The PB&J Tour with a side of Birthday fun - August 2019 - Day 2 - Shopping and Universal

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Saturday 10th August 2019

I was up at 7am today, I just cannot sleep well while we have all this uncertainty over Brandon. Facebook and the Dibb are helping me right now, it's nice to stay connected with friends and family and to have support, no matter how far away it might be.

I felt and looked dreadful today, lack of sleep and tears will do that too you! So to cheer myself up I put my pink Tim Tracker Tee on and it worked! (another purchase I was able to make online via the personal shopper service)

I had decided we would visit Walmart today and I expected to go to the Cagan's Crossing one but clearly we must have clicked on the wrong one on the sat nav and we ended up at a different one.

Here's the car that got us there, with a built in sat nav

very nice (I'm told)

Chris' anxiety kicked in today, he hasn't had any issues lke this for a long time as he knows how to manage it but I know he hates seeing me upset, all the uncertainty over Brandon was unsettling us all and he wasn't happy that the Sat Nav wasn't taking us to where we expected. Yesterday we hadn't got to Citywalk parking without incident, we had ended up at production place instead which is where staff park.

Now it's not really a big deal, we got where we needed to go, and I was made up seeing a different Walmart which also had a DOLLAR TREE nearby, I was thrilled ha!

Clearly we had put addresses in incorrectly to the Sat Nav, thats all, but anyone that suffers with anxiety and panic attacks will know that it's not always easy to think logically when they start and it can start from something tiny.

Whilst in Dollar Tree, I was in my element, buying all kinds, Chris had to go outside while he calmed himself down.

What didn't help is that whilst on the way to Walmart a tiny lizard had decided it wanted to come with us on our trip and shot accross the dashboard in front of me.

Now apparently it's not okay to shout, 'There's a lizard in the car' at 80MPH on an American highway. Nor is it acceptable to tell your family that you are likely to scream if it shoots back at you at some point, even though you know it's harmless.

We managed to pull off the main highway into a quiet road and eject said lizard safely, thank god it wasn't a wasp of any description is all I'll say, there would have been no warning shout from me in that instance there would have been complete and utter chaos from the start, I'm a such delight!

After Dollar tree when I announced to Jess that we would have to do a dollar tree haul video, No Mother we are not. was the response I got. We headed to Walmart and Chris felt much better.

Both girls had dollars from grandparents to get themselves something. It's day 2, we've been anywhere and Poppy spent hers in Walmart! On a Talking Buzz lightyear and a plush SpiderMan at least she was happy!

We got a fair bit of Halloween stuff in Dollar Tree too, Chris loves Halloween!

I got these too, which are up on the wall at home already!

It was pool time again after shopping, and the girls played in the garage together too, Chris went for a lie down.

None of us were in the mood to go out for a sit down fmaily meal, so tea was things we had bought today from both shops, Jess cooked a Huge Pizza we had bought from Walmart.

Determined not to pay for parking tonight, and to get to citywalk parking first time with the sat nav, we set out about 5pm and made sure we had the correct address in - RESULT! on both points.

It was Universal tonight.

It was difficult to know what rides to try Poppy with, so we thought, well she knows Shrek, it's familar to her, it's not a spin ride, it's not coaster-esque, where can we go wrong?

Turns out every which way possible in fact. We had tears, screaming, hiding, the lot. We were all a bit traumatised coming off that ride...dear me...

Whilst we were wandering up the road deciding what we could terrorise Poppy with next, the parade appeared, so Chris stayed with Poppy to watch that, which she enjoyed THANK GOD!

Whilst Jess and I ran to the Mummy to do single rider.

Both my older kids are more than happy to do single rider and not sit with us on the rides, makes such a difference to Q times so we never hesitate, however, Jess and I were very lucky on this ride, it so happened they needed 2 single riders together so we both got to sit together, I even checked as we got on haha!

Then we wandered up to MIB in black, Poppy loved this! there must be a science behind Pops and rides, but I have absolutely no idea what it is ha!

When we were talking about whether to try her on it, Poppy said to me, 'When I cry Mummy it's just because it's too fast, not because it's' not fun.' (heart broke when she said that bless her) she really is adorable.

Transformers next, I had my arm round Poppy the entire time but she laughed, shouted out and despite a couple of face covering moments she really enjoyed it! Yay!

Even having a photo with this guy at the end

Jess and I ran to get on Rip Ride while they were queing for this photo, tried single rider line. Mistake. I forgot this ride is set up for 2 in each lione anyway so it is rare that single rider line goes down quicker than the normal line. We stood there forever. It was park closing time and I just couldn't do it anymore, I hate Q'ing with a passion, and I knew Poppy would be bored and tired so I apologised to Jess but said we needed to leave and she could go on this another time.

When we got back to Chris he was sitting on the floor and Pops was asleep. We watched the fireworks and headed home.

Just before I went to sleep I had a message from Chris Dad to say that he and Brandon were about to make another trip to Manchester Airport! We might finally have the family back together again tomorrow!

[Juliemack]

Fab day, your ride photos are getting me excited for our trip in a couple of weeks

[col2501]

Originally Posted by Juliemack

Fab day, your ride photos are getting me excited for our trip in a couple of weeks

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oooo how exciting, have a magical time!

[mick]

Another good day I don’t think I would be too happy with a lizard in the car


Joan

[Siff]

Driving in Florida brings on my anxiety as well. One time was really bad at the Florida parking lot after I scratched someone else's car. Different things work differently for person, but laying down a bit helped with a bit of quiet and some food after

[Jockey]

Great day