With the burst of summer we had last week, I have to say that we've been feeling a little disconnected from the world, particularly as it related to our "normal" summer customs. Cedar Point, friends, back yards, patio lunches at our favorite restaurants... we're not getting any of that this year. The feeling of being disconnected is even greater for Diana, who doesn't have the benefit of going to a day job every day and interacting with people who aren't infants. It has been a tough adjustment, that's for sure.
We've started to put together some travel plans, though unfortunately it doesn't look like any of them help us out now, when we need it most. We looked into doing a Cleveland run, but airfare is insane with that short of a notice. We also looked into one or both of us going to visit her dad in the Carolinas, but again, way too expensive. That's a bummer.
We have booked our first air travel though with Simon. We'll be going to LA next month for Diana's cousin's wedding. This will be a pretty short trip, since we have no idea what to expect when it comes to air travel with an infant. It's a good trial run for the other trips later in the year. Sadly, this means no Knott's Berry Farm.
I lined up our RV for the event at Holiday World, which we're sharing with the Jandes family again. That was easily one of the most favoritest things we did last year, even with Diana pregnant. I think this will be Simon's first carousel ride, which is very exciting.
Then after that, late in the season, we'll go to Cleveland for some amount of time, and part of that will be at Cedar Point for our event there. I think we'll do a whirlwind tour of visits with folks then. There won't be much in the way of relaxing, I suspect, but we'll get our roller coasters on and see all that is familiar again.
The plan after Thanksgiving is to do a week at Universal Orlando, and really play that one casually. Lazy trips to the pool, City Walk dining, and of course a trip through Hogsmeade. I'm counting on my now-Central Florida based BFF to help us out with Simon so Diana and I can at least get on a few things together. Hopefully we won't freeze our tits off like we did last year.
So we're doing our best to cope with change. It's so hard to reconcile being thrilled about it while missing the old life so much.
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