JENN KEY: October 2008

Carmen the security guard, Amy the snake charmer and Wilma the night manager - more details to come. See below for complete snake story!!!!

Well, fall break is over. Whew - it was a trip. It started off with some sadness and guilt for not taking Baxter. Okay guilt trippers, we will forever take him on any trip again. Not to say he will be going on our next trip to the mountains. However, neither kid will. I am speaking of any trip that children will be on, he will go. Rewind to the Sunday a.m. when we left... Scott wanted to get to the airport 2 1/2 hours early. I suggested 1 hour. He dropped LG and I off at the curb with three bags to check as well as two carry ons. Oh, did I mention plus one 4 year old who had to go to the bathroom. So we checked the three bags and ran to the nearest restroom which was 15 mins. away. When Scott got inside I told him the gate that I had seen on our boarding pass (which he printed out 24 hrs. ago) and we were to go to C10. We got there with time to spare. Sat down and LG had some chocolate milk. Next thing you know they are calling zones. Great right? Actually they are boarding for Chicago Midway! Running through the airport like the Clampetts. LG having screaming meltdown. Got to Concourse D with 2 mins left. I try to run down the hallway to the plane. Scott is yelling, sorry, raising voice. Missed plane. Well, as it turns out this would be the 1st of an exciting filled Disney trip!

Eeyore having lunch with us at Crystal Palace.

Chipper and Norma were supposed to come over for a fun evening. However, it was so nice to have them come by to tell our story to and just chill out. We had fun riding the monorail and sitting out by the pool!

Just wanted to make sure there was a pic of her like this. Lots of the trip included little "moments" like this.

Her favorite princess "Ariel."

Sleeping Beauty in her regular clothes. We wondered where that pretty yellow dress was?

Here we go...... if you look closely you can see the snake wrapped around Elias's arm.

The snake was found at 11:45 p.m. We had turned down the air to 50 degrees to smoke him out.

3 foot of black snake. Please zoom in.
Complete story: Scott and Clay were at Epcot. Most of the time during this trip Clay and Scott were at Epcot. So no big news there. Amy and I decided to wake the girls up from their afternoon nap and go over to Downtown Disney. They were sleeping in OUR hotel room. Woke them up and Bethany did not feel well. She threw up and decided she felt ok so we went down to the bus. Get on the bus with about 20 other people and Bethany throws up everywhere. Bless her, we all evacuated and she was sick again all over the bus stop. Poor thing. She was terrible. Amy and I decided there was not a lot I could do to help her so LG and I went ahead to DD. Scott and Clay did not even know what was going on back at the homefront. While LG and I were at DD, Amy continued to text that B. was still sick and housekeeping was coming every once in awhile with new sheets, towels, etc.
Next, I receive a text from Amy: NEED YOU TO COME BACK TO HOTEL ASAP
ME: sure, R U OK?
AMY: SNAKE N ROOM
ME: WHAT?
AMY: bethany in hallway with trashcan. manager coming. some guy from wv helping.

of course, LG and I scoot back as soon as we could. The snake was in the room and had slithered away. There were SEVERAL people in the room looking for it. However, when they were on the hunt, they found a NEST!!!! WITH EGGS IN IT!!!!!

Finally, the Gledhills were moved to an absolute Rock STar Celebrity Suite!!!! Super duper cool. Elias found the snake around 11:45. We all ran in minus Clay, LG and of course, Bethany. Elias was the hero of the night.