So I got my new computer. It will take some getting used to so this will be a short entry. My other computer worked on and off since I last posted but did not have much time to get on it. I got pretty sick the last week or so. I got a bad inner ear infection and sore throat. This led to me not being able to talk, and so, not able to work. There was a few nights it got so bad I would have went to the hospital if I knew someone who drove.

I am better now, I just still have hearing loss, so I am going to the doctor tomorrow about it. Got an appointment at 9am. I took Ty's shift tomorrow so I work PM seater I need it cause I have been off so much.

Today I woke up at 7am and got ready and went to Epcot for about 8am, then found out I couldn't get an appointment till tomorrow. So I left and got on the Monorail and went to the transportation and ticket center and took the bus to the bank from there to try to cash my Money Orders, but they wouldn't accept them. So I went all the way back home and walked over to Publix to try there, but they don't cash them either. So I went on the one other bus and went to the post office to cash them. Luckily they did, but I left my phone on the bus and needed it to call the bus to pick me up. So I went to a pizza place and asked if I could use their phone, so I called the bus and it came and picked me up and I stopped at the Vista Way housing place to get my cell phone from the lost and found. And they gave it to me. So I then went home and got ready and went back out to go to wal mart to get this new computer. So once done I got it up and running and Sam called and asked to go out to eat together so I went out with her.

So that is about it really that I wish to share. Just thought I would update anyone who might be reading this. :P

You died doing what you love best... sleeping.

So ya thoese who have me on facebook probbly already know this. It kept going and coming back and going and coming back. But this last time which was sevral days ago now, it went and though I have tried and tried and tried all I can do, it wont come back on. So I am packing it up and will take it home when I go to. It REALLY sucks. I am just starting to get regular days off again, I wanted to start drawing a bit more and such. I dont have the money for a new computer at all. I think I will just save up and get one of thoese little ones. Wont be able to draw, and wont be able to store much pictures, but atleast I will be able to get on the internet.

Right now any time I am on, I am using the computers down at the club house, at Cast Services or my roommate's computer.

I am just REALLY hoping that I didnt lose everything on my computer. So much good stuff stored on there. It will kill me to hear that it is all gone now and I wont be able to go on it anymore.

Anyway so not like you heard from me a lot to begin with... but atleast now I got a reason. LOL.

OMG as much as I don't like the thought of moving home. I am super excited about my vacation home to visit. I miss my dogs a lot and really want to see my friends again as a whole. Not just one once in a while.

There is so much I want to experience back at home that I don't have here. One being sitting in my room and drawing. Using the flash program that I have back home that actually works. OMG the joy of inking a picture nicely when I draw it. That would be amazing. I would be so happy.

I want to pet a dog again. Might sound crazy but I have not pet a dog since I left home. I see pictures of my dogs but that is not the same as being with them. Getting down and giving them a big hug. (Not sure about the ferrets yet... I am only just starting to miss them. LOL. That is what happens when they are my roommates back home. Took me a while to get used to things not being rearranged by fuzzy worms.)

I want to go to Timmies again, and bowling with my friends. I want to just see what that is like again. Some of my friends I have not seen since I left.

I also cant wait to sit and write. I have really gotten more creative here I think. Maybe this place does that to you. But I want to just sit and write. Weather I ever share what I write I don't know, but I just want to be able to do that. Put on all my music from back home and just write up a storm. Let my creativity go.

And another thing I want to do is sit and play all my fav. old games again. OMG I need to do that. I was listening to some of the music the other day and it is hard to think it has almost been a year since I really sat down and played them. I know I wont get them all done but you can guarantee after I take my dogs for a long walk I will be getting into my room and sitting down and popping in Kings Quest 7 and playing it from start to finish... then calling my friends and seeing if they want to go to Timmies. My first day is all planned out. LOL. I arrive at like 2pm or something if all goes well. Still have to plan a few things and such but I am pretty excited.

And basically all in all, I want to see if I will go crazy when the move happens. This week off is going to be the end of September and beginning of October. And I actually fully move back home in December. So this will allow me to take some of my stuff home that I wont need for the last two months, and come back for what will seem like a blink of an eye, but maybe I will appreciate it to it's fullest even more after going home and reminding myself in just two months I will be doing that for good.



In other news, I met BeeKay, who came to visit for 4 days. I am sure she can agree it was 4 crazy days, but well worth it. Not much worked out on my part. Couldn't get time off to spend with her so I only got one day to spend fully with her. One of my friends was nice enough to take my shift the day she was leaving so I could spend more time with her before she left. I loved having her here cause even when things did not work out she appreciated it all. I don't think I once heard her complain that things did not go well, though I myself spent more time complaining about it then she did. So I feel every almost sleepless nights I had that week was WELL worth it for her. And I still have a free pass for when dad comes in September cause it is block out dates for cast members bringing in guests in Magic Kingdom right now.

Not much other news then that. Next few days will be rather interesting. I am back down to one "hero" with me as of tomorrow. (And I work about 10 days straight. That might kill me but at least it will give me enough money to pay for my trip home.) I just have to face next Monday alone and I can survive that I am sure. (I hate Mondays, for the past few months every Monday I want to self terminate myself by half way though the day. I am always debating going into the office and telling them I am walking out. But I got to the point I know that all changes around by Tuesday... Which makes me wonder... how did I ever make it the 10 days of hell.)

Anyway so that is all the news I have for you. So you can expect some real artwork coming from me on that week I am home. Not a lot... but some. I got some great ideas. Might get one or two done.

OMG so much stuff to say. Good and bad. Let me start off with Canada Day.

So I was moved to a new location. Against my will I was torn from all the other Canadians on Canada day and thrown into Character Spot. Dont get me wrong... neat job. Loved working with the characters and such... BUT I just really wanted to be back with my family. So much that when my managers sent me away to go be with them I had a hard time leaving to come back. I got there and no one recognized me as Canadian which was sad. I had to go to the managers to get a pin to prove I was Canadian. (Love the pin) and then went back and got food. Though not many people stopped to say hi to me in the break trailer the main ones did. I got to sit with my favorite people... I loved it. Everyone else for some reason was jealous. Why, on any other day ya I have to admit to get out and do something else was fun. But on Canada day. The rest of the day crawled by cause I hated to think of how much fun everyone was having without me. I couldn't even go back after work. I just wanted to go home. It was pretty depressing.

I had the next day off which was good. Physio in the morning, and then Wal Mart in the evening. I spent a lot of the day watching things on you tube and just having a relaxing day.

Next morning I had Physio again. That was fun. Only one of the physio therapists was there and she looked after all of us. It was like a party though. First time in Physio I got talking to other people really. See it is a Disney only physio therapy place. So the three I got talking to was a girl from the Block Party Parade, one of the tumble monkeys from festival of the lion king, and an older fella who worked in security at Epcot. I loved it. Best appointment EVER. After I was done I went home and realized that cause one of our roommates left that morning we got our locks replaced. So I had to walk all the way back to the club house, exchange my key and then walk all the way back here. I was happy to just start up the computer and sit and watch TV for a bit.

After I went to work. I had to make some reservations.. or atleast one. And I wanted to go talk to my managers about what was going on. About being removed from the Canadian Pavillion. In the end I found myself in the modified labor office finally hearing what I should have heard the other day. This was not allowed. I should not have been sent away from Canada. After much try to get ahold of all the managers involved I was sent back to see my managers. That was good. Glad I ran into my fav. one first cause apparently all the other ones hate me right now. He was really cool about everything, as I had hopped. Thank god we have someone cool like him.

After I stopped out front to see a friend of mine who was picking up a podium shift and made some reservations. My friend from Germany who I have known online for a few years is coming to visit... so I thought we should book the German restaurant for dinner. So I got that and got to see my friend. Then as I was leaving I decided this was my time to celebrate. So I went and got myself a chilly cheese dog... ya probably not the best thing to eat, and a coke. Ate that up and drank the coke and then thought there was one more thing missing. I went back to the popcorn cart in Canada and got a beer. Two of my friends were working. Sam and Mel. They got me my beer and then my nose caught the scent of Managers (no kidding... I can smell them. Not like it is a bad smell but I can pick it up if I cross their path so I know where they are.) My eyes unfocused from Sam and Mel and focused on the background to see three of the managers heading up to the popcorn cart. I quickly said my goodbyes and that I had seen the managers and then I left.

I had my beer and even got a picture of me with it. I called in my celebration beer. To celebrate all the things that were worth celebrating. Like being back to work where I belong, my friends birthday, my friend from Germany coming to visit, and all the people who make my life awesome. I thought of it all. Best beer ever... and then Sam walked by and asked if I wanted to come out to eat with them at the cafe. So I did. Had to chug the last part of my beer then headed off to the cafe with her and met up with a few others. It was nice to sit and chat. We all talked about a lot of stuff that was good to talk about. Like managers and such. Seems a lot of people like the ones that dont like me. But I do find it funny that mainly the people who came when the one I like the least first started... they all like her. BUT the ones that were here back when our old Manager was, dont like her.

