Ok...so, progress.
Puppy update. Tonight we booked a four-night stay with a rover.com petsitter in Orlando. We spent about 15 minutes on the phone with her, and she has lots of good reviews on two different sites, so we feel fairly confident about it. We get off the plane, get settled away with bags and car, and drop our little girl off on the way to Cabana Bay.
Once we got that settled, I sent a confirmation email to our rental home's managers to confirm that we're bringing the dog.
Then I changed our en route hotels to La Quinta, which takes dogs.
And I just added her to the Southwest reservation.
Phew!
Puppy's coming with us again.
Really, I'm fine with that. That means she'll be with us for the whole time except those first four nights, and she'll be half an hour away from where we're staying if anything goes wrong. Instead of 14 days away from us and a lot of flying and driving... DH, bless his soul, was worried that if something went wrong I'd want to cut the trip short and go home to her (and he's probably right), so he's happy to have her closer also.
And while we were investigating the options, I made a back-up reservation at RPR, as they take pets...the AP rate was $204. (Plus $50/nt pet fee...ugh.) So anyway, with that knowledge, I have changed our res'n a little...3 nights at CBBR instead of 4, and our last onsite night is at RPR. So, two days of the unlimited express pass.
I'll have to get a roll away for ds, to make the room sleep 5, but that's fine.
I'm excited. We get to try a few new things, without making our trip more hectic. I am done with vacations that leave me coming home more tired than when I left.
In related news, we all set up Pottermore accounts this weekend and got sorted. Which, according to dd, has more weight than our choices because JKR is behind Pottermore. So...no surprises for dh and I: he's a Gryffindor and I'm a Ravenclaw. (He thought he might be a Hufflepuff, but more likely Gryffindor.) Dd, who thought she was a Gryffindor or maybe a Hufflepuff: Ravenclaw. Ds, certain he is a Ravenclaw: Slytherin.
So, he made a second profile this morning and got re-sorted...into Ravenclaw.
I also ordered the dvd's we've lost along the way so we will again have a full set of the movies. And I've requested the audiobooks from our public library, to play in the car, especially for our long drive to the airport.
Aaaand tomorrow is calling for another blizzard,
so I am very happy to have a trip to Fl in the works!