dolphinmickey9170
12-30-2007, 03:45 PM
I am so mad at myself I could just scream bloody murder.:rant:
I can't believe I did it. I booked our May trip thinking Ben's vacation trick was D5......wrong.............it is D4. :bang:
Let me explain - he works 4 shifts, as a :fireman:, then off 4 shifts. This goes on for six "tricks" with each one lettered and numbered. So he would work 2 days and 2 night shifts for D1, be off for 4 days, then work 2 days/2nights for D2, etc. :mad:
I booked our May vacation around this number. I have the room, the itinerary and all our ADR's reserved. This worked for me as well because finals are the week of D4 so D5 worked out great. Boy am I stupid. I can't believe I could be so careless. I don't know if he will be able to swap with anyone. A lot of his co-workers are pretty fussy about making swaps. I just don't know what to do. :fit:
On one hand, I could talk with my professors (I have two classes this semester) and ask if I could take my finals early or after we return. One final I would have to take in class, the other is an on-line class, so worse case scenario I could take that one on-line in WDW. That would be easy as it is world lit, however, the other is A&P. I have to actually be in the class for that one.
So all this means is I would have to back up our vacation, but then I miss out on park time and meals with friends who are also going to be there the same time as we are/were. I am just so frustrated right now. Where's my Maalox?:ill:
Then, to top it all off, I did the same thing for our August dates. :angry:This isn't necessarily such an issue as I don't have any classes at that time, but it does change my dates back a week. However, we were to meet up with friends for this trip too. We were going for the second and third weeks in Aug, meeting up with Kathy (kakn7274) and her awesome family. I know they are going for a week, but I don't recall which week, so I don't know if this will mess up our plans. We are now going to have to change our dates to Aug 2-13th. It cuts it short a couple of days, but I guess 11 nights is better than none? Right?
So, do you see why I am so mad at myself? I'm sorry this was long, but I needed to vent to someone. Ben just shook his head and laughed at me. I started bawling like a baby with frustration. He tells me just to hold on and he will try to talk with the other firefighter that has D5 vacation and beg him to swap so I wouldn't have to change anything. I am not that optimistic, either. But this could be a real issue. If this other person won't swap, I have to rearrange all our ressies and plans and beg my professors. UGH!
I love to plan, but this would just be more difficult knowing I was replanning becuase of my stupid mistake.
I can't believe I did it. I booked our May trip thinking Ben's vacation trick was D5......wrong.............it is D4. :bang:
Let me explain - he works 4 shifts, as a :fireman:, then off 4 shifts. This goes on for six "tricks" with each one lettered and numbered. So he would work 2 days and 2 night shifts for D1, be off for 4 days, then work 2 days/2nights for D2, etc. :mad:
I booked our May vacation around this number. I have the room, the itinerary and all our ADR's reserved. This worked for me as well because finals are the week of D4 so D5 worked out great. Boy am I stupid. I can't believe I could be so careless. I don't know if he will be able to swap with anyone. A lot of his co-workers are pretty fussy about making swaps. I just don't know what to do. :fit:
On one hand, I could talk with my professors (I have two classes this semester) and ask if I could take my finals early or after we return. One final I would have to take in class, the other is an on-line class, so worse case scenario I could take that one on-line in WDW. That would be easy as it is world lit, however, the other is A&P. I have to actually be in the class for that one.
So all this means is I would have to back up our vacation, but then I miss out on park time and meals with friends who are also going to be there the same time as we are/were. I am just so frustrated right now. Where's my Maalox?:ill:
Then, to top it all off, I did the same thing for our August dates. :angry:This isn't necessarily such an issue as I don't have any classes at that time, but it does change my dates back a week. However, we were to meet up with friends for this trip too. We were going for the second and third weeks in Aug, meeting up with Kathy (kakn7274) and her awesome family. I know they are going for a week, but I don't recall which week, so I don't know if this will mess up our plans. We are now going to have to change our dates to Aug 2-13th. It cuts it short a couple of days, but I guess 11 nights is better than none? Right?
So, do you see why I am so mad at myself? I'm sorry this was long, but I needed to vent to someone. Ben just shook his head and laughed at me. I started bawling like a baby with frustration. He tells me just to hold on and he will try to talk with the other firefighter that has D5 vacation and beg him to swap so I wouldn't have to change anything. I am not that optimistic, either. But this could be a real issue. If this other person won't swap, I have to rearrange all our ressies and plans and beg my professors. UGH!
I love to plan, but this would just be more difficult knowing I was replanning becuase of my stupid mistake.