Learning Disabilities and Holiday Road Trips
by Merely Me
Monday, December 07, 2009
Quinn's Guide to Friendship, Dating and Self-Confidence
Do you ever wish you could go back in time and get a do-over? Several years ago we had a family vacation to Walt Disney World that I wished I could erase like a drawing on a magnadoodle and wipe the slate clean. That trip probably ranked up there as one of the worst experiences for my family and...
- Family Trips
Judy
Monday, December 07, 2009 at 11:31 PMre: Family Trips
Merely Me
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 at 07:42 PMA honeymoon in Walt Disney World! wow...that sounds fabulous. Yes a lot has changed hasn't it? That is some image of your son crying at sea world...that would be so hard to see as a parent.
I am very grateful that we were able to have a good time this time around. The trip before this one was one that was absolutely painful. I couldn't even look at a disney commercial for the longest time. so happy endings are possible. The other thing that helped this time that I didn't have a chance to discuss is...Prozac. My son is doing so much better on the Prozac. So that he can enjoy life more.
Well Miss Judy...thank you for your comment! Always good to see you.
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CRegal
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 at 10:34 AMHow can you say that Christmas music isn't for everyone? Even if it IS the chipmunks, EVERYONE can benefit from more Christmas music in their lives.
In fact, just to spite this post, I will listen to nothing but Christmas music for the entire day. There. Now all of the THCN offices will be mad at you.
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Merely Me
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 at 07:53 PMLOL hey...you do that!
My most hated christmas song is when grandma got run over by a reindeer so maybe you can listen to that one first.
Along with the chipmunks my son loves the Grinch. He likes to play the Grinch song when he is mad at me.
Hope you are getting into the festive spirit...nothing says christmas like chipmunks!
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Paul
Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 01:54 PMI'm pretty sure my parents often wished they could get some do-overs with me.
Nahhh..., couldn't be! :) I had four older brothers who felt that way though. Three of them had to drag me around whenever they went fishing or camping and while they displayed a remarkable stiff upper lip through it all, I could sense something. I believe if they could have sold me into Egypt, or anywhere else, they would have.
Were that they could have had these tips to use with me. I think they're great ideas and would have been happy to occupy my kids with them, even myself! Dvd's were still a twinkle in some inventor's eye when I was raising my kids, but a number of your other ideas were used or would have come in handy.
You can tell you have earned them through real experience, only, you have been able to innovate. I think they beat being yelled at for 6-8 hours, or all day, by far, and the kids might like them too. :)
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Merely Me
Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 06:29 PMLOL
I am so sorry your older brothers were not so kindly all the time when you tagged a long. I take it you were the youngest?
Yes isn't it something...when I was a kid there was no such thing as DVDs or gameboys or any of this technological stuff...not even computers...hard to imagine isn't it? Whatever did we do?
Thank you so much for sharing...I always appreciate your comments.
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Judy
Friday, December 11, 2009 at 09:14 AMOh, Paul, you're just too modest. I was the oldest of 5 so I know all about how the "babies" of the family operate!
Yes, the good old days before DVD's or even CD players - our entertainment on trips used to consist of (1) fighting over who got the window seats, (2) listening to my dad yell most of the way, (3) fantasizing that we didn't have to go to the bathroom because if we didn't need gas, there was no stopping and (4) sweating bullets because there was no air conditioning - that was a pure luxury in the 50's and 60's. Ah, yes, the good old days.....
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Paul
Friday, December 11, 2009 at 02:39 PMWow, Judy, I can relate to everything you've said, except the part of being the oldest. We babies had it the roughest, you know. :)
You brought back many memories I had forgotten. AM radio only in the dash. The prized window seat so you could breathe during the hot summer. I was always occupying the middle of the back seat between two older brothers who, while they didn't unduly pick on me, most of the time, seemed to covet even the small space assigned to me.
The dinner table was another place of inequity, since all the bowls and plates loaded with food went the long way around to me and I never got what I thought was the prized turkey leg, or prized anything!
For the most part though, I was glad to have all of them.
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Learning Disability Resources, Tips and Tools
Hi, Merely Me - glad you had a great vacation! We've been to Disney World several times - in fact, my husband and I went there on our honeymoon 37 years ago! There wasn't much there then. Anyway, that last part you talked about, not cramming too much into the day, is really a good one. We've found, too, that if we don't put so much pressure on ourselves it's much more relaxing. Of course, our sons are adults now, which takes care of a few things! Nowadays, we mostly go to Door County, Wisconsin every summer for a week. My son loves, loves, loves to travel so we've never had big problems with him because he's so quiet and likes whatever we do; actually, the worst time was when we were at Disney World and our older son was going through a bad, bad depression - I remember him sitting on a bench in Sea World, just crying and saying he wanted to go home. He hated the plane ride, curled up in the seat, hiding, just wanting it to be over. And he wasn't the one with disabilities!
Thanks for sharing those great tips - yes, you do learn a few things by trial and error!
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