Back from our backup honeymoon
Stupid volcano, canceled our Eastern Europe fun. But perhaps I was just destined to go to our original idea, Disney World. One thing is for sure, what a way to test a new marriage. Polish government dies in plane crash, volcano cancels awesome honeymoon - on the day of the wedding, it pours - all day long, and family members still holding a grudge, 28 years later. But we made it - together.
I have learned several things from this honeymoon:
1. my future husband knew me well enough that he knew how to approach the canceled honeymoon and keep me calm, while still giving me a chance to have input and feedback. And once we agreed on something - went with it without any further need for clarification. He did it all for me.
2. I'm not ready to plan a family. I know, I know - "no one ever is" but I still have met many people who planned their children. I don't if it was all the screaming, irritable children or the tired, miserable looking parents. The poopie diapers or strollers. All the money we saved by asking ourselves if we really "needed" that toy.
I still want to be selfish and enjoy some time with just my husband. After visiting Epcot, the travel bug is even worse. We still want to travel alittle more. And he plans on going back to school. I told him he better do it while it was just us. For now, this works.
3. BUT I'm in a place in my life that I am completely OK with being a mother if that is what the world has in store.
4. When I do have children, they must be a minimum age of 6, maybe even 8 before I even consider taking them to Disney World. This way they A. don't need a stroller, B. are most likely not scared of the giant rodent in clothes or large duck with a temper, C. are still at an age where they possess a childlike wonder, D. are old enough that they will be able to hold onto many of the memories of the experience, E. Most likely tall enough to ride most of the rides, and F. aren't too cool to hang out with their parents
5. I am glad I got to experience it before I had children so that I could make this about me, about my husband. See what we want to see. That way, when I have a little one, I can focus on them. When they are tired at 3p or refuse to get on that ride, I can be ok with that b/c I probably already saw it or at least got to see something like it.
6. Now that I am over the "i'm too cool for this" teenage years, I was able to revert back to that child like wonder and find excitement even in the simplest of activities.
7. Best alternative honeymoon destination and I would recommend it to any "big kid" couple.
8. I don't like big girl life. It's boring and tedious. =)
9. I wanna live at Disney World. I can go hang out with Peter Pan and never grow up! Think Mickey might adopt me?
10. Finally, although his hearing isn't so good (by this I mean selective), I married a man who is very different from me but yet we are so alike. We are able to find excitement in things that many adults have forgotten about while still being responsible grownups. We balance each other out and remind each other of the important things. We learn. And we have the rest of our lives to understand each other and grow. Here's to many more years! Just hopefully we'll get that hearing fixed. =)
I have learned several things from this honeymoon:
1. my future husband knew me well enough that he knew how to approach the canceled honeymoon and keep me calm, while still giving me a chance to have input and feedback. And once we agreed on something - went with it without any further need for clarification. He did it all for me.
2. I'm not ready to plan a family. I know, I know - "no one ever is" but I still have met many people who planned their children. I don't if it was all the screaming, irritable children or the tired, miserable looking parents. The poopie diapers or strollers. All the money we saved by asking ourselves if we really "needed" that toy.
I still want to be selfish and enjoy some time with just my husband. After visiting Epcot, the travel bug is even worse. We still want to travel alittle more. And he plans on going back to school. I told him he better do it while it was just us. For now, this works.
3. BUT I'm in a place in my life that I am completely OK with being a mother if that is what the world has in store.
4. When I do have children, they must be a minimum age of 6, maybe even 8 before I even consider taking them to Disney World. This way they A. don't need a stroller, B. are most likely not scared of the giant rodent in clothes or large duck with a temper, C. are still at an age where they possess a childlike wonder, D. are old enough that they will be able to hold onto many of the memories of the experience, E. Most likely tall enough to ride most of the rides, and F. aren't too cool to hang out with their parents
5. I am glad I got to experience it before I had children so that I could make this about me, about my husband. See what we want to see. That way, when I have a little one, I can focus on them. When they are tired at 3p or refuse to get on that ride, I can be ok with that b/c I probably already saw it or at least got to see something like it.
6. Now that I am over the "i'm too cool for this" teenage years, I was able to revert back to that child like wonder and find excitement even in the simplest of activities.
7. Best alternative honeymoon destination and I would recommend it to any "big kid" couple.
8. I don't like big girl life. It's boring and tedious. =)
9. I wanna live at Disney World. I can go hang out with Peter Pan and never grow up! Think Mickey might adopt me?
10. Finally, although his hearing isn't so good (by this I mean selective), I married a man who is very different from me but yet we are so alike. We are able to find excitement in things that many adults have forgotten about while still being responsible grownups. We balance each other out and remind each other of the important things. We learn. And we have the rest of our lives to understand each other and grow. Here's to many more years! Just hopefully we'll get that hearing fixed. =)