Okay, let me start off this post with my weigh-in. I so appreciate all the kind, supportive words from you guys last post. I won't quit my journey, but it gets so frustrating sometimes when you try so hard and nothing comes of it. This weeks loss is .4 lbs. I guess I should just be happy that it's a down number instead of an up, like last week, but I'm still just a bit disappointed. I'm just gonna keep trucking along and hopefully the number on the scale will be lower next week.
So.....VACATION! I may have written about this already, I'm not sure, but I'm so excited I have to write about it again. Cody and I decided that we are gonna take a SUPER quick, 4 day trip down to Orlando for Disney's International Food and Wine Festival! I have been down in Florida during that time, but never really gone and experienced it before. We are taking a Monday-Thursday trip in October. We are only going to have 2 days at the parks, because Monday and Thursday will be for traveling, but I'm still super excited! Because we are trying to make this an affordable trip, we are going to be staying at the All-Star resort (probably Music, but maybe Movies). We got SO lucky, because they are doing Free Dining during the time we're there! YAY! Cody explained to me last night that this trip is his trip, and the trip in February is my trip. Therefore, I think we are going to be upgrading our free dining package. Because we're staying at a value resort, we get the free quick service dining plan. 2 Quick Service meals and 1 snack each night we're at resort. So, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. But because we're such foodies, and Cody really wants to experience as much of the Disney food as possible, I think we're going to upgrade to the Deluxe Dining Plan. That includes 3 Table Service meals a night, and 2 Snacks. If we have done our math right, it should be about $50 per person per day to upgrade. At some of the Table Service restaurants, we could easily be spending more than $50 a person on just one meal, so it's such a good deal! This will give us an opportunity to do things I've never done before, like some Character Breakfasts, or eat at some of the amazing restaurants in the world showcase in Epcot! We can even use 2 of our meal credits to eat at some of the more expensive restaurants. Cody has been looking it up online, and there was a couple who upgraded to the free dining for 2 days, and they figured out that they racked up a bill of over $700, just in meals. They only paid $200 to upgrade to the Deluxe dining plan, just like we would, so they saved $500 in meals! Such a good deal.
And, to top it all off, we will be going there when Hanson is playing at Epcot for the Eat to the Beat Concert Series!!! Don't judge....but Hanson is my favorite band. I've seen them more times than I'd really like to admit (okay, okay...somewhere in the 25 range, but it's been over a period of 11 years!). I can't even imagine getting to combine my 4 favorite things....My husband, Disney, Hanson, and food!!!
Okay I gotta go, we're getting ready to book the trip right now! :)
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Monday, July 16, 2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Nothing Going On
Sorry I've been really lacking in updates. There isn't much going on to talk about though!
This week I started my 10k training. It's basically the c25k program that extends to a 10k, and I decided to just start the whole program over. So this week it was 60 second run, 90 second walk. Pretty easy. I wasn't supposed to run until today, but I did my third run yesterday because there is a big run going on here today, and my gym is kind of the center of it all, making it impossible to get to. I am kinda sad I didn't sign up for the race. I was nervous because I thought they only did a 15k, and I wasn't ready for that, and I thought it would be wayyyy too hot, and today it ended up being much cooler than it's been. There's another run happening in a month that I'm planning on doing. And there's a 5k in October that I'm looking at doing, which is one that you can run with your dog! I'm gonna have to start bringing Remy out for runs with me so she can get used to running on her leash.
Other than that, nothing exciting is happening. I've been kinda hating my job lately. I am waitingpatiently not so patiently for an email from the company that I interviewed with. Because of the change of management at the two different restaurants, I'm sure they're just busy trying to figure everything out. But I wish I knew what was happening! If they aren't considering me for the job anymore, then I wish I'd know so I can start looking for something else.
