I like to think of myself as a fun loving, spontaneous, girl. With that thought, I thought about planning a spontaneous trip, as a surprise, for Greg and for my Mom.
A little history of this random trip idea…
Since last November my Mom has been ‘hinting’ to Greg and me to have our honeymoon at Walt Disney World (WDW) rather than the family and friends cruise that Greg and I have been proposing. Mom feels that if we, as a family, are going to plan something big why go on a cruise? I had my rebuttles but we know how Moms can be…
Last night I was going through my spam folder (I do this sometimes because there can be emails from old friends and such) and saw an email from WDW. I’ve never been to WDW and I didn’t recall creating a ‘profile’ on the Disney travel site so I investigated. Turns out I signed-up back in 2004…
Then I began thinking, plotting, and then planning; 6reg and I could easily do a 3 day/2 night trip to Orlando, plus I have friends down there that have been begging me to visit (especially Daniel)! I looked into pricing and felt that eveything was reasonable… I was starting to get excited about the possibility of this trip coming to fruition!
Until I talked to Greg. He popped that bubble quick. His argument wasn’t about money or using more vacation days; no, his argument was that Amelia is too young and won’t remember the trip. My argument was the trip wasn’t for Amelia, it was for us because we talk about travel plans on a daily basis and now we have the means and time to travel and he doesn’t want to (well, at least not to WDW because he wants to wait until Amelia is old enough and then we can go as a family). Another reason for the trip was to surprise my Mom as her 50th birthday surprise. My mom doesn’t turn 50 until 2009, but during that time of year the wedding planning and organizing will be in full swing so there wont be any time for a spontaneous trip.
I called Mom at 10:15pm because I was annoyed by the lack of excitment from Greg and wanted to hear how excited Mom would sound about my idea: She was on Greg’s side. Mom would rather have Greg and me save the money and put it towards a house. Plus, she already intends on taking Amelia, and maybe Olivia, to WDW when she turns 5.
Like I mentioned earlier, I like to consider myself a spontaneous person but it’s hard to be spontaneous when you’re the only one willing to participate. So, it looks like there won’t be a trip to WDW this year but more likely in 2012.
