Well, so. This blog returns.
I've started by deleting the first two installments of The Trip Report That Would Not Write Itself. My absence from this blog was seriously affected by its presence; couldn't just skip the rest of the trip and go on with something else, couldn't seem to recapture the memory in any words that I found satisfactory. And since there has been yet another trip SINCE Halloween Adventure 2005, it all just seemed a little overwhelming.
But I wanted to come back; much like the siren song of the World That Walt Built, I wanted to blog about Disney. It gives me something to do when people are done listening to me talk about Disney but I'm not quite ready to stop talking yet. And there is news on the personal Disney front.
During that Halloween Adventure, our then almost-16-year-old Tinkerbelle started seeing the World through new, more mature eyes. A flirtatious boat driver mentioned the Disney College Program to her on that trip, and the seed of an idea was planted, took root, and began to grow at an alarming rate. So here we are, two years and a bit later, celebrating her acceptance into the Disney International College Program for Summer 2008. That's right, we love Disney so much, we're giving them our child.
Cynics think this is just our way of justifying future trips to the World. But it is so, so much more than that. The World, we think, is an excellent place for her to begin to learn about the world, and the people in it. She will live and work with people from all over the globe, and come into daily contact with guests from all walks of life. I'd rather see her do this than backpack across Europe.
You can follow her own Disney adventures at her blog, So There's This Bench.
And while she learns how to be a Cast Member, we'll be learning how to be the parents of a Cast Member. It's going to be an interesting summer.
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