My 23 year old nephew who lives in Orlando has his house all boarded up, so it's dark. He has supplies, he has a small generator, and is as ready as he can be. So what to do next -- go to the theme parks, of course, as they aren't very busy. And they are a nice break at the moment from the dark house.
My prayers are with all the people affected by these storms. We were supposed to be down Sept. 10 - 14, were thinking we'd have to cancel, and then Southwest canceled our flight down, so we canceled the rest after that. We are going to Branson, MO now instead for a mini trip. It's not Orlando, but we will have fun. It's not like we could rearrange things for two weeks later at work or something like that and rebook Orlando.
It's such a first world problem to not go where you wanted to go, where you were looking forward to go to, and planned to go on vacation. We even feel guilty about being unhappy and stressed by that given the much more serious issues for so many that we are praying for. And I do have a silly fantasy about being safe at Disney while most stayed away because of storm threat and having almost no lines and lots of personal attention from all the people working in the tourist industry. // The smart / practical thing is to stay away, not be in harms way, and leave resources for the people who need them and live there. But silly me, I still have that other fantasy.
So many people have much more serious things to think about and never even get to go on vacation at all.
Anyway -- prayers for everyone in Irma's path and prayers for everyone stressed and unhappy about changes in vacation plans too.
My prayers are with all the people affected by these storms. We were supposed to be down Sept. 10 - 14, were thinking we'd have to cancel, and then Southwest canceled our flight down, so we canceled the rest after that. We are going to Branson, MO now instead for a mini trip. It's not Orlando, but we will have fun. It's not like we could rearrange things for two weeks later at work or something like that and rebook Orlando.
It's such a first world problem to not go where you wanted to go, where you were looking forward to go to, and planned to go on vacation. We even feel guilty about being unhappy and stressed by that given the much more serious issues for so many that we are praying for. And I do have a silly fantasy about being safe at Disney while most stayed away because of storm threat and having almost no lines and lots of personal attention from all the people working in the tourist industry. // The smart / practical thing is to stay away, not be in harms way, and leave resources for the people who need them and live there. But silly me, I still have that other fantasy.
So many people have much more serious things to think about and never even get to go on vacation at all.
Anyway -- prayers for everyone in Irma's path and prayers for everyone stressed and unhappy about changes in vacation plans too.
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