Conidering that I had a 12 hour shift today, I am suprisingly not wiped out. I am sort of annoyed but that isn't really about work.
Today was the start of Gay Days in the parks. It lasts until Saturday. Totally infuriatiting. Not because of the people who are gay but because people as a group are stupid. Most of the individual gays were fine, it was the large groups that I wanted to scream at. One group came in and chanted "Gay, Gay, GAY!" over and over to anyone not in a red shirt (red is apparently the colors of the gays, at least on gay days). It just made me mad that these people had no respect for people not like them. Especially since we're at a child friendly park. There was absoulutly no reason for that.
About work: My 12 hour shift FLEW by. Of the 12 hours, I had a 1 hour break, 2 hours of slowness, and 9 hours of non-stop busy periods. At least that made the shift fly. I think I lost another 10 pounds today from running back and forth and sweating. At least I got to work in the Front of the House, which is my favorite position. I made new friends at work today and teased my friends I already had while they teased me. Marvelous work day minus the idiots. But you get those everywhere so it's to be expected. I didn't let them ruin my day so go me.
After my shift I laughed. I got a voicemail from Mantha that was high pitched, deafening and almost unintelligble. It screamed at me that "I GOT A CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" There were probably more exclamation points in there but you get the idea. I'm so happy for her. I'll have to try to call her tomorrow to talk about that. Not sure how that's going to work since I have another 11 hour day tomorrow. Yay for overtime/time and a half for me!
Regarding Bailey: after work I got a text message from Bailey, after the voicemail from Mantha. It stated that Bailey quit her job. I'm glad because she has been miserable at that job for over a month. Being miserable just isn't worth it. There are many other opportunities out there for her. I'm proud that she quit; she sounded so ecstatic. She promised to call me tomorrow with more details. Yipee I get to talk to Bailey!!!!!!!!!
Well, my roommates should be back soon and they promised to make me cookies when they got back. That's what they went out for, stuff to make cookies. I consider that a great way to end the day. And since I worked off some weight I think I deserve a cookie or two. This might not be the best way to lose weight, but at the rate I'm going I might need the help not to become a stick or some such thing. Well, that's all for now. Byes!
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008
Day Off Take 2
I love having days off. I won't get one until Wednesday and that doesn't really count since I have class for 4 hours that day. Anyways...
Today I went to Disney Hollywood Studios (previously known as MGM) with Abby. This was the beginning of Star Wars weekends; they last all through June. So when we got there, Storm Troppers were on the roof of the front gate and they talked while pointing their guns at us. It was entertaining. Especially watching the little boys around. They were fun to watch because they got so excited about the Star Wars stuff.
Abby and I got to go on a lot of stuff. We rode the new Toy Story ride. It's similar to the Buzz Lightyear ride only its in 3-D. We also rode Tower of Terror, Rockin Roller Coaster, The Great Movie Ride (I wasn't really impressed with that one), Star Tours and we watched the Beauty and the Beast show as well as the Indiana Jones show. Overall, it was a great day. However, it was SO sunny and hot I think I lost another pant size just from sweating.
Speaking of pants sizes, in a month I have lost one pant size! It makes me so happy!!!! Yay for me :D
The rest of the day was just chilling with Abby and vegetating while watching Friends with Bree. I also got to talk to Bailey tonight and that made me smile. And no matter what Matt might believe, Indiana Jones will always be hotter than Bailey. No offense Bailey but boys will always be hotter to me. Though I do like that Matt finds you hotter than a boy. That is extremly encouraging.
Ok, I think that's all I have. Now I'm going to go to sleep so that I can make it through my 11.5 hour shift tomorrow. Byes!!!
Today I went to Disney Hollywood Studios (previously known as MGM) with Abby. This was the beginning of Star Wars weekends; they last all through June. So when we got there, Storm Troppers were on the roof of the front gate and they talked while pointing their guns at us. It was entertaining. Especially watching the little boys around. They were fun to watch because they got so excited about the Star Wars stuff.
Abby and I got to go on a lot of stuff. We rode the new Toy Story ride. It's similar to the Buzz Lightyear ride only its in 3-D. We also rode Tower of Terror, Rockin Roller Coaster, The Great Movie Ride (I wasn't really impressed with that one), Star Tours and we watched the Beauty and the Beast show as well as the Indiana Jones show. Overall, it was a great day. However, it was SO sunny and hot I think I lost another pant size just from sweating.
Speaking of pants sizes, in a month I have lost one pant size! It makes me so happy!!!! Yay for me :D
The rest of the day was just chilling with Abby and vegetating while watching Friends with Bree. I also got to talk to Bailey tonight and that made me smile. And no matter what Matt might believe, Indiana Jones will always be hotter than Bailey. No offense Bailey but boys will always be hotter to me. Though I do like that Matt finds you hotter than a boy. That is extremly encouraging.
