Anticipation 198 Days To Go!

There are 198 days until we leave for Disney. I'm SUPER excited, but realize there is plenty of time to gather supplies, plan our days, and purchase what we need. I just can't believe we're under the 200 day mark. In the next month or two I'm hoping to have everyone's plans finalized, as in what day are they flying down, when are they leaving, etc. It's a tough job to be the mother hen of 8 other people, 7 of whom are adults! The excitement mounts each day and I can't wait! I just want to jump in the car and go except I can't. So far the plan is to leave Friday night about 8 or 9, arrive on Saturday in the evening (we're driving straight through), spend the week exploring Disney World, Universal Studios, and 1/2 a day at Daytona Beach visiting the Nascar Stadium, visit with family, and then leave the following Sunday. In the next 198 days I have to figure out what I want to buy my son and my boyfriend for their birthdays. I'm thinking a Nintendo DS for each of them. I'll have to scrimp and save or save mypoints and cash in for gamestop giftcards.

Anticipation-35 weeks away

I get excited whenever I think about our family trip to WDW. I want to start packing even though our trip is 35 weeks away and I still don’t have some details nailed down. I even need to purchase some stuff before our trip, which I will do periodically throughout the year, but I still want to go early! I watched the new Disney DVD we received in the mail on Friday, this helps with the anticipation but also makes me want to start planning our next trip already! I did purchase some goodies for my son, Jake, for the car trip down and have packed those into my Disney Box in my room. I went to Target and they had some Disney merchandise in their dollar section on clearance for 25 cents each. I put all of that in a gallon size baggie and that can be added to and used for special treats on the car ride to and from FL. I even bought myself some good walking shoes this weekend. I plan to walk daily when the weather turns to bearable spring in Cleveland instead of the 22 degrees we have now. I am going to start walking with Jake every day, just starting off with a block or two a day to get a feel for how well he’ll do but gradually moving to a mile a day then boosting that up throughout the summer. I want to be walking a steady 2 miles a day by the time he starts the first grade in August. This will also benefit his soccer and t-ball skills as he’ll be able to endure a little more action.