I didn't feel too well so thought I should leave. Plus I didn't want my roommate to get home too soon after me. I wanted to relax and take in my happiness about everything. Just as I was leaving I noticed my one friend walking way ahead... I THOUGHT of running up to say hi... but he said see you on Monday... and I always figure my weekend goes better if I let that be the way it was last said... and then of course our bus came. I ran to get it, not making myself feel any better but the bus was nice and air conditioned so I felt better soon. I then got back to the appartment and drew pictures like crazy. I was just so fully of joy. LOL.

So I am back in Canada. I am so excited about that. I would like to go to Kidcot, hope that is where they send me as it would be too much training involved to put me out at merch.


So here I am... I start work at Noon. Not quite sure when I am done but I am so happy to be working. It is the weirdest thing ever. I dont care how long I work I just want to be back "Home."


Pictures will come. I dont want to worry about it right now as I have to get ready for work soon. But pictures will come when I get some time again. (Not sure how late I work tonight but if I get off in good time I will hopefully get some up.)

Ok... so yesterday was a mix of amazing and bad. I guess that makes a lot of sense though. The one manager I don't get along with got her way though. I guess I didn't totally help. I should have kept my mouth shut till I had someone to help me. Instead I was determined for a little pay back. I never got my pay back cause when my fav. manager got there all the anger went out the window. I couldn't be a jerk anymore. Grrr... I wanted to so bad. I had a perfect plan, but just couldn't do it. What got me is she passed around a card to get everyone to sign it welcoming him back... and I was one of the few people who didn't get to sign it cause she never showed it to me. She even picked it up quickly right after Robyn signed it so I wouldn't see what it was but Robyn told me later. Phhh whatever... I was visibly the most happy person that he was back. I did not need no card to prove how grateful I was of his return.

In the end last night I did get a talk with my fav. manager to tell him maybe 1/4 of what has been going on. I know he cant do anything and I let him know that was not what I expected. All I wanted was someone to listen to me so maybe they would see the things I am seeing and just make them better OR even just make things better by understanding that this is what goes on. Like seriously I never noticed but a smile from management is good. Lets me know I am not in the bad books and such. You know I had not seen anyone on our regular management team even smile at me for 10 days. I know the one who I formerly did not get along with would but she was not there... or if she was we missed each other. But I didn't even realize how great it was just to get a smile once in a while.

Well I am now moved somewhere else... and to start it off it is Canada day. SOOOOO while everyone else is getting the real Canada Day experience, I will be off somewhere else. I hate it. It really feels like I am being punished... couldn't they have waited ONE MORE DAY... I mean I went two full weeks without them sending me away. Why the day before Canada day was it time.

But I was invited over to eat, and get my pin for Canada day. I cant wait. I wish so much I could work there with my pin on. Today it is rainy, really yucky looking. Thunderstorm like weather. But I will bring my camrea and I REALLY hope to make a nice Canada Day collection of stuff. I will get some videos and pictures and maybe put them together to share with you here. So keep an eye out. I don't think I am going out tonight. I cant drink anyway and unless someone invites me I don't think I will just show up somewhere to stand off on my own while everyone parties. So I wont have crazy party pictures. But I will have work pictures and such... MAYBE.:)

What a title. LOL. I am like addicted to Tuna... Poor fish... why does it have to be so tasty.

Last couple of days have been brutal. Guests are really crazy all of a sudden. Is it the heat that is getting to them or what. But they are. Like violent crazy guests. Three nights in a row security has been called. I was directly involved the one night. So I can quickly tell you about that day.

I had to be up at 6am cause I had physio. What was good was my roommate ALSO had to be up cause it was her Disney Graduation. So we both got up together. I caught a cab at 6:45am outside the commons and went over to Physio. I had my appointment and it went well. But you know how they are with that stuff. Make you move in ways you couldn't move before even to test how far you can go. LOL. So needless to say I was VERY sore when I got back to work. I noticed it was the person I like the least on greeting but if one thing was certain, he would want to switch with me to be a seater. This would make it MUCH easier for my arm as Greeting hurts a lot less. So I went to find our manager. HAPPY it was not the one that hates me I went into the office to catch our Area manager before she leaves. I asked her if I could greet cause I just got back from physio and my arm hurt. She began to ask me all these things like "cant you just hand out the menus with the other arm" and such. I was confused. What she did not realize was even holding the books with that arm would be sore. I mean not saying I couldn't do it for an hour or so but the whole 6 hours... that is painful. Very painful. And probably would not be helping it heal at all. I don't know about her but I am hoping to get this pain over with soon so I can get back to stocking... my fav. job. But then she goes on to tell me that I have not done a good job as greeter and she didn't want to deal with it... "WHAT?" If I such at greater is it a lot to do with the fact I was not trained by anyone. The person who trained me on greeting is the same person who puts down for a description that it is their birthday... and it is not even their birthday. (I am NOT making fun of him at all. Just stating a fact, I appreciate that he taught me cause the fact I know anything in greeting is cause of him.) But no fricken wonder I suck. I had NO trainer. One girl agreed to sign my folder. I never got anything read to me out of the book, I was just quickly explained things and that is it. She was not one of our best trainers and would later prove to be someone who would back stab me and try to get me to terminate. But really. So less then 10 times in my 7 months of being here have I forgot to hit details when someone wants a high chair or something. Like REALLY. Cause no one has ever made that mistake before. I must be a horrible person. So one manager I thought would be the most helpful during this down time of my fav. manager proves to be ready to kick me when I am down as well. How very nice of her. By this point I was ready to say "Ok, I think I have screwed up my table numbers a few times too. Perhaps I should just go home then if you don't want to put up with my mistakes." But I didn't. It would have been the next thing out of my mouth if she didn't agree to something that I could not see how she could disagree with without looking like a total jerk. I said to give me one last chance. If I screw up once she can remove me from greeting. She agreed. And to make sure she got her way she told our assigner that this was going on and for him to let her know if I mess up once. You gotta be kidding me. Well jokes on her. I didn't mess up. The assigner came up to talk one time and said I forgot once about a high chair but that was just after break... so I am guessing I did not even check that party in. I did nothing different then I normally do. If I sucked so bad before how did I not suck this time. Where are these managers getting their information from. And how could they be so misinformed. I am tired of it.

During this day I worked hard, dealing with a LOT of pissed off guests. We got so very behind. Guests were becoming very stir crazy. One guy... and I remember when he checked in I told him we were running late. He said "Oh that is fine, we just wanted to get our name on the list as it is raining." I remember turning to my friend Erik and saying "I love it when the guests understand. Those are the good ones." It is just as hard for us to make them wait as it is for them to wait. Do any of them realize we dont go home till they are all sat anyway. So why would we purposely make them wait for the hell of it. NO one wants them to wait. In the prefect would we would have them all in by their reservation times. Anyway this guest later came back and began to complain. Complain complain complain. OMG and what made it worse is he kept bugging my only seaters... who hardly showed up to seat people anyway. (Not dissing them, they might have been bussing tables which is good but one should always be up front.) But he would hold them up and that makes everyone get behind. Guests were also bugging the assigner. OMG PLEASE dont bug the assigner. It does not help your cause and slows EVERYTHING down. The assigner cant assign you a table if your bugging them. And seaters cant seat people if your bugging them. Really you dont get down sooner by bugging. We seat in order of print up. So if your ticket is waiting but your harassing our seaters... your just prolonging your time. So dont be stupid, just sit tight. We dont mind you asking how long it will be but PLEASE dont harass us. It gets you no where but raises your blood pressure and makes you even more mad.

Now I am done that little rant, so this guy finally gets fed up. And asks to speak to a manager. Knowing who was the manager for the evening I smiled and said sure. It was the manager who hates me but one thing is certain she is a tough one. She may be shorter but she is tough. I could handle this. So I sent one of the seaters to go get the manager. To my amusement his ticket popped up then. Well, if your going to act like that and ask to see the manager perhaps you can spend your arguing time with the manager holding yourself up. So I got it ready and waited. Our manager came out to talk to him and he went on and on to her. For the first time in a long time I actually felt protective of her and almost stood up to him. I didn't though. I fought it off. The guest threatened to stay all night. Till midnight eating here. I had to stop myself from laughing. Seriously cause your mad you would ruin your family's extra magic hours at Epcot by staying in our restaurant and eating cause you cant handle us being about 50 minutes past your reservation. Security was called. At this point I was removed from Greeter. But I made it till 8:55pm so didn't care, there was only one more family to check in and they never showed so I would have sat some tables anyway. I sat this man and his poor family and then went to get the next group... and the next... and the next. Each of them all hated this other man as much as I did and told me so. The first group was so funny. the guy was like "Just so you know... we are not angry, so dont want any surprises in our food." He said with a laugh. I loved the way he put it. Not that we ever would do any surprises in peoples food it still made me laugh. The rest of the guests were funny too. One sat right neat the other group and they were like "OH NO. I just noticed we are right by them." I was like "Dont worry there is a table between you." It was great. I think that one guest took everyone else's anger away. They were mad but not that mad. After seating everyone I clocked out and went home. THANK GOD I had the next day off.

So Friday I was off. Not much went on. I couldn't eat too well. Stomach was unhappy. I didn't do much, played the Sims 3 for a bit, thought about sleeping, didn't sleep. I finally went to wal mart and bought food. I felt better after that. Lots of healthy food. I need that. KD is just not good for you. Especially when your lactose intolerant. Still couldn't eat much though. I ended up falling asleep with a marathon of Forensic Files on. So my dreams were really crazy. Like sick kind of crazy. I wont go into them in public here cause it is not really for kids. Kind of disturbing.

