I seriously suck at updating. Okay so here's what's been going on with me. Still working as seasonal at the Contemporary. I've had a couple job interviews which has been exciting, nerve-wrecking (wracking?), scary, stressful, you know.
My first interview that I had gotten was for the Orlando World Center Marriott, which was awesome because it's right across the street from where I reside, and it's also the world's largest Marriott. I couldn't even believe I had an interview there considering how difficult the application process had been. Marriott does all their applications through Marriott.com now and in some of them they include a timed test where you read descriptions of situations and you have to answer how you would handle them. I did this while I was at work, while trying to assist guests, but apparently I did well because 12 hours later they called me for an interview. The interview was very difficult as well. I was interviewed by four people who were managers and supervisors so that was intimidating, but I still felt REALLY good about it and I wouldn't have changed a single thing that I said. All my answers, I believe, were top notch. The interview lasted almost a full hour, which is probably the longest interview I've ever been to. 24 hours later I got a call asking me to come in for a second interview. I was ecstatic. The second interview was not as long..maybe 10-15 minutes. Good thing I didn't drive any more than 2 minutes, otherwise I would have been angry. There were only 2 interviewers this time, both who I did not meet previously. I felt that interview went pretty well as well, and I once again spoke with the hiring manager and she said she hoped things would go well for me and I'd hear from her later in the week.
Yea I did hear back later in the week...not even 24 hours later I received one of those ''Thank you for taking the time to come and talk to us, however, we have decided to pursue another candidate who more closely meets the requirements...'' awesome. It WAS pretty devestating, I can't lie, I was pretty upset because I had no idea where I went wrong. i did SO well! i gave it my all!
After spending some time thinking about it I decided that it was probably for the best. This hotel was probably too much for me anyway, considering it's so large in size and it would probably be overwhelming for me. I don't know how many rooms it has, but the Contemporary only has like a thousand so I'm not used to working in a hotel that has like...four thousand plus a million convention spaces. So I applied at a few more Marriott hotels, thinking why not. I actually DID receive a call for a phone interview from another very reputable Marriott, the Marriott at Grande Lakes. I did pretty well with the phone interview, and also received a call from the hiring manager at the Fairfield Inn at the Marriott Village in Lake Buena Vista, as well as a missed call from the Ritz Carlton. So many opportunities, yet I wasn't feeling on top of the world like I thought I would. To be honest, I love my job at the Contemporary. I know I've said Disney isn't my future, but I do enjoy my co-workers at the Contemporary and I am comfortable with what I do. It's like going on a year that I've worked there and some people are starting to feel like family.
Anyway, I wound up never returning the call to the Ritz Carlton, but I did go in for an interview at the Fairfield. The Marriott Village in Lake Buena Vista is very impressive. It consists of a Springhill Suites, a Fairfield, and a Courtyard. Altogether, it has about 1100 rooms. The properties are REALLY nice and updated, and in my interview I learned that you become cross trained to learn all three front desks. To me that was awesome because you get so much experience in the different Marriott brands, rather than JUST learning what the Courtyard is all about or just the Fairfield you learn all three. The interview itself was not as intimidating as the one at the World Center was, but it was still a challenge. I felt more comfortable with my interviewer, mostly because it was just one person and because she seemed very genuine. The interview lasted about an hour, and she said I'd hear back from her later in the week.
well I did hear back, 24 hours later i got an email stating the same ol, same ol ''we found someone better sooo....just forget it''. once again, I was pretty disappointed to read that and see that ONCE AGAIN my efforts have not paid off. I'm trying to look at it from the perspective that there's probably just other people out there who have more experience than me. I mean to be honest I don't have a lot of front desk experience. Only a couple months at the Courtyard, and that BARELY counts, and then about 10 months with Disney. They are probably able to find people who have years of experience.