Ok, I think that's all I have. Now I'm going to go to sleep so that I can make it through my 11.5 hour shift tomorrow. Byes!!!
A Break
Wow. Having a break from the running around like a mad woman was wonderful.
I tried to sleep in today but that failed. You see, 4 days ago, the maintenance guys came to "fix" one of the bathrooms in the apartment. They fixed it so well that the door wouldn't shut! Well, they had 3 days to fix it while we were all at work and not here but NO they come on the one day that 4 of us get to sleep in. So we all woke up a little grumpyily...
Anywho, the rest of the day was a blast. I hung out with my trainer from work who is now my best friend down here. She told me that she had been praying for a while to have a good friend while she was here. And she found me while I found her! Yay!!!
So, Rachel and I went shopping a lot. I got to talk to Matt while I was out which made me happy. At Ross, I found a cute blue dress, not quite a club dress though. So at Old Navy, I found myself a black sequeny club dress and capris that are actually capris on me!!! Wahoo!!!!!!!!!!!
For lunch, Rachel and I went to the Macaroni Grill because she had never been there before. That was fun times.
Once we were done shopping we went to the Magic Kingdom and walked around, riding rides and just hanging out. I enjoyed it even though we didn't get to ride that much because it was long lines even though the park wasn't that crowed. Weird, but o well.
After that, me and Rachel and another friend from work Veronica went back to Rachel's apartment. We ordered pizza for dinner and decided not to go to PI because it was gay day which meant that it would be more crowded than normal and filled with gay people. So instead, once Adam (Rachel's crush :P) got there we played drinking games and just talked for the rest of the time.
Well, now Bree is back and needs to rant about her horrid day at work. So I'm going to be a good rooommate and go let her vent. Byes!!
I tried to sleep in today but that failed. You see, 4 days ago, the maintenance guys came to "fix" one of the bathrooms in the apartment. They fixed it so well that the door wouldn't shut! Well, they had 3 days to fix it while we were all at work and not here but NO they come on the one day that 4 of us get to sleep in. So we all woke up a little grumpyily...
Anywho, the rest of the day was a blast. I hung out with my trainer from work who is now my best friend down here. She told me that she had been praying for a while to have a good friend while she was here. And she found me while I found her! Yay!!!
So, Rachel and I went shopping a lot. I got to talk to Matt while I was out which made me happy. At Ross, I found a cute blue dress, not quite a club dress though. So at Old Navy, I found myself a black sequeny club dress and capris that are actually capris on me!!! Wahoo!!!!!!!!!!!
For lunch, Rachel and I went to the Macaroni Grill because she had never been there before. That was fun times.
Once we were done shopping we went to the Magic Kingdom and walked around, riding rides and just hanging out. I enjoyed it even though we didn't get to ride that much because it was long lines even though the park wasn't that crowed. Weird, but o well.
After that, me and Rachel and another friend from work Veronica went back to Rachel's apartment. We ordered pizza for dinner and decided not to go to PI because it was gay day which meant that it would be more crowded than normal and filled with gay people. So instead, once Adam (Rachel's crush :P) got there we played drinking games and just talked for the rest of the time.
Well, now Bree is back and needs to rant about her horrid day at work. So I'm going to be a good rooommate and go let her vent. Byes!!
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Assesment
Ok, so my previous post was a tired post. No, the magic has not worn off, I was just worn out.
Anyways, today was my assesment day. That means the manager(s) "interview" me about my knowledge about my job in detail. If I pass it means I have earned my ears and I am no longer in training. I passed. During the assesment though, I was told to sit on my hands so I would stop raising them every time I knew an answer when it wasn't my turn to tell the manager the information that she asked.
Today was such an easy day. Pretty much all I did was sit with my trainer and review for the assesment, do a little bit of work to refresh our knowledge, go on break, have the assesment, and then I got off early. Yay ra!!!
Tomorrow is going to be a blast however. I have the day off, I get paid, I am going out with my trainer Rachel, who is AMAZING!, then going to PI (Pleasure Island in Disney slang). I am truly my mother; I am going out "drinking" with friends from work so that I can be the designated driver. It made me smile and laugh a little bit.
Right now, I have to go since we have inspection tomorrow. I have to help clean the apartment. My roommate Wendy is making dinner and I absoulutly love her for it.