So, my dreams of running the Princess Half Marathon may be coming to a halt. The whole plan around the race was that we were going to rent a van, and drive down on Thursday night-Friday night, and then do the race on Sunday, and then spend the rest of the week playing at the parks/going to Universal/relaxing, and leave Orlando the following Saturday and get home on Sunday. My parents, and my sister and her friend were coming too, so it would be like a big family vacation. Well, my parents are running into some financial things that are costing them way too much (a new driveway, my sisters hospital bills from when she was in the hospital around Christmas), and they aren't sure if they're going to be able to afford the trip. We're doing all we can to make sure that we make it very inexpensive (which is why we are driving, and we're renting a house instead of staying on property).
Cody and I have been talking about going down one year for the Food and Wine Festival in October, and so something that Cody suggested is that maybe, him and I go in October for a few days, and then we postpone our family vacation until Fall 2013. I think we will be able to go in October, regardless of if we end up going in February, or if we postpone it to the fall. I hope we don't have to postpone, just because I REALLY want to do the half marathon!! Plus, we decided that after the Half Marathon, we would start trying to get pregnant. If we wait until the fall to go to Florida, that will push our baby plans farther back, which will make me kind of sad!
Either way, I'm excited about the possibility of going in October! I miss WDW!
This week I started my 10k training. It's basically the c25k program that extends to a 10k, and I decided to just start the whole program over. So this week it was 60 second run, 90 second walk. Pretty easy. I wasn't supposed to run until today, but I did my third run yesterday because there is a big run going on here today, and my gym is kind of the center of it all, making it impossible to get to. I am kinda sad I didn't sign up for the race. I was nervous because I thought they only did a 15k, and I wasn't ready for that, and I thought it would be wayyyy too hot, and today it ended up being much cooler than it's been. There's another run happening in a month that I'm planning on doing. And there's a 5k in October that I'm looking at doing, which is one that you can run with your dog! I'm gonna have to start bringing Remy out for runs with me so she can get used to running on her leash.
Other than that, nothing exciting is happening. I've been kinda hating my job lately. I am waiting
So, my dreams of running the Princess Half Marathon may be coming to a halt. The whole plan around the race was that we were going to rent a van, and drive down on Thursday night-Friday night, and then do the race on Sunday, and then spend the rest of the week playing at the parks/going to Universal/relaxing, and leave Orlando the following Saturday and get home on Sunday. My parents, and my sister and her friend were coming too, so it would be like a big family vacation. Well, my parents are running into some financial things that are costing them way too much (a new driveway, my sisters hospital bills from when she was in the hospital around Christmas), and they aren't sure if they're going to be able to afford the trip. We're doing all we can to make sure that we make it very inexpensive (which is why we are driving, and we're renting a house instead of staying on property).
Cody and I have been talking about going down one year for the Food and Wine Festival in October, and so something that Cody suggested is that maybe, him and I go in October for a few days, and then we postpone our family vacation until Fall 2013. I think we will be able to go in October, regardless of if we end up going in February, or if we postpone it to the fall. I hope we don't have to postpone, just because I REALLY want to do the half marathon!! Plus, we decided that after the Half Marathon, we would start trying to get pregnant. If we wait until the fall to go to Florida, that will push our baby plans farther back, which will make me kind of sad!
Either way, I'm excited about the possibility of going in October! I miss WDW!
Sunday, June 17, 2012
My Disney Past
As I sit here watching some tv show about Walt Disney World, I find myself wanting nothing more than to get on a plane tomorrow morning and make my way to Orlando. My heart is completely torn between my home in Michigan, and my home at WDW. I realized that I haven't really explained to all of you my connection to Walt Disney World, and why I chose the Princess Half Marathon to be my goal race.
