Room mates...you either love 'em or you hate 'em

So when I started this program I knew what I was getting myself into by moving in with five complete strangers. Luckily I met up with my room mate Lindsey on facebook a couple months prior to moving here so i knew what she was like and knew that she was the type of person I can live with.

At first things were really great, everyone seemed to be nice and drama free and yeah. One girl specifically, who I'll call....Nora.....didn't care much for her, she was loud and just kinda eh. Not a big fan of girls like her but I figured I'd deal.

So this Nora chick starts making up random house rules which I believed were aimed at me for some reason. Now, I don't think I'm a bad room mate. I'm not a slob and I clean up after myself though I admit that sometimes I'm not a neat freak. I didn't think it was that big of a deal. Well lately, and its really hard to xplain this all at once, but lately it feels like Nora and some of the other girls are turning against me...like theres this new rule that if you use a pot, wash it because we only have a few. So I do that. I've seen Nora leave pots in the sink to dry, and when I did that she freaked out and made a new rule: dry it and put it away. SERIOUSLY. who gives a shit? as long as they aren't piled up in the sink, i say who cares? i have better things to do with my time anyway. I also feel like they are talking about me behind my back and saying things that aren't true. I know this sounds like I'm paranoid but the anger that came from me to write this blog followed after what happened today.

Today I called into work because I'm sick and have no voice. I woke up, made some soup, went back to bed, woke up, made noodles, went back to my room, went to blair's, came home after a few hours. I come into my room and there is a pot lid sitting on my bed! It's OBVIOUSLY not washed, and has been used, but I have no idea who by. NOT ME! I'm pissed. i was so pissed that i started crying. Thats what I do when i'm pissed. I don't know what else to say or do about it. I want desperately to go out there and YELL at my room mates and find out who put it there but I 'm such a chicken, and I have no voice, and i'm terrible at confrontation. I get so nervous and shakey when I try to confront someone. but i mean, it's NOT MINE! And I'm also afraid that if I bring it out to them and say its not m ine they are just gonna say that i do a terrible job with washing the dishes and thats why they thought it was mine.

Anyway yeah I'm just very upset. I realy wish Lindsey was here so I could rant to someone because she doesn't seem to be in the drama of the kitchen cleanliness like the others. She's probably the ONLY other one who isn't. it's starting to drive me crazy. I am almost tempted to move out and move in with someone else but I'm just gonna wait and see what happens. I don't think lindsey is coming home tonight, i'm not sure if shes working or what but last night was with her sister at a hotel room so i'm not sure if shes there tonight again or what. I wonder what shes thinking about all this. I mean yeah it's nice having a clean apartment but do we have to be SO crazy about it? lots of times i'm in a hurry to get to work or something and i don't really look over the kitchen to make sure its in perfect shape. and this lid thing really makes me angry!!! i don't even know. i really wish my cat was here. i want to hold him so bad. it's times like these where i really miss my mom. i hate when home doesn't feel like home.

ughh!!!

I know, i know, I'm terrible about updating this thing!!!

Whats been new? uhhh...work...work....WORK! Thats ALL I seem to do anymore. yesterday was my first day off in 8 days. and it's not like I'm at work for six hours and thats it, I am at work for 9 hours a day, add in an additional 2.5 for the bus and THATS my day. My days are so consumed with my job that I barely have time for anything else.

I'm officially done with my front desk training, which is awesome. I hate training and I hate new jobs. I know thats terrible but it's true. I spent six straight days with the same trainer working all night shifts doing check ins and answering the most random questions ever, some of them only once, and some of them over and over again. Since my trainer is actually concierge, alot of questions that I don't even need to know the answers to, he'd answer for me, which worried me because i'm like thinking ''wow, i have SO much to know and I don't know like any of it''...but i decided that now that i'm on my own, if they ask about tickets or dining or anything that I don't know the answers to, I'll send them right over to concierge. I don't care.