Then Yesterday... I was seater. And here is the rant part two. HOW DO SOME PEOPLE GET TO BE TRAINERS. The one guy training the new girl seriously... sucks at training. He does. Now if today when I ask about becoming a trainer, they say I cant... I will begin to think this place is headed for a serious downfall. I have taught before, I am good at it. I have been public speaking and teaching people things since I was 10. It is in me to help new people out. It is the strongest drive in me. I have a hard time letting the trainers train when the noobs are there cause I love to train. There is two top trainers that I must recognize. Tyler and Rebbecca. They are probably the best at training. David is headed there too. He is a great trainer. They are knowledgeable and very helpful. Someone who I also think should be in training is Sam. I can see her being a good trainer. But if they dont let me be a trainer they are missing out. I am not kidding. It is truly my BEST skill I have. You all think I am good at art but that is nothing compared to my ability to teach. It is so much in my blood I cant even stop myself from doing it when I shouldn't. But this new trainer, I mean really by the end of the night the poor new girl still was not sure about seating tables. He spent WAY too much time teaching her stuff she didn't need to know. During seating training you learn to seat. I was seating tables on my own within the first hour. I had Tyler as my trainer. That proves how good he is. The new girl sat her first table on her own around the end of her shift. Cause he also taught her how to greet and assign too. DON'T DO THAT. She will learn that stuff when she is trained in that. Not like on her first day she will suddenly be left up front all along and have to know how to greet. Her job is to learn to seat. And seating is tough. So much to memorize. Don't throw everything at the poor girl. Let her start learning her table numbers, the speech that you say, teach her how to do trivia with the guests, get her out to guest interaction on her own. You know that kind of stuff. But he spent so much time with her away from guests or doing stuff on the computer he acted like she was dumb. When all he was doing was overloading her. There is a lot to learn each day, but he tried to fit three days of learning into one. Anyway I just hate how he was all day. Being a trainer has gone to his head. He thinks he knows more then the rest of us. Erik asked if he could quiz his trainee and he was like "THAT IS MY JOB" Seriously.... no it isnt. It is everyones job. You make the best trainee when you let everyone take part in helping. Not saying everyone trains them but when I train I welcome others to jump in and ask them questions. They might ask them questions I have not thought of asking. Two heads are better then one.

That is really my biggest rant of yesterday. It was another insane day but that was my rant about it. Just putting up with that guy training. He should not be a trainer, or at least has a lot to learn about training people. Not saying he could never do it but they will seriously harm this place if they are putting people in as trainers just so they wont go into service. That is where this place will have a BIG downfall.

OMG I know... Two days in a row... it is a shock.

Today at work it started off bad. FIRST the 9:48am bus never showed up. So I had to catch the 10:03am bus. Once we got to Vista it waited for a while and kicked everyone who was standing off. THANK GOD I was not one of them. Then we got to Epcot and the security guard who checks our begs was like crazy checking. No one checks us that much.

I realize taking the lazy bus wont get me to work on time so I make a mad dash... or well quick walk across on stage. And as usual guests always seem to find you when your late for work. But of ALL the guests who could find me it was a couple who did not speak a word of English. OMG I felt so bad. I had no paper or anything for them to draw out what they wanted. Finally I got them to ask another cast member... at least they were at work already. I was free. Feeling like that took up more time then it actually did I took the quick way right though the restaurant and ran back stage and clocked in... OMG... and guess what... 5 minutes too early. This would mean another .5 point on my record card. Damn thoese stupid clocking points. I don't deserve them to screw my record card over. The one lady told me to go tell our manager. LOL. You can imagine how helpful that manager was... the one that doesn't like me.

Ya whatever. So I went to the break trailer and grabbed some M&M peanuts. They help me though the day. I got back to work and started work. OMG the starting of work was crazy. Actually for lunch... it was pretty crazy. Not often did we have no guests waiting. So not much drawing time for me. I couldn't help but chat... I was overly chatty with my fellow cast members today. THANK GOD for Mel who kept the guests occupied a lot. She was overly chatty with the guests... which can never be something you do too much of.

The day did not crawl by though. Which was good. I kept my distance from the phone as much as I could. Amazingly our manager did help me out with a guest who had some real problems with reservations. She really has improved with telling guests "no". We only had one crazy person today though who would not take no for an answer. That is pretty good. Not sure how it was this evening.

Lunch was good. I admit to taking longer then I should have but the most boring thing to do is sit and wait up front for the supper to start. Plus I was with friends. I just needed to chat with some people again. I miss that sometimes.

After lunch flew by. That last hour just jumped so fast. But gosh was it hot when I finished. I took some goodies from our GT and clocked out. She is such an awesome lady. I love both of our GT's they are awesome and always make my day in some way. :)

The trip home was crazy. I took the Lazy bus to Cast Services and then waited for the C bus to take me home. Man 15 minutes can seem like 3 hours in this heat. I cant believe how hot it is. I didn't know humans could survive this weather.

I came home and was happy to say the AC was left on. THANK GOD. So I am chilling with a fan keeping my and my computer extra cool. Tomorrow I have the day off so I am going to Animal Kingdom with Sam, and then hopefully to Games Night. I have not been for a few weeks and I think it will be fun to go to. Then I have 3 days of work and then I am off again for a day. But Friday I think I will just chill here. My roommate is going away so I will have the place to myself and need to enjoy it some. Maybe if I don't update this tomorrow (seeing as games night starts at 11:30pm) I will try to update on Friday maybe with some pictures from tomorrow.


Also note... CANADA DAY is coming up. I am super excited. I have the BEST shift ever for it. I work 6 hours from 11:30am till 5:30pm. It will be the BEST DAY EVER. I promise to bring my camrea to work that day. I promise to post something around that day to document how awesome that day is... cause apparently it is really fun. If your in Disney World July 1st, and wonder what park to go to... Go to Epcot and the Canadian Pavillion. It will be FULL of celebration.

So A La Cart has come in as the new system where we book reservations for people on. And I hate it. I am not the only one too. It is stupid. Takes at least 10 minutes to book something for someone so often we send the guest away rather then helping them anymore. Which I find sad. I LOVED helping guests find another place to eat. It made turning them away a little easier. It was not like "Sorry we are full. Have a nice day." But more like "Sorry we are full, but I can help you find another place and make you a reservation there." We were so well known for helping the guests out and it was probably my favorite way to do so.

Recently work has been busy. I have not had much time to really chat, write or even draw, no matter how many wonderful ideas come into my head. Facebook seems to be where I am most active as it is where I keep in contact with everyone the best. I know almost anyone who does not talk to me on MSN has not heard from me in a while. Sorry about that. Not really much to say... I can give you a quick version of it though.

Work has been crazy. Last two weeks I have worked 6 days with one day off. This also with a sore shoulder/back. Has nothing to do with the previous surgery I had on it. Rather a new injury. Which I can tell you has not put me in good with many of the managers. I get the feeling that all but one, dont seem to care much, nor do they really think before trying to help me out. Folding napkins I can tell you when you have a sore shoulder SUCKS. Hurts like hell. But I did it to keep them happy. Cause really, once they took me off stage what could I do.

I have a love hate relationship with work right now. I both love and hate it. And I really hate that I even hate it a little bit. Reason being without mentioning names, some new people just suck. I am sorry but they do. If you are confused as to if I am talking about you... come ask me. In person I have no problem letting you know if I think you suck or not. But in an ounce of niceness I wont mention names on here. (or make that... NAME... if that is a clue to anyone.)

I am sick and tired of how people are on podium really. You come here to work, not to pass off tickets to other people. Not to wonder away, hang out somewhere else... DO YOUR JOB. I am not one to go tell the managers. I am one to pick up the slack so we don't fail at all this. So that has made each day stressful.

Another painful thing was watching many people go into service. A few things helped me decide not to bother anymore. One being my shoulder getting hurt... another being another stupid clock in point going on my card. Oh well. I give up. Honestly It is too much to care about and worry about. I am tired of every day at work someone asking "Did you spiel yet?" Over and over. It was a harsh reality that I would never get my dream but then again maybe I will find something new. I always wanted to be a trainer, and maybe do assigning. Remaining on podium with thoese two qualifications MIGHT help me to extend. Then my dream of getting my one year pin will come true. Guess that would totally make up for not going into service. There is other reasons... but I will just stick with thoese two. :P

Managment.... where was I last time I talked about them. Right now I dont know what to think. In reality I like them all. Well sort of. The new one really does not seem to like me much at all. No idea why. Not sure what I ever did to her but man, she hates me. The others are not really happy with me sort of on and off. Yet I still like them. Maybe cause they have been around longer and have at some point liked me. Why this new one has so many hours with us though. *Sigh* It is hard. My fav. manager is on vacation a lot lately. Now for 10 days. 10 days... I have NO idea how I will survive 10 days. Last time he was gone for a week I was so close to walking off the job the one day, and coming in and self terminating myself the next. You say "Don't self terminate... you will regret it." But sometimes there is just no other way out. When I am being treated like crap and I have no escape and not light at the end of the tunnel... I start to freak out. 10 days... man I will keep a note posted at the side of my bed and cross them off as I pass though each in agony. And he wonders why I am so happy to see him when he comes back. I mean others who arnt being treated like crap are excited to see him. I am most excited cause he ends the horrible days. Don't want to make management sound bad. We have some amazing managers at our restaurant. Don't get me wrong there. But one just hates me for some odd reason. Cant say she is a horrible manager really, just can say I MUCH more prefer days she is not working, to the days she is working... which seems to be WAY too much... please someone higher up give her some days off.

