Well, I survived the first day of classes (unsurprisingly). I had a dream several days ago that someone had set up their office in the classroom and wouldn't leave and it was a disaster. There were a few technical difficulties, as normal. A drive didn't work on a few computers (not a big deal). Excel did its super awesome crash and restart on me twice. This is the same problem I was having last semester and it seems to be a tricky bug to solve. I think they've changed out the entire computer now, so we'll see what the next step is. I'm glad I don't have to solve it.
I still have a cold. I also gave it to Ben. As colds go it isn't the worst I've had, but we've both been feeling tired and out-of-sorts.
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Monday, January 6, 2020
Monday: well, that didn't work
The last thing we had break was the garbage disposal. But it is a small leak. It doesn't grind stuff up either, but it was still draining (and I think I found the item that was plugging it up a bit today.)
So we decided to wait just a little bit to fix it so that nothing else would break. Obviously this will work, right?
Wrong.
Today my car battery died. Once at gymnastics (I got a jump), once at home (Ben picked up Isaac). And yes, I now have a new battery and the car starts again. But it felt like one more thing. I do wonder how far apart things need to be for them to not feel like one more thing, but that's a question for a different day.
So we decided to wait just a little bit to fix it so that nothing else would break. Obviously this will work, right?
Wrong.
Today my car battery died. Once at gymnastics (I got a jump), once at home (Ben picked up Isaac). And yes, I now have a new battery and the car starts again. But it felt like one more thing. I do wonder how far apart things need to be for them to not feel like one more thing, but that's a question for a different day.
Sunday, January 5, 2020
Tuesday: Magic Kingdom
Well, if you asked me to put together a list of 'things I'll never do', being at the Magic Kingdom on New Year's Eve would have probably made the list. There were times it was packed and shoulder to shoulder, but most of the time you could move around pretty easily.
Anyway, we started with a buffet breakfast. I love breakfast foods...when someone else makes them. It was delicious. The Christmas decorations were all still up, and it was fun to see how the trees were decorated differently in all the places we stopped at. (The trees came down on Jan 2. There were still a few Christmas decorations up, so it wasn't as though everything was gone at once, but it was pretty close.)
We got to the park just a little bit before the parade and found a decent spot near the entrance. People steadily came in the whole time we were there.
Due to the business, we decided to do some of the other things today. I don't think we waited in a line for more than 30-45 minutes. One of the things was the card game. It was pretty cool, although I'm convinced that it doesn't matter which card you hold up to attack the villain as long as you hold one up. It took us the whole day, but we slowly played through all four areas. (I think Hades had more villains he was going to recruit and we would go back to the same areas, but that was enough for us.)
It was perfect pants and sweater weather. I was trying to take a selfie with the castle, but it was also sunny. :D I think I took more selfies on this trip than I have in the last five years.
With the card game, we first saved Pongo's pups.
Then we managed a better selfie with the castle.
We did several of the "small" shows. Around 1pm, while in line for the Tiki birds, we got a notification that the park was at capacity. (This means that they weren't selling tickets at the door anymore. If you were an annual pass holder or staying at the resorts you could still get in. I'm curious as to how many people this actually affected.)
As mentioned, most of the time walking wasn't too bad. A few times they rerouted some streets for parades or when it was close to the firework time, and then the other places got very crowded. Everyone managed though.
We had a few fast passes throughout the day too. The first was the Jingle Cruise, which is the Christmas version of the Jungle Cruise. It was full of puns and I found it hilarious.
We went on the people mover.
We got our hats and sat down to eat a pretzel. It was a huge pretzel, but I really like soft pretzels. I don't know where to get them in Holland, so whenever I see them somewhere else I take advantage.
We said a quick hi to Mickey...
...and found a spot for the fireworks. I could see most of the castle (it is lit up really well).
Some fireworks before the New Year...
...firework numbers for a countdown (eight is shown)...
...and Happy New Year! There were so many fireworks going off. It was almost like daytime. Well, a cloudy daytime, but bright nevertheless.
