Settled ... I Think

I got home about midnight on Saturday. Since then, I've been catching up, catching on, trying to get a handle on things. Which I may now have, or maybe not. This could be a long entry, and then again ...

First, the trip. The trip was excellent, despite the unbearable heat -- how do people live in Florida in the summer? -- and the constant pain we were all in from all the walking. The four of us never had a moment of conflict during the whole trip, and we had lots and lots of laughs. My sister was essentially sick the whole time -- a migraine every day -- but she persevered, and let nothing slow her down. I won't give you a play by play of the whole trip, but we were relaxed, saw what we wanted to see, and ate copious and delicious meals.

We got the meal plan because that's what made this such a good deal: the offer was a free meal plan if you stay five nights. I had never gotten the meal plan before, but let me tell you, I won't go without it in the future. It was a real steal. For example, I would get a cafeteria style breakfast (eggs, sausage, hashbrowns, bacon, biscuit) plus a drink and a snack, they would ring up $17.00, and I would give them my card and it would zero out the balance. Dinner for the four of us at nice restaurants would run from $120 to $150, and we would give them the card and it would zero it out. Even if you had to pay for the meal plan, it would still be a bargain.

I didn't take many pictures, but I'll share a few:


One of the few pictures I took at a park, of a Mickey topiary in the Hollywood Studios.


This is the s'mores dessert I had at the 50's Primetime Cafe. It was so good I had to take a picture of it.


I got this great shot of the other three one evening on the bus. Left to right, the Sibs, Colorado Cousin, Crazy Cousin.


This is me on the plane. It speaks for itself.

We were having the professional photographers take our pictures everywhere, and I just ordered a download of the best one, which I'll post tomorrow, probably.

So, home. I finally got to go into the city and visit OldFriend today, which was wonderful. K had another interview this morning, and I think is now starting to get very depressed. Maybe she'll have good news by the end of the week, but she doesn't think so, and she's been pretty optimistic up to this point. My heart is breaking for her.

Tomorrow, I need to go into school and get some things done. Our first day is next Tuesday; the kids' first day is the day after that. I still have no idea how many people will be on the library staff this year, or who they are, or if I have a lunch period in my day. I'm going to try to speak to the principal in the morning, but I don't expect much to come out of it, even if he's willing to see me.

And so on. I have so much to do this week, I don't know how I'll fit it all in. But I suppose I will, somehow.



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