I have always been a big Disney fan, and up until 2003, I had only been there once with my family, back when I was 15 years old. My Senior year of high school, I met a girl named Amber who became one of my mentors. As I got to know her more, I found out that she had once spent some time living in Orlando, and working for Disney. She encouraged me to find out more information about the WDW College Program, and she thought that it would be something that I would be interested in doing. I looked up as much information as I could, and decided that I absolutely had to get into this program. My mom was sure that there would be some waiting list, or hidden cost for this experience, but told me that if it was something I wanted to do, that her and my dad would support me. The WDWCP recruiting team was going to be coming to a local college, I made sure I was there. My interview went well and I was feeling very confident. A few weeks later, I got a packet saying that I was accepted into the College Program, and I would be working Attractions! It was a dream come true! I would be living and working at Disney from January 2003 until May 2003. Since I was accepted in October, I had to wait quite a while before going, and it was the longest few months ever. I had been going to every single website about the college program that I could, and I found a message board of other people who would be doing the Spring 2003 program. This is where I met my roommates, my best friends, and my (at the time) boyfriend.
Moving away from home was a bit sad, but I honestly had never been more excited. I was living with 5 other great girls (2 of which I still stay in contact with, and one of those girls is my best friend and was in my wedding), I found out I'd be working at Pirates of the Caribbean at Magic Kingdom, and life couldn't be better. I had the BEST time down in Florida. I made so many amazing friends, and memories down there during my 5 months.
I came back home for about a year, and was miserable. I missed it so much. I made a plan (on the way home) to work for about a year, and save as much as I could, and move back down and work Full Time at Disney. Luckily, one of my best friends, Acacia, wanted to move down there to go to school. We moved back down to Florida in August 2004. We moved to a town called Winter Park, which is where Acacia's school was, but it was about 45 minutes away from Disney. I started out working Part Time at DisneyQuest in Downtown Disney, and I was also working part time for David's Bridal. Even though I was making more hourly at DB, I signed up to become Full Time as soon as there was a position available at DisneyQuest. I only worked at DB for about 2 months, because I finally got Full Time at DQ! I was sooooo happy. I made so many friends at DQ, and once again, made some of the greatest memories. Unfortunately, I wasn't making enough working attractions at DQ to afford all my bills, and after 13 months, I decided that I needed to go home and finish college, and then I would come back down to Florida.
And I haven't moved back since.
I ended creating a life here, met and married the man of my dreams, and we bought a house. But even through all of that, I still think that part of my heart lives at Walt Disney World. I have been back there quite a few times, even a couple of times with my husband (including our Honeymoon). If my husband told me today that he would move down to Florida, I wouldn't even think twice about it, I'd be back there in a heartbeat. Sure, I would miss my family. But I have a constant hole in my heart that yearns for my life back at Disney. I loved being able to be a part of a families dream vacation. I loved having the opportunity to help create life long memories for people all over the world. I was given the tools to create magic for children. I absolutely loved working there.
When I decided that I wanted to run the Princess Half Marathon, I decided that I wanted to make it into a family vacation, not just a long weekend where I go to the park, run a bit, and go home. So, in February, my husband and I, my mom and dad, and my sister (and probably one of her friends) are going to be spending 10 days down there. I can't wait to make another memory down there, one of where I achieve something that I would have never even imagined doing, like running 13.1 miles. There's something about Disney Magic that pushes me to train for this race, so that I am able to run with the Princesses.
I have always been a big Disney fan, and up until 2003, I had only been there once with my family, back when I was 15 years old. My Senior year of high school, I met a girl named Amber who became one of my mentors. As I got to know her more, I found out that she had once spent some time living in Orlando, and working for Disney. She encouraged me to find out more information about the WDW College Program, and she thought that it would be something that I would be interested in doing. I looked up as much information as I could, and decided that I absolutely had to get into this program. My mom was sure that there would be some waiting list, or hidden cost for this experience, but told me that if it was something I wanted to do, that her and my dad would support me. The WDWCP recruiting team was going to be coming to a local college, I made sure I was there. My interview went well and I was feeling very confident. A few weeks later, I got a packet saying that I was accepted into the College Program, and I would be working Attractions! It was a dream come true! I would be living and working at Disney from January 2003 until May 2003. Since I was accepted in October, I had to wait quite a while before going, and it was the longest few months ever. I had been going to every single website about the college program that I could, and I found a message board of other people who would be doing the Spring 2003 program. This is where I met my roommates, my best friends, and my (at the time) boyfriend.
