work tomorrow, memories today (UPDATED)

Oh, how I do not want to return to work tomorrow morning. Not that I think I wanted to spend more time at Disney World, I think I was Disney'd out by the end. That's not to say it was awful, just the contrary! But we had no internet access, no proper TV channels, no real food... it was very cut off from everything. And I felt like we ALWAYS had to be doing something.DAY 1Friday, February 8, 2008 -9°C/16F with flurries20°C/68F and SUNNY when we got thereOur trip started out with a slight frustration, our flight was delayed. We got up at 4:30 am (and I say this like either of us got any sleep before then!) The car was supposed to pick us up at 5:30 and I was slightly nervous that we wouldn't get to the airport on time, but luckily (I thought) it was early and showed up at 5:00. Since we were both ready I asked the driver if we could leave then, sure enough there was traffic and it took about 40 minutes to get to the airport. Having already checked-in online the day before we got to cut the line and check out bags before everyone else - yay! - only to be told that our flight which was to leave at 7:50 would only be leaving at 8:30. Ugh. Oh, well, not too bad, only a 40 minute delay. That was until we actually got to the gate and saw it was scheduled to leave at 9:30! Argh! Here it was just coming on 6AM and we had 3.5 hours to wait. YAWN! The flight was delayed due to "Crew Recuperation" apparently they got in 3 hours late the night before and they needed sleep. I do appreciate a well rested pilot, I have to say.So Shawn and I hung out at the airport for a few hours and had breakfast and read and just watched our plane from the window - doing nothing.We finally got there about 2:45 - 2 hours later. What was the first thing we did after checking in? EAT and then NAP! Oh, it was a glorious nap! And then we headed off to Epcot to enjoy some Extra Magic Hours.What we didn't know until a little later, was that the UCA National High School Cheerleading Championships were happening at Disney that weekend. Everywhere we went we were surrounded by 13-17 year old girls all dressed a-like in short-shorts and t-shirts and all blonde and very loud. The entire resort was crawling with them. I had actually thought to look for Meritt and her daughter in case they were there too, but I was sure she would have let me know if she was going to be in the same place I was going to be! I was going to post about it from the hotel, but it turns out our internet connection didn't work (didn't know that at the time though). My GOD are those girls LOUD. We were stuck on a bus with them a few times and I mean a LOT of them and it was like my ears were bleeding! (On Sunday when we hit Disney's Hollywood Studios we found out that was where they were competing so I convinced Shawn that we should watch for a while as I LOVE watching Cheerleading. Well, the stunts and acrobatic parts, I could do without the cheering part. But it's like watching group gymnastics and I love watching the tumbling in gymnastics).I think I had been up for over 24 hours by the end of the day. Boy did I sleep well that night. The next day we took it easy but still did a LOT of walking! Stay tuned!Day One photos can be seen here. :)