You may be wondering why the title states the words time and goodbye together ... and I'm sure most of you already know ... but for those who don't don't panic ... I will explain all in a tiny tiny bit! Just keep reading!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Now It's Time To Say Goodbye
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Relying On God's Will
So I know I haven't updated in awhile ... but pretty much things have been rather interesting and SUPER stressful. Sunday night was my shift that was scheduled until 2 in the morning. Thankfully we got done a little early and I ended up clocking out around 1:15 so I was in bed by 2. Still I'm use to going to bed and being asleep by like 11 and getting close to 10 hours of sleep a night and Lauren has been waking up by 6 every morning so on Monday morning we both woke up with sore throats. We weren't feeling all that great but we never get days off together so we decided since it was a rare moment we needed to go to a park. Originally we were going to go to Blizzard Beach but we figured it wouldn't be a good idea to go to a water park when we were getting sick. Instead we headed over to the Magic Kingdom ... which was awesome! The park wasn't all that busy so we ended up getting to ride this little transport thing around Tomorrowland, the rockets in Tomorrowland, the Laugh Floor, Snow White's Scary Adventure, the Haunted Mansion, Philhar Magic and we got to explore the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse. Lauren also bought us brownie sundaes at Mrs. Pott's Ice Cream Shop which was SOOO good but they were HUGE!
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Thursday, February 5, 2009
Ready For A Break!
So work is def getting outta control! I feel like I've been working non-stop ... but I guess that is what I came here for. The first two paychecks you get here get all screwed up because of rent and stuff ... so today I got my first "real" paycheck. It was nice because I needed money ... but Florida taxes are INSANE!!! I made close to $300 last week but between my $93 a week rent and taxes I only got $113 of it. I guess that's not bad considering it was only for 1 week of work at $7.21 an hour ... but the $300 would have been WAY nicer!
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Sunday, February 1, 2009
Magical Moments
Work is getting more and more slow as I'm getting more and more use to it. Besides the fact that it's a slow season ... yes let's just say time has been going extremely slow! But I've learned to not look at the clock until I'm on a break that way I never know how much time has passed. Yesterday I worked 9:00 - 5:00 which as stated before passed extremely slow. But when I got off Lauren and I decided to head over to Hollywood Studios despite our exhaustion and deep urge to simply lay in bed for hours on end. We first walked over to Tower of Terror but the wait was extremely long, like miserably long. Both of us had heard how amazing the Toy Story ride is but the wait seems to always close to 80 minutes. The sign stated that the wait was 70 minutes but we figured what the heck. Incredibly enough the line is super entertaining ... there's a bunch of oversized 90's toys like Candyland and Linkin Logs. There's also a huge Mr. Potato Head that talks and sings which was pretty much the coolest thing ever. Lucky for us the line only took about 30 minutes and the ride was AMAZING!!! It was exactly as everyone had said and so worth the wait!!! After the ride ended we decided to check out Tower of Terror again. The sign said a 40 minute wait but I guess it hadn't been updated in awhile because we literally walked on. Behind us in line there was a couple with 2 four year olds convincing them that it was actually the hotel they were gonna stay in. They were saying things like "Isn't it nice?" and "Aren't you excited to get up to the room and relax!" We started talking to them and they told us the poor things were gonna be traumatized! Lauren and I felt so bad for the precious things ... but I will admit those were pretty clever parents.
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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Work Work Work
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Hello And Goodbye
So the last two days went by ... quick! Well first off Sunday I worked close to 9 hours. It was exhausting and my feet Killed!!! But, the day finally ended and I came back to the apartment and packed until about 11. I finally fell asleep just to wake up at 4:30! I left my apartment by 5:30 and barely made it on a flight back home to Texas. I landed in Texas about 9 and mom and dad picked me up. We dropped dad off at home and then mom and I drove out to DBU to surprise Noah. He had no clue I was coming out and I had texted him from the time I landed pretending I was getting ready to go to a park. We got out to the school around 10:15 so I texted him asking what he was doing ... forgetting the fact that chapel is from 10-11. So mom and I sat in the car talking until chapel was over. I looked for Noah, but when the chapel doors closed I figured he was already back at his townhome. So we go over to his house and the door was locked but his roommate Taylor and I saw him coming down the hill. I went back over to the car and ducked down so he couldn't see me. As he passed the car I stood up and he took a few more steps then turned towards me to see who it was. Then he started smiling and backing away saying "You aren't suppose to be here!" I gave him a hug and then he looked at me and started hugging me again. It was pretty much the best surprise I've done and he was totally precious!
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Friday, January 23, 2009
2 Days Down ... A Ton To Go!
Well, my first two days of work are officially over with ... and dang were they crazy!!! Quite honestly my first day was a MESS! I was told that on your first day you will never be alone. Well, first thing that happens when I sign in ... I'm alone at the Enchanted Grove cart. And first thing that happens ... a guy asks me for another pair of sunglasses since the ones on display were bent a tiny bit. So I checked the backstock we have right there, but couldn't find the exact pair. We're never suppose to turn a guest away so I then ask him if he would like me to call a manager to check the backstock indoors. Unfortunately he said yes. All the carts are stocked with a phone that is usually by the cash register ... except for the Enchanted Grove cart ... it's on the railing in a box behind the cart. So after searching for awhile the guy got irritated and left. The next spot on my rotation was Sir Mickey's. I get to Sir Mickey's and it's SO crowded!!! And of course since I hadn't had much hands on training yet I had plenty of questions. And of course the one lady I'm working with is not in the mood for me to ask questions and gets irritated EVERY time I do. Finally I get rotated again to Tinkerbell's Treasures and am there for a couple hours. Well whenever a rotation happens we are given a slip of paper that tells you to move to this position and that person to this position and that person to break ... and then it tells you what time to be back from break. So another cast member comes up and says it's time for my tea party (Fantasyland lingo for break). I asked him for the paper that had the time for me to come back and of course he didn't have it. So I rushed through my food and was back up to Sir Mickey's to check in just to find out I was 10 minutes early and not allowed to clock in yet. So I ran back to the locker room and checked my phone and then headed back up. Well then I get assigned to Fantasy Faire ... which is fine for awhile but then I was by myself and in charge of the entire store. So then a girl comes up and tells me once again it was time for my tea party. I got so confused because I was under the impression I did not receive another break. But I guess I did ... so I went on my break and then went back and was assigned to help close Tinkerbell's. I go over to Tinkerbell's and there are only two ladies there and they basically are like "ok just help straighten!" So I wandered around randomly straightening things. Well when you work at Magic Kingdom you are allowed to clock out 10 minutes early for travel time since we have to take a bus to the cast parking lot. So for example if I get off at 8:45 I clock out at 8:35 ... and if I don't clock out by 8:45 I get a point on my card. By then it was 8:42 so I finally asked a girl if I was suppose to wait for someone to bump me out or just leave. Turns out I was suppose to clock myself out, so I called a manager and he told me to go over to Sir Mickey's. So I ran over there and the door was locked! So I ran back to Tinkerbell's and thankfully the manager was there so I told him I wasn't aware I could clock myself out so he changed my time so I wouldn't get a point and I was able to go home!!!
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