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So I changed my major to IT/Web Design, I'm pretty excited. I am just truly a geek through and through and I need to be doing something that I like instead of something that I'm going to have to learn. Don't get me wrong, I still like the idea of cosmetology but I'm not exactly a quick learner and I don't feel like someone's head is a good place to learn. So I'll be getting my nerd on in school for the next year and a half, and then I'll be a professional nerd. YAY!

Alden goes back to school tomorrow which is both YAY! and BOO! Yay because he loves school and his friends. Boo! because I'll be bored all day and miss him like crazy until he gets home every day.

I've started my Fall Classes and so far so good. I'm taking MicroComputers and Math 1012. They have both been easy thus far but I know eventually the math is going to try to murder me. Math and I are not, and have never been friends. I have dyscalculia so math is like crazy hard for me.

Tomorrow morning I'm going to a seminar to learn to program Alden's Communication Device that he's in a study for. He gets to use it for a month at home and at school and they'll videotape his progress. We're really excited about it. They were very impressed with him in his "before" video, he was making full sentences within minutes. We weren't surprised because he's a computer whiz and comes by the whole geek thing honestly.

I guess that's pretty much it, oh except for that I'm still not in Pottermore and I'm bitter.

Disney World!

We just got in from Disney and we had an absolute BLAST! Alden was great the entire time. When we got to the resort he actually thought it was Disney World because there were 30 foot statues of all his favorite characters, two pools, an arcade, a food court, and a shop. He was SO sad when we left but once we got into the park he was excited again.

His favorite ride was the Buzz Lightyear Star Command ride in Magic Kingdom. The only ride he didn't like was Dinosaurs in Animal Kingdom, and to be honest none of us liked it. All for different reasons. It hurt Tim's back, it was too loud for Alden, Josh didn't like that the guy was screaming over the already loud dinosaurs, and Lynnda & I didn't like that we were being jerked around (quite forcefully) in complete darkness.

I think my favorite ride was probably Aerosmith's Rockin Rollercoaster. Josh and I rode it on one of the nights we got to stay late in the park (for staying in a Disney Resort) and I was SO scared. I ended up loving it. I absolutely HATED Soarin' apparently I am NOT a hang-glider.

He only needed his headphones a handful of times. We forgot them during Fantasmic but he just covered his hands with his ears and really enjoyed the show.

He used them during the Nemo Musical which he absolutely loved. So he sat through his first musical and his first movie in a theater. He used his headphones during it too, the Muppets had crickets chirping in their movie and for some reason he is VERY sensitive to that sound lately.

I had a headache the first day from all the 3D stuff but I really enjoyed it regardless.

Noteable things he enjoyed: Kali River Rapids, Star Tours, Fantasmic, Teacups. Those were the ones you could tell he was having the best time on (Besides the Toy Story rides of course).

The night of his dinner he absolutely insisted we go ride Buzz Lightyear again. So we ran to the other side of the park, rode the ride, within 5 minutes...ran back out, then had to pee and then we RAN back to the other side of the park and made it JUST in time.

He LOVED his character dinner, he jumped up and joined the Friendship Day Parade with Pooh and his friends, marching & clapping while going in a circle all over the restaurant. The dinner was seriously overpriced, but you CANNOT put a price on seeing your child participate in something like that, especially when they are not one to join in group activities! It was so adorable.

I think the longest we waited in line was maybe 5 minutes. That was for Alladin because they didn't have FastPass or disability pass. It was absolutely AMAZING. Sadly we didn't get to ride Pirates of the Carribean or Voyage of the Little Mermaid. Pirates was broken and Ariel was being updated.

That's all I can think of right now, I'm pretty brain dead from doing an 8 hour trip home today. I'm going to unwind with a glass of wine and catch up on some TV. I'll update more later if I think of anything that was particularly awesome (which it all was)!