So for right now I've decided to just keep at it with Disney. Even though it's not where I want to be forever, it's where I want to be right now. In about 9 more days I will be eligible for full time and right when that moment happens you better believe i will be at Casting trying to get this worked out so I can become full time with some sort of job security lol. I've been lucky, most weeks I get 5 days to work but this week i got very unlucky and only got THREE days to work. I was able to pick up a shift yesterday so that's a little bit better. i signed up for additional hours for the next 2 weeks so hopefully next week I'll get some overtime, if not 5 days.
So basically that's all that is new with me at work. chris and i painted the apartment last week and it looks really good. i love it. so nice to not have boring white walls and no personality to our rooms. other than that, my personal life is in shambles. i have gotten to the point of having literally no friends. i have coworkers that i like talking to at work but nothing is progressing from that...most of them are college program and they'll be leaving before I know it, so why do that to myself. that was one thing i was looking forward to about getting a new job was finding people who are permanately in orlando so i could make some friends. it's so hard to make friends, seriously. chris's birthday is in 2 weeks, followed by thanksgiving like literally the day after, and before you know it it will be christmas. i need to start working like 80 hours a week if i want to afford all of that. fuck my life. ahhhh.
well I'm off of work for the next 2 days so hopefully i'll find something to do. i have no money, no gas in my car, it's too windy to go outside and sit by the pool so I'm just going to relax. I need to anyway, I've been sick for a couple of days and so im just trying to get over that so relaxation sounds like a good idea to me. I'll write later on..byebye
Monday, November 9, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Back in the Sunshine State!
Well the last couple of weeks have been really pretty good. I flew home to Detroit to visit my family on October 1st. It was really good to see my parents and my sister and my friends and of course, my kitties again. It was super cold though, didn't really enjoy that part of it.
I was there for about four days. On Oct 5th me and my sister drove 13 hours to Groton, Connecticut to her new apartment that she is now sharing with her fiance Brett. It's not bad...I still like my apartment wayyyyy more but they have a fireplace and a washing machine so it's alright. Luckily they are on the first floor so moving all the stuff inside wasn't as painful as I thought it might be. It sucked though, 2 nights sleeping on an air mattress. Chris arrived the following day around 3, and the four of us went out to dinner and crashed early that night so we could all get an early start the next morning.
Chris and I left Connecticut around 5:30 on Wednesday morning and drove 10 hours to Virginia Beach, VA. We stayed at an incredible hotel, Springhill Suites by Marriott. I wasn't expecting it to be awesome but it was. It was one of the best hotels i've ever stayed at. The best part about it was our oceanfront room directly on the atlantic ocean. it was AMAZING, especially at night you could hear the waves crashing on the shore and in the morning the sunrise was incredible. We were going to stay a second night but I looked at the weather forecast and it was saying that the following day was going to be 70 degrees there and that seemed a bit chilly to me and I wanted to enjoy the ocean so we decided to move onward. So we drove six more hours to Myrtle Beach, SC and stayed at a full service Marriott Resort & Spa. INCREDIBLE HOTEL!!! Just beautiful. Our room wasn't oceanfront this time, but the hotel is situated right on the beach so from the room we did have a small view of the ocean which was cool! We spent some time on the beach and had an amazing time. tried to get another night there but they were fully booked so we booked a night at the Marriott at Hilton Head Island which is about 5 hours away from Myrtle Beach, right at the border of Georgia. Wow..it was beautiful. trees and bushes and flowers surrounding the front entrance all the way up to the hotel and on the opposite side was oceanfront. our room was definitely an ocean view but with some trees in the way so it was technically a standard view. if we had been up a floor or two it would have been amazing. so we spent another day at the beach, hit the hay early and got home yesterday around 3PM. even though the vacation was incredible and super fun, it feels so good to be home again, in my own bed.
and that's basically all that's been up lately. just living the dream, you know. har. i kid. i really hate that i have no money now, but what can you do? Hopefully i won't be struggling too bad trying to make rent and my car payment and whatever for November.
by the way, whats UP with these record high temperatures? it was like 95 degrees today...mid October. After being in Michigan however, i'd rather be hot than cold. :o)
I was there for about four days. On Oct 5th me and my sister drove 13 hours to Groton, Connecticut to her new apartment that she is now sharing with her fiance Brett. It's not bad...I still like my apartment wayyyyy more but they have a fireplace and a washing machine so it's alright. Luckily they are on the first floor so moving all the stuff inside wasn't as painful as I thought it might be. It sucked though, 2 nights sleeping on an air mattress. Chris arrived the following day around 3, and the four of us went out to dinner and crashed early that night so we could all get an early start the next morning.
