Yep, that's right, first family vacation (just the 3 of us) EVER! Unless of course you count embryos as lives, then we did go on a cruise 4 years ago, but I'm not sparking that debate. I don't count the cruise because I was pregnant, could not drink and craved only anything with marinara sauce. :)
So, Disney, next month! Our work schedules kind of aligned where neither of us would be traveling and nothing huge was keeping us tied to a desk. So, Monday night, we booked a full week at the Caribbean Beach Resort w/ park hopper tickets and a meal deal. We keep telling Harrison we'll take an airplane (his first ride!) to "Mickey's Castle". He's working out the idea the planes actually come down from the sky to pick you up and is telling us he prefers to drive the truck, but I think he's excited. Someone told me today "You know, he might actually implode"...I hope this trip knocks his socks off!
That's about all I'm getting excited about at the moment. Too many other thoughts racing around. I know that's normal, and if I just down and do my visualization and attempt some meditation, I'll feel loads better (and maybe some better sleep). But, for right now, the pity party continues but seems to be ending. After boot camp last night, which felt a little more support groupy than I normally like (but, I needed it!), I came home, showered, and did my visualization on the shower floor. It was the pick-me-up I needed after feeling sorry for myself for NO DAMN REASON! I treated myself with a little Harry Potter reading and woke up this morning feeling a little more refreshed. I climbed on the scale to find a pound missing where I'd gained a couple over the last weeks for all the work stress. So, I am treating myself to a smoothie breakfast and plans for a healthy lunch. I just need to get back on the dang horse and keep going.
In other news, Jon had his review. He's of course kicking ass as functional lead on his team and is ranked HIGH on the list. We're both hoping for a promotion and raise for him come June. I'm always proud he excels and has adjusted so well after coming out of Navy life. Next year is when he'll kind of have to choose which fork in the road to take: continue as an engineer or go the PM route. I'll be happy as long as he's happy with what he's doing.
Now, I'm starting to work on a case study I'm tentatively calling "Why Lise Needs a Raise, so Gimme a Big One, OK?". No, really, I'm putting together some research, my own ideas of how I go above and beyond the call of JCT, how I promote the company, etc. So, come June, hopefully I'll have some of my own good news as far as my own job (yeah, it's not a career).
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Go on with your bad self lady! You have to tell me how the trip to Disney goes. I can't wait until my little Phillip is old enough to enjoy going there.
ReplyDeleteWill definitely tell you how Disney goes and will post lots of pics on FB. I figure, potty trained = old enough for Disney World (OK, he's also nearly 3 1/2!).
ReplyDeleteJust keep on doing the "little" things with Phillip until he does get older!