I am self aware enough to know when I am being bratty and selfish. I fully admit that I boarded the Disney Magic with less than a good attitude. More like a sullen teenager than an abundantly blessed grown up whose whole family was being TREATED to a vacation of a lifetime. So I come humbly to admit my wrongs and give a glimpse into my twisted mind to see where they came from.
1. It has never been a dream of mine to go on a cruise. Perhaps I watched Titanic too many times in my formative years. Yes, I know that the route to Mexico has no Glaciers (in fact it was BURNING HOT every day, and we all know that heat + me = intense complaining) and this isn't the early 1900's
2. I am insanely claustrophobic. Like a crazy person. Seriously, watch out. You really don't want to be around me if I am feeling crowded. I scarred my dear friend Amy for life on a flight home from Australia. I wonder how she even still talks to me. I watched the Disney Cruise line special on the Travel Channel and they showed a stateroom with a balcony. I started to panic right there on my couch. Our stateroom had no balcony. No window.
3. I get seasick. Bad. I am already getting my guts kicked out by this growing baby. There is not enough Zofran in the world to keep food in me these days.
4. I am an admitted control freak when it comes to my girls' nap and bedtimes. A total and complete freak. I knew that every day there would be a conflict. I don't deal well with conflicts.
But then we walked on to the boat...
The staff clapped and cheered.
You know what I did?
I cried.
Buckets of really, really happy, joyful tears.
I am actually crying as I type this, and I am so not a crier.
All of my worries, my issues, my insanity disappeared.
The wonder on my girls faces trumped my craziness.
I was wrong.
So very, very, very wrong.
I have never been so happy to be wrong.
But the best of all....
I didn't throw up once. For the first time in four months.
I didn't want to come home.
If only I could go back.
In five years when the boat comes back to the West Coast you better bet that we will be on board. I am counting down the days.....
Care to join me?
WOW!! It sounds like you had a wonderful time!! I am so glad for you all! Now I want to take the kids on a Disney cruise!! We just returned from a large family vacation and I know how stressful things can be...you see, I am a bit of a control freak myself!!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, it is GREAT that you are feeling so much better! Maybe the sickness is now a thing of the past!! Your girls are absolutely beautiful! Thanks for sharing a bit of your trip with us all!
And on that note I am off to do the LOADS of laundry we accumulated while we were gone!! Huntler is at his first day of preschool as I type and it is just Gentry and me all morning...it is SO weird!
I am SO glad you had a good time and you were proven wrong!! :) We are going on our first Disney vacation next month (I have been before, my boys and hubby have not) and I am hoping it is as much of a success as your cruise! My husband isn't thrilled to go, but I am hoping very much that he is proven wrong, too!!
ReplyDeleteI am glad you are feeling better. Morning Sickness is MISERABLE!!
Oh, I just love being wrong about stuff like that! Hysterical, baby must have liked the constant motion of the boat right? So glad, sounds wonderful!
ReplyDeleteAWWWWWW! Julie..that was a great post!!!!!!! I would be concerned about all of those things too...and i am not the host to a baby!!! YOU DID IT!!!! I am so glad you were TOTALLY wrong!! Miss Wrongy-Mc-Wrongster!! Miss So-Many-wrongs-makes-just-the-right-RIGHT!!
ReplyDeleteYAY! can't wait to see so many more pictures of your wonderfully wrong vacation!!!
Happy for you..
joyfullness
Good to hear it went well!! I, too, have the Titanic in mind when I think about cruises-which I have never been on. Cute pics of your girls!!
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Sounds like just what you needed! I'm so glad you had a fun time. Your girls look like they had the time of their lives!
ReplyDeleteDisney Is SO Magical! I am glad you had a good trip! Did you wear a Mickey shirt afterall?
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