Chris and I left Connecticut around 5:30 on Wednesday morning and drove 10 hours to Virginia Beach, VA. We stayed at an incredible hotel, Springhill Suites by Marriott. I wasn't expecting it to be awesome but it was. It was one of the best hotels i've ever stayed at. The best part about it was our oceanfront room directly on the atlantic ocean. it was AMAZING, especially at night you could hear the waves crashing on the shore and in the morning the sunrise was incredible. We were going to stay a second night but I looked at the weather forecast and it was saying that the following day was going to be 70 degrees there and that seemed a bit chilly to me and I wanted to enjoy the ocean so we decided to move onward. So we drove six more hours to Myrtle Beach, SC and stayed at a full service Marriott Resort & Spa. INCREDIBLE HOTEL!!! Just beautiful. Our room wasn't oceanfront this time, but the hotel is situated right on the beach so from the room we did have a small view of the ocean which was cool! We spent some time on the beach and had an amazing time. tried to get another night there but they were fully booked so we booked a night at the Marriott at Hilton Head Island which is about 5 hours away from Myrtle Beach, right at the border of Georgia. Wow..it was beautiful. trees and bushes and flowers surrounding the front entrance all the way up to the hotel and on the opposite side was oceanfront. our room was definitely an ocean view but with some trees in the way so it was technically a standard view. if we had been up a floor or two it would have been amazing. so we spent another day at the beach, hit the hay early and got home yesterday around 3PM. even though the vacation was incredible and super fun, it feels so good to be home again, in my own bed.
and that's basically all that's been up lately. just living the dream, you know. har. i kid. i really hate that i have no money now, but what can you do? Hopefully i won't be struggling too bad trying to make rent and my car payment and whatever for November.
by the way, whats UP with these record high temperatures? it was like 95 degrees today...mid October. After being in Michigan however, i'd rather be hot than cold. :o)
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Going home soon, yay!
I don't know why I say I am ''going home'' next week. I'm going to Michigan next week. I live in Florida. So why do I still call Michigan ''home"? I'm not the only person who does it...I have co-workers who have recently gone back to visit their hometowns and said they were going home when they live here, so I guess it's not that weird.
Anyway i'm very excited to visit my friends and family! I will of course be staying with my parents while I'm in town and I will hopefully see as many people as I possibly can while I'm there. I'm so excited to see my cat too haha. MILO!!!
The reason I'm going home to visit next week is because of my sister. She is moving to Connecticut to live with Brett, her fiance. So my mom doesn't like the idea of her driving to Connecticut by herself and was going to go with her and then fly back home but I know that my mom probably can't handle all that traveling, and it gives me an excuse to take time off work and hang out with the fam so I told my mom I'd drive with her and then fly back to Florida.
I'm really not thrilled at all with the idea of my sister moving in with Brett. And no it's not because they aren't married or because they haven't been dating for very long because that would be hypocritical on my part. I totally believe in living together before marriage. My sister is 18 years old, however, and I think that at that age you shouldn't be making decisions to leave home and start a new life just yet. I'm well aware that many many people straight out of high school go away to college, but that's completely different. They are going for their education and more than likely the school is not a thousand miles away. I've made all the points I can to both Emily and Brett about why they should hold off on moving in together, and so has my mom but neither one of them will budge from this decision. It's just one of those things where I could go on all day about why it's wrong but i won't.
