So tonight it became official – the big Disney, Universal, Sea World, Busch, every other little park in the area trip got cancelled for the second consecutive year. Bittersweet at best.

We originally planned on doing the big trip last summer, but then the job offer came across for the wife and the move to Dayton and all that followed just made it impossible. We promised ourselves (and the kids) that it would definitely happen in 2007.

Then this past month came and it was time to start working out the financials, details, plans, etc. (the fun stuff)

Once the initial numbers got tallied we just kind of looked at each other. It wasn’t that we couldn’t afford it, it was more that the money could be better used at this point. We still have a handful of material and monetary goals we’d like to meet and after weighing the options, it became obvious that putting Orlando off for one more year (shit, we’ve lived in Florida twice and my daughter visited Disney at least 10 times before she was 4, we did IOA within the first few months it was even open – things like that) so one more year wouldn’t kill anyone and the benefits of putting that money elsewhere right now are good ones and virtually guarantee that we can easily afford a huge-ass, pimpin’ trip for 2008. The kids will still only be 6 & 10 next summer, so that works out really well. We even justify it with reasoning that at those ages there will be an awful lot we can all do together rather than breaking off for individual needs.

So it sucks that we have to put off Orlando for another season, but it’s nice to be taking care of some other stuff for a change.