I Need a Vacation Already


My need for planning is starting to consume me :  ) Our Disney World trip is coming up soon (FYI to any crazies reading this, soon could mean 5 days or 3 months so don’t go trying to figure out my schedule-also no point breaking into our home, we are now broke after this trip).  Anyhow, I am a bit obsessive when it comes to planning.  I have made several excel spreadsheets, including all rides at Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Epcot and Animal Kingdom (you know just a basic spreadsheet of what the rides are and if Cole would like them).  I have also done one with our dinning reservation times and our fastpass times for rides.  I have started a list of things needed for the trip including all of Cole’s medical supplies.  We have an appointment with Cole’s endo doctor so I can get any suggestions from her with dealing with heat and Cole’s pump for the trip.
I have started ordering extra pump bands for Cole to wear on the trip.  I have ordered extra frio bags (cooling bags for Cole’s insulin to keep it good).  Even ordered one for Cole’s pump, although that one seems huge, so not sure how that is going to work out.
I have researched ways to keep Cole’s sites good with the sweat from the heat and swimming in the pool.  I have researched what other families with T1D children have done on their Disney trips to make it more manageable. 
I normally research and plan stops for the drive there and back and book hotel rooms.  This trip I am holding back.  It is so hard not to research this aspect and have every moment of the trip booked.  Yes I know, I am a bit crazy, I mean who books every moment…. Me that’s who.  Well not every moment, but I like to have an idea of where we are staying every night.  BUT I am not going to do it… ok I lie, I have already looked a little bit as to the route we should take and how far we should drive everyday…. But I WILL NOT book a room.  I have to keep telling myself traveling with a toddler we will have to make frequent unplanned stops, so I cannot plan every detail.
I am seriously the type of person that needs a vacation after my vacation.  And throwing in a Type 1 Diabetic toddler on top of that I am really going to need a vaca after Disney.  :  )  This is really our first family trip since Cole was born, well besides Crapport, TX (aka Rockport), the lovely Galveston, TX (got to love the brown ocean water), and Altus, OK (Cole is just living the life isn’t he).  Trips with toddlers are hard enough.  Trips with diabetic toddlers are even harder. 
I know Cole is a bit young for Disney World, but I wanted him to go someplace special, hell I wanted to go someplace special.  It’s been a long tough year and we could all use some “magic” in our life.   So watch out Disney because the Eller’s are coming (with excel spreadsheets and massive amounts of medical supplies)!! 




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