So we're t-minus 11 days (or 10, if you ask DD10, who reminds me that 'if you don't count today, it's 10 days!')
I wanted to talk about something and just get this out in the open, as I may have to remind myself of it a couple of times while we're at Disney World.
"It's okay."
Recently, I've read a lot of posts/threads on the boards of negative fashion. Complaints that the parks are crowded. Complaints that
MNSSHP is potentially oversold. Complaints about food. Complaints about lodging. Complaints about "this wasn't how it used to be." I'm sure, at some point, I'll probably have some complaints of my own. As parents, we plan, plan, and overplan to make our time at Disney a 'perfect vacation'. But it'll never truly be that way. My DD10 feeds a lot off of how she sees me react and respond to scenarios. The last thing she needs is to see her father becoming irate over something that wasn't quite how we envisioned it going.
Maybe we'll wait in a little bit of a line here and there. Maybe the Halloween Party will have a few more people than we imagined it would. Maybe we won't have the most perfect view from our room. But it's a week away with me and DD10, in one of the best places on the planet. So, if everything doesn't go exactly as we hoped...there are always greater tragedies.