P.S. Mom I hope this post had enough exclamation points to make you believe that Disney has not lost it's magic. I LOVE DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyways, today was my assesment day. That means the manager(s) "interview" me about my knowledge about my job in detail. If I pass it means I have earned my ears and I am no longer in training. I passed. During the assesment though, I was told to sit on my hands so I would stop raising them every time I knew an answer when it wasn't my turn to tell the manager the information that she asked.
Today was such an easy day. Pretty much all I did was sit with my trainer and review for the assesment, do a little bit of work to refresh our knowledge, go on break, have the assesment, and then I got off early. Yay ra!!!
Tomorrow is going to be a blast however. I have the day off, I get paid, I am going out with my trainer Rachel, who is AMAZING!, then going to PI (Pleasure Island in Disney slang). I am truly my mother; I am going out "drinking" with friends from work so that I can be the designated driver. It made me smile and laugh a little bit.
Right now, I have to go since we have inspection tomorrow. I have to help clean the apartment. My roommate Wendy is making dinner and I absoulutly love her for it.
P.S. Mom I hope this post had enough exclamation points to make you believe that Disney has not lost it's magic. I LOVE DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Training Day 2
So yesterday was fun. I got to work only to realize that they messed up my schedule for yesterday. I was scheduled to work until 12:45 but since I was training and had to learn how to close it was a sorry just kidding moment and they told me that I was working until 2. So I didn't get back to my apartment until after 3 and now I have an 8 hour shift starting at 11 which means I didn't get to sleep in. I barely got 5 hours of sleep. I'll post more tonight or tomorrow when I have more time. For now, I have to finish getting ready and head out to work.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Training Day 1
So yesterday was a great lot of fun.
I began my day by going to Chick Fil A with Bree, where they messed up her order but she got more food that way so it worked. Then we went to Target to get our shoes for work. For all black shoes, they are actually really cute and extremly comfortable. Plus, I spent half of what everyone at my job said they spent so I win. Yay me.
The next part of my day was going to the Magic Kingdom for my first day of training. I got there ridiculously early because I needed to go to Costuming to find the other parts of my costume that were unavailable or that I forgot the day before. Then I went to find my locker.
At my locker, I met the Fairy Godmother. She was very nice and she used to live in Crofton and her son still lives there. It made me very happy. After I checked my locker and dropped some of my stuff off, I went to the Mouseketeria to read my book for a little bit. I saw Aladdin, Aurora, Peter Pan and Jasmine.
Then I started my training with a little bump at the beginning. We signed up for the Disney Learning Center, so that we can check out resources if we need to. Then we went to Casey's (we being me, Jeremy and Amy the other 2 training with me and Rachel our trainer). At Casey's there was a bit of a problem. Costuming was out of the Casey's aprons which you must have to work. So we called and there was only one left. Since my group was training in the front of the house we got dibbs. So we took a field trip to costuming.
At costuming we went and asked for the apron. It was the same guy that we talked to on the phone and he said that there were no aprons. I really thought that my trainer might spontaneously combust at that point. The guy went in the back and found one and all was well with the world.
Then we went back to Casey's and began our actual training. I caught on really quick, as did the other 2. It's a fast paced area to work and there is no room for personal bubbles but I love it. The people I work with are fun, so far at least. One of the girls who works there, Sophia, hugged me a lot. It made me happy because I love hugs.
I didn't get off work until about 1:30 and didn't get back to my room until 2:30. I didn't even realize I was tired until I stopped moving. I guess that's a good thing.
So today, I have the same schedule for work as yesterday, tomorrow I work from 11 am to 7:30 pm and then I get 2 days off before working an 11.5 hour shift on Saturday. I will be very busy and it will be great.
I began my day by going to Chick Fil A with Bree, where they messed up her order but she got more food that way so it worked. Then we went to Target to get our shoes for work. For all black shoes, they are actually really cute and extremly comfortable. Plus, I spent half of what everyone at my job said they spent so I win. Yay me.
The next part of my day was going to the Magic Kingdom for my first day of training. I got there ridiculously early because I needed to go to Costuming to find the other parts of my costume that were unavailable or that I forgot the day before. Then I went to find my locker.
At my locker, I met the Fairy Godmother. She was very nice and she used to live in Crofton and her son still lives there. It made me very happy. After I checked my locker and dropped some of my stuff off, I went to the Mouseketeria to read my book for a little bit. I saw Aladdin, Aurora, Peter Pan and Jasmine.
Then I started my training with a little bump at the beginning. We signed up for the Disney Learning Center, so that we can check out resources if we need to. Then we went to Casey's (we being me, Jeremy and Amy the other 2 training with me and Rachel our trainer). At Casey's there was a bit of a problem. Costuming was out of the Casey's aprons which you must have to work. So we called and there was only one left. Since my group was training in the front of the house we got dibbs. So we took a field trip to costuming.
