today, i start blogging more. about nothing.

After a few hopeless months after I had the idea to go to Disney for my birthday, my boyfriend took me out to the bar to toast to the fact that he actually got a week off of work in early December! This means that we are off to Disney World! Our last vacation together proved to be quite a test (we were supposed to go to the Virgin Islands...three days later we ended up in Los Angeles) so I'm hoping this one is just relaxing. If we can make it through that, then we can certainly handle this. (Knock on blog *knock*)

We've decided to drive. We thought it through and, while it certainly has its cons, it seems like the best option for us. I came up with a brilliant idea to save us some money--ask my parents to pay for gas as my birthday gift. Driving was pretty much the only option in my mind after the fiasco Hellta (har) put us through (buddy passes or not, they don't care what happens to you!!!). My mom looked on Travelocity and offered to buy us two plane tickets down, since the price wasn't a whole lot more than gas would be. After yet more thought, we said we'd prefer to drive. I want to do my Christmas shopping down there and I don't exactly want to worry about cramming everything into a suitcase and paying however much when my luggage weighs too much only to have my luggage disappear into a black hole somewhere and me without my receipts. Wes is looking forward to driving through the "BBQ Belt" (I love him 'cause he's classy) and I'm looking forward to blasting Disney Mania CDs. Plus, really, I genuinely enjoy driving, especially such long distances. I feel like an explorer, I guess. Cheap thrills for me.

Now she's looking into renting a car because she claims she can get low rates at work ($20 a day, she claims). I may consider that if the price really is that low, I would prefer not to add so many miles to my car which is currently at about 86,000 miles.

Plus I need the motivation to finish cleaning out my car, as I have realized it is not a storage area.

Let me tell you a few reasons why this trip is especially exciting!
1) While Wes had a little taste on our three hour Disneyland visit, he's never been to Disney World. And its going to be Christmas decor time, which is quite romantical. Its always fun to be with someone on their first trip, because, not to be fannoying, its a magical place and you get to see them realize it. And see how truly awesome it is. And tell them fun facts!

2) Its gonna be empty! I haven't found any special goings-on yet, though in years past there have been cheer competitions at this time. But even with that, it still will be pretty chill. Which means we won't have to worry about time too much. Those are the best trips. I thrive under pressure and can work out a helluva Disney World schedule, but I really prefer cool temps and low crowds.

3) Christmas shopping! I've done my Christmas shopping in Disney before and its such a treat! Everyone loves all their gifts (who wouldn't love pink and purple Princess hot chocolate and the newest, hottest HSM merch?).

4) Rehabbed Space Mountain will be open by then (as long as it gets done on schedule, I don't really know how good they are about that...Dan? Anyone? Knowledge?) so I'll get to see the new interactive queue. I also haven't been in 2 years, so I'll get to finally go on the refurbed Rio del Tiempo! New Toy Story ride looks fun and there's a Dinosaur dining area at Pleasure Island. I heard they closed something like 8 of the night clubs though... I hope 8 Trax is still there!

Well, there's my Disney excitement blog. Oh! Oh! And I get to take my Disney tattoo to the park for the first time. I just hope they don't all start passing me around.