Life outside of work has not been TOO interesting. I have stopped going to girls. I think there is too much rumors and childish people to go to that. Again not saying everyone is like that. Lots arnt... but some are. And I just don't want to go get drunk around people I don't fully trust. So I am going to start going to games night. I love the people who go and run that. They are really fun to be around at work. I look forward to working with them whenever I get the chance.

The other night I was lucky to have my friend Sam, and we went out for dinner. We both had a rather bad day. She was upset cause the managers were at us about doing everything wrong, and I had gotten a ridiculous letter from someone that came so far out of no where I still have no idea what to say about it. So we went to TRex together. Got one of the last seatings. What a great thing to do to end a rainy bad day. We ranted about management and family together and talked about all kinds of stuff. We even made plans to go hang out at Animal Kingdom on Monday cause we both randomly have that day off. I am excited cause I have not been in a while.

Home... well that is magical all on its own. The other day I found out I MIGHT... just MIGHT have a two bedroom appartment all to myself for a few days. OMG. That is magical. If this happens I promise flip cup... to all the cool people I know... if you don't drink you can come over and drink pop... I don't care... I just want to celebrate that I have the appartment to myself. LOL. Unless it is only one night... then no big party... only small party. LOL. ;)

What else is there to write... Not really a lot. There is no good stories... maybe a few good quotes I guess. But I have to look them up. Maybe I will do a special privet journal of some of the funny quotes I have heard over my time here. So if your not my friend add me... or no quotes for you.


(PS... OMG can you believe I am almost at 7 months being here. Tell you the truth... this 6th month was REALLY hard. I heard it can be... not sure why, but it just seems to be a hard month. Maybe half way point seems to get to people. Anyway I am less then half way done now. Unless I get extended. As usual I promise I will try to keep this updated... LOL. But most likely it will be another month or two... or three before you hear from me. Just poke me if I take too long. I will find something to say.)

PPS: FLORIDA IS REALLY HOT in the summer. How do people live down here... then again maybe I should look into going to the pool one day. LOL. But work is brutal in this weather. Go easy on us cast members in the hot sun. We may not move as fast as in the winter. We are just as hot and tired as you. :)

Hey, I hear a lot of people are wondering where I am. I basically have dropped off the face of this planet. LOL. I really am only on facebook right now. I just don't know what I can write here. I seem to like to keep my time to myself here. LOL. It is hard to explain, and really my life here is not one most people would get. I live is a VERY strange place. Where walls talk to you, and it is not so weird to see a princess signing autographs for other little princesses.

I also find it weird to talk about with with people from work on my friends lists. LOL. Even though I am not saying anything bad about them. LOL. It just seems weird.

So sorry I have not posted much. Work does take a lot out of me and normally my first place I go when I get on the internet is facebook. And don't have enough time to really sit and write about stuff.

My brother and the kids came down for a week. That went by so fast. I am glad they had fun though. And now not next week but the week after my mom and friend come to visit. I am very excited about that, cause I also have a week off that week. All except for one day.

Other then that I am still having the most amazing time of my life here. Seems no matter what troubling times I am faced with my "Disney Family" are there to not only back me up but stand up to the problems that I have faced. (Ya there has been a few, none that I will explain on here as it takes quite a bit to explain.) I have been working a lot lately. Once my family is done coming then I will get back to regular weeks with regular days off. I need that. Also I have some packages waiting to be sent for so long... to family, friends, prize winners and such... it is insane the package stuff here. So I will be sending them home with mom and she will send them from there. So if your waiting for something from me... or don't know your waiting for something from me... as I have a few surprise packages waiting to go... then hopefully I can get rid of all of them that are taking up so much room in my closet. LOL.


Anyway if anyone really wants to know what is up at any time feel free to facebook message me or e-mail me and ask how I am doing or such. I do my best to check things as often as I can. So I will be sure to reply and let you know how the day went or whatever.

It sure has been a while again. I cant believe how hard it is to keep this updated. I also cant believe how much stuff I do each day... or how late I stay up some nights. Every morning I wake up and chat on MSN it seems. I do that often. I normally only have an hour or two... no matter what time I have to work at, before I either find myself off doing something else or going to work. I tend to work morning shifts... and if not right first thing in the morning then I still go in the morning anyway. In fact today for the first time I was a whole hour late for work cause somehow I slept in. My managers said they actually started worrying about me when I did not show up at 10am... I started work at 11am. (Got there today around 12 noon) I thought it was cute that they actually worried about me after 10am. It is very well known I love work a little too much. I have like an unhealthy obsession with it. In fact for over a month, not a single day went by where I did not go to Epcot. Not one. I may have also gone to other parks but I would go to Epcot for a hour or two first. I love it.

Work is work... I am planning on trying to get into service soon. I really want to and never felt more ready. I do need to study though. I am having a hard time. I can be really good at it one night and suck the next. I need to change that. It will be crazy to think I will get to be a server if I can pass. I am excited about that cause today especially I just wanted my own groups of people to talk to. I hated leaving so many people. I just wanted to go to the next level in guest communication and actually have a conversation with them without someone getting mad at me. I guess we can do that out at the front but sometimes you meet a group and you just want to chat a little more then that. Sucks cause at the front you also want to chat with all the other people too. Once I can be a server I can talk a little more to each.

Outside of work has been great too. After our dear friend left us... Chris. My family was down for a week. That was pretty cool to see them. Right after they left, a few days later my friend Mike from college (or as many of my art fans may know him better as Gee) came to visit. That was lots of fun. I got some other fun events ahead as well which I am as always excited about.

Once again sorry I am not posting as much as I like. I know a part of me will really regret it. I am keeping important days in my facebook stuff hidden and maybe one day I will post a few a day when there is not much else going on. Some are privet though so I have to go though and cut things out that cant be public. If anyone is ever wondering about me privet messages on Facebook, DA or Lilymud are the best way to get a hold of me. And feel free to. If you ever have any questions or even just want to know how it is going. Then I will tell you a little more personal about my day that fits what you might want to know most. :)

Anyway... Sorry I cant say much more. As usual I will try to keep posting more. My goal is to maybe post something about a day at work... I cant today... but I want to come on and just tell in full about one of my days at work so you can actually hear what it is like to work there. Need a super awesome one to come up that is worth telling about. Maybe full of quotes and such. :)

Really it is hard to think of what else to say about living here and working here. Harder then I thought so sorry I am not keeping my journal up to date. LOL. I will try to get back onto it. I have updated it now but with not that much. If anyone has any questions I can answer them in a better journal.

I find most of the stuff I want to say should be kept privet really. So cant really post it online. People who just really want to know you have to ask me yourself or take some time to talk to me on MSN or send me a privet message on facebook and say what is up... And I can give you the privet news of that day. There often seems to be something.

Life here is about to make it's first big change. A friend is leaving. It will indeed be a bigger change then I thought cause almost every night we can, Tabatha and I are out hanging out with him. Suddenly that will be gone. And well that will make Tabatha sad each night which will of course drive me crazy. I am actually scared of this cause I just don't like the idea of this change coming. He leaves a week from next Monday. And even though he plans to come back and visit for his birthday, and even come and work again, (it will be his 3rd time) it wont be the same no matter what. We are planning to make a character of him but with how crazy work it I dont think it will happen till he is gone. :(

Well for the next year I will mainly have Friday's and Saturday's off. Next week by the looks of it will be my last random days off. And they are pretty random next week.

What else can I say really. Oh I hate working popcorn cart. I am not really sure why. Maybe it is cause my experiences are never good ones. A lot of people think it is great but the first night working I was stocking. And so that means I have to stay an extra half hour after and clean then get an inspection by one of the managers. I hurt my foot earlier that day so I was a little worried about it. And it was the manager I got along with least. But amazingly that day she completely changed. Kind of creeped me out... ok... REALLY creeped me out. I was still so afraid of her for several days but over and over again she proved that we could in fact get along quite well if I would let myself see things from another view.

Very next day I was on popcorn I was stocking again. This time a full normal stocking day with it. And I was stuck with the worst person imaginable to be stuck with. Seriously if you guys go to Epcot know this... almost everyone in the Food and Beverage stuff is amazing people. I love them like they were my family. To me some of them are. But there is one person I just cant stand. Their is one in every family right. Well not only did I never get a break cause she was always barking orders at me and when I should be at what spot at what time. But at the end of the night she left me with everything to do after saying she would bring stuff for me. (Which I was fine with... normally it is Stockers job to do everything. But you don't say your going to run in and get stuff or take stuff to the dish pit and not return... till your grabbing your coat to leave... and of course not say anything.) ANYWAY that day like 3 times I went to go... "Get a drink." Or well see someone who makes me smile. Luckily he was there. No kidding. Cause though we only talked maybe about 2 minutes if you add it all together. It would give the the happy boost I would need to go back out there and take all the crap that was getting dished out at me. I was so close to going to the manager and being like "That's it... I am leaving. I will book my flight home in the morning."