At costuming we went and asked for the apron. It was the same guy that we talked to on the phone and he said that there were no aprons. I really thought that my trainer might spontaneously combust at that point. The guy went in the back and found one and all was well with the world.
Then we went back to Casey's and began our actual training. I caught on really quick, as did the other 2. It's a fast paced area to work and there is no room for personal bubbles but I love it. The people I work with are fun, so far at least. One of the girls who works there, Sophia, hugged me a lot. It made me happy because I love hugs.
I didn't get off work until about 1:30 and didn't get back to my room until 2:30. I didn't even realize I was tired until I stopped moving. I guess that's a good thing.
So today, I have the same schedule for work as yesterday, tomorrow I work from 11 am to 7:30 pm and then I get 2 days off before working an 11.5 hour shift on Saturday. I will be very busy and it will be great.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Overview
So, today I had to get up at a time that I did not believe existed. I had to be up at 5 IN THE MORNING. That time has never existed in my world. O well, that will be the end of my early morning rant.
I had to be up so early so that I could go to my overview/walkthrough of the Magic Kingdom, my new place of employment! It was 5 hours walking through the park and the backstage area and then 3 hours of lunch, intro to my new job, a few videos and getting my costume.
The walking all day really didn't bother me. It was hot, but it could have been worse. As a group we got to ride the Haunted Mansion and Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger ride. That was fun and air conditioned. I am coming to appreciate air conditioning a heck of a lot more than I used to. Go figure.
Backstage was amazing. I got to see 8 characters without their costumes. It was kind of weird. I saw Cinderella, Aurora, Belle, Alice, Ariel, Jasmine, and Wendy. Totally weird. It still made me happy even though it was a little odd.
So, I am officially working at Casey's Corner, a hot dog shop on North Main Street. My costume is a baseball looking uniform. I actually wanted to work here. I can pull of baseball cap and uniform. I think I look kinda cute in my new costume. That's a perk because a lot of people think they look hideous in their costumes.
My first day of training is tomorrow from 16:30 (we go by military time here; for those who don't know what that means, I am starting at 4:30 pm) and my shift lasts until 24:45 (aka 12:45 am). At least I get to sleep in. I have to go into the park kind of early to get the rest of my uniform; I forgot to get my special socks and they were out of aprons. O well. At least I won't be late. Because if you are even a minute late to clock in you get in trouble. So I will never be late. Ever!
Last night, I went to Epcot for a little bit with Abby and we met up with Wendy. We didn't get to see much since there is SO much at Epcot. But we have plenty of time to see it all.
I have to go get my shoes sometime tomorrow or tonight. I get 50% off at Payless so I need to find that. Shouldn't be a problem. I'm excited about my discount!!!!
I think that's all for now. I will follow up with more updates later.
I had to be up so early so that I could go to my overview/walkthrough of the Magic Kingdom, my new place of employment! It was 5 hours walking through the park and the backstage area and then 3 hours of lunch, intro to my new job, a few videos and getting my costume.
The walking all day really didn't bother me. It was hot, but it could have been worse. As a group we got to ride the Haunted Mansion and Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger ride. That was fun and air conditioned. I am coming to appreciate air conditioning a heck of a lot more than I used to. Go figure.
Backstage was amazing. I got to see 8 characters without their costumes. It was kind of weird. I saw Cinderella, Aurora, Belle, Alice, Ariel, Jasmine, and Wendy. Totally weird. It still made me happy even though it was a little odd.
So, I am officially working at Casey's Corner, a hot dog shop on North Main Street. My costume is a baseball looking uniform. I actually wanted to work here. I can pull of baseball cap and uniform. I think I look kinda cute in my new costume. That's a perk because a lot of people think they look hideous in their costumes.
My first day of training is tomorrow from 16:30 (we go by military time here; for those who don't know what that means, I am starting at 4:30 pm) and my shift lasts until 24:45 (aka 12:45 am). At least I get to sleep in. I have to go into the park kind of early to get the rest of my uniform; I forgot to get my special socks and they were out of aprons. O well. At least I won't be late. Because if you are even a minute late to clock in you get in trouble. So I will never be late. Ever!
Last night, I went to Epcot for a little bit with Abby and we met up with Wendy. We didn't get to see much since there is SO much at Epcot. But we have plenty of time to see it all.
I have to go get my shoes sometime tomorrow or tonight. I get 50% off at Payless so I need to find that. Shouldn't be a problem. I'm excited about my discount!!!!
I think that's all for now. I will follow up with more updates later.
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