Mer & T's Excellent Adventure Part One: Onward to Orlando!

We just finished watching Easy A (really funny - I recommend it, especially if you ever had rumors spread about you in High School that weren't true because you will totally relate) and now we are sitting on our respective laptops not really interacting with one another, so I figured I'd start telling the story of our Excellent Adventure to Walt Disney World. I'm going to break this up into several parts, otherwise it'd get really long and honestly I don't think I can hold your attention that long. Ok ready? Here we go...

The day before we left we had to take Sly to the Dogs Day Inn. I was really, really paranoid that he was going to bite one of the workers cause we all know Sly doesn't like anyone but Mommy, Daddy and Aunt B. Lucky for us, he was all excited to meet his temporary caretaker and didn't even fight them when they took him away. I was sad because they didn't really let me say goodbye. I pouted for five whole minutes before T pulled into Culvers to buy me an ice cream cone to make me stop pouting. It worked.

We then got up at the ass-crack of dawn because we had a flight to catch. Dad was nice enough to take us to the airport. Normally I'd be complacent about catching a flight, but I was super excited for two reasons. The obvious reason was because hello we were going to that happiest place on Earth. The other reason I was super excited: We had two tickets in first class bitches!! I was checking us in online and noticed we could upgrade for like, $140 total and normally it costs well over a grand per ticket to fly first so we took Continental up on their offer. It was fabulous. I wish I had the money to fly first all the time. Yall, they served us breakfast on real plates. That's right, no plastic little tray thing with a wrapped up sandwich. We had cereal, fresh fruit, yogurt, orange juice and vodka. We also got the hot towel. I'm pretty sure the flight attendant thought we were ridiculous but we didn't care. They also let us have the direct TV thing free, which really helps to pass the time. Overall, best flight of my life.

We landed in Orlando and made our way to the Disney Magical Express, the shuttle bus that would take us directly to our hotel on the Walt Disney World property. It was really convenient. We only waited about twenty minutes for a bus, and it was awesome people watching time. Lots of families with kids who were really, really excited. Their excitement was infectious.

We made our way to the Port Orleans: Riverside resort. It was a really cute hotel. Overall it was what we needed for a last minute vacation: a place to sleep and relax. I think the next time we go to Walt Disney World we'll splurge on one of the deluxe hotels. Port Orleans only had one dining hall and one sit down restaurant, which really wasn't enough of a selection. I think the other resorts have more food variety. The bed was comfortable and the bathroom was fine. It was a great place for a vacation on a budget.

We checked in and dropped our bags off in our room. We grabbed a bite to eat at the dining hall and then headed off to Animal Kingdom. I have to give a shout out to Becky for really helping us out with our last minute vacation. She was so very helpful with everything - Becky if you are reading this THANK YOU for everything!!! If you have a group and want to take them to Disney World, let me know and I'll put you in touch with Becky...she's one of their group sales peeps and I think she'd really help you get the most magical vacation of your life.

Animal Kingdom was great. We went on Expedition Everest first. I screamed the whole time...in T's ear. It was fun, and I bought a bobble head Yeti as a token of surviving the ride. Then we went on the safari ride thing to see some animals. It was cute and corny. We finished up the trip (we only had two hours in the park before it closed) with the Bug's Life movie - super cute!! We then headed back to the hotel to rest for a bit so we could finish out the night at Epcot...but we fell asleep and ended up not going. I guess we were tired because we were up so early - oops.

Ok so recap:
First Class - Awesome
Disney's Magical Express - Convenient
Port Orlean's Riverside - Good Value, but not enough food options
Animal Kingdom - Fun, but more fun if you have kids

Tune in for Part 2 of Mer & T's Excellent Adventure: Wait it isn't called MGM anymore? Oh my bad...

Toodles!

The Power!!

I just wanted to take a minute while at work to say carrying around a walkie-talkie makes me feel real powerful. I sorta grow an internal set of cajones and suddenly feel like I can stand up to people who mess with my peeps. So if you see me walking around with a walkie-talkie, watch out...I may just bite your head off and call you a straight trippin' punk yo who doesn't know what the h-e-double hockey sticks they are talkin' about. (Ok so when I get an internal set of cajones I talk like a gangsta'. Word to yo' motha')

Life Happens

Hi ten people that read my blog!
I would apologize for the extended absence, but I'm following the thought process of another blogger I read who said that apologizing for not blogging is silly cause it generally means you are out living your life and are just too busy to type it all out. So here's what you've missed....

We have a new niece and she is pretty amazing. She was born on November 3rd, weighing in at 6lbs 15oz. I feel so blessed to be a part of this little girl's life from the start. It really makes me think about babies...as in I want one.

I know, I know, for the longest time I said I would never ever have kids. However, that was before T came into my life and now I want little baby T's running around. I think before I really couldn't comprehend loving someone so much that you want to just see that love in a little human form. For some odd reason I imagine our little boy to look like the cartoon Chicken Little:

I think I picture this because both T and I were really skinny kids and we have lots of dorky tendencies. I can tell my Mom is gearing up for the grandkids, and recently B demanded that I give her a baby to dress up and spoil soon. My Dad just wants me to finish my thesis before I have a kid, but I'm kinda hoping I get put on bed rest whilst pregnant and I can write it then as I won't have anything else I can do. I don't know when we'll actually have a kid...only time will tell. In the meantime I will spoil my nieces and get my baby fix that way.

We went to Disney World. It was amazing. I think I"ll do a review of the trip for my next post.

Sly is super awesome, even if he hates everyone except me, T & B. I love snuggling with my pups and I plan to spoil him rotten this Christmas. He currently has a small cold, and I need to take him to the vet cause every time he coughs it sounds like he's choking and that freaks me out big time.

Work is far too busy. The tour was successful and I'm glad it is done. I have some projects that I was hoping to be in charge of, but I don't know if that is really going to happen now. We'll see what the future holds with work.

I've cut a few people out of my life. Too much drama. I've decided that some people, whether or not they are family members, just don't deserve an invitation to the party that is my life anymore. And man, it feels good knowing I never have to set eyes on them again if I don't want to. Though I find I have a hard time avoiding them around the holidays. Luckily I have a plan for this year...I'll have to see if it works out and maybe I can use it again next year. If you knew the details (and some of you do) then you'd understand why I'm so harsh about this whole thing. If you want to know details, I'm more than happy to give you an earful.

Christmas is only two weeks away. I have several people to buy for still. This stresses me out.

Ok, I think you are mostly caught up now. I"ll be back soon(ish) with a Disney World Review. Until then...toodles!