We were close to the park entrance and so able to scoot out pretty quickly. We only sort of planned that...Mickey was near the entrance and so we just found a good place near there. We were able to walk to our hotel which was so nice!! I think even being near the beginning of the crowd the monorail would have been terrible.
Anyway, we started with a buffet breakfast. I love breakfast foods...when someone else makes them. It was delicious. The Christmas decorations were all still up, and it was fun to see how the trees were decorated differently in all the places we stopped at. (The trees came down on Jan 2. There were still a few Christmas decorations up, so it wasn't as though everything was gone at once, but it was pretty close.)
We got to the park just a little bit before the parade and found a decent spot near the entrance. People steadily came in the whole time we were there.
Due to the business, we decided to do some of the other things today. I don't think we waited in a line for more than 30-45 minutes. One of the things was the card game. It was pretty cool, although I'm convinced that it doesn't matter which card you hold up to attack the villain as long as you hold one up. It took us the whole day, but we slowly played through all four areas. (I think Hades had more villains he was going to recruit and we would go back to the same areas, but that was enough for us.)
It was perfect pants and sweater weather. I was trying to take a selfie with the castle, but it was also sunny. :D I think I took more selfies on this trip than I have in the last five years.
With the card game, we first saved Pongo's pups.
Then we managed a better selfie with the castle.
We did several of the "small" shows. Around 1pm, while in line for the Tiki birds, we got a notification that the park was at capacity. (This means that they weren't selling tickets at the door anymore. If you were an annual pass holder or staying at the resorts you could still get in. I'm curious as to how many people this actually affected.)
As mentioned, most of the time walking wasn't too bad. A few times they rerouted some streets for parades or when it was close to the firework time, and then the other places got very crowded. Everyone managed though.
We had a few fast passes throughout the day too. The first was the Jingle Cruise, which is the Christmas version of the Jungle Cruise. It was full of puns and I found it hilarious.
We went on the people mover.
We got our hats and sat down to eat a pretzel. It was a huge pretzel, but I really like soft pretzels. I don't know where to get them in Holland, so whenever I see them somewhere else I take advantage.
We said a quick hi to Mickey...
...and found a spot for the fireworks. I could see most of the castle (it is lit up really well).
Some fireworks before the New Year...
...firework numbers for a countdown (eight is shown)...
...and Happy New Year! There were so many fireworks going off. It was almost like daytime. Well, a cloudy daytime, but bright nevertheless.
We were close to the park entrance and so able to scoot out pretty quickly. We only sort of planned that...Mickey was near the entrance and so we just found a good place near there. We were able to walk to our hotel which was so nice!! I think even being near the beginning of the crowd the monorail would have been terrible.
Monday: Disney Springs
I was given the honor of accompanying Cheryl on a short trip to Disney this week! It was a rather last minute trip, but was very fun.
After stopping by the hotel we went to Disney Springs for dinner and a small amount of shopping. It felt weird to have it get dark so early, but the weather was wonderful.
We were able to see some of the fireworks from our bedroom.
After stopping by the hotel we went to Disney Springs for dinner and a small amount of shopping. It felt weird to have it get dark so early, but the weather was wonderful.
We were able to see some of the fireworks from our bedroom.
Monday, December 30, 2019
Monday: Happy Birthday Isaac!
As normal, Isaac's actual birthdays are pretty low key. He got a few things and Dad (Grandpa Paul) is taking him out to IHop and FroYo.
Sunday, December 29, 2019
Friday, December 27, 2019
Friday: tree pictures
I finally took pictures of the boys by the Christmas tree. It took several before we got a good one. I realized that Joshua's hair wasn't really combed, but...that's just how it was today.
Trying to smile?
This was the ornament that Isaac made as his present. He put the spinners on the legs too (although it sounded like most people didn't), and loves the fact that when you put the legs up they look like pig legs. I see why he things that, but I don't see why he cares so much. Probably because I'm not a seven year old boy.
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