My last day of training I had my first manager evaluation. Basically what happens is the manager stands behind you with a clipboard and watches you check in a guest to make sure that you do it correctly, do it efficiently, and be as polite as fucking possible. My first evaluation was good, and my manager said it was really good other than the fact that I didn't verify the names and ages of the children. ehh whatever. I was so happy to have that over with. it was something i had been dreading since day one.

My second evaluation came on my first day alone by a different manager. I didn't realize he was doing it until halfway through, and the only thing he said that I didnt do right was I explained the welcome packet TOO MUCH....OKAY....when is assisting a guest too much a bad thing? who gives a shit! I think he was just looking for something to mark me down for or something.

My third evaluation was done by a third manager on my second day alone. She said I did really well, again, except this time the thing I messed up on is I didn't say ''Good afternoon! Welcome to the contemporary!''....are you serious? since when is ''hi, how are you?" not enough?

Anyway, I'm glad my evaluations are going well. If I am getting awesome evaluations at a four diamond hotel already and I can keep it up, this will look really really good on my record. imagine what will happen when i return to the courtyard, a two? three? NOT FOUR diamond hotel and deliver the same excellent service there. It will be awesome!


Some random funny things that have happened so far:

1. a lady told me I didn't know what i was doing because she asked what time her bus is coming...and since I'm not a mindreader I asked her if she received the voucher on her door and shes like "well yeah i think it said 7:55...oh nevermind, you don't seem to know what you are doing!!"

2. a guy approaches the desk and says in a serious voice ''I have a big problem''...sets a shotgun on the front desk counter. I back up a little. ''I need a box that will fit this so I can take it on the plane with me''...quickly, i sent him over to the package center. 30 minutes later I see him walking across the lobby with a huge rectangular box and a smile on his face as he waved me goodbye. for a minute, i WAS worried.

3. i was printing out parking permits for guests arriving on the following day and there is seriously a guy at the hotel right now named mr. Butt. HONESTLY! thats his name. i'm so glad I didn't have to check him in. Especially since we are required to use the guests name as often as possible. ''Checking in, the last name is Butt'' ''Good afternoon Mr. Butt, how are you today?" "Mr Butt, would you like to place a credit card on file for incidentals?" ''Thank you Mr Butt, enjoy your stay here!''

4. a lady was literally crying to me at the front desk because we wouldn't give her a check out later than 12PM (check out is at 11:00) ..I called a manager and all was well.

I can't believe how many complaints I get there! I hate working mornings because thats when everyone complains!!! One guy ranted about his ENTIRE vacation being ruined over the dumbest things and I had to pretend to REALLY!! care. Another lady said that she found urine, blood and pubic hair in her room when she checked in. How much of a lie does that sound like? Seriously. She went on and on and on and claimed she was gonna post pictures on the internet blah blah blah. just one thing after another. I don't know what they think I'm gonna do about it other than listen but I'm starting to feel more of a counselor than a front desk associate...

Anyway Ive been working so many crazy hours that now I'm sick and I have no voice today. It really sucks. Especially since today is my day off! Yesterday was my day off too but I enjoyed it because I went to Epcot and Hollywood Studios. I saw an incredible show of beauty & the beast and it was awesome!!! i uploaded some videos on youtube also, and i'll add the links later on. tonight i was supposed to see fantasmic with a friend but i guess thats not going to happen since i have no voice!!!

Well I have to get ready for the day, I am going to WalMart soon to get some things. i'll write later gators.

My new lifestyle alone is gonig to make me so slim

Before I get onto my actual rant I must say that just living here alone is going to give me the body i want..i'm not even kidding. Not only do I do a shit ton of walking with my lack of car, but I carry like 20 pounds of groceries WITH ME while I'm walking the half mile back to my apartment. Not only that but I am eating no junk food! It's so weird...I barely get to have any chocolate and the most junk food that I've got right now is tortilla chips. I just about overdosed myself on grapes...but at least I feel healthier. I'm trying to buy groceries that will last as long as possible without spending a lot of money. That means buying no frozen food (no hot pockets!), buying generic brands, and only making small portions. I bought a set of groceries like two weeks ago and I still have a few things left from that, and then today i did some more shopping so now I have more food. I have to limit what I buy because I have to CARRY it home..so today I had four bags, and those were super heavy.