Here's a breakdown of what we did in the parks. (more for me than for you)
Day One
Hollywood Studios
Toy Story Mania
Star Tours
Muppet Vision 3D
Met Handy Manny, Leo & Annie

Day Two
Magic Kingdom
Buzz Lightyear Star Command
Met Chip & Dale
Peter Pan's Flight
It's A Small World
The Magic Carpets of Alladin
Mad Teaparty
Snow White's Scary Adventures
Splash Mountain
The Many Adventures of Winne the Pooh

went swimming in the Fantasia pool


Hollywood Studios
Fantasmic
Aerosmith's Rockin RollerCoaster*

Day Three
Epcot
Soarin
Inoventions

Hollywood Studios
Toy Story Mania
Star Tours

Magic Kingdom
Character Dinner with Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Eeyore
Buzz Lightyear Star Command
Wishes Fireworks

Day Four
Animal Kingdom
Kilimanjaro Safaris
Pangani Forest Exploration Trail
Kali River Rapids
Finding Nemo the Musical
Dinosaur
Triceratops Spin
Met Baloo
Everest Expedition*

Epcot
Illuminations

Disney or Bust!

So we are leaving sometime tomorrow to drive part of the way to Disney. 10 hours is a lot of sitting/driving so we decided to break it up into two days of travel. I *think* I have everything packed (except things like toothbrushes etc that we'll need tomorrow before leaving). The iPods, portable DVD player, Nintendo DSi, and our phones are all charging right now so I'll have to grab them in the morning when I pack the daily essentials.

We've been buying cheap toys here & there to lay out every morning of the trip for Alden "from Mickey & friends" to find in the hotel room. Josh is out grabbing a few more right now. **Edit make that a LOT more things. He just sent me a picture and HOLY CRAP! lol

I tried to pack clothes are that are fashionable because I absolutely abhor vacation pictures where people look so touristy. I guess we'll see how well my fashion holds up in 10 years or so when Alden is looking back at them and most likely making fun of my clothes & hair.

Speaking of hair, maintaining this red is going well but I'm not exactly washing my hair like I usually do. I hate skipping days but it's keeping it a nice red color. The worst part is the cool water rinse. I HATE cold water but apparently it helps keep color better so I've been torturing myself with cold water. Totally worth it to be a ginger though!

I guess that's about it. It'll probably be Friday or Saturday before I update again unless I find a spot with free wireless near the hotel!

throw some glitter make it rain!

A lot has happened since my last update. I finally got my certificate in the mail so if I ever wanted to I could go take the State Boards to be a nail tech. That will probably never happen though because I hate doing nails.

I'm finishing up the summer micro-semester the next few days for a couple of my core classes. I'll be in Disney the first week of fall classes so I'm going to have to find a place with wireless in order to log onto my courses and make sure I don't get dropped.

All our Disney Planning stuff has gotten here and we have everything all nice and mapped out and our dinner reservations in place. It's going to be a blast! Alden is so excited!

I sold a bunch of stuff in the World's Longest Yard Sale over the weekend for a little extra spending cash. I'm thinking about getting another tattoo.

Josh's car is in the shop so he's having to drive mine which is kind of funny. I hope they make fun of him @ work because of my liberal, hippie bumper stickers. haha

I got registered for Pottermore & I'm anxiously awaiting my Welcome Email. I hope it comes sometime this week!

We went to see Ke$ha the weekend after my birthday and had an absolute blast. It was the most high energy show I've ever been to. Lots of fun! The best part was that we sprayed Josh with glitter and it will NOT come off his hat. He's nice and sparkley at work every day now! haha

We stopped @ Junkman's Daughter on the way to the concert and I got the most awesome boots ever. I'm obsessed with them. They were only $75. The ones I originally planned to get were not available in my size but I'm SO SO SO happy with the ones I ended up with. There are pictures of them (and the concert of course) on my Facebook.

That's pretty much it for now. I'm gonna go rollerskate around the house and then order a pizza.