The next time I got popcorn the power went down... So popcorn and I are not friends. I hate that job with a passion.

What else... oh yes... Culinary day... I don't want to get into it much. It just is not a good day. One of my fav. people working there got really sick. I was sort of confused when I walked into the GT office that morning and he just left with hardly a hello. But then I saw him a few times working that day and he looked pretty sick. Later I found him in the break trailer laying across some chairs. So I asked if he was ok. Unfortunately he certainly was not ok. Maybe at the time... but he was pretty delusional there even. Poor guy. So he missed my culinary day, which... maybe is a good thing cause last thing he needed to see was how bad I did that day. Basically the beginning went great... but the interview we had, I failed big time. Not only that but I was then forced to try and learn the whole menu in one night. That is harder then it sounds. Even with seeing it all. I accomplished a lot so not as hard to study for next time but I sure will. I disappointed someone rather important to me that day. They never said it but I could sure tell. Which sure did not make anything any easier and wont next time either.

Anyway what other news... thoese wondering about my birthday. It kicked butt. From beginning to end it was one of the best days ever. Started out with my roommate giving me a thing to say I was going to get to Job shadow someone at TOT. DREAM COME TRUE. Then we went to LeCellier. All my fav. people were working of course. AMAZING TIME. Then sat up front on the monorail twice to get to MK REALLY COOL. Then hung out there for the day and fooled around. THEN went to Disney Studios and road TOT till they closed it... so that was once... AND THEN... if the day could not get any better. We went over to a friends place to play Flip cup with the same people I met one of my very first days at Disney. Almost like a flip cup reunion. And I did pretty good. We played till early morning. It was amazing. I wont post pictures from my birthday here... they are all on facebook. My roommate has like 4 albums of it and I will post one in a bit of my favs.

Other then that not much else to say. My journal says mostly the same stuff I am saying here only with a better mood icon. I really want to start updating it more. Even once a week. But I am a sucker for getting out and doing things. So when someone asks I just go. But not much is that eventful really. It is like "Lets go out to the mall. Lets go to the movies, lets go out for lunch." And normally I am like "EPCOT..." And everyone is like "NO." LOL. Sometimes we get out to the parks though if I can talk Tabatha into it. We love Everest at night. OMG it is so cool in the dark.

Well that is the end of my stuff. Just wanted to let everyone know a few things... I will be posting pictures soon again. Lots of scrap pictures need to be posted too. I doodle a lot. It is how I remember how things went.

Wow, it is the last day of 2008. It happened so fast. I am actually not looking forward to working today. I work till 11pm. Which sucks. And start at like 2:40 something so I don't even think I can do much.

Work has been insane... yet still have no idea why I like being there so much. I had some crazy past few days that have made me worry about my status here. Unfortunately no time to talk with too many trustworthy people. I mean who would be able to answer me without me worrying of what they think.

I still like my co workers. They are just wonderful people. I think they really help make it fun. There are some people I dislike. But they are normally around people I do like. I am not so happy when I don't get to go to the meetings cause people get me to do their job. But I guess I can live with that. I guess I did not really care to go to that meeting anyway. Why would I have wanted to be in the office at that point anyway.

As you might guess I am having manager problems. Only one is getting beyond repair. One is awesome. One other is really cool. The other I am unsure about and one I am terrified of. I wont say which one but normally when I tell fellow cast members this is my problem they can guess who I am talking about... if they are in my area of course. It bugs me though cause some people really like the one that I fear. So it at first made me feel very worried that perhaps I going to suddenly fall behind and soon removed from this group. Cause the manager I am talking about has picked on me quite a bit. I wont get into it big time here cause this is public... Maybe write a more privet one with better details. But ya... I am slightly worried about it being it is still my first 4 months. I can get removed for almost anything at this point and I fear things are adding up.

But I will tell more about that later.

Today I work, it will be odd to work on New Years. It will be an interesting new years I think. I am not looking forward to the amount of drunks but I am looking forward to work in general. It will be a crazy day. My feet will be tired. After work if I make it back in time I am going to my friends house to have a new years party. I am pretty excited about that. :) Now lets all keep our fingers crossed mainly my two fav. managers will be there... though my guess is the one I fear most will be there for the evening. I can just see it.

There is SOOOOO much to tell since I last updated. I have now been trained on Seating, Stocking and Greeting. Funny I thought Seating was my favorite job. But really Greeting is the easiest. It is so repetitive that you hardly have to be conscious to do it. Stocking is by far the worst. Believe it or not I always feel like there just isn't much to do. Once everything is stocked you wait for more stuff to stock or bus. But the other day everyone was doing their busing quite well.

I really like the people I work with, new people and people who have been their for a while. They are really fun. They are like a family in LeCellier. It is so wonderful to be there each day. I have a few favorite people who it is always a treat to work with, and of course like every job I have a few people I rather not work with, but the majority are fun. Really nice people.

What else can I say. Learning is tough here. They like to throw into into the middle of it and you learn. It really took me two days to learn each job really. I have made some big mistakes, like seating people TOTALLY wrong and dropping Managers calls. But I have certainly learned and have yet to make the same mistake twice... despite what one of the managers thinks. LOL.

Management is pretty cool too. There is only one I have a real hard time getting along with and that is cause right now I feel like she is always on my back for something I did. But others seem to like her so I wont rule it out yet that she could be cool. The others I get by, and of course I have two favorites. One is not really our normal manager though. She works from Norway but man, we can trade her for the one I don't get along with that would be great. :) The other one is a permanent one.

The noobs of the Canadian Pavilion rock. I love them all. They are super nice and super cool. Hoping I can get out and hang out with them more. Things have been going so crazy with me and my roommate. Hopefully things will calm down so I can focus on more friendships.

I LOVE work. Like it is insane. I have tried to find out why I love it so much but NOTHING adds up. All the normal things that would make someone like their work place just don't fall into place to make it what it is to me. I have had a day of just about every scenario so far. Working with most of the people I like, working with most of the people I don't like, Working by myself, Days where I get along great with management, days I am in trouble each time I turn around, days with and days without lemonade... LOL. , Sunny days, cloudy days, good guest days, days where all the guests seem to be mad about something. But each day as I am leaving I just want to go back. LOL Is there something wrong with me? I don't know many people who like it THAT much. I HATE days off... ADO's are MY ENEMY. Like today will drive me crazy. In fact I am going back to work to check my schedule cause the hub is being stupid.

I love the parties at the commons too. I was up till like 5am the one night. I had to work the next day so I stopped drinking at like 2. Which was good. No hang over for me but man was I tired. I have come to like the game "Flip Cup." I am better then I thought I was going to be. I have learned much. LOL. It is the only drinking game I have yet to play.

Sorry I cant give much of a day by day thing. I wrote privately to friends and family about many days cause it seems like every day there is something fun to tell. But unfortunately to make sure I don't offend anyone or bring out any wrong impressions to people who don't know me as well as my friends do, it would take a lot of re reading and editing to make sure I get it sounding right for public. Maybe in time I will add something in. But right now, it is best I leave the major details of some of the days out.

But I will do the next best thing. I will edit this post and maybe even the post below, with pictures from Disney. :) That will at least give you something fun to look at and get your mind off the fact I ever said there was more to the story then I am saying. :)

Hopefully I can get back into the swing of things now and keep this updated. Now that the Secret Santa is over and such I should be able to do it better. Till then enjoy the pics.

EDIT: Finally the pictures uploaded. Here we go. :)

Our appartment from outside, we are on the 3rd floor and on this side of the building so most of the third floor your seeing is ours.

The Pond at the Commons, I love walking by it each morning.

Sunset at Animal Kingdom. The one day off I had I did 3 theme parks in an afternoon. I am just on my way to Disney Studios at this point.

Leaving Animal Kingdom the characters waving bye to us. Mickey looked tired that day.

A little back tracking... this is Everest, I went on it 4 times in a row till they closed for the night.

Spaceship Earth, I will never get tired of seeing this every day. :)

Wow I need to get caught up here... Sorry about that everyone. It really has been a crazy first week there.

I guess I left off at Traditions?

Day 6

Another early day. I had to be back at Disney University (at 8am) for my training day. The first part was fun. The ladies who taught us were a lot of fun. We were learning about food. I was starving. At least Tracey brought hot chocolate to share. THAT was awesome. After that we started computer classes. YUCK. OMG the most boring day ever. I was last to leave and so missed the bus and had to wait 20 minutes for the bus. I also forgot to clock out so I RAN back and clocked out and then ran back to the bus stop. I was still hungry... we never did get a break that day. When I got home I threw down some pillows, and went to sleep on the floor in fornt of the TV. My head hurt. I woke up a bit later and moved up onto my bed. Krystal came home and we watched some BS and I still passed out before it ended.