Moving on to my actual rant...well it kind of ties in a little with what i stated previously...I HATE not having my car. Honestly, I hate it. I decided I hate relying on other people for things and transportation is definitely like number 2 on the list, number one being relying on someone to help me shower.

So there is a bus schedule and numerous bus routes that travel from each apartment complex to work locations of all the interns. There's also a bus that goes to the grocery stores. To get to work, I have to take the A bus from my apartment to the Ticket & Transportation center, where I have to wait for the B bus to come and take me to the Contemporary (after it makes a stop at Fort Wilderness first). This process might not sound very long, but it is. For example, today I work at 6pm. I have to be on the bus at 4:20. And they say get to the bus stop early...so I have to be out there around 4:10. And then I get to work around 5:20. If I took the next bus, I'd be at work too late! So it pretty much never works out for me. But even THAT is not my biggest concern with the buses.

Last Saturday I got off work at 1030. Not too late. I waited outside for my bus to come. Waited and waited and waited. Mind you, it's my first day at the hotel working. The bus is scheduled to come :16 and :46 past the hour. I waited until about 11:10 when i gave up on it and took the monorail to the TTC and took that bus home. I was not happy. I got home after midnight...90 minutes after my shift. Tuesday morning I called the Transportation hotline where I told them what happened and wanted to know what the deal was and if my bus was going to come when i got off work. The guy said yes, and it should have come the last time i worked, blah blah blah. They'll file a report. Sure you will.

Tuesday was my second day. I got off work at 12:45. I RAN my ass out to the bus stop and was there at 12:46 on the dot. No bus. No fucking bus. Where the FUCK was that DAMN BUS?! At 12:50 I called the dispatch line and I was like Listen...wheres my fucking bus? Except I didn't say quite that. He got ahold of the driver who said he was on his way. Alright..he finally came around 12:52...definitely NOT on time. keep in mind that Florida is experiencing a nice week of freezing weather, so I was very cold as well as tired.

Yesterday, Wednesday, i worked til 1:00AM. Plenty of time to catch the 1:16 bus. So I get out there at 1:10, wait and wait and wait and it never shows up! So I call dispatch again. The guy who answered said ''i'll call the driver'' and hung up on me! Im SURE you did, buddy! Considering my bus didn't come til 1:48...yeah. So I waited for about 40 minutes in freezing cold weather. I could have waited inside but the doors are so far from the bus stop I was terrified I'd miss it if it came.

Today is Thursday. I get off work at 2:30 in the morning and the last bus that goes to the Contemporary is at 2:16, meaning I have to call when i get off work to have a bus come get me. it BETTER! I'm so sick of this crap, I really am! If this continues any more i'm calling and making ANOTHER complaint and possibly writing a letter! after I get off work, I'm tired, and lately, i'm freezing. I don't want to wait 30-40 minutes for a bus to come to take me to another bus. it's ridiculous.

Because of this *awesome* bus system, i get off work on Saturday at 1030, get home around 12, wake up around 430, leave for work at 530, to be at work at 645 on Sunday. How much am I loving my life right now? ehh...I know it's all going to be worth it, but its SUCH a pain in the ass. That is something I look forward to when I come home, is having independence again...having my car...going to the store just to pick something up real quick rather than taking 2 hours out of my day for that. I finally have some cash so i can do my laundry...yeah its been like 3 weeks since i've done my laundry...it's piling up so bad lol. I would have done it today when i got home from the store but i wanted to eat, and now i only have an hour before i have to be at the bus stop to go to work. so yeah..ridiculous, is it not?

