joyfully reading your comments, and anxiously awaiting the day when I have time to return with more updates.
The even better news is that....N and I decided last week to book a spur-of-the-moment trip to WDW for New Year's!
N had a few more large sales at his last few holiday events than we were anticipating,
And now, if all goes well on the studying front, I'll be back soon with a return to your regularly-scheduled programming!
It is insanely crowded BUT the most magical day ever!! Plus, I tell everyone, if you know what you're doing and have a plan, it is a totally do-able day! AND @chunkymonkey and @Lesley Wake will be there for NYE 2019, and SO WILL I :-DEven though the thought of the crowds scares me I really want to do New Years in Disney one of these.......years
Lol I KNOW you'll be there and having a blast!!!It is insanely crowded BUT the most magical day ever!! Plus, I tell everyone, if you know what you're doing and have a plan, it is a totally do-able day! AND @chunkymonkey and @Lesley Wake will be there for NYE 2019, and SO WILL I :-D
Hi, friends! I just wanted to pop in and let you know that I haven't abandoned my TRs! I've been joyfully reading your comments, and anxiously awaiting the day when I have time to return with more updates.
The good news is that exams are almost upon me, and so soon enough I'll have a beautifully long December break and will be back here to share more stories with you.
The even better news is that....N and I decided last week to book a spur-of-the-moment trip to WDW for New Year's!
I have been working hard in school, and N has been quite literally working around the clock at two jobs to keep everything running smoothly while I do so. We've been budgeting well, and N had a few more large sales at his last few holiday events than we were anticipating, so we decided that we can manage a modest WDW trip to reward ourselves...in less than a month! We will be flying out on New Year's Eve, battling the holiday crowds for 4.5 glorious days, trying some new things, and revisiting some old favourites.
My grandmother has gifted us a few nights at her timeshare, and our APs don't expire until mid-January, so all we have to worry about will be our flights, car, and food...lots and lots of food.
I have admitted defeat and decided that I don't have time to write a PTR or a TR for this short trip, but I might share a few photos and highlights on one of these threads when we get back. (I know, you're all shocked by this, with how well I've been managing my current TRs! )
And now, if all goes well on the studying front, I'll be back soon with a return to your regularly-scheduled programming!
Side note: if you read my Disneymoon TR, you'll recognize that I've decided to write in this interesting kinda burnt orange colour because (1) our trip overlapped with the beginning of WDW Halloween festivities, and (2) it's kind of the colour that comes to mind when I think about walking on the surface of the sun.
We also have a black cat named Stacey J. Aswad. And yes, she is named after that Stacey.
with a love of giraffes, Orange Bird,
"Makes you wonder what the poor people are doing..."
....but I expected that it was entirely possible that people would read that title and make assumptions as to whether we said these words ourselves—I assure you, we did NOT—and whether they represented some kind of prejudiced attitude that we hold—I assure you, they do NOT. But in my mind, this will probably always be the secret title of this report...and I'll get to that story soon enough as well.
I'd been told a couple of weeks earlier that the Orange Bird Dooney and Bourke bag I'd been coveting had shown up at the CW on Vineland. This was actually anxiety-provoking news, because I anticipated that they'd be all gone by the time that we arrived. (Things can move quickly there sometimes.) Beyond that, I wondered if they'd gone to CW because they were going to stop selling them on property/online, and if I might miss purchasing one altogether! You can imagine my surprise and relief when we got there, and I was able to pick myself up this beauty:
It's sooo pretty!! .....And I love it even more because it was a full 50% off!!
You're so close to having some time off - yay you! How close are you to graduation? (forgive me if you've said recently... I have school brain these days )The good news is that exams are almost upon me, and so soon enough I'll have a beautifully long December break and will be back here to share more stories with you.
I'm so excited for you!!! It sounds like you both have been working super hard and really deserve this trip. So excited you can make it happenThe even better news is that....N and I decided last week to book a spur-of-the-moment trip to WDW for New Year's!
It is insanely crowded BUT the most magical day ever!! Plus, I tell everyone, if you know what you're doing and have a plan, it is a totally do-able day! AND @chunkymonkey and @Lesley Wake will be there for NYE 2019, and SO WILL I :-D
That sounds amazing!!! I'll be looking forward to your posts on FB. You will have to prep us on how the crowds are. I am looking at it as a challenge, sort of a Disney-veteran rite of passage if you will.
Have a magical time!
Hey Meghan! I'm here a little late to the party but I just caught up! Congratulations and I hope you had a wonderful anniversary at Disney!!
Oh god, after going in January this year I almost forgot what it's like to go in the summer months.. and I've only been in September, I dread to think what July/August is like anyway, the 'burnt orange' description amused me
This is my favourite fact about you it's nice to meet the legend that is Stacey J Aswad!
HAHA titling it this would definitely have raised eyebrows on these boards I dread to think how this was said, I can't imagine any context where this is appropriate! People..
amazing shot!!! I absolutely love your early morning Animal Kingdom photoshoot, I would imagine this costs a fortune?!
This is adorable, whereabouts in Animal Kingdom is this? And you do look most beautiful
You're so close to having some time off - yay you! How close are you to graduation? (forgive me if you've said recently... I have school brain these days )
I'm so excited for you!!! It sounds like you both have been working super hard and really deserve this trip. So excited you can make it happen
Hope your term is ending well with fantastic marks on all of your exams!
That's so awesome! So this time next year, you'll be close to starting up your final semester, right? (it's all about perspective )Yay!! Only one more exam now... I'm totally with you on the school brain issue!! I finish in the spring on 2020, so I've still got a bit left to go. Of those four semester left, though, only two of them are in the classroom, and then there are two internships.
I bet!Thanks so much! It will be the highly-anticipated break we both need!
That's so awesome! So this time next year, you'll be close to starting up your final semester, right? (it's all about perspective )
Exactly!!! Yes, this time next year I'll be about to head out on one last internship, and then I'll be done!