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Having fun @ Magic Kingdom

August 25th, 2010 | Mystitsu

Having fun at DisneyWorld on this my last day. Well last full day.  I have had an epic time but honestly I am quite full of it now and ready to return home and start back to school.

On and off note I have decided that I won’t be visiting with family members.  I think it would be a lot more fun to let go and let loose while enjoying the vacation kingdom.

Thanks to all the loverly comments.  I will have to catch up on your blogs soon.  If you know of and other good blogs please suggest.

Ciao Lovely Friends

Oh what a crazy day!

August 21st, 2010 | Mystitsu

If you have been following my Twitter, Facebook or Blog, (or if you know me personally) you’re familiar with the fact that I was about to begin my vacation at the Walt Disney World Resort.  On Friday the 20th of August is when my lil adventure began.  My companion and I flew out of Los Angeles at 2 in the afternoon and arrived for our connecting flight in Atlanta Georgia at about 9pm, just abreast of a severe thunderstorm.  As we landed we flew through it and actually got to see it rain side ways.  (as long as it doesn’t rain up, Thats a sign of an H2O Scoop and possible abduction by the Judoon.) We landed got to our connecting terminal and then the storm we flew abreast off arrived, rather violently and like a misbehaved relative decided to make a rather mess of things.

First it rained, I mean in buckets, which is not at all unusual for Atlanta this time of year.  It also began to flash with the most beautiful display of lightning I have seen for a while.  Also, not unusual but with that combination, it was unsafe for the ramp staff (the people who guide in planes, unload and load them and what not) to be outside to do what they do and get the plane ready for departure.  So we waited for the angry storm to pass. And waited and waited. Nearly two hours.

When the storm finally did pass over we then had to wait for the backed up tarmac, which by now had many planes who were plenty able to land but rather unable to pull into the gates and be unloaded (because of the saftey issue to the ramp staff) to thin out so our plane could finally pull into the gate.  And the poor lot of people who had been cooped up in these planes on the tarmac in the rain for hours finally got released from their little tubular detention cells.

Then, the plane was in, it was ready and still we waited.  The flight required 3 flight attendants, and one of ours was no where to be found.  We waited for nearly an hour when our hostess at the gate finally decided to simply enlist the assistance of an other available flight attendant, put her on our flight and finally we were on our way at a quarter to one in the morning.  The flight was originally scheduled to leave at 10:20.

So now I am sitting in the Orlando airport, just finished breakfast and waking up. Going to grab a sweet and find some proper tea, as my day can’t begin without it and head over to our resort hotel to begin this vacation. More to come later, Ciao.

The Money Issue

August 16th, 2010 | Mystitsu

So I have decided what to do about vacation funds.  My check most likely will come on Saturday, and I will be gone.  There is a possibility that it may come Friday. How ever, I dislike that uncertainty so I am going to borrow the check amount from my dad so I don’t have to worry about it.  That way, I can come home from my trip, cash my check the next day and pay it all back.  It will also give me the opportunity to put the money on my prepaid credit card and not have to carry cash around.  So that is what my plan is. I will ask him when he gets home, again so I can relax and not worry. I already talked to him about it a month ago so he knows I have this air of uncertainty.  This way I can simply relax.

I also came up with an idea I think will work well regarding my favorite flip flops. I took them last year on vacation and suffered from two problems. 1) when they got wet, it made it very difficult to walk on their slippery surface.  I nearly fell twice and wound up spending the rest of my vacation wearing shoes and socks. Boring. 2) under the heel where the straps connect to the shoe, the little fasteners made my feet sore. The answer came as I was walking home from the post office.  I stepped in a puddle and my foot got wet and I nearly fell on my face. For what ever reason that made me think about taking a bath, and then those little stickers you put in slippery tubs for traction.  Then, and I am certain there was a flash above my head, I had an idea. Those stickers come in all sizes and you can cut them. Put two stickers in my shoes and that will add soft extra padding for my heels and keep me from slipping. And that’s how great ideas happen.  My goal is to get through my entire vacation, without wearing shoes and socks.

Happy Happy Joi Joi

August 6th, 2010 | Mystitsu

Yea so I asked and they listened.  Sort of. The makers of scribe fire redid the Firefox version so now it looks awesome like the chrome and safari versions.  Its Smooth and I actually want to use it to blog.  It flows like water and looks elegant.  So probably see more posts from me in the near future.

I’m kind of excited about my upcoming vacation but kind of not.  It all comes down to money. If I can get my check by 12:30 on the 20th I should be ok. Otherwise my plan is to borrow the amount from my dad and give him my check when I get home.  I don’t want to do that but it may come down to it.  I thought if I mailed my form back early my check would come early.  So I mailed my form back on a Thursday, which should have given me a check on Wednesday.  That failed as the check was cut on Wednesday which means I get it on a Friday.  So I can only hope that it will come early and that depends on the post master.  so I will see what develops tomorrow.  I actually will have to ask my dad for it ahead of 12 because he leaves for work at 11:30 am.  I just thought of that.  So now I have to come up with a better plan of action.

Organizing my photo tour vacation

June 10th, 2010 | Mystitsu

I have been to Walt Disney World many times and every time I take photos, but never in a way where I can come home and document my trip like: Ohh that’s the main entrance of EPCOT or I remember that in the backlot of the Disney studios.  So this time, I’m planning what I want to photograph and document.  From the inside of the Airport at arrival, to its cute liddle monorail, to the ride out to the resort.  I have some great software to make collages with and I really want to use it to the best of my ability to really make my vacation a memorable one.  Still working on getting a new lens for my camera that is mid range, so I don’t have to change lenses at all.  There is also the issue with my camcorder and darkness.  Going to have to go look at some camcorders for that do well in the dark.  I have my play money organized and should have enough to buy some neato stuffs.  I don’t have to worry about purchasing food items since that comes with my vacation this year. That is a BIG sigh of relief.   Still hammering out airfare.  the farther in advance we pay for that the cheaper the price will be.  But i have to get the disney trip set in stone.  That happens this friday.