Well I believe that is all I have to say on for right now...may the force be with you.

So what's been new here at 19302 ? Not too much actually! Our apartment is haunted, we've discovered. And you can't say it's not, because you have not seen the blinds swaying for no reason, the sink turn on by itself and the thermostat change temperatures without anyone touching it. It's eerie!

Saturday was my first day working at the Contemporary. It was EXACTLY how I pictured it would be...because it's the way all first days are....awkward, intimidating, LONG. I hate that new-job feeling. I always have. I like feeling comfortable in own skin, knowing what I'm doing, and how to solve problems that are presented to me. So yeah my first day was 8 hours and pretty boring because I mostly just watched my trainer check people in. I have so many bosses and I don't even know whos my boss and who isn't because I met so many people...from what I hear, anyone wearing their own clothing is a manager or supervisor of some kind. Okay.
It's just so different at this hotel than what I am used to, and I know i have to stop saying that and adjust to it already but it's hard! if anyone needs anything, I almost always have to go to someone else to find out if it's possible. Late check outs..can't do that on my own. Early check ins...sometimes I can do that on my own if the room is ready. Room change...can't do that on my own either. I need to get used to it.
Today is my second day of on the job training. Lucky for me I had two days off in a row to relax and settle in to this new job feeling. I'm ready to kick some ass today. Hopefully everything goes okay. The one thing that keeps me sane is knowing this job is not permanent, and I don't have to worry about doing things to try and get a promotion or whatever. If people don't like me, or I do a shitty job (which i don't think will happen), I'm only there for four months. I think on my very last day at the Courtyard is when I felt most confident about my job knowing that if I screwed up, I wouldn't have to worry about it because the next day i'd no longer be employed there. Even though I didn't screw anything up, I felt like I could do anything and I think it improved how I handled the guests because I had such confidence. We'll see if that happens again here. Today i work 415-1245. ODD. I don't know if I like the idea of getting home at like 130 in the morning...but whatever. Tomorrow its the same thing. Thursday I don't get off work til 230 AM! thats the middle of the damn night!!!

We have come to the conclusion that our apartment has the hottest ladies living here. I'm not even kidding...I think I'm the ugliest of the six of us...so depending on your perspective of how attractive I am, you get my drift. Two of them being SUPER hotties, the others being very very pretty, and then me. lol. This has resulted in many guys coming over to my apartment at night and it's interesting...not my type of men AT ALL! They are all so cocky, thinking they are the shit and can get with all of us or something. Im not falling for it. One of my rooommates brought this guy over who thought he was IT. he pretty much invited himself over to our apartment, waltzed in, sat on our kitchen table (yeah, its called a chair buddy), sat on our couch and turned the TV channel to a basketball game (HIS FIRST TIME AT OUR PLACE! within 5 minutes of being here!) and drank most of our booze. I could NOT stand him. Then the other guys that have been here are big drinkers and hooka-bar hoppers. Yeah no thanks. I'd rather be a loser and stay home than go out to a hooka bar. One of my roommates went with them and hated it...and she is pretty much up for anything always. So that pretty much tells me that I would not like it...ah well. The adventures of peer pressure. lol

It's so odd meeting people in person that I've been talking to on Facebook. I've talked to quite a few people on Facebook who are coming down to work at Disney as well. It's quite cool though, too. I've been running into people from Facebook, and yesterday one of my Facebook friends from Michigan came over to my apartment and that was my first time meeting him as well. Another friend called me last night to tell me he arrived. More and more people are arriving and moving in. I moved in on one of the very first days, so now that more people are coming, my chances of meeting my facebook friends are less slim. it's fun though! I'm very happy because Blair is here now! She moves in next Monday. I've known Blair for years. We worked at the movie theater together and we go to the same college and whatnot. So I'm excited to have a familiar face here with me!!!