Day 7

We had to meet at Epcot for 8am now. I got over there and almost got sucked into the wrong group but DJ found me in time to get me to the meeting room. We then headed around back stage till we got to one of the big buildings. I wont say which one, and had another few computer classes to do. There was not enough computers so some had to wait. They were rather loud too. LOL. But I had some good laughs. After that we went to the Canadian Pavilion and got our pictures taken. Photos will be posted privately later so only friends on mine on here can see. Then we met with our manager, Brandon and set up some stuff with our folders for the afternoon. When we got done I decided to take Tracey around the world, cause she had never been to Epcot before. So we walked though the pavilions. Man I could be a tour guide. I had so much fun. We got home fairly late but still before Krystal, I was still too tired to do much. Not sure why. I guess when I get back to the appartment I feel tired. I convinced Krystal to go out to the girls drinking party that night so I could watch what I like to watch on TV and fell asleep.

Day 8

Another meeting at 8am at Epcot, this was FINALLY our discovery day. I was so happy. I missed the bus though cause as I was waiting I realized I did not have my ID to get on the bus/clock in and show security. So I RAN back to the appartment, got up here and started looking, only to find out they were in my beg I had with me all along. So I ran as fast as I could back downstairs and to the bus stop but had missed the bus. :( So I caught the bus that would get me there 10 minutes I was glad the lady was waiting for me, and then we went into a room to watch a movie about Walt Disney's vision of Epcot. It was really cool. After that we split up into teams and did a tour of Epcot. Mainly future world. But we got to go on Spaceship Earth. The new part to it was pretty cool. We had some good laughs. I will go with someone this weekend maybe and e-mail some online and not so online friends of mine our picture thing. :) We took the boat around World Showcase which is not as cool as walking. We got welcomed into the Epcot Family, and unless you have witnessed it, cause we do do it with guests around, I wont tell you what it is all about or anything. All I can say it, it was weird after knowing about it for so long to actually be there. Like living a dream that has gone on for so long. After we took a tour of some back stage areas which were really cool And to finish it off we went and watched a welcome thing and then went to get our costumes. Man did that ever take a long time. It was funny cause the guys took longer then the girls but complained the girls were taking too long. Yet we said nothing, lol always seems to be the way eh. Well then we got lockers and I put my stuff in there. Tracey and I were going to go on Test Track and Sorin' but Test track was a long wait. Then a guest out of no where came up and offered us some fast passes. Unless he saw us at the wave, he must have had no idea we were actually cast members. Tracey and I laughed after, It is very magical when a Guest give the Cast Members Magical Moments. We then got to go over to a Pop store and we drank pop from around the world and we toasted to our becoming Epcot Cast Members. Then we checked out the Disney Store, and then back for Test Track. What a ride. Lots of fun. I of course yelled out "BACK STAGE" when we went back there... The ride drives us crazy I am so glad it is not Tower of Terror that went half back stage right by our eating place. I would lose my mind. But Test Track had taunted us for two days we were glad to get on it. Then we went on Sorin' which was neat. We had to wait but the guests were a lot of fun to wait with. Then we went on the Living Seas with Nemo. Tracey loves Nemo. The ride stopped a lot but it was nice. We then went to the bus stop and Krystal met us there. Once back home Krystal and I went to the outlet mall across from our home and had supper. Then we got back, watched some BS and then went to bed.

Day 9

First day on the job. Had to be at Epcot for 9am. So I took the really early bus this time. I had lost my belt. I think someone took it. It is weird. Or maybe I did not pick it up, I don't know. So I got a belt on loan for two days and got it on and headed over to the Canadian Pavilion, and walked though the park. Met a few guests along the way and greeted them. Then I waited back stage with Spencer. It was a long boring wait but then Ashley our trainer arrived. We went though our papers, she gave us a bit of a tour and then we waited some more. Finally we got to start seating people. The first group of guests were awesome. They even took Spencer's and my picture cause we were new. Man they were awesome. About two times we watched Ashley seat and then started into our own and next thing you know both of us were seating on our own cause there just was not enough cast members to seat everyone cause a few people called in. So we certainly jumped right into our work. Almost everyone I seated that day were just wonderful people. I love talking to them. I am not a people person but these guests were so happy and excited. I loved meeting them and talking to them and almost wished each table I did not have to leave. I really hope they all enjoy their meal. Even more so the really nice ones. In one day I met so many wonderful people who touched my heart. How awesome is this. I cant believe I work here. Lunch we walked over over to the big cafe area and had lunch. It was nice. And then we got back over to work and jumped right back in again. Time flies by and soon we were done. Then I headed home and hung around on the computer for the evening and then off to bed once Krystal got home.

Day 10

Well this is the day I am writing this. OMG it is POURING outside. Like... Wow. How do you get to work in this kind of rain... I will be soaked. Like I have never seen this much rain fall in a short amount of time. It is literally like the skys opened up and here it comes. I work from 3:30pm till 10pm. So shorter day but late day. Tomorrow I have the day off, as well as Saturday. That will be nice. Tomorrow is pretty much full but I am hoping to see Ely on Saturday cause I have not seen her for a while.

This is my update for now. I might update more tonight. Krystal is going out tonight and will probably be gone before I get home so if I feel up for it I will update today. Maybe at least add some pictures to the posts I have already posted.

Sorry about the delay. I will get you caught up now. It has been a busy past two days.

Day 4

This day Krystal went to the Canadian Pavilion to be on TV. They were filming for the Disney Christmas Parade on ABC Christmas Morning. So if your going to watch it, keep your eyes out for the Canadians.

I could not go unfortunately so I stayed at the appartment I posted the stuff you see in the previous post and drew some pictures, and got caught up on facebook. When Krystal got back we got ready and went out to MGM. OMG we went on Tower of Terror 5 times. We also went on a bunch of other rides and saw "One Man's Dream" show. Really neat and interesting. Helped me out a lot at Traditions... but I will get to that in a minute.

Anyway, if you don't know already I have a unhealthy obsession with Tower of Terror. So I will now go back and explain why for those who think I am crazy... Unfortunately I cant get into the real magical part but at least the first thing that drew me to it. When I was a kid there was two main things I was afraid of. Elevators, and being trapped on them, and the feeling of falling. So Tower of Terror seemed to only loom in the distance but as a kid I had such high respect for this ride that we bought a pin... nothing like the trading pins now days. But it was really neat. Sadly it is at home in Canada otherwise I would get a picture. It is pretty old school as it was for when the ride first opened. The next time I came I was a little older and my Cousin's had been on it and loved it. I decided this time I would just do it. But once there again I chickened out. I think we got to the gate before I decided I did not want to go, this time I was also afraid of Spaceship Earth cause I thought it was Space Mountain. I was actually really afraid and nervous that year going down that I did not do a lot. Then many years passed and I was going again with my Grandma and Aunt for my 18th birthday. At that time I decided I had to face my fears and go on all the rides. THANK GOD for fast passes. I went on Space Mountain, Spaceship earth, and on our second last day I made it to Tower of Terror. Doing it myself was even more scary but I was so determined to see what I had feared and respected so many years. One time on turned into two that day... which the next day it turned into 9 times. I soon found myself loving the ride, and it became my new favorite ride. (Like I said there is a real magical moment with the ride, but cant quite say on here.)

Anyway so ya 5 times of my fav. ride yesterday. I finally got Krystal to love it just as much. You go on enough and you will find really cool Bellhops. Some just have so much fun with it which I think is another reason so many love the ride. Some of the cast members they picked for that ride really do get into their part. Some just put you on and start it but some have their own character they created for that ride. So Krystal and I found a new fav. Bellhop. (My old favorite must have finished his contract.) Wont say who it is cause there really is so many good ones. Best thing is to see them on the bus on the way to or from work. I love going on the E bus.

(Cause most of the people who may be watching this have actually never been to Disney World, I included a preview of the ride so you know sort of what I am talking about.)

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Ok... well AFTER our day at MGM (or well Disney Hollywood Studios) we caught the bus over to Epcot and I got to go on Sorin' THAT is such a neat ride as well. I have never experienced anything like it. Krystal introduced me to the Sorin' crew cause we share a break room with them. Then we began to walk around the world. Krystal Introduced me to the people in Canada and people in the UK. And then we walked around stopping in Morocco, Japan, Germany and Norway. We were pretty sore by Mexico. My friend Ely was working but I could not see her. Plus it was like SUPER PACKED. So I don't know if I just couldn't see her or if she was on break.

I went backstage then and headed over to the bus. Wont say what Backstage is like. But believe it or not you can actually get a peek of our backstage from one of the rides. But you will have to guess what ride.

We caught the bus and came back here then went out to Wal Mart. I got lots of food. Well not LOTS but enough. I cant buy a phone till after my first pay check. I only have like 40 something dollars. Unfortunately it was not till we were both on the bus getting ready to go back that I forgot my hair dye. :(

Day 5

OMG waking up at 5:30am after the night before was brutal. I cant remember much. I took a shower and then garbed some pop tarts and then headed out to the bus. Got on and waited till we left. We went to Disney University which is located behind Magic Kingdom I believe. Once there we got out and waited to be inspected. I still don't understand how my hair is different then anyone else's hair. So many girls have hair worse then mine. Oh well, I am slightly pissed off but I don't feel like arguing. Not like they are asking me to jump off Spaceship Earth or something. I just find it a little unfair.

