Back in January, one of the events this sleeping blog missed was our family-and-friends trip to Disney World. (Elizabeth put some pictures up on One Captured Moment.) Usually when we plan our Disney trips, we plan to take them when the crowds are small and weather temperate, and the end of January is supposed to be one of the lowest times for crowds and have the loveliest weather. This year: low crowds, yes; good weather, definitely no. Our first day (spent in the Magic Kingdom) was ideal. Sunny, warm and balmy, but not too hot. The next three days it poured more rain than the Hundred Acre Wood in the rainy season, and it was not a warm rain like in Hawaii. It was cold and windy.
Later we figured it out. Elsa, the Snow Queen from Disney's Frozen, was there in Epcot Norway. She must have let it go!
Good for you, Elsa, but did it have to be during our Disney World Vacation? Thankfully the rain and cold let up for the past couple days and our adventure ended on a warm note. (Actually we got the good weather. The week before we arrived Florida was getting freezing temperatures, and they returned after we left!) We actually rather enjoyed the experience of going to Disney World in the rain. And as I shivered in damp jeans and Disney hoodie, hunched against the wind, feeling a little miserable, I thought to myself, "In the future we are going to have so much fun talking and laughing about our cold, rainy trip to Disney World.
And so we happily came home... to more rain. As the Narrator would say, "And it rained, and it rained, and it rained." After a very warm, dry winter, I'm thankful for the rain and expected a wet spring (that usually follows a dry winter here.) But I'm even more thankful for a break.
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