Anyway, I have to wrap this up and start getting ready for work. This bus system kills me. I have to be on the bus at 3 for my shift that starts an hour and 15 minutes later. SHITTY! Saturday my shift started at 2 and I had to be on a bus that left at like 1230. It sucks...oh the things we'll do for the Mouse.

Well i'll write later when I have something interesting to say...ta!

My first days

So yesterday was my first day going to the Magic Kingdom since I got here. The last time I had the chance to see the Magic Kingdom I was like 9, so it's been about 12 years since I've gone. I don't remember anything about it from the first time, for the most part, so this time around I got to see it with a fresh perspective, and honestly I loved it. Disney World is not at all overrated. And honestly it is not just for kids, I saw people of all ages enjoying everything around them. I felt like such a tourist, or a kid, or both, taking pictures of EVERYTHING I saw and going OH MY GOD! at everything I took pictures of. I posted pictures on both facebook and myspace and I took over 80. Half of those were from It's a Small World, lol. I love that ride!! We went on that one, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion, the Jungle Cruise, Big Thunder Mountain (my first rollercoaster ever) and we went to 2 shows: The Laugh Floor with the monsters from Monsters Inc (pretty funny) and Disney's Filhar Magic. THAT was incredible. If you ever visit Disney World, GO THERE. that should be number one on your list of priorities. It is the most amazing show I've ever seen. It's a 3D show, it's only like 10 minutes long but it sums up what Disney truly is in those ten minutes. They do multiple musical numbers from the classic Disney movies and all in 3D and it's really really cool....you'd have to see it to understand though!!

We left the MK around 7:30 because we wanted to beat the traffic out of there of those staying for the fireworks, and also because we were freezing. It was only like 40 degrees once the sun went down, so yeah it was cold. I can't wait til the weather gets really really nice so we can stay longer and do more things.

After that we were planning to go out to a bar or something but we wound up ditching that plan. Lora and Kay both went out with some guys but the rest of us stayed at home. Me, Brittany and Lindsey watched The Devil Wears Prada and Andrea, I'm not sure what she was doing but she was home too. We were so exhausted from all the fresh air i think.

Anyway today is my first day of on the job training at the Contemporary. I am SO nervous. I think I'm mostly just nervous because I don't really know exactly what to do or whatever. I'm debating whether or not to wear my uniform to work or change there. If I wear it to work then at least that's one less hassle to think about. However, I am not allowed to walk through the front door with my uniform and I'm still not totally sure about the back way to get in so I might take the front door today but that means changing at work in the locker room. That probably isn't too bad of an idea. That way if I look TOTALLY lost nobody will be like OMG she's an employee and she's so obviously lost!! yeah I'm a freak I know.

Anyway that's all I have to say for now. Tomorrow I will try and update with my first day of work. It's weird because I had class all week for 9 hours a day, two days off, one day of work,and then two more days off! but then i work like five days straight....ugh...I'm NOT Loving the shift they gave me all week...2-1030. thats like my ENTIRE DAY!!!! I have to take the bus to work, meaning for a 2pm shift I have to be on the bus at like 12:30, and then I won't get home til like 11:30ish. It just sucks!! I just want to get training over with so I don't have to feel so new.

So yeah, peace out!

Because of you, I never stray too far from the sidewalk

Alright, so nothing super new has been going on down here to write about. Yesterday was my last day of my training class, and Saturday is my first day working at the actual hotel. I am so nervous. But I'm also looking forward to it as well. After all, I did decide to come down here for the incredible experience. i'm just looking forward to finishing my training and being comfortable with my job.

Anyway the weather here isn't as warm as I would have hoped for. It's only like 50's/60's all week, but the sun is out so that's good. I'll take it over the -3 degrees outside in Michigan right now. I really don't miss that at all. I just wish it was like 80 degrees lol.

Last night after class I went out with Lindsey, Andrea, and Brittany, three of my room mates. We went to AMC and saw "Bride Wars''...pretty funny movie, we all enjoyed it. It was so nice going out with people who I consider to be friends, I feel like not lost at all when i'm around them and of course my other roomies too. It's just so nice to have them.