Then we headed into the cafe there till they picked our groups out. We were Group Peter Pan. We went up to our class room place... round tables sort of thing. Like a presentation thing. I sat down and it began. OMG part of it we were laughing so hard. The guys I was with were really funny at times. But I am sure a lot of the silliness was from lack of sleep from everyone. OMG there was one part we were all almost asleep for. It took silly videos or games to keep our attention, when we were not laughing at that or struggling to get our team win a game. It was a LONG day though. Even during the fun parts. But there was a great surprise for us at lunch. We were going Under Magic Kingdom for lunch in the Cafe there. (Most of you I am sure know of the tunnels under Magic Kingdom. For those that don't, Magic Kingdom the theme park is actually like 14 feet over the ground yet you cant even tell your not right on the ground. Under Magic Kingdom is the tunnels that almost create a city of that allow cast members to get to their workplace without being seen in the park.

Then we went back and watched the rest of the presentation. It helped to have eaten. When we were done we were taken in groups to meet some managers and get our time tables. I am happy with my timetable.

Then we got on the bus and headed back. On the way I met a lady from the same place as me. It was neat. She was excited to go to Magic Kingdom so I we decided we would meet at the bus stop at 6pm and head out to Magic Kingdom. I then went back to the appartment had supper with Krystal and then we went out to meet her. And then off to Magic Kingdom. OMG MK at Christmas was unbelievable. If you have seen the castle lit up with the new Christmas lights on TV or pictures... it is no where near as amazing as seeing it in RL. Just amazing. We went on Pirates of the Caribbean and then we went on Haunted Mansion and then onto 3d show. I forget the name. I will update it with the name when I think of it. LOL. I know it is sad. Such a nice Disney thing to watch. It is like your right there in the Disney Movies.

Then we saw Wishes. OMG I was so happy it was not the Holiday ones. It was the original one. I want to see the Holiday ones but the regular ones just fit better with things now. Like having my wish come true to be a Disney Cast Member. It was just amazing. And I could not help but think that most of the other new cast members were also probably watching it with us somewhere in the crowd bringing in their first night as a cast member the only way cast members should.

Then we went on Splash Mountain and saw SpectroMagic the parade. Really nice ending to the day. We then caught the Mono Rail back to the bus and off to The Commons for the evening. We watched some BS and then went to sleep.


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Today is going to be fairly easy. Krystal has to be at work for 10:30 or something like that. I have my first training at Disney University today, so I have to dye my hair this morning, and then I will get caught up with online stuff. I have to be at Disney University at 1pm today. But it is only a 4 hour class or something so I am happy about that. So it is the last sort of relaxing day. And I found out this week is the ONLY week I have the same days off as Krystal. So I am happy with that. I was going to get up and go ride TOT this morning but I don't think I will today cause I have lots of morning stuff to do. So I will probably do it on Thursday cause I don't have to be in till 4:30pm.

Anyway I will keep you updated as things go. Things will start getting uneventful every day. I mean it will be different each day but writing every day might be crazy. So you may not see it updated as often. It will be updated AT LEAST once a week is my goal. But there could be more then one a week so check back when you can. Of course there will be one when I get home from my first day of On the Job Training.

Day 3 was yesterday. It was rather uneventful really. I got up and walked Krystal to the bus stop and then came back here to chill for a bit. Then went out to the meetings. There I got a horrible headache. So when I came back I crashed. I was so tired too. When I woke up I was hungry and so Krystal and I went out to the mall across the street from us and got something to eat. Then we came back and made a video about how our bathroom door does not lock. You can see it in the journal entry I posted last night that is located below this post.

Well after that we were invited to Chris' place. I was not too sure if I wanted to go. I had taken an alive and was feeling better but Krystal told me that the others had to be out by 1am which was like 2 hours away so I said I would go but not drink. I had one beer really. My stomach was not too happy but it was not horrible. I kind of liked the game "Flip Cup." Wish Krystal got a video but she did not.

After we came home and Krystal was sick. Thats what you get for drinking too much too fast. I was glad I wasn't. After our nightly BS watching we went to sleep, it was like 3:30am.

This morning, not sure what is up with Krystal but she is in one hell of a bad mood. Probably not feeling too well. But she got up which is good and headed off. I am sure being on TV would make her happy as there is a TV thing at Epcot this morning before World Showcase Opens. At least in Canada there is.

So that is where I am at now. I got my work schedule now finally. So this is what I will be doing for the next few days.

Sunday, 1pm - 5:30pm = Class
Monday, 8am - 4:30pm = Class
Tuesday, 8am - 4:30pm = Class
Wednesday, 9am - 5:30pm = OTJ Training (Seater)
Thursday, 4:30pm - 10pm = OTJ Training (Seater)
Friday, OFF

To be honest I REALLY hope my days off each week are not Friday and Saturday. Those are Krystal's days off. I am all for having one day off together but really... TWO? Then not only will we be living together. And she be my big sister (Part of the Throw In in Canada is they assign you a big sister. She isn't really, in fact I am older then her.) But then we would also share the same kind of work schedule. Ya that is a quick way to get me to Self Term myself. I NEED to meet more people. I really enjoy hanging out with Ely. We were supposed to go shopping yesterday but I felt sick and passed out on the floor watching TV. Totally not as fun. But I want to meet more people like her. Hopefully there is more out there and I really think there is. With the room mates that she has, it is obvious that I can make some great friends here. So once work gets going I am going to make it my goal to make friends with co workers and try to get out with just them for the day. The new people are so cool I don't want to ruin a friendship but not going out with them. Today they are going to Universal. I don't have the money for that so I couldn't go even if I wanted. I also gotta hang out with Ely too. She always makes me feel better about my decision to come here and work. While hanging out in this appartment always has the opposet effect.

Anyway today is the big shopping day for when Krystal gets back. We are going to Wal Mart, I will get my new Cell and some food. Then we are going to Walgreens so I can pick up all the stuff I need there. THEN probably get back here and drop it all off, and then go to MGM and I would like to go to Epcot for the evening. My last day as a Guest of a Cast Member. (Tomorrow is Traditions and I will then be a cast member working at Disney, and so have my Disney ID to get into the parks whenever I want.) I will get lots of pictures though most likely they will only end up on facebook. I have some busy days ahead.

OMG today started off so boring. I got to meet our other room mate a bit more. Guess what her name is. Nora. It is so funny to see that on a Disney Name tag. She is from Germany. She seems really nice but I have also heard bad things. She was very welcoming to me which really made me feel good cause I did not want to live in an appartment where I don't talk to anyone. I also met up with some of the guys from my arrival group. They are really cool. Very friendly. The meeting was really boring. Some parts were funny but it was basically all the do's and don't's of living and working here. At our lunch break I had to come back. My stomach was a little upset so I got to sit on my own and eat. It was nice. I don't want to be anti - social. Then I came back to wait for the bus where I met a Brazilian guy who loves Squirrels. Yes that may sound like a vague random description but I thought it was awesome cause everyone back home loves them. So it was something I really picked up on when he said how much he loved them. Man Brazilians have a cool accent. Then I went to get my ID. It was very crazy. But glad that part is done. Apparently I have to change my hair colour. Which pissed me off cause I did this specifically for this so it would look very uniform and natural.

Then I came back here and packed. I will see if I can get some pictures up of our room. I cleaned my bed all up and it looks pretty good considering I did it in an hour. After I ate an orange and then chilled for a few minutes on facebook and then I found out our Throw in is back on. So I am going to that. I then got a message from Ely from Mexico. She was making dinner and wanted to know if I wanted to come over for a visit. Being without food and really wanting to get out and see someone friendly and nice I said sure. I ran out trying to find her building but got lost. The Commons is such a big place. So I ran back to my appartment and called her. She told me how to get to her place. She is just on the other side of the club house. She said she would meet me at the mail boxes. So I ran back out and headed over. I found her and she took me to her place.

OMG she has a 2 bedroom appartment like me but OMG. It is BIG. I love it. Her and her friend Monikea (Really I don't think I spelt it right. But if you sound it out I believe that is right.) That was awesome. And we ran into another Canadian who had locked herself out. She was just new too. Such a nice girl. Ely let her into her appartment to use the phone. She is in good hands living next to Ely.

After she got back in Ely's flatmate Katie arrived. She is from the UK. OMG it was like heavily. The food was unbelievable. And the company was even better. Such a friendly group of people. I wish I roomed with them. Here it is just like "Don't talk to anyone." But there, man it was such a friendly group. I could have stayed all night.

I just got back thinking Krystal had text messaged me. (but found out she was only on her way home.) So I got dressed and started writing this and Krystal came home. Turns out not much home alone time for me tomorrow. LOL. We are together all morning. Which is cool. I just need a bit possibly once a day just to keep sane. I love being social. But I just need even 15 minutes to myself just to keep in a friendly mood. :) But Krystal works late so I will have the evening to myself. I don't think I will party tomorrow. I just might come back and draw some. It would be nice to draw again. LOL. Still have to go out and get pictures around the complex. Ely and I are going to Wal Mart tomorrow. Krystal is certain that she come too. She has to pick up some prescriptions so I said she can come too. I don't want to go in the morning though. It is just too risky. But we will see. It will take some thinking to plan out tomorrow. It is my last day of meetings and another boring day. Friday I have off. :) Saturday is my first day of paid work.

