I'm back! REALITY time is here!!

We got back yesterday afternoon and today I have spent the entire day working on all the photo's I took while on Vacation!!  I filled a 512MB card as well as a 2GB card! You can imagine the pictures!!! Here's the run-down from our first vacation in 14 years: On Saturday the 1st- we flew 1,735 miles to get to Anaheim California... to visit Disneyland. We arrived at our hotel- late. Sunday: We hit Disneyland! It was a BLAST except that 13 y/o found he could not handle the "thriller" rides... he got a bit queezie :( And his dad would NOT let it go! So he hung with me cause I don;t get along with the thrillers either :)   He had fun with the smaller rides- he just couldn't take the big ones. AND... dh went on a ride with 20 y/o dd and LEFT MY BRAND NEW SONY digital camcorder ON THE FREAKIN RIDE!  Yep... bye-bye camcorder.... and the first days memories to go with it :(   That did that day in for me :( Monday we hit Disney again...  had a GREAT time!  I tried to just FORGET about the video camera and look at NOW. Have fun NOW! Tuesday- 6 y/o started getting sick. She INSISTED we go to the park because she had seen Build-a-bear on TV and I promised her she could get one. She chose her stuffed toy- she helped stuff it- chose sounds and as I was paying for it... she RAN out the door with her hand over her mouth!  Yup! She puked the rest of the day :(  We spend part of the day in the first aid area- getting her some rest and getting her tummy to settle. By late that afternoon- we could go out and about in one of those large strollers. She INSISTED we NOT go to the hotel :(   She couldn't get up to get her pic taken with Cinderella even :(    She and I left for the hotel early. She continued to be sick all night :( Wed., we went to Knotts Berry Farm. Dd felt a LOT better and had fun! Though was not up to eating much. We had FUN there! Thursday- we drove to San Diego and it was BEAUTIFUL! We stopped at the zoo- big disappointment! Should have gone to the wild animal zoo instead! There were no giraffes, zebras etc.  The kids DID get to see  a couple elephants, wild dogs etc. Friday we did SEA WORLD! We had a GREAT day that day!! We saw all the shows we could! Shamu was SPECTACULAR!!!  Sat we got up at 3:00- flew out of the San Diego airport and arrived home in time to make a pot of spaghetti for dinner :)   We RAN day in and day out! So you'd think... I'd have walked enough... and not had time to eat so much! But I did! (surprise! ha!)  We ate "churro's" till I was sick of them! And just ate WRONG... and TO MUCH.... WRONG! I'm  NOT weighing until this coming weekend. I just can't bare to see the damage :(  I didn't get enough water... OMG... the water in Cali is different than Alaska! I bought bottled as much as I could but holy cow! It was almost $4 for a small bottle!  (here it's HIGH- but it's only $1.89 for a liter!)  But we live in a rain forest :)  So tomorrow is my day to get myself back on track and get some weight OFF me!!! No more CHEETO'S! No more Burger King! Wendy's! Ihop's.... No more CHURRO's (I had NEVER had those- no one makes those up here! lol) It's just time to be getting back to sensible eating again! Tomorrow is BACK TO WORK to! Grumble grumble :)  It IS good to be BACK though :) :)

Welcome back!!!   What a ton of wonderful memories you created with your family!   Don't sweat what you DIDN'T do....just back on the wagon and you maybe pleasantly surprised with the scale with all the walking you did. Glad to have you back with us!

Thanks... I'm doing really rotten with my WL... I *HAVE* to get back on track :(  I'm not eating sweets etc., but I'm eating wrong- that's for sure!  Doesn't help that I'm coming down with some nasty chest/sinus bug. I did get on the scale yesterday to see what the damage was... looks like I'm 192 again :( That sucks! But I did it all by myself :)  Now I've got to get back on track!!

Welcome back, Mama!!!   Sounds like you had quite an experience!  Hope dd is feeling much better now..

Thanks!  Yep... dd is back to normal :)  She was only down one day but it was a BIG day to be down!  We did pretty much all we had wanted though! And plan to go again either next year- or the year after that :) It was a BLAST! And VERY difficult to come back home- especially leaving the 70 degree weather to face SNOW yesterday :(

Welcome back!  Even though you had a few sicknesses it sounds like you had a good time.  How did your son take it, I remember you said he left with strep throat?  I was hoping that didn't hold ya back, it sounds like it didn't! :)  Glad you guys had fun, they will remember this the rest of their lives.  Sounds like you will too! 

Thanks Holly! Yeah, Tim had strep but we got the meds the day before we left so he got better right away!  This trip will be in my memory forever! And taking .... drum roll please.... ...... 1,342 pictures... will help as the memories fade LOL

that was a whirlwind vaca! The ride to San Diego can be a long one - traffic can be bad, but you did not bring it up, so it must have been okay.  As for the water, next time try to find a walmart or something and buy a case to toss in your rental car! They do put the screws to ya on drinks at those places.  I hate trhill rides now, too! There is plenty other things to see and do. Did you ever get to see the parade at 6:00?  that is like a lil Broadway thing.

It WAS a real whirlwind vaca! But we LOVED it! The traffic scared the crap out of me! But Cali drivers are really pretty respectful of others... at least from what we experienced.  The drive wasn't bad! We left after the morning rush and arrived at the hotel before the evening rush- stopped off at a scenic stop- actually someone said it was a Pendleton Air Force base training area- and they WERE training with tanks while we fed the squirrels :)  Then we went to the zoo for the remainder of that day. YES!!! The parade was SO GREAT!! We watched the regular parade as well as the parade of lights. Both were beautiful!  We are already talking about: "When we do it next time"  :)   Once you get off this rock- you realize why you HAVE to get off at least every year or 2 at the most :)

What a holiday!

What is it with kids? Mine always get sick on holidays.  I am now in the habit of identifying the hospitals and after hours medical centres BEFORE we arrive- cause I'll need that vital information for sure!

Lucky you having such a great time though.

Welcome back,

Em