I realized last night how many changes I've been going through in just the last week or so alone. I left a job that I loved, left school, left all my friends, left my family, left home, left an area that I lived in for my entire life that I knew so well, I basically left my entire life to start a new one. I had to start a new job, move into a new place in a new city, in a new state, in a new REGION of the country, move in with five complete strangers from all over the United States, and do all of this without all the people I know and love beside me. I am on a completely new adventure...I have to clean and cook for myself (not like that is totally new, but it is a little bit), I have to be 100% responsible for myself, and worst of all I don't have my car with me so I have to rely on other people or public transportation.

But regardless of all of that, I've adjusted pretty well overall I think. I haven't had a total meltdown yet. I've been able to meet new people, try new things, and do all of this on my own. I've never lived on my own before, I've always lived with my parents. The other girls in my apartment have all gone away to college so this is nothing to them. I miss my family, and I miss my friends and my cat and just the familiarity of life in Michigan. However, this experience is something I'd never give up, not for anything. I love it here in Florida. I love the nice weather, the people, learning things about life and about myself. I've learned alot about myself just in the 8 days of being here. I've learned that I'm stronger and more independent than I thought, and when real life challenges come up and present themselves to me, I can deal with it and learn how to make the best of it. I could be moping around because I miss everyone at home, but I'm not. I could be freaking out because I am starting a new job without my mom here to support me, but I'm not. I could be on the next flight to Detroit because I can't handle all this change at once but I'm not. Basically what I'm saying is, I've been hit all at once with all this and it's CRAZY, other than the other interns here, I don't know of anyone who's had so many things change overnight for them. It'll be interesting to see how the next five months go. I think I'll adapt easily, so far I have, thanks to my amazing room mates that I have here and the cool people I've met in my class and hopefully I'll meet more at work.


Anyway, moving on. This is not really Florida related but more like my own personal life. Have you ever realized that the one person you truly deeply wanted was standing right there in front of you all along? Maybe to say ''truly deeply want'' is pushing it but I'm kind of in a similar situation right now. It's really bothering me because I almost feel like the person i want to be with I shouldn't feel that way...for one thing, he's my best friend, and for another thing, he's my ex. So that doesn't seem like a really good combo. Also I just don't know. I've met other guys and went out with other guys after him and I felt like there was such a difference because like the chemistry with the other guys was so strong, but with steve (yeah its steve) the chemistry in our personalities is so strong. why can't i just find a guy who has it all? I know I'm still young and I have PLENTY of time for that but what about NOW? what about the present? Maybe not right this second, I'm kind of in Florida and I'm not here forever so I don't really want to meet anyone quite yet but yeah it's kind of a problem. Once I get back home I can start dating again, maybe, we'll see. I still kind of want to see where things could have gone with Jeff because like..i think there was some real potential there. I dunno. I'm just going to wait and see who's waiting for me when I come home. I know Steve will be, because he's that kind of guy...my best friend.

Don't forget to remember me

Alright so it's Monday, January 12th, 2009 in case you were wondering. I am exhausted and about ready for bed and it's not even 10pm yet. It's like this every night. lol.
Me and my room mates are so tired so early on, it's outrageous.


Anyway so this week I have this class for my new job and it's called First Impressions. It's from 830-5pm at the Disney University. It's kind of interesting at times, but it's also boring because some of it is common sense or things that I already know or things that they go over too many times. The entire class is dedicated to the front desk operations at the walt disney world resorts.

Now, I worked at the Courtyard for about 7 months and once they started teaching me front desk I spent time with another front desk-er to learn all the operations. NEVER did I have to take a class, let alone four classes! I think it's good though because the computers have the DPMS system ON it so we can do practice reservations and check ins as a class and I think if I had training like that at the Courtyard I would have been much more successful at the front desk.