Anyway mostly what I'm not looking forward to is when me and Emily leave to go to Connecticut. My mom is going to die. She is already depressed about me being gone because without me she doesn't really have anyone to really talk to. My dad, forget it. My sister spends most of her time talking on the phone or online with Brett (who currently lives in CT but he's from Michigan). I was the one who would hang out with her and watch movies with her and just be there most nights when she got home from work. But she's starting to let go more, and forgive me for leaving, and now just as shes starting to adjust my sister decides shes going to leave too. I just feel so bad for my mom. All she has left is my dad, and for anyone whos ever met the guy knows that living alone with him is like .....well it's too early to think of a good analogy to that one. ugh. it's just heart breaking to think about. And then I started thinking about how i need to visit home more often blah blah blah and then I remembered that whenever I DO go home to visit after this next trip, its not going to be the same because one of the most important people in my life won't be there...my sister. Things will NEVER feel the same way again.
As much as I love my life here in Florida, sometimes I can't help but truly miss the way my life used to be. And I know I've expressed this before but it's true, it doesn't really get any less painful the more time goes on. I miss my old jobs; even after i left MJR it was only natural for me to still visit and hang out with my old friends every time. I miss school and classes (i'm sure i'd take that back in a heart beat though, haha), I miss everyone who used to be in my life, I miss having a FULL life. I don't feel like i have a full life anymore. I really don't and I really hate it. But I do have it good, I constantly remind myself that I am living my own dream and i need to just remember that.
Well i think Ive bored myself back to sleep..har har...Enjoy
Anyway i'm very excited to visit my friends and family! I will of course be staying with my parents while I'm in town and I will hopefully see as many people as I possibly can while I'm there. I'm so excited to see my cat too haha. MILO!!!
The reason I'm going home to visit next week is because of my sister. She is moving to Connecticut to live with Brett, her fiance. So my mom doesn't like the idea of her driving to Connecticut by herself and was going to go with her and then fly back home but I know that my mom probably can't handle all that traveling, and it gives me an excuse to take time off work and hang out with the fam so I told my mom I'd drive with her and then fly back to Florida.
I'm really not thrilled at all with the idea of my sister moving in with Brett. And no it's not because they aren't married or because they haven't been dating for very long because that would be hypocritical on my part. I totally believe in living together before marriage. My sister is 18 years old, however, and I think that at that age you shouldn't be making decisions to leave home and start a new life just yet. I'm well aware that many many people straight out of high school go away to college, but that's completely different. They are going for their education and more than likely the school is not a thousand miles away. I've made all the points I can to both Emily and Brett about why they should hold off on moving in together, and so has my mom but neither one of them will budge from this decision. It's just one of those things where I could go on all day about why it's wrong but i won't.
Anyway mostly what I'm not looking forward to is when me and Emily leave to go to Connecticut. My mom is going to die. She is already depressed about me being gone because without me she doesn't really have anyone to really talk to. My dad, forget it. My sister spends most of her time talking on the phone or online with Brett (who currently lives in CT but he's from Michigan). I was the one who would hang out with her and watch movies with her and just be there most nights when she got home from work. But she's starting to let go more, and forgive me for leaving, and now just as shes starting to adjust my sister decides shes going to leave too. I just feel so bad for my mom. All she has left is my dad, and for anyone whos ever met the guy knows that living alone with him is like .....well it's too early to think of a good analogy to that one. ugh. it's just heart breaking to think about. And then I started thinking about how i need to visit home more often blah blah blah and then I remembered that whenever I DO go home to visit after this next trip, its not going to be the same because one of the most important people in my life won't be there...my sister. Things will NEVER feel the same way again.
As much as I love my life here in Florida, sometimes I can't help but truly miss the way my life used to be. And I know I've expressed this before but it's true, it doesn't really get any less painful the more time goes on. I miss my old jobs; even after i left MJR it was only natural for me to still visit and hang out with my old friends every time. I miss school and classes (i'm sure i'd take that back in a heart beat though, haha), I miss everyone who used to be in my life, I miss having a FULL life. I don't feel like i have a full life anymore. I really don't and I really hate it. But I do have it good, I constantly remind myself that I am living my own dream and i need to just remember that.
