Megs114
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Dec 27, 2008
So, most people would think that the title would be a parent saying that to a child. No. It was in fact my loving husband saying that to me lol.
Why this trip? Why the whining? Let me start off by saying that this would be our seventh trip together, my eleventh trip (thirteenth if you include the two trips to Disneyland). We both thought last August was going to be our last trip for a few years but that changed in June.
It was my first year of teaching. I was a Teacher Assistant for students with Autism for 6 years at a great school. Unfortunately, after I graduated, there weren't any teaching positions available and since we were newlyweds, I wanted to get a teaching position ASAP. I took the first job that was offered to me at a school that I thought was just like the one I came from. While I loved my students, the school itself was not for me. It was a very long, hard year. I thankfully found another teaching position for September in my hometown.
Now for where the whining came from. Before I knew I had something else lined up for September, I would come home and complain and cry to my poor husband every night. He couldn't stand to see me upset anymore and said that if I stopped whining and crying and stuck it out for the rest of the year, he would take me to Disney. Well that's all I had to hear! A few days later, I got offered the position in my hometown and everything else started looking up! I landed a great summer job and we were going to DISNEY!!!
Ok, now that you have the backstory. Here's who we are lol.
Me- Megan:
This is me and DH on my brother's wedding day. So, I'm Megan (as stated above lol). I'm 28 and I'm a teacher for students with disabilities. I originally went to school for Video Production at the Art Institute of Philadelphia and received my Associates Degree. I worked in the field for about two years but wanted to go back to school for my Bachelors. With my hours, I couldn't attend night classes so my now DSIL suggested I work at her school as a teacher assistant so I could. She is a Speech Therapist for the school I worked at for 6 years. I instantly fell in love and instead of going back to school for film or communications, I chose Special Education and English. I LOVE being a Special Education teacher.
This past year, I had a Disney theme in my classroom. I had Mickey head silhouette cut outs around my whiteboard, Disney font phrases around my room, the works. I'm not sure if my students loved it, but I sure did! My Disney obsession has been going on for as long as I can remember. However, I didn't take my first trip to the World until I was 13. After that, my family and I pretty much went to either Disney World or Disneyland every year until I was 21. Enter DH.
My Husband- Mike:
Mike is 27 (will be 28 at the end of August). When we first met, he owned his own landscaping company but made the switch to the fun world of accounting. He made a few trips to the World when he was younger.
Our Story:
We met August 13, 2005 through my best friend from high school. He was having a party at his house and decided to give the girl sitting in the corner by herself a chance. We started dating shortly after.
My birthday is in January and he surprised me with a trip to Disney World. It was our first trip together and after that, it became a yearly tradition for us.
Skip ahead to June 14, 2009 (warning, this is a long story lol). We had made our yearly trip to the World. By this time, we had been dating for just about 4 years. We started looking at engagement rings a few months before that. I thought an engagement might be coming, but he had told me a few weeks ago that he was really sorry but he just couldn't afford to do it by then. He promised to think of another creative way to propose. I understood. On this trip, we went with our best friend (who went down the same day as us) and Mike's family (who went down 2 days later). The night his family came down, we had our usual date night planned. Whenever we go with a big group, we usually take one night to ourselves. This trip, we decided to have dinner at Narcoosee's at the Grand Floridian and then to watch the fireworks from the beach by the Wedding Pavilion.
That morning, me, Mike, and Alex (the best friend) went to Animal Kingdom. We went back to the hotel for some swimming before dinner and to meet up with his sister and brother in law. When they arrived, Mike went with them to their room and was gone a long time. I didn't understand what was taking so long but also didn't really think twice about it. I went up and got ready for dinner. We had an amazing dinner at Narcoossee's. Since we knew we were going to the beach after, we had brought a bed sheet from home and a bottle of champagne. Mike kept insisting that we bring the champagne before we left and I kept arguing with him about how it was going to break. Thankfully, I gave in.
When we arrived at our spot, they were playing Wall-E on one of those blow up projectors a few feet away. While Mike and I were having a sand drawing contest (we are quite competitive with each other lol), I was zoned out watching the movie. All of a sudden Mike yells over, "Ok! I think I won!" I doubted it but I went over anyway. There in the sand, he wrote "Will you marry me?" I turned around and he was down on one knee. He asked me again and after I told him to "Shut the (bad word) up," I said yes. As soon as I said yes, Wishes started at MK. It was the perfect engagement. My parents even flew out a few days later to celebrate with us.
On August 13, 2011, we were married. It was six years to the day that we met. It was important to me that we have a very personalized wedding. I wanted us to be represented throughout everything. We are both New York Mets fans so our colors were navy and orange. Our first dance was to "I Wanna Grow Old With You" from the Wedding Singer because it fit our personalities perfectly. I wore my converses during the reception to touch on my punk side. It had a few Disney touches (including our cake topper that I absolutely LOVED). It was a perfect day.
Last year, we celebrated our first anniversary in Disney. We had dinner at Artist Point. We couldn't make it to our spot because they were doing construction at the Grand Floridian for the DVC. However, this year we are definitely going to make it because we are having dinner at Narcoossee's again!
That's us! That's our story. A long, elaborate story but the best story a girl could hope for.
Stay tuned to the next post and I'll give all the details about our upcoming trip!