I will update this again tonight if I can... if not then tomorrow. I if you are seeing this super early please recheck in a half hour or so cause I am going to post some pictures to this entry and the entry below from my adventures.





View from are Baloney




Our Living Room




View from our bedroom looking into our appartment




My Bed




Picture from my bed looking to where I keep my computer.




Pictures posted. Not all, I will have to go to Wal Mart SOMETIME to get something to put them on.




My birthday and Christmas Cards I got before I left.


THROW IN

Ok... well cant tell much. Don't know what I can and cant say so wont see much. Lyndsay came over to our place and we sat out in the living room for a bit. She is a new person from Canada too. She is really nice. Krystal walked us both over to appartment #2525

There we went in and chatted and met some new people and people who had been working there. Around 11pm we made our way all the way across the complex to appartment #622.

There we waited outside the appartment in the hallway. We could hear everything else going on inside but not everything. The Germans were across the hall bringing in their new cast members too. So it was really crazy. Theirs was an army themed.

Then we were suddenly all pulled into the room... and.... the rest is fuzzy. Yes unfortunately I cant say much more past that point. All I can say was it was really hot and a lot of fun. Finally I know what it is all about. I cant wait to bring in new cast members. It was lots of fun and I just could not wait to be one of the others. And Colin who is officially staying now was thrown back in.:) Yay Colin.

After the party we just walked back here. There was the option to hang out more but my stomach is a little sore. And believe it or not... I did not drink much... alcohol.

Well tonight has come. I think I will just get ready for bed, watch some BS or maybe just draw. Tomorrow is a later day as I already said. So that will be nice.

Dec. 1st

This day was rather uneventful really. After getting on the train (nice big one. We called it the 747 of the train world.) I was on the second floor too which I loved. I was tried but listened to my music for an hour and then went to sleep for an hour. I woke up hoping that it would be like 6am but it was only 3am. That sucked. Once morning came we had some really beautiful views. I got some really neat pictures. I will update this journal entry when I have time and add some pictures.

We were late getting to Washington but that did not bother me. Took one hour off my 5 hour wait. But unfortunately this meant no movie. :( Washington train station is a big one. But in 4 hours you can easily see all you want to about 500 times. So I got bored fast. I talked to Krystal and found out our friend Collin is leaving Disney. He was part of our interview group. It is so sad. I still don't know why. He has his throw out the day I arrive. I also called mom. Apparently it was not long distance. Weird.

Anyway I hung out there and got more neat pictures. My train was the ONLY train delayed. That really sucked. But finally it came and I got on and started my long trip. I call this one the DC9 of trains. It is a shitty little one. The room in the bathroom is less then the room at my seats. And yet this one is taking me for the longest trip. And man the crying kids. LOL. Guess it is a sign of what is to come right. LOL. I will have to get used to it sometime. It is just even worse when your trying to sleep. I understand though. At least this kid had it right. Cry when it is bumpy.

Dec. 2nd

I got half hour sleeps here and there. My stomach hurt so much. Both from being cramped up in the way I was sleeping and from just being sore in general. Was I ever happy to see 6am. I am not really awake still but at least it is daylight.

Today I talked to mom for almost an hour. Helps time pass. The views are not THAT great here. Makes me miss going across Canada. There was always something neat to see. And holy cow shaky. Like what is up with that. My computer is not happy about this constant shaking.

Well only a few more hours. It is 8:15am right now. So I have about 4 more hours till I will be packing up my stuff to get off. THAT will be insane. I thought I had problems getting my carry on off at the last train. It will be crazy to have to carry all that PLUS my two pieces of luggage.

Tracey is picking me up at 3pm after her meeting. I am very excited about meeting her. And of course getting to Vista Way. I cant wait to just get to the appartment, throw down my stuff and head out with Krystal to Wal Mart. I need to call my friend Ely from Mexico too when I get there. I cant wait to be there with everyone. I hope I still get to get out to Dinner with Kristy and the others. I really want to meet them. Hopefully something will be planned. They know my cell number AND my appartment number so maybe they can get a hold of me.

I also want to go see Collin one last time. It is sad he is leaving. He is so funny, and I love his blogs.

Well not much else to say. I will add a bit more about my arrival when I get to the appartment and post it online when I get to The Commons. I will also post Krystal's tour of the appartment. I will make my own too sometime but at least you can see from before I get the chance.

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After I got to the train station I waited about 2 hours for Tracey. It was a good wait Really helped bring the excitement. :) She came and gave me a hug right away. I was so happy. She is so cool and such a nice lady.

She took me to pick up her cute daughter, Elizabeth I believe her name is, and then she took me to Vista Way. Where I was greeted by the Disney Welcome team, got my information, and my pass to leave the commons and then the key to my new home. Tracey then drove me to my new home. I am sharing with Krystal.

After getting unpacked and cleaned up a little (Krystal got me a new shirt which is totally me.) We left for Disney Studios so I could go on Tower of Terror. Man that ride really is like a drug to me. I go once and I need to go more and more. I love it. What fun it was. We then went on the Great Movie Ride. That was fun too.

Unfortunately I forgot my pass to get on the Disney Cast Bus, so we had to cab it back. I felt bad. But I will pay Krystal back by taking her out to dinner tonight. The security at the gate was great. I am so happy they were nice and let me in. I must remember it tonight though.

I got back and had a shower. Feel a little better but my stomach sucks. I met Norah just a few seconds ago while typing this. She is from Germany and shares the other room in this appartment with a girl from France.

Now we are going to catch the bus at 8:59pm to go to Downtown Disney for supper. I am hoping Ely from Mexico can go too. Norah got the phone now and Krystal tells me that now we wont be getting it back. So I am going to ask Ely what appartment she is in and maybe stop by on the way.

Tonight is Collin's throw out. I am so sad he is leaving. I am happy I will get to go to it. My Throw in is tomorrow. So I will at least get to meet the Canadians before I get there. I knew Collin so I wanted to go and apparently they are cool with me coming. YAY.

Well I am going to get ready now. Hopefully I can sleep tonight. I still have to make my bed. I will do that when I get home. I have to be at the clubhouse for 8:30am. I get to meet everyone then take a bus to Vista Way, and then shuttle back to The Commons for 1:30pm. So I think I might come back here and unpack a bit more.

Thursday I have a meeting at 12:30pm. It goes till 2:30pm... or well the last presentation starts then. Friday is my day off.

Well I made it this far. I am now in the USA and past the border. We got a Days Inn Hotel here for the next few hours then I am off to the Train Station to leave for Florida. It is such bad weather right now. I last saw sun as we were taking out dogs to the boarding place back in Canada.

I woke up late this morning and had to rush around to get everything cleaned up quickly. I then took the dogs to the boarding place and then we went out to pick up the car, and left then. It was a long drive but we made it to the boarder. It was so nice there. They called me a Q'y and I was the one guys first "Disney." It really began to feel real. Even more so now that I see all the American flags.

So now we are in the hotel like I said. The train ride goes till tomorrow afternoon when I switch trains and take my last root to Orlando. I got a ride for when I get to Orlando. Not sure how well the internet will work when I get there. I get there in the afternoon on Dec. 2nd.


Anyway I am going to get ready as we are heading out to eat, pick up some Alive cause I have a headache and some headphones so I don't go crazy. I will be back online again tonight. Maybe get on MSN tonight. We are not going to the train station till 9pm and even that will be to just drop off my luggage and then come back to chat some more before I leave. Once I am on the train I probably wont have the internet at all. But I will keep updating my computer so I can just copy and paste a nice updated journal entry when I get there.


UPDATE:

We went out to eat. OMG it is crazy here. Not only are the roads the worst I EVER seen. And here I thought London sucked. Wow. We also got lost for an hour trying to find something other then Mc.D's to eat at. We got some Alive which I took. I think it has only just kicked in. I love the weird things you can buy here. I cant wait to buy them as an every day thing. I will miss our Canadian stuff though. We finally found Applebee's and had something to eat. My stomach was shitty but they ribs were good. I loved it. It was my first meal in the USA as a worker. LOL.

I came home and had a shower. That made me feel a little better. I am pretty tired. I hear we will have power on the train. I am happy with that. There was no power in Canada on the train so I could not use my computer that long.

Dad printed out the map. Man there is so many stops compared to Canada. It will be like going to Toronto only longer. LOL. So anyway I figure if I cant sleep tonight I will watch Psycho. I brought it with me. Actually it was the ONLY movie I brought. I really like it. So I thought it would be good to have with me. I got new headphones as well. I also have my MP3 player charging So it will be full power and ready when I go. It might be some long nights. I cant wait to get there.

Anyway this might be my last message before I get there. So I sign off now. Hopefully get a nice long one to ready on Dec. 2nd. So keep your eye out. And prepare for some reading. I will write it all up in Notepad. :)

(My mood was set to Sick... but I will change it now cause I feel better with the update, my parents are also being super nice and smoking outside which is REALLY helping. So super hugs to them for doing that. It is REALLY appreciated cause I know it is shitty outside.)