Well i think Ive bored myself back to sleep..har har...Enjoy
Sunday, September 6, 2009
a post! awesome
Well, it's been almost a month since the conclusion of my college program. I was super worried, as all my followers would know (all six of them) about finding a new job to replace mine at the Contemporary. I had 2 job interviews but no call backs with those and I applied to many many other hotels as well but nothing. I managed to talk to a manager @ the Contemporary to be statused as ''seasonal'' for the time being. The stressful part about being seasonal is that there is no guarantee for any hours. This was extremely scary to me, thinking about how I could possibly only work one or two days a week. Lucky for me it's been going really well, I've been putting in MORE hours as seasonal than I was as an intern which is good. My managers seem to understand that me and Chris, though we are only seasonal, are willing to do whatever it takes to remain active with the company and know we are willing to work any amount of hours we are offered. Last week I put in 57 hours and Chris put in 54 so we made out pretty well. For right now, I am probably going to remain at the Contemporary until I figure out what I want to do. I think I'd like to stay on as a full timer for now, at least until I finish school and then I can decide. Lucky for me, I have time to make any more life-altering decisions.
Other than that, not a whole lot is going on. Me and Chris are doing well...what else would you expect, we're awesome. Things are a little crazy on the home front back in good ol' Michigan but I won't get into that. I'm missing everyone back home and thinking about popping in for a visit next month if I can manage it.
Well that's all the updating I have for now...I'll write again momentarily.
Other than that, not a whole lot is going on. Me and Chris are doing well...what else would you expect, we're awesome. Things are a little crazy on the home front back in good ol' Michigan but I won't get into that. I'm missing everyone back home and thinking about popping in for a visit next month if I can manage it.
Well that's all the updating I have for now...I'll write again momentarily.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Well, it's all over.
From the title you can pretty much guess what this entry is about. Yesterday at 11AM I officially finished my Disney College Program for the spring 2009. How sad :( My last day of work (as a CP) was on Wednesday. Knowing that I am staying in Florida and staying with Disney (for the time being anyway) made my last day way less sad than it would have been if i was leaving to go back home, but what was most sad was a couple of my friends leaving to go back home to their own ..countries. They will be greatly missed.
Anyway, I got switched over to being a seasonal employee which means I have to work at least 2 days a month to stay on board. Thats easy. While I'm in the process of finding a new full time job I can get scheduled and pick up shifts which isn't the best because there's no guarantee of any hours, but it's better than not having ANY money. Next week I picked up two shifts that were approved and I picked up a third shift but it hasn't appeared on my schedule online yet so once that is on there i'll have a total of 25 hours. Not alot considering I am used to the usual 40 hour work week but for picking up all these shifts it's not really bad.
Anyway, before I close up this blog I'd like to give my final thoughts on the Disney College Program, since that is what this blog is all about.
Going in to this experience I expected a lot of things. I expected that I would come to Disney and have the most unforgettable experience. I expected to make tons of friends from all over the world and absolutely love everything about my job and I also expected that in five months I'd come back home and go back to living my life the way it was before...because I'll admit my life was pretty darn good. I had an amazing family and the greatest friends ever and I truly loved everything about my job and school. Well my experience differed a little from what I was expecting. I wound up not really making that many friends; sure I enjoyed my co-workers and we had a couple get togethers at my place but they aren't my best friends forever. I had expected to have great room mates but I wound up having some of the shittiest room mates ever. I fell in love. I met the person I'm going to spend the rest of my life with. I've started my life with him already. I moved to Florida with no looking back at my life in Michigan. I came down here for an internship, to learn a little about myself and about life and came down only to go back to say ''Well, that was fun, but it's time to get back to what I was in the middle of doing before''. Instead my whole life changed completely.
