Two Weeks Away!
Which every good Disney planner knows, means it's the start of the packing process!
It's actually a little less than two weeks away. 13 days maybe? I'm a little fuzzy on the details, but a lot of that has to do more with the fact that I'm not even sure how it's already April!
By the way, those of you scratching your head going "Um, hey, Elle? You know your PTR still says this is for a May/June trip, but you're going in April, right?" To you, I say - I know. This PTR is going to do double duty for this sudden trip as well as one in June. I know what I'm doing guys. (Actually, okay, I don't.)
Anyway, sorry, got sidetracked. So, this is the start of the "man, I really need to think about what I need to pack and buy" phase because omg, guys, I'm going to Disney in like 13 days!!!!
Friday it snowed like i told you guys, but it honestly wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It also started later, so I ended up driving over to my friends' house and we spent a nice cozy night "snowed in" at theirs and celebrating Liz's birthday. It was a lovely night - we played board games, watched Friends, made dinner and dessert, and just hung out.
When I got there, though, I had gotten a text from my father who had gotten the mail for me. His text said "you got an obelisk in the mail today." I didn't understand him until I got home today (I stayed at my friends' place Friday night because the roads were super icy and it's all country roads from their house back to mine, and after the masquerade ball last night I stayed with some other friends at their place because it was past midnight and I so tired I couldn't bring myself to be driving for another hour home) there was an obelisk waiting for me. Plus several other packages. Once my card worked Thursday I bought everything I knew I needed so I knew I would get it on time.
The obelisk was in fact my new sleeping pad. Which is...bigger than I had anticipated. It's currently inflating (the kind I got said to allow it to inflate for the first time for 4-6 hours) and then I'm going to have to work on logistics for this mat, because I know I'll need it, but I don't know what the best course of action will be to pack it. I know I'll need it, not necessarily for the hotel room but I will need it for the couple of nights I'll be spending with Em's in-laws.
I got a ton more things in the mail besides that this weekend though:
- Birkenstock Mayari sandals
- new sleeping bag
- bluetooth headphones
- camisoles (I found a sale that had a 4-pack and I wear them under my t-shirts so I couldn't pass it up)
Still Coming in the mail:
- my hard ticket
- Clinique face sunscreen
After going out to breakfast with my friends this morning I stopped by Target. Tomorrow's opening day so we're having a baseball theme day at work and I figured they'd have something simple and nice I could wear. After convincing myself I didn't need a third hockey sweatshirt I wandered over to the toiletries aisle and grabbed all the toiletries I could think of that I needed. I also bought myself some Sun Bum sunscreen - both a larger bottle of lotion and a small stick I can throw in my backpack to reapply to my shoulders and back of neck as needed.
Oh, and
question! I know someone may have the answer! I know they've implemented Magicband2 but can original Magicbands with a battery life that's still good still be used in the parks? I have my ticket linked to
MDE anyway so I figured I'd just use my old band to save myself the trouble of constantly having to root around for my ticket when I need it for FPs and such.