I don't like the idea of eating healthy on vacation
I think the walking should cancel it out.
I'm trying to get used to the walking here. Since Western PA is ALL HILLS, my stamina will be double in Florida, since everything is so flat.
But yeah, it will most likely cancel.
She expects you to pay at Le Cellier?
That really doesn't seem fair. I don't think that makes you a jerk. If you said you'd treat her to one meal that doesn't mean she can come to every meal for free. I bet she (hopefully) doesn't expect that.
To be fair, my CM friend didn't ask me to buy her anything. A offered to buy her dinner since she gave A her ticket(s) for free. But A and I are the type of people where we'll end up buying her meals every time because it's awkward and we don't know what to do. I will likely end up buying A's food half the time, because I know she doesn't have a lot of money and I feel weird spending so much money to go when she doesn't have a lot to buy souvenirs and food and etc.
So I don't think it's so much that she expects us to do anything as it is that we'll end up doing it to be nice. And I wish I wasn't so socially awkward. Because I really don't know how to handle situations like that. Like, we're going to the one restaurant in Norway (I'm not naming, just in case A ends up on the boards and it's a surprise), and I have no idea if that's all on me, since I can't expect A to pay for something she didn't agree to/say she wanted to go to. With my mom, I ran everything by her. Nothing was a secret. IDK. Am I thinking too much? How do you handle these situations?
I need to take a class on how to be a real person. I'm a turtle. I want to pull my head inside my shell.
Our work doesn't let us get OT
I'd earn some extra that way to if I could to finance our trips!
I find a lot of the small etsy and online shops on instagram. There's so many with cute shirts!
The letter will be cute! I had a keychain ticket to the Hogwarts Express I got at Universal. Maybe you can pick up one of those for her secretly?
Mine broke though after a couple years I hope they have them still so I can replace it.
It is hard! But at least it gives you time to get to your goal.
OT is basically the only way I can afford to go. If it wasn't for the outrageous amount of OT that I do, there would be no way. Since my credit cards are like...maxed out (I keep paying them off and filling them up :|), it's not like I can just put the whole trip on the cards. So any extra work I can do helps me get rid of the balance on the cards. The first pay goes to student loans/car payment. Second pay goes entirely to paying off my credit cards. So the more OT I work, the more money I have to pay things down.
Now, if I'd stop buying A things, my balance would be a lot lower.
I honestly have no idea how much I spent. Too much. Waaaay too much. But it'll be worth it.
I have been looking on Etsy, but I wonder if I can't just by the vinyl and shirts myself and make them for way cheaper. But I do quite enjoy the creativity I encounter on a daily basis between Etsy and Pinterest.
And that keychain sounds SO CUTE. We'll have to keep an eye out when we're there to see if we see any!
I'm so excited for you! It's getting close!
My middle DS and I picked up Harry Potter trivial pursuit to play on the plane on our last trip. We also played Harry Poter 20 questions a lot, and several hands of blackjack with Minions cards, SPLEE!
I hope you have a great trip...I can't wait to hear about all of it! (And you are SO right about Sarris...YUM!!) We live in Wheeling, (hi kinda neighbor!)so we can get Sarris quite easily here!
IT IS. But the closer it gets, the further away it feels. Like, every day is crawling by. I remember sitting on the couch looking for deals in November when we first decided to go. And then seeing Moana. And it feels like that part went much faster than right now. Buuut my birthday is in two days, so that probably contributes. IDK. March itself went fairly quickly.
I am probably going to have to look into HP trivial pursuit for the plane, because that sounds amazing! I got A some coloring books as a joke. (She has a looot of stickers now...) But a game we can play together would be fun! Is it like a hand held game or an actual board?
Thank you! I will be trying to live report, since when I come home I get very depressed. I have a ton of pictures from the last trip, but I didn't do anything with them. :| I mean, I even bought the picture thing from Disney last time. They're just sitting there. Hidden on my computer. Because I get SO depressed coming home.
And I looove Sarris. Wheeling is not far from us! I actually used to live in Bridgeport, WV. My sister graduate from Fairmont State University. We lived in West Virginia for seven or eight years before moving back to Pittsburgh after my grandfather died. Surprisingly, I have not been to Sarris since I was a child. I need to fix that.
Can't wait to follow along!! I'm taking my 2 teenage boys to Universal in August for 4 days/3 nights. We are staying at HRH and this will be our first time visiting Universal. So Excited!
Loving your trip report.
I'm happy you're here! I know you're going to have an AMAZING time with your boys! HRH is supposed to be a great hotel! And 4 days, 3 nights is a ton of time to see everything Universal has to offer. I have added a day onto my Universal trips each time I've gone. The first time I went Dad and I had a 1 day park hopper. The second time I went, Mom and I did 2 days park hopping. And now A and I have 3 days park hopping. There's just so much to see!
And thank you! It's keeping me sane! I'm driving everyone at home crazy!