For those who are thinking about doing the Disney College Program, i'd say it's a wonderful opportunity to learn. You learn about yourself and about the world. I know I sure did. I learned that women are harder to live with than men. I learned that no matter how much you try to go out of your way for someone it's never enough. I learned that the less money someone spends on a vacation the more they expect out of you. I learned if you want to go camping don't come to Disney World. About myself, I learned that I can do things on my own. I am self sufficient. I am responsible (well, not in all aspects but I do try). And with that, as a hospitality student and worker in the industry, I have become stronger and more knowledgable. I can now deal with the most difficult of guests, try to assist with ridiculous commands (yes, commands) and not take things personally when I'm being shouted at for absurd things.
Well, that about wraps up this entry. I will probably continue to use this blog even though I created it strictly for the college program only; quite obviously I wrote about a lot more than just that and I enjoy writing entries every now and then. So do expect me to continue writing. Thanks for reading..have a magical day.
Anyway, I got switched over to being a seasonal employee which means I have to work at least 2 days a month to stay on board. Thats easy. While I'm in the process of finding a new full time job I can get scheduled and pick up shifts which isn't the best because there's no guarantee of any hours, but it's better than not having ANY money. Next week I picked up two shifts that were approved and I picked up a third shift but it hasn't appeared on my schedule online yet so once that is on there i'll have a total of 25 hours. Not alot considering I am used to the usual 40 hour work week but for picking up all these shifts it's not really bad.
Anyway, before I close up this blog I'd like to give my final thoughts on the Disney College Program, since that is what this blog is all about.
Going in to this experience I expected a lot of things. I expected that I would come to Disney and have the most unforgettable experience. I expected to make tons of friends from all over the world and absolutely love everything about my job and I also expected that in five months I'd come back home and go back to living my life the way it was before...because I'll admit my life was pretty darn good. I had an amazing family and the greatest friends ever and I truly loved everything about my job and school. Well my experience differed a little from what I was expecting. I wound up not really making that many friends; sure I enjoyed my co-workers and we had a couple get togethers at my place but they aren't my best friends forever. I had expected to have great room mates but I wound up having some of the shittiest room mates ever. I fell in love. I met the person I'm going to spend the rest of my life with. I've started my life with him already. I moved to Florida with no looking back at my life in Michigan. I came down here for an internship, to learn a little about myself and about life and came down only to go back to say ''Well, that was fun, but it's time to get back to what I was in the middle of doing before''. Instead my whole life changed completely.
For those who are thinking about doing the Disney College Program, i'd say it's a wonderful opportunity to learn. You learn about yourself and about the world. I know I sure did. I learned that women are harder to live with than men. I learned that no matter how much you try to go out of your way for someone it's never enough. I learned that the less money someone spends on a vacation the more they expect out of you. I learned if you want to go camping don't come to Disney World. About myself, I learned that I can do things on my own. I am self sufficient. I am responsible (well, not in all aspects but I do try). And with that, as a hospitality student and worker in the industry, I have become stronger and more knowledgable. I can now deal with the most difficult of guests, try to assist with ridiculous commands (yes, commands) and not take things personally when I'm being shouted at for absurd things.
Well, that about wraps up this entry. I will probably continue to use this blog even though I created it strictly for the college program only; quite obviously I wrote about a lot more than just that and I enjoy writing entries every now and then. So do expect me to continue writing. Thanks for reading..have a magical day.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
time to update....
Alright so in 9 days my college program will be over. I CANT BELIEVE IT. I am FREAKING THE FUCK OUT RIGHT NOW! Why? Because I don't even have a job yet.
Today I had a job interview with the Hilton/Waldorf Astoria. VERY exciting. The Waldorf Astoria will be the first other than the one that is in New York, so how cool is that? I had an interview for front desk, I somehow managed to wing that one out of nowhere. My original interview was for Laundry Supervisor and Houseperson but they felt I was more qualified for front desk so I interviewed with like THREE people. I am not sure how to feel about it to be honest. I want to say that it went really well, because I thought it did. The interview itself was awesome, I think I did good with that part. They seemed to be impressed with my Disney experience as well as my accomplishments at the Marriott. However the last guy who i talked to from the Hilton part told me that for the front desk they are mostly hiring people who have experience with Hilton, bringing them in as supervisors and then later hiring more people to work. He said they'll be in touch with me, which doesn't ever mean something good. ugh. Even if I was hired, they won't be starting the training process until September which means I would be out of a job for like a month anyway. Stressful, is it not?
