grrlTravels

It's not the newly refurbished Pirates of the Caribbean, but it will have to do

E. is packed. We talked about vacation, how we were leaving soon, how we were going to the beach, how we were going to get on the plane to get to somewhere warm enough to swim.

About 10 minutes later E. appeared downstairs with his little carry-on suitcase, packed. In fact we had to remove several items including Little Guy, who wouldn't last 10 minutes much less 10 days smooshed in a suitcase. He was thorough, I'll give him that. He showed me the contents of the suitcase and explained each item. And 15 minutes later the suitcase was zipped up and sitting by the front door, ready to go.

E.'s necessities:
13 wooden blocks
1 foam helicopter (which comes apart rather suddenly)
Stuffed friends: Little Guy, Pablo (for Z.), and a cheapo snake he won at the fair
1 blanket
4 books
K.'s game boy

Add some snacks and he's probably 90% there. I insist on packing him sticker books for the plane which he never plays with, and K. will load up the iPod and we'll be good.

I'm a little sad that we aren't going to Florida this year. Our next trip to Disney is with friends, and however we tried to make the dates work this fall they didn't. (Crazy lunatic friends didn't want to go away with us over Thanksgiving, mumbling something about family and turkey. I think they have some kind of family reunion thingy that must have been planned because there was a long weekend? And they always eat turkey when they get together? Something along those lines—I'm not sure exactly.) Plus, we waited so long (as usual) that all we were offered was a cabin in Fort Wilderness, and although I am not generally opposed to cabins (seeing how I live in one year round) I was worried about the location of the bus stops and Fort Wilderness in general. Plus I like myself a washer and a drier while I'm vacationing if I can get one.

So Saint Martin/Sint Maarten it is. I suppose I shouldn't complain. There's no Mickey, no monorail, no goofy themed restaurants or hotels, but there are beautiful beaches, the blue, blue Caribbean ocean, and well, there's the blue, blue Caribbean ocean. We are leaving one week from today.

E. is ready to go. So am I.

(Oh yeah, half way there for NaBloPoMo. The easy half down, the slogging half still coming. Yep, I blogged about the Weather Channel and we aren't even slogging yet. Sad, I know. But still. 15 days down.)

Posted by grrlTravels at November 15, 2007 2:56 PM