Gawd help me! I drank the Disney kool-aid

I've found a great escape from our house-selling woes: planning (and planning and planning and obsessively planning) our fall trip to

Disney World!

I'm amazed at all the message boards, tour planning services, questions/answers. And I can no longer say that I'm "studying" this DisCulture from a distance - I'm completely a part of it. I used to be able to get away with pointing out the crazy-planning/prep work of others to my DH "Look, honey! Can you believe she is doing this?!" and say "wow, now I remember why I loved my Sociology minor in college so much!". He has since kindly pointed out to me, while hysterically laughing, that I'M joining in, wholeheartedly, in the same wacky things now.

I can safely say that I will not be one to create daily Disney tee shirts for every member of our travelling party. Or finish some fabulous scrapbook after our trip. Or even get a Disney bumper sticker for our car. I'm still a somewhat-closeted DisFreak, and I'm not organized enough for tees or scrapbooks!

So I'm saying all this to say that I'm going to start a Pre-Trip Plan post on disboards (the forum on www.wdwinfo.com) under my screen name seamama71. I may copy some posts here too. I just figure that since I'm on the computer nightly for a couple hours, browsing other people's posts, I may as well join in. It's one way to hone my writing skills...

Funny, I feel like this blog can be my "dark side" (since I've done so much griping and whining!) and the DISboard will need to be bright and shiny and superduper happy *smile*!

This is all part of learning who we are, right? Taking our dark side with our light. Admitting that I am a "joiner" - and like it - even as I roll my eyes at myself and make an excuse that downplays why I joined. I did this with sorority life too, and still tell people how my sorority was "different" from others and that's why I could tolerate it. So silly and judgemental! There's more of my dark side - *duh duh duuuuuuhm*. I suppose if that's all I've got for my dark side... well, it could be worse. And since I judge other people who are silly and judgemental, I know I'm not alone :)