Happy Thanksgiving, everyone, and belated Thanksgiving to our Canadian friends! I was NOT feeling it on Thursday morning and stayed in bed until almost 11am (reading and surfing the internet) but once I finally got up and got going, things got better. DD, DH, and SIL all helped with food prep and house cleaning (even though we only had one guest coming for dinner) so we spent a lot of time together, and it wasn't all on me. Our friend came over about 6pm and stayed until about 10. After it was all over and I was sitting on the couch, waiting for our show to start (if you haven't watched The Sinner series on Netflix, you should), I realized that I'd had a very lovely day.
I took that solo trip to Disney that I was talking about and I had a lovely time. I got to do all the things I never get to do; I'm not a coaster person and can't do things that go around in circles, so I spend much of our disney trips holding backpacks while others do rides instead of wandering around looking at things (because at the price of Disney, you do RIDES, not wandering, right?). Anyhow, I poked around into all the nooks and crannies at AK, roamed the trails around the Tree of Life, and took the Caring for Giants tour. At MK I rode the ferry boat and went to Tom Sawyer's Island- both things I've never done- watched Hall of Presidents, etc. I did some new things, some favorite things, strolled around, ate where/what/when I wanted, etc. It was nice, but you know what I learned? Part of my joy in going to Disney is going with my family. I had a terrific time on my own (even though I got caught in TS/Hurricane Nicole and came home 4 expensive days later than planned), but probably won't do a solo trip again. I just missed sharing with my loved ones too much!
@Dan Murphy, I hope you are on the mend. Pneumonia is nothing to mess around with (
especially at our ages, hahaha). I had two rounds of viral bronchitis this fall and the docs were all worried about pneumonia, but I made it through, finally, thanks to good drugs and medical care.
I hope everyone has had a lovely fall and are ready for the madness that leads up to Christmas! The holiday is four very short weeks from tomorrow, and there's SO much to do before then!