Moving away from home was a bit sad, but I honestly had never been more excited. I was living with 5 other great girls (2 of which I still stay in contact with, and one of those girls is my best friend and was in my wedding), I found out I'd be working at Pirates of the Caribbean at Magic Kingdom, and life couldn't be better. I had the BEST time down in Florida. I made so many amazing friends, and memories down there during my 5 months.
I came back home for about a year, and was miserable. I missed it so much. I made a plan (on the way home) to work for about a year, and save as much as I could, and move back down and work Full Time at Disney. Luckily, one of my best friends, Acacia, wanted to move down there to go to school. We moved back down to Florida in August 2004. We moved to a town called Winter Park, which is where Acacia's school was, but it was about 45 minutes away from Disney. I started out working Part Time at DisneyQuest in Downtown Disney, and I was also working part time for David's Bridal. Even though I was making more hourly at DB, I signed up to become Full Time as soon as there was a position available at DisneyQuest. I only worked at DB for about 2 months, because I finally got Full Time at DQ! I was sooooo happy. I made so many friends at DQ, and once again, made some of the greatest memories. Unfortunately, I wasn't making enough working attractions at DQ to afford all my bills, and after 13 months, I decided that I needed to go home and finish college, and then I would come back down to Florida.
And I haven't moved back since.
I ended creating a life here, met and married the man of my dreams, and we bought a house. But even through all of that, I still think that part of my heart lives at Walt Disney World. I have been back there quite a few times, even a couple of times with my husband (including our Honeymoon). If my husband told me today that he would move down to Florida, I wouldn't even think twice about it, I'd be back there in a heartbeat. Sure, I would miss my family. But I have a constant hole in my heart that yearns for my life back at Disney. I loved being able to be a part of a families dream vacation. I loved having the opportunity to help create life long memories for people all over the world. I was given the tools to create magic for children. I absolutely loved working there.
When I decided that I wanted to run the Princess Half Marathon, I decided that I wanted to make it into a family vacation, not just a long weekend where I go to the park, run a bit, and go home. So, in February, my husband and I, my mom and dad, and my sister (and probably one of her friends) are going to be spending 10 days down there. I can't wait to make another memory down there, one of where I achieve something that I would have never even imagined doing, like running 13.1 miles. There's something about Disney Magic that pushes me to train for this race, so that I am able to run with the Princesses.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Giving up is for Rookies
Disney has the best inspirational quotes. :)
I couldn't sleep this morning, so I ended up waking up around 6:30 and since I couldn't fall back asleep, I ended up getting up around 7:15ish. I decided since I was awake, and it wasn't raining, that I'd go out for a run again. (That's 3 days in a row, in case you were wondering :) )
Yesterday during my run, I forgot to wear my HRM, so I remembered to grab it today. I have a crappy HRM, it's a Sportline somethingorother.
I grabbed it this morning, if for nothing else, to see the distance I was going. I decided to do the same type of "intervals" that I did yesterday. I walked down my road, to the dead end, and ran from the end, up to the corner. According to my HRM, I did it for 2 miles! Those two miles took me about 42 minutes. Why it took so long, I'm not sure. I'm fairly sure I can walk faster than a 20 minute mile, so I think something isn't right. But oh well. I still feel like I went 2 miles, and I feel good about that, because that's the farthest I've gone since I've started doing this. I think I'm gonna keep doing the same type of intervals, until I can get faster, run longer, and I'm gonna start trying to go for at least 3.1 miles. That way, in 3 weeks when I do my 5k, I'll be ready for it! Once I'm able to comfortably run 5k, I'm gonna start the couch to 10k program. I'd like to be able to run a 10k by August/September. I'd really like to be able to run more than that by September, so that I'm comfortably read for the Princess Half in February. I'm nervous about how I'm gonna run in the winter with the snow....hopefully we'll have a winter like this past one, where we hardly got any snow!
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