The only thing keeping me SANE right now is the fact that I have a job interview TOMORROW for Embassy Suites-Lake buena vista. The position is front desk and the hotel looks pretty decent. It's actually a PART of Hilton which is interesting..i was not aware until i saw it on the website today. So we'll see how the interview goes. I'm feeling confident. I was really nervous about today's interview because the hotel isn't open yet so they had interviews for thousands of people going on. very very intimidating i must say. this one sounds like a one on one thing so I'm a little bit more at ease! I am really really REALLY hoping she tells me tomorrow whether or not i will be hired. I'd love for her to say that I'm hired and that I can start next Thursday lol. That would be perfect. I'd be SO relieved. I can't remember exactly but i'm surely hoping that this position was full time. i need the money so bad. i'm so strapped right now, i can't afford ANTYHING. I feel like i work quite a few hours but i'm barely scraping by making rent and my car payments and insurance plus other living expenses such as gas and groceries. i guess thats life for ya. i really wish marriott would have called me though. i applied at like seven of them. I guess tomorrow will be a huge deciding factor if I want to go ahead and contact a few of those hotels about setting up a job interview. just hoping things go well tomorrow so i cant stop worrying about it!!!!!!!
anyway thats all i wanted to say for right now, I'll update this later with my news on my job interview(s) and also to give my final thoughts on my experience with the Disney College Program.
Today I had a job interview with the Hilton/Waldorf Astoria. VERY exciting. The Waldorf Astoria will be the first other than the one that is in New York, so how cool is that? I had an interview for front desk, I somehow managed to wing that one out of nowhere. My original interview was for Laundry Supervisor and Houseperson but they felt I was more qualified for front desk so I interviewed with like THREE people. I am not sure how to feel about it to be honest. I want to say that it went really well, because I thought it did. The interview itself was awesome, I think I did good with that part. They seemed to be impressed with my Disney experience as well as my accomplishments at the Marriott. However the last guy who i talked to from the Hilton part told me that for the front desk they are mostly hiring people who have experience with Hilton, bringing them in as supervisors and then later hiring more people to work. He said they'll be in touch with me, which doesn't ever mean something good. ugh. Even if I was hired, they won't be starting the training process until September which means I would be out of a job for like a month anyway. Stressful, is it not?
The only thing keeping me SANE right now is the fact that I have a job interview TOMORROW for Embassy Suites-Lake buena vista. The position is front desk and the hotel looks pretty decent. It's actually a PART of Hilton which is interesting..i was not aware until i saw it on the website today. So we'll see how the interview goes. I'm feeling confident. I was really nervous about today's interview because the hotel isn't open yet so they had interviews for thousands of people going on. very very intimidating i must say. this one sounds like a one on one thing so I'm a little bit more at ease! I am really really REALLY hoping she tells me tomorrow whether or not i will be hired. I'd love for her to say that I'm hired and that I can start next Thursday lol. That would be perfect. I'd be SO relieved. I can't remember exactly but i'm surely hoping that this position was full time. i need the money so bad. i'm so strapped right now, i can't afford ANTYHING. I feel like i work quite a few hours but i'm barely scraping by making rent and my car payments and insurance plus other living expenses such as gas and groceries. i guess thats life for ya. i really wish marriott would have called me though. i applied at like seven of them. I guess tomorrow will be a huge deciding factor if I want to go ahead and contact a few of those hotels about setting up a job interview. just hoping things go well tomorrow so i cant stop worrying about it!!!!!!!
anyway thats all i wanted to say for right now, I'll update this later with my news on my job interview(s) and also to give my final thoughts on my experience with the Disney College Program.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
2 updates in one month, wow!
So I felt like updating. Shoot me.
A lot has been going on lately but nothing surprising at all. Friday me and Chris moved into our new apartment. We technically didn't live here til Saturday but we began to move things in on Friday night, which I'm really glad about because during the day on Saturday it was SO hot, I can't even imagine trying to move everything up three flights of stairs in that heat. It took us a couple days to get everything unpacked and get our furniture built and so on but at this point things are starting to look up. The apartment is about as good as its gonna get for the time being. We're just waiting on our new bedding and thats it, though eventually we want to paint and decorate more because the walls feel so bare.
Anyway, other than that, not much is new. I LOVE living here with Chris. It's my first time living with a guy other than my dad so it's a little like...I don't really know what to expect. But things are going so well, our relationship is even better than before and things are just great. it's so nice having someone that I love to come home to at night after a long day of work, and I love having someone to take care of.
So next week....another week at the lovely fort wilderness campground. NOT looking forward to it at all!!!! I'm SO upset that I'm still there. I really really want to go back to the Contemporary. My program is almost over, i only have four weeks left and i'm not going to be able to see my friends there much longer. Next week we're ALL deployed so even if i WAS there I wouldn't be able to see anyone I know. I've picked up a few shifts in the last few weeks that I haven't been working there and everyone is new and I don't know anyone!!! It's sooo weird, people don't even know who i am! i hate it!! i really miss the way things used to be before we hired like 40 new people for the front desk and before we were all being deployed all over the place.
sigh. the courtyard still hasn't called me about a job. kind of upset about this, I really wish I knew if they'd call me for an interview or not so I can apply at other places. but i really want THAT job because its full time and a set schedule and that is so rare and ideal for someone in my situation. i don't see why they wouldn't give me an interview, I have adaquet experience and I work for DISNEY! helloooo. so we'll see. if they don't call this week I'm going to send out a million resumes to all the hotels in the area because in four weeks I am jobless. fuck!
alrighty well i'm out for now, thanks for reading and I'll write later!
A lot has been going on lately but nothing surprising at all. Friday me and Chris moved into our new apartment. We technically didn't live here til Saturday but we began to move things in on Friday night, which I'm really glad about because during the day on Saturday it was SO hot, I can't even imagine trying to move everything up three flights of stairs in that heat. It took us a couple days to get everything unpacked and get our furniture built and so on but at this point things are starting to look up. The apartment is about as good as its gonna get for the time being. We're just waiting on our new bedding and thats it, though eventually we want to paint and decorate more because the walls feel so bare.
Anyway, other than that, not much is new. I LOVE living here with Chris. It's my first time living with a guy other than my dad so it's a little like...I don't really know what to expect. But things are going so well, our relationship is even better than before and things are just great. it's so nice having someone that I love to come home to at night after a long day of work, and I love having someone to take care of.
So next week....another week at the lovely fort wilderness campground. NOT looking forward to it at all!!!! I'm SO upset that I'm still there. I really really want to go back to the Contemporary. My program is almost over, i only have four weeks left and i'm not going to be able to see my friends there much longer. Next week we're ALL deployed so even if i WAS there I wouldn't be able to see anyone I know. I've picked up a few shifts in the last few weeks that I haven't been working there and everyone is new and I don't know anyone!!! It's sooo weird, people don't even know who i am! i hate it!! i really miss the way things used to be before we hired like 40 new people for the front desk and before we were all being deployed all over the place.
sigh. the courtyard still hasn't called me about a job. kind of upset about this, I really wish I knew if they'd call me for an interview or not so I can apply at other places. but i really want THAT job because its full time and a set schedule and that is so rare and ideal for someone in my situation. i don't see why they wouldn't give me an interview, I have adaquet experience and I work for DISNEY! helloooo. so we'll see. if they don't call this week I'm going to send out a million resumes to all the hotels in the area because in four weeks I am jobless. fuck!
alrighty well i'm out for now, thanks for reading and I'll write later!
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