We're here ...

Well, we made it.

It's been ..... different.

The drive in from the airport was very, very difficult.  

Memories were flooding in .... which meant I was chewing the hell out of the inside of my mouth.  I have GOT to figure out a better way to handle stress ..... or to at least REALIZE that I'm handling it that way so that I can stop it sooner.

We got to our room and then headed back out to Animal Kingdom, where we rode a couple of newer rides (new to us).  

The first one knocked me around quite a bit ..... especially around the hip area, in spite of the hugely tight belt that was strapped right across my incision.  The ride was fun, the hip did not enjoy it.

But then we rode a new roller coaster .... Expedition Everest, or something close to that.  It was a great coaster!!

It's a bit warm here, but that's nothing new for us.

Fortunately the skies were cloudy a lot of the time so it wasn't horribly hot.

By the time we left the park we were all three pretty exhausted, given that we got up this morning at 5:15.

We came back to the hotel, unpacked our bags and then went to eat dinner.  

The boys didn't even wait for me to finish dinner .... they wanted to get back to the parks so that they could ride the Rockin' Roller Coaster a few times before it closes at 10:00.  I told them to go ahead and go.  

I wanted to join them, but I knew I'd slow them down, and also figured that my hip might need some rest tonight.  

This was harder for me than you know.

Not only because I love the rides, but I also do not enjoy sitting in a hotel here ..... in the "happiest place on earth" ..... alone.  Remembering ..... and missing.

But ... the boys are having fun and so I am trying to focus on that.

I did get to watch the nightly fireworks from the hotel room balcony tonight.  I managed to video them for a few minutes and will hopefully load them up soon.  I got a new camera last week and haven't figured it out completely yet.  

OK, time to watch some "30 Rock" to take my mind away ..... far, far away.

Ironically, when we checked in the woman at the registration desk gave each of us a button.  She have Son #2 a "Happy Birthday" button, since his birthday is this month.

She gave Son #3 a "first visit" button, because it's the first time we've stayed at this resort/hotel.

And she gave me a "Happily Ever After" button.  

Go figure.

I just smiled through the mask and said thank you.

And wondered why it sometimes feels that God hates me.

No "preaching" please ..... I KNOW He doesn't.

But it sure feels that way sometimes.

I'm just sayin' .......