Banshees

We have new neighbors this afternoon and they will fit right in since one of our favorite rides was the Pandora - The World of Avatar where you ride on the back of a banshee.  It's a thrilling ride and I wish we could have ridden it more than once but Fast Passes were few and far between this trip. 

The kids next door are acting like they've never stayed in a hotel in their life.  Maybe they haven't. 

And we love Old Key West because it feels more like a village - a small community.  People barbecuing out by the pool every night.  Walking around the trails and sidewalks.  It's really a lovely place and I think we're definitely staying here again. 

We made it to The Magic Kingdom today which is very Disneyland like.  J. managed to talk his way onto two rides as a 'solo' - it could be his limp or his sea blue eyes.  Gray hair doesn't hurt, either.  I did some meandering and found the one Pooh shop in the park - with nothing special as is the Disney way these days. 

We returned to the resort, picked up my purchases from the past couple days (free delivery to your resort) and headed to our room.  We're pretty much packed up and the scale we have to weigh our suitcases is coming in super handy.  We are loading them up to within 5 pounds of the 50 pound limit and at the moment, it looks like J.'s suitcase will be the 'last minute catch-all' and will likely be underweight.  If we have time, we will redistribute in the morning but we likely won't have a second to spare.

Sadly, the on-site TSA service isn't available before 5AM so we will have to schlep our bags and get them checked at the airport.  Fingers crossed there's curbside check-in that early - not likely but a girl's got to hope.

There's been so much drama at home - I won't write about it which means someday, I'll read this post and wonder what it was all about.  The two left at home just create so many drama-filled moments.  Not thinking things through; making decisions that are unwise and not well planned out.  Crisis is the name of the game and we're really wrestling with how to handle things.  We can't support them both.  We can't pay their bills each month without putting our financial priorities in the backseat.  We both feel pretty strongly that one of the main reasons we are fairly comfortable is 'cuz we stay with the plan - and paying their bills for them is a HUGE deviation from 'the plan'. 

I'm ready to tell them both 'if you are emotionally and mentally unable to work, then you both need to be under a doctor's care for these issues so that you can improve them.  And/or then become officially disabled if unable to work because of them.  And try to qualify for public assistance and/or public housing?  'cuz living with us isn't a long term solution. 

She chose leaving her husband - and he chose being in a relationship with her.  She has no job skills and he has skills but struggles to keep a job.  It's just a constant drama-filled cycle these days. 

Disney World has been super magical and fun and we are already looking forward to a return someday in the not-too-distant future. 

Tomorrow is back to reality - we're going to be super glad to be home.  And super sad to have another amazing vacation over. 

But the great thing about our trips are the memories.  There have been so many wonderful memories made this trip - and we will have those forever! 

It's still super bright outside but it's approaching 7PM - if I want 7.5ish hours of sleep, I need to try to get to bed soon.  Tomorrow is going to be a weird travel day.