I've stated before that I grew up in poverty. I was not aware of many wondrous things about the world, but even as a poverty stricken family, I knew what Disney World was. It would have taken a miracle to get me there, but like all children do, I wished upon a star many nights for a chance to go to Disney.
My oldest daughter Kensi (short for Mackensi) has been talking about Disney World for 4 years now. There have been a few times that my in-laws discussed taking the grand kids, but they wanted to wait till they were older. Last year my mother in law considered taking them but decided to wait to give my youngest daughter Madi (short for Madison) another year to mature. For Christmas, this past December 2011, we informed all the kids that they would be going to Disney World in March. I think I was just as excited as they were! It was to be a large group of us going. My mother in law, her sister, my sister in law, my m-i-l's other grand kids (two boys & a girl) along with myself, my hubs, & our two girls; Ten people in all.
In this video: All the grand-kids, the pretty blonde is my sister-in-law, and the lady with papers is my mother in law. My oldest daughter is the one in the green shirt squealing & my youngest is the dark haired little one covering her ears.
I have been searching for a job since the summer of last year, and became more serious about it after the new year. I told my m-i-l (mother in law) to go ahead and pay the deposit for the hubs and I to go. So, he put in for vacation time at work, and I began the planning process. I knew I wanted for my daughters to go have dinner at the castle with Cinderella and so we made reservations for that, and I was going through the website looking at each park to see which attractions I wanted to make a note for us to make sure we go see. All the while, I was accepting job interviews, but was not having any luck with getting call backs. I was at the point of discouragement that I really didn't see me landing a job this close to time to go on vacation. I have done several interviews and felt that my chances were slim, but that if a good paying job did get offered to me, I'd be a fool to pass it up.
In less than a week this entire process has seemed to fall apart. Within days of each other, the hubs and I both started new jobs. His was unlike mine in many ways. He works for United States Steel, a big plant. He has worked there for almost 6 years. All he did is switch to a new part of the plant. Before he accepted this new position, he confirmed his vacation days so that he would be able to go with our girls in the off chance that I would get to go. Within days of being at his new job he decided to ask them about his vacation days & they told him a guy already had those days taken, therefore he was not going to be able to go to Disney with our girls. Then, to make things worse, I was given the opportunity to work for a good company close to home that I just couldn't pass up, therefore, I was also now not going to get to attend Disney with our kids.
I am now facing the fact that both my daughters are about to travel out of state, to Disney World, without me. I am feeling so gloomy about this. I know they will have so much fun, but I wish there was a way for me to go and still be able to keep my job. It really sucks how life turns out sometimes.
The way I see it.. .. .. .. Being a Grown up sucks sometimes. It would be nice to get to choose going to Disney World instead of choosing to work.
I am just thankful I have in-laws that are willing and capable of giving this opportunity to my girls, an opportunity I wished and dreamed for as a child.
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