Love that you give us a glimpse of Day 0! So excited to read more! (And it’s getting me excited for our trip in 19 days!)
I always love reading about Day Zeros- they set the stage for an awesome trip
SO excited for you- your trip is coming so soon!!
Great description!
This is me too. I have every intention of getting enough sleep but never do.
This looks so good.
You have a very rewarding job! Thanks for all you do.
I have packing cubes too. I love how easy it makes to organize outfits for certain days.
I do this too.
Of course, this too.
Love your calendar!
Thank you!!! The packing cubes were a bit of a pain on the way home, but SAVED MY LIFE on the way there! When I'm flying back home, I usually just "toss all my clothes in my suitcase" and call it a day
It was a bit more time-consuming having to sort through all of the dirty clothes and re-fold them, haha!
Following along! I see we were Accidental Vacation Buddies of a sort- I arrived May 5th and left May 17th so our trips overlapped by a ways! Hope you guys liked the heat better than I did that first week!
Haha, hi Accidental Vacation Buddy!! Thanks for reading along- hope you had a great trip!! The heat definitely got to us at times... it would get SO humid, especially after some of the rain that we got!! But, the last time I went to WDW was in July last year... and NOTHING was as bad as that was
Following along! Our trip countdown is still over 80 days and I've been scrolling the DIS to get my Disney fix until then. I loved your PTR so I'm looking forward to reading how the rest of your trip went!!
Thank you so much for being here!
I've loved reading your PTR- you'll have a great time at POR. We walked over there from POFQ and loved both resorts so much! Very jealous about the Royal Room
Following along!!! I am SO impressed with your plans!!! We are taking a big family trip in January and my plans are…get 10 people to Orlando and return to Pennsylvania with 10 people 
Anything else will be a bonus 
But seriously I need your trip report so I can learn 
Thank you!! HAHA- I love your sentiment!! At times, we were purely focused on survival as well
I wonder how we did it?? BUT WE DID!! And had a magical time!! Hoping I can ease your worries a bit- it's totally doable!
I'm so excited you started your report and to hear that it was such a great trip! I know it was complicated with all the various schedules and people coming and going but it sounds like you all had the best family time!
That is so sweet!! Can't wait to read more about that surprise moment!
HI Jessica!! SO glad you're here and reading along!! There were definitely stressful moments, but it ended up going (I think) as smoothly as it could have! We had a blast
Molly, I'm here, I'm here, I'm here!
SOOOOO excited for this one!
The moment you wake up in the middle of the night and remember it's your last day before Disney is the moment you cease to be able to sleep until you're on the plane/in the car headed towards WDW!
Okay, color me intrigued. I've never heard of a bismark before! This looks absolutely delicious -- we have so many great bakeries in my area, I wonder if any of them carry anything like this!
The photos of these suitcases scratch my brain in all the right places. 10/10
Love that Kendra Scott-esque Mickey necklace!
Can't wait to read more!!! So excited to hear about WDW through the eyes of Evie and Ollie, they are just too cute!!!
YAY you're here!! It was such a magical trip and Evie/Ollie LOVED every second of it! Ethan also did amazing which was such a relief!
AHH thank you haha! I've become quite organized in my age, and even I was impressed with myself. However, the suitcases did NOT look like that on the way back
So, a bismark is basically just a fancy name for a filled donut
This one was strawberry cream filled and it was HEAVENLY. It tastes like strawberry milk (Nesquik), if you're into that- personally I love it!!
Ahh I love this show! Cant stand Abby, but I love the girls and the moms. I want to be besties with Christi and Kelly
That is a very busy day 0, but it must have helped the day go fast! I often find day 0 to be such a loooooong day.
The 1245-ish flight is often our favorite, but it is such an odd time I always think I am forgetting something, but not heading to the airport with my brain barely turned on for the day is always a plus!
HAHA this show is my comfort show for some reason. I want to reach through the screen and hug all those little babies when Abby is yelling at them!
It definitely helped that today was a busy day- I always try to work in some capacity on Day Zero. I would had been pacing the floors of my apartment in agony all day if it wasn't working
I love Dance Moms, too!! Such a ridiculous guilty pleasure (much like all the Bravo shows I'm addicted to, LOL)! I feel shows like that are a much needed escape from the stress of regular classroom life though, so I don't even feel bad for loving them so much!
AH it is such a guilty pleasure!! I'm the exact same way! Sometimes my job gets so heavy and it feels really good just to numb out to some dumb TV, LOL!
Hi Molly, following along as I did with your Hawaii trip...remember me, 18 times there and going again next year!
We go to Disney July 30 and cannot wait! Its been 2 years and super excited!
HI- YES I remember (and am still jealous of you
). Hooray on your upcoming Disney trip, hope you have a great time! Something tells me you will, since you're leaving on July 30th (my birthday
)
Day 0 is always fun to read about. You can feel the excitement in everything that has to get done.
It warms my heart to hear you enjoy your career and what it provides. I've got a kiddo who just began services for ASD, and I have only the highest praises for the people working at that job.
Ah! I totally forgot until you mentioned Vanderpump. I finally got caught up! I had no idea about Scandoval. I reached the end of Season 10 the night before I was supposed to volunteer all day at my kids' field day, and I stayed up way too late watching the reunion episodes.
Now I'm telling myself not to start watching the Valley.
If you were dealing with insomnia the night before, I'm going to take a guess that sleep was hard to come by the night before your flight.
Now that you're home, how did you like the packing cubes? I'm seriously debating getting some for our DL trip.
YES! I'm so productive on Day Zero because it's like "LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL! ALMOST DONE"
Sending BIG hugs to you as you navigate your journey ahead! PLEASE don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions/want to vent/etc. It's parents like you that bring me such joy and satisfaction in my job, so thank YOU
(this is for you too,
@Woth2982 
)
OMG HOW did you not know about Scandoval! That is some impressive spoiler-avoiding! When Jake and I first found out we were like up until 2 AM that night researching all of the things
And Please, DON'T watch The Valley. We got about halfway through one episode, and it was awful. 0/5 stars, do not recommend
SO the packing cubes on the way down were glorious! BUT, the way back, it was a little rough. I didn't like sorting through and re-packing/re-folding my dirty clothes and it was hard to keep them separated from the clean ones since I was taking clothes from all different cubes. I will definitely continue to use them though and they have been a great investment!!
. Usually, we try to take the first flight of the day when leaving on a trip, so we are used to getting up at this time anyway on a travel day to make an early flight! But, Jake had to work a quick 9-11 AM shift today, so we decided to do a 12:45 PM flight to save him some PTO but still try to get the most out of our first day!
. So, I was a little chilly in my Florida outfit!
That meant that I could pick up Jake right after breakfast and we could head to the airport together, instead of having him take an Uber!! Our travel day was starting off to be nice and smooth.
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. I get that Florida is hot, but DEODORANT. That is all 
