my happy place

That last post was very emotional, so I took some time before writing this one.  Also, I think I’ll give us all a break and write about something happier…. And what is happier than my “Happy Place” which just so happens to be THE “happiest place on Earth”

WALT DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Like many people out there Disney World is at the top of their list for vacation spots.  I know that people go multiple times a year… granted I want to too :D  But this is a place that just means so much to me.

I first went to Disney when I was six, the summer of 1993.  My mom and dad rented this huge sedan and them, me, and my three year old brother, Travis, piled in the car and started our two day drive.  Needless to say, we had a blast!!! And I was totally hooked!!! After that trip we returned in the summer of 1996, December of 1997 (with my aunt and uncle too), during spring break of 2002.

I L-O-V-E love this magical place.  Where else can you totally escape reality, and just enjoy the fantastic world of Walt Disney. You leave all your problems at the airport, or at the driveway, and be a kid. Look at things as a kid would and enjoy pure bliss as a kid does. 

Well with all that I only thought it natural to go for Ben and my Honeymoon in 2008. Ben, who had gone many times also, had no complaints. I wanted to show him to so-much-more-grand time to go in December. So we waited to go on our honeymoon. I loved going with Ben. I loved going with no one telling my “no, we can’t buy that” :D  We had a blast!! And right when we got home I wanted to go back.  I would even cry in bed because I wanted to go back so much. I think I was a little depressed at the time with finishing school, quitting my job in May, and not even getting interviews for big girl jobs, hating our apartment and north Arlington. Just so much building on each other and I just wanted to escape to the place that I was the happiest.  Then after the miscarriage I REALLY wanted to go. We just couldn’t swing it at that moment.

I read once that Disney got the idea to build a ‘Disney World’ when he was at the Disneyland gates like always when this family was leaving the park early. Back then NO ONE left early, EVERYONE stayed till closing. (Oh I do that with Disney World :D ) Well Walt was very concerned that something ruined their visit so he asked why they were leaving. They told him they saw the traffic starting to pick up while riding the skyway, and wanted to get started on their trip home. That is when he decided to build a park with plenty of land around it so people could totally escape from the real world and the pressures that come from it.  I totally get his vision and I totally appreciate it.  I LOVE THAT GENIUS!!!! Seriously, I can’t wait to meet him in heaven!!!

My best friend (next to Ben of course but to simplify I won’t say that all the time, just know its Ashley) told me she thought it was kinda ‘over the top’!!!!!!! Oh my gosh!!! I love my Ashley dearly (really I love you sooooooooo much) But I just couldn’t believe it HA!!! Sweetie, that is the point.  It is suppose to be over the top, that is what makes it pure joy and a delight. I often whine to Ben I want to move to Florida. We are beach people (though we do enjoy hiking a skiing at times) We are heat people. Give us 100 degrees over 30 degrees any day. We are sunshine with refreshing summer showers.  And yes, Disney would be a super bonus. However, I am concerned that it would lose something if I didn’t get to plan, and anticipate, and make the journey, and stay for a week or more at a time…. Oh well I still want it all the time.

I love the person I am when I am there. I’m super happy and relaxed. I’m worry free, and Ben LOVES that. I feel that I am able to feel the real me when I am there. See it is magical!

So folks see you when reality sets back in and I return, but right now I’m getting my excited butt on that plane in 8 ½ hours!!!!!! DISNEY WORLD HERE WE COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!