The property management system for Disney resorts is easier in my opinion than PMS was at the Courtyard. Things are just easier to do and there's less work involved. I really wish that the system at the Courtyard was like that, it would be so much easier.

Basically from what I've learned in this class so far is that the front desk does 2 main things: checking guests into their hotel rooms, and checking guests out of their hotel rooms. YEAH...not a whole lot to do. There is no paperwork involved or anything. THERE IS NO PHONE THAT RINGS! thats my favorite part. If a guest needs something and calls down, I'll never have to know about it!


Anyway, other than t hat I'm just excited to finish in class training and start on the job training at the hotel. I'm also excited to have 2 days off soon....thursday & friday. I'm hoping to go out with Lindsey my room mate and maybe some other people one of those nights since most of the time I am stuck in class or relaxing after a long day. I need some fun time!! :(


Other than work things are good here. I love the Florida weather. I love feeling the sunshine and the 70 degree heat in January. I love the palm trees and watching the sunset after 6pm rather than 5pm. My room mates are awesome. My job is a dream. I'm' livin it up! I miss my cat though, still, and I've only been away for five days. It feels like SO much longer!!!!

Anyway thats really it, i'm starting to ramble and it's not the good knd of ramble. i'm off to bed to rest for another lonnnnnnnnng day tomorrow. peace out!!

So we have some catching up to do

So I apologize deeply for not updating in like 2 weeks. I have been so crazy-busy but now I finally have a moment to write about my adventures from this week. I will try to not drone on, and only give the important details!

Tuesday, January 6th was my flight to Florida. I was SO nervous!! I hadn't flown since I was like 11 years old, so it had been awhile and I don't have fond memories. It was really really hard leaving my cats behind at home. I cried so much saying good bye to Callie and I couldn't find Milo because he kept hiding under things. I got to the airport super early and spent my time waiting chatting with some guy who was on my flight. The plane ride was scary, I decided I hate flying. Once we were about 10 minutes from landing and we were under the clouds I was alright though. lol...2 hours later.

Arriving in Orlando was crazy, I had to first collect my luggage and then figure out how to get to my hotel. There was a free shuttle service to my hotel which was a Marriott so I called them and someone came and picked me up. It was so nice once I took a shower (I was SWEATING at this point...wearing winter clothes in 80 degree weather) being able to relax and enjoy the beautiful evening...didn't miss the snow back at home at all.

I met a girl on facebook named Kim from New York a few months ago about sharing a hotel room so she came around 10pm and we stayed the night and in the morning drove to check-in together. The process altogether took about 2 hours with all the papers to fill out, getting housing assignments and keys, ID photos taken for our housing ID's, a background check, and all that other junk. I finally got to my apartment around 11:30 where I met Lindsey, my room mate, her parents, and some other room mates and their parents. At 12:30 we had our housing meeting which lasted until 2:30. Later that night I went to wal-mart to get a bunch of crap and ran into Kim from New York (yes thats her name) and she gave me a ride back home which was awesome. I came home and hung out with all my room mates and we went to bed around 12.


Thursday all we had to do was some employment paperwork. Me being the idiot that I am forgot to bring my driver's license with me so i had to come home, get my ID and take it to the Casting Center which is about 4 miles away. Luckily, one of my room mates, Andrea, has a car and she drove me there. That was super nice of her. We all hung out at the apartment for awhile until 4 there was a pool party at Patterson Court, the apartment complex for interns down the road from us (we live at Chatham Square). The party was pretty fun, there was free food and drinks, lots of people, music and dancing, a hula hoop contest, and limbo! lol. Lilo and Stitch were there as well. We went back home around 6 and then four of us went to some stores and then got back home and just hung out and went to bed.

