Most of my readers know that I went to Walt Disney World last week. For those of you who don’t, I went to Disney World last week. My in-laws very generously took us for four days. We stayed at one of the Value Resorts in the Disney compound. There were excellent times:
like Joey spinning me so hard that I almost puked on the teacups;).
and Joey having a gift pack waiting in the room themed after one of my two favorite Disney movies ever!
to now owning every size of Stitch that Disney makes (don’t judge me).
to learning about one of my favorite topics in the world…
There were other cool things…we ate dinner at a SciFi-themed cafe in Hollywood Studios that played movie trailers from old movies…THREE of which had been MSTied, which was nerdily thrilling for Joey and me. We got to ride Star Tours after all of the Star Wars folks finally left the park. We had a swanky dinner at Jiko, the super-nice restaurant in the Animal Kingdom Lodge.
On the flipside, the AC didn’t really work in the room, which really sucked, but at least Joey was able to get a one-night refund on both of our rooms. And I had a panic attack the night that we got stuck in Magic Kingdom during the parade/fireworks show/child-stroller-apocalypse. I have come to the conclusion that I just don’t really like being around that many people. And, of course, the conspiracy theorist in me wonders how many terrorist attacks on those parks are foiled each year. It’s just such a huge crowd of people. So anyway, while I’m glad to have gotten to do it once, I’m undecided as to whether or not we’ll take our kids there.
Also, the frequency with which I became overwhelmed on trip, and my current state of malais-ey dread about the backup of work I’ll surely see tomorrow has left me kind of floundering right now. I want to blog, but I get overwhelmed. I take a day to relax and do nothing, and instead I end up spending all day thinking about how behind I’ll be at work and how I should be working on my thesis. I used to like to make lists to motivate myself, and now I’m just overwhelmed whenever I even think about making them. I have an appointment with a new psychiatrist on the 24th, so hopefully this will all get straightened out soon.
For now, I’ve got plenty of new stuffed animals to comfort me:)
And my Kins, who I missed a LOT:
I’ve had to spend a lot of today making up for our abandoning her. And, even though we did have three pukes, we didn’t have any pees!!
Inner Monologue of a Madwoman 
Oooh, my mom and dad ate at that restaurant when they stayed at the Animal Kingdom resort a few years ago. They said it was delicious! I hope your first day back at work was okay.
Daisy, we definitely want to stay at the AK Lodge the next time we go! We went out on the viewing overlook and it was soo pretty! Joey bought a hat at the store in there that makes him look like Colonel Sanders from KFC!! It was pretty funny:-)
After they checked into the hotel, they spent hours just sitting on the balcony and watching the animals, and they slept with the sliding door open so they could hear the animal noises! What a great idea for a hotel.
That is SUCH a cute picture of her! 🙂
I’m not a fan of huge crowds, so I can completely relate.
Hopefully the psychiatrist will be helpful!