Why this trip? Why the whining? Let me start off by saying that this would be our seventh trip together, my eleventh trip (thirteenth if you include the two trips to Disneyland). We both thought last August was going to be our last trip for a few years but that changed in June.
It was my first year of teaching. I was a Teacher Assistant for students with Autism for 6 years at a great school. Unfortunately, after I graduated, there weren't any teaching positions available and since we were newlyweds, I wanted to get a teaching position ASAP. I took the first job that was offered to me at a school that I thought was just like the one I came from. While I loved my students, the school itself was not for me. It was a very long, hard year. I thankfully found another teaching position for September in my hometown.
Now for where the whining came from. Before I knew I had something else lined up for September, I would come home and complain and cry to my poor husband every night. He couldn't stand to see me upset anymore and said that if I stopped whining and crying and stuck it out for the rest of the year, he would take me to Disney. Well that's all I had to hear! A few days later, I got offered the position in my hometown and everything else started looking up! I landed a great summer job and we were going to DISNEY!!!
Ok, now that you have the backstory. Here's who we are lol.
Me- Megan:
This is me and DH on my brother's wedding day. So, I'm Megan (as stated above lol). I'm 28 and I'm a teacher for students with disabilities. I originally went to school for Video Production at the Art Institute of Philadelphia and received my Associates Degree. I worked in the field for about two years but wanted to go back to school for my Bachelors. With my hours, I couldn't attend night classes so my now DSIL suggested I work at her school as a teacher assistant so I could. She is a Speech Therapist for the school I worked at for 6 years. I instantly fell in love and instead of going back to school for film or communications, I chose Special Education and English. I LOVE being a Special Education teacher.
This past year, I had a Disney theme in my classroom. I had Mickey head silhouette cut outs around my whiteboard, Disney font phrases around my room, the works. I'm not sure if my students loved it, but I sure did! My Disney obsession has been going on for as long as I can remember. However, I didn't take my first trip to the World until I was 13. After that, my family and I pretty much went to either Disney World or Disneyland every year until I was 21. Enter DH.
My Husband- Mike:
Mike is 27 (will be 28 at the end of August). When we first met, he owned his own landscaping company but made the switch to the fun world of accounting. He made a few trips to the World when he was younger.
Our Story:
We met August 13, 2005 through my best friend from high school. He was having a party at his house and decided to give the girl sitting in the corner by herself a chance. We started dating shortly after.
My birthday is in January and he surprised me with a trip to Disney World. It was our first trip together and after that, it became a yearly tradition for us.
Skip ahead to June 14, 2009 (warning, this is a long story lol). We had made our yearly trip to the World. By this time, we had been dating for just about 4 years. We started looking at engagement rings a few months before that. I thought an engagement might be coming, but he had told me a few weeks ago that he was really sorry but he just couldn't afford to do it by then. He promised to think of another creative way to propose. I understood. On this trip, we went with our best friend (who went down the same day as us) and Mike's family (who went down 2 days later). The night his family came down, we had our usual date night planned. Whenever we go with a big group, we usually take one night to ourselves. This trip, we decided to have dinner at Narcoosee's at the Grand Floridian and then to watch the fireworks from the beach by the Wedding Pavilion.
That morning, me, Mike, and Alex (the best friend) went to Animal Kingdom. We went back to the hotel for some swimming before dinner and to meet up with his sister and brother in law. When they arrived, Mike went with them to their room and was gone a long time. I didn't understand what was taking so long but also didn't really think twice about it. I went up and got ready for dinner. We had an amazing dinner at Narcoossee's. Since we knew we were going to the beach after, we had brought a bed sheet from home and a bottle of champagne. Mike kept insisting that we bring the champagne before we left and I kept arguing with him about how it was going to break. Thankfully, I gave in.
When we arrived at our spot, they were playing Wall-E on one of those blow up projectors a few feet away. While Mike and I were having a sand drawing contest (we are quite competitive with each other lol), I was zoned out watching the movie. All of a sudden Mike yells over, "Ok! I think I won!" I doubted it but I went over anyway. There in the sand, he wrote "Will you marry me?" I turned around and he was down on one knee. He asked me again and after I told him to "Shut the (bad word) up," I said yes. As soon as I said yes, Wishes started at MK. It was the perfect engagement. My parents even flew out a few days later to celebrate with us.
On August 13, 2011, we were married. It was six years to the day that we met. It was important to me that we have a very personalized wedding. I wanted us to be represented throughout everything. We are both New York Mets fans so our colors were navy and orange. Our first dance was to "I Wanna Grow Old With You" from the Wedding Singer because it fit our personalities perfectly. I wore my converses during the reception to touch on my punk side. It had a few Disney touches (including our cake topper that I absolutely LOVED). It was a perfect day.
Last year, we celebrated our first anniversary in Disney. We had dinner at Artist Point. We couldn't make it to our spot because they were doing construction at the Grand Floridian for the DVC. However, this year we are definitely going to make it because we are having dinner at Narcoossee's again!
That's us! That's our story. A long, elaborate story but the best story a girl could hope for.
Stay tuned to the next post and I'll give all the details about our upcoming trip!
Where in NJ do you teach?
I'll just have to head out a little bit early to ensure I get some kind of sleep (and I'll beat most of the traffic leaving PNC). 