Friday, yesterday, we had a class called Traditions. It's a class where you learn EVERYTHING about Disney the company, you learn about the past, present, and future of Disney and it's pretty interesting but it can be really boring too since its like four hours of sitting. The instructors were fairly interesting though so that made it less torturous. I met a few girls there. They were extremely strict about our appearance. We had to dress up really nicely and business casual so anything that they saw that was wrong we had to fix and if we couldn't we had to go home. I mean like they were looking at our clothes, our shoes, our jewelry, our hair, EVERYTHING! I was so nervous about my hair not passing because I have highlights and they really dont want us having them but I got away with it yay!

Anyway after traditions I didn't get home til like 6:10ish and I was tired so I decided to stay home while the rest of my room mates were out about and having fun. I felt like a loser but I mean i was tired!

Today I woke up at 5:20, took the bus to the Contemporary Resort (after having to change buses too) and got there around 7:30. There was about 15 people for "Legacy Day'' as they call it. I was the ONLY intern who had been chosen for the front desk out of the 15 of us. I asked my trainer later how many interns were chosen for front desk and he said a total of 13, so I'm really happy I'm not alone, but I AM the first one to be trained so I'm nervous!!!

The Contemporary is beautiful though...I still can't believe that I WORK there!!!

Anyway my uniform isn't too hideous...I've seen some horrible ones at Disney so far so I feel lucky haha. So yeah thats basically all that has really gone on but i've been so busy and now I am exhausted. my room mates are out at Epcot right now but I was still on my way home when they left so I am home just relaxing after a very very long day. I feel sort of like I should be out enjoying Florida but I figure I have plenty of time to do that later when I work less crazy hours.

And so anyway, I am out of this bitch. I'm probably gonna shower and go to bed cause i'm exhausted as hell. and i have another busy day tomorrow. peace out! and have a magical day.

You won't fall for me if you know what's good for you, cause I've still got a lot of leaving left to do

Alright I think this will probably be my last update until I get to Florida! How exciting!

I've managed to get down to five more days!!! Today is Thursday and my flight is on Tuesday so these two days barely count, so all I have left is Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday!! I'm like freaking out alot. I can't even believe it.

So for starters, today is my birthday! I am FINALLY 21!!! I'm very excited about this! Last night I had a New Years Eve party at my house and all my best friends came so the night was incredible. Nothing better than ringing in the new year with (most) of your favorite people. :) We had a great time, had lots of food and booze and games and we wound up not going to bed until like 6:00 this morning. My friends are hilarious when they are drunk, I can't even lie, it's the greatest thing.

Which reminds me that i'm really really going to miss my friends :( last night for the first time since I found out that I'm leaving I actually cried because Dana told me she's going to miss me, and that I'm her best friend. It's just one of those things that you already know, but to hear it being said outloud is totally different. I tried to not cry and ruin my party and make people look at me but I couldn't help it. Plus I had a few drinks in my system which always helps make me more emotional, PLUS I had JUST found out that my sister had been keeping a huge secret from me about who she's dating and i was really upset about that too. So yeah it was a combination of things, but ultimately I know that it's going to be really hard not seeing my friends for five months. I know we'll all be really busy but it's just going to be weird not seeing them for so long. I think tomorrow will probably be the last time I see them but I'm not sure. Me, Steve, Mike and Dana are going to the bar tomorrow but I'm not sure about if I'll see Chris or Kyle or Stacey or anyone else. Kyle is going back to GV on Sunday. I'm used to not seeing him though last semester he came home a few times to hang out with us so I saw him like monthly.

Well anyhoo, moving on, I shipped my shit down through UPS and it cost me like $22. I was very happy about that. I thought it would be a lot more. I had two boxes and they were a decent size. I'm pretty sure the rest of my crap will all fit in my suitcases that I'm taking on the plane and whatever DOESNT fit I'll just have my parents ship down later.

Umm and thats really about all I have to say. I just can't believe it's almost here. I'm nervous about a lot of things, but I'm also super excited, especially to get out of this weather and into the sunshine state!! :) Well I'll update probably on Tuesday when I get to my hotel after I fly in, so check back with me later!! ta ta!