how to spend your 21st birthday in Disney World

Well I am now 21! And I had a great birthday! It was my assessment day for merchentainment, and I passed, so I have my first solo shift tonight! So to celebrate my birthday I started off with work, so I did my hair all pretty like, and went around being called a princess all day. Here is me in my costume with one of my princess hairstyles. