So Cute

Hi Everyone!

I just wanted to share this with you. I was at work last night at Once Upon A Toy and we have this area where you can make your own lightsaber which I personally think is cool and want one for myself! :-) Anyway, I was over there helping kids build their own lightsaber and there was one little kid who just getting a kick out of it and I helped him build his lightsaber from start to finish. He was so excited and then he handed me this little card which is basically a thank you and I thought it was so cute! I guess his parents had printed out a bunch of these before they came down on vacation and I think it's a great idea and love that this little boy gave me one! :-)

Deployment this week 4/10

So for the past two weeks I've been deployed to World of Disney which is the biggest store at Downtown Disney and pretty much sells anything Disney. They have 16 rooms and I don't even know how to describe it except for HUGE! Today was my last day working there and I just wanted to show you guys my costume there. :-)

Jellyrolls

So last night I went out with some friends of mine and we went to a dueling piano bar on Disney's Boardwalk. It was actually pretty cool. You have two guys playing piano and you can go request a song for them to play by writing the song on a napkin and taking it up to them. We had fun with that and wanted to see about stumping them! My roommate Kala requested any Lady Gaga song which they played "Poker Face" which was great but I have to say the highlight was me requesting "Single Ladies" by Beyonce. They played the song and one of the guys who works there jumped up on stage and did the whole dance while they were playing! It was hilarious and if for some reason you don't know the dance I recommend you look it up on YouTube and imagine a guy doing it! We also walked around the boardwalk which was great and the weather was so nice! It was a good night and I can't wait to go back to Jellyrolls! :-)

Happy Easter

So today is Easter and I didn't really do a whole lot. I had the day off and I pretty much just relaxed because tomorrow I work a 12 hour shift. My roommate Kala decided she wanted to dye some eggs so I helped her and I thought I'd share some of the pictures with you! Hope everyone had a good Easter! :-)

Quick Note 4/4

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to give a quick note and update and everything here in FL. This week I was deployed to a store called World of Disney. It is still in Downtown Disney and it is the BUSIEST store there. I have never seen that store slow. I was not happy about being deployed there but I figured it would make the time go by quicker with it being a busy store. Well, time definitely flew but I was more stressed this past week then I've ever been before.

For those that don't know I actually have anxiety (and ADD but that's another subject), I actually do not like large crowds. I try to avoid crowds if I can. Well, that was very hard this week and this past Monday I had a big panic attack at work. I was given a stocking shift which means that I was out in the store and it was my job to put items away in a particular area. I was trying to do that and was surrounded by people and fixtures and began to feel closed in. I don't even know how to describe how it felt but it wasn't good. I went into the back to get away from the crowd and try and calm down. I did eventually calm down and a manger saw my panic attack and assigned me to a register for the rest of my shift. I'm now in the process of getting some forms done by my doctor so Disney can avoid scheduling me in areas like the World of Disney where I could be prone to another panic attack. There's really nothing else to report, this upcoming week I'm scheduled at World of Disney again but hopefully the forms I need will be done and something can be done about me working at that store. I don't want to have another panic attack. But besides work, there's nothing else to tell you about because Disney has been so busy with spring break so I've been scheduled a lot of hours and been too tired to go out anywhere after work. Hopefully though when the spring break craziness has calmed down I'll be able to explore Orlando some more.

Weekly Update 3/23/10

Hi everyone,

So last week was a good week for me because I got to work back at my regular store, Team Mickey. It was nice to have the other cast members come up to me and say they're glad to see me and they were wondering where I went. This week however I am working back at Pooh Corner but since it is spring break time the store is a bit busier so I'm not as bored. Since it is the time for spring break my hours at work have increased a little bit, I am scheduled right at 40 hours this week but what I find weird is that I'm working 6 days a week for those 40 hours. Just another thing I have to get used to here at Disney.

I've decided to make a change to my classes for the summer and drop the math class which was a class that I would have to physically go to. One thing that helped make that decision though was the fact that Disney would not let me change my availability in order to take the class. It's ok though because I still have the two classes, English and Speech which I'll be taking online this summer.

There's really not a lot to report this week because I've basically just been working and sleeping and nothing exciting. I have started to look at prices of apartments down here for when my program is over and even had an offer of a roommate but nothing set in stone yet. Well, time to get some sleep. Good night everyone! :-)

Deployment this week 3/13/10

So I thought I would post some pictures of what my costumes look like this week. I was deployed to The Wonderful World of Memories and Days of Christmas. The Days of Christmas store sell all kinds of Disney Christmas items and The Wonderful World of Memories sells coloring books, photo frames and albums, Mickey ears (you can even make your own), and scrapbooking items. I enjoyed working at The Wonderful World of Memories but not Days of Christmas.

Snapshots of my life

Just thought I'd post some pics of my life here so far :-)

This week 3/12/10

So I just wanted to give everyone an update on life here in Florida. At the end of last month my apartment had an inspection which I think is supposed to happen every month or every other month. Basically they come in to make sure the apartment is clean and we haven't damaged it. We passed of course but were asked to take down some of our decorations. We have vinyl decals all over the apartment so our apartment isn't so plain and they cause no damage to the walls, they're still up. :-)

For the past two weeks at work I have been sent to a store other than my own which I hope isn't not too frequent. Last week I worked at Pooh Corner, which sells Winnie the Pooh and friends items, and Mickey's Pantry, which sells kitchen items. I found Pooh Corner and Mickey's Pantry both kind of boring because the stores are smaller than my regular store. This week I have been working at the Christmas store and yesterday I worked at The Wonderful World of Memories. I have to admit that I am not happy about working at the Christmas store and I've been counting down the days till this week is over. The Christmas store's costume is a skirt which I don't like wearing skirts. I also do not particularly enjoy the Christmas holiday so that didn't help and hearing Christmas songs in March is just plain weird to me. The only bonus in working at the Christmas store is that it is very busy which makes time go by faster but on the other hand every time we ring a guest up we usually have to wrap their items because it is something breakable so that hasn't been fun. Yesterday I got to work at The Wonderful World of Memories which sells picture frames, coloring books, scrapbooking items, AND Mickey Ears! I got to learn to use the machine that sews guests' names on their ears which I thought was fun to watch the little kids' faces light up when they saw their names go on their ears! I wish I worked at that store more! :-)

Now on to the non work aspect of my life. I have registered for classes at Valencia Community College for the summer. Right now I am considered an out-of-state student but I am taking the steps to prove residency and will be able to change that status in a year. I plan on taking English and Speech online and then I will be taking a math class for 5 weeks on campus. I know taking three classes might be pushing it a little when you look at it from the aspect that I'll be working as well and it is the summer which will be busy for Disney. I did think about that but I have roommates that are good at math and they will help me with that so I feel confident that I'll be fine with these three classes and work. Plus, I have to take these three classes before I can take any other classes here in Florida as part of my general education courses.

Anyone that has seen my facebook is aware that I have been going out to explore Orlando's nightlife. Now before my family starts to worry, I haven't let it affect my work and I haven't been spending a lot of money on going out. I've been going to clubs/bars that I get into for free and I either don't drink there or have one drink. I'm being responsible I promise. I'm glad that I have found people that I love hanging out with. I love being able to go out and have fun and it's nice to be comfortable enough with myself to be goofy and not worry about what someone else thinks and just be myself. For some reason I feel more like myself here than I've felt for a very long time and it's great to be comfortable in my own skin. My life is defintely good here in Florida and I wouldn't change it. :-)

Well, that's all for now everyone! Talk to you soon!

Epcot Flower & Garden Festival

Greetings,

So last week started Epcot's International Flower & Garden Festival and I decided to check it out. It began on March 3rd and goes through May 16th and basically what it the festival consists of is a bunch of topiaries and flowers all through out Epcot that are themed like Disney characters or are just unique displays. I didn't get to explore everything but I thought I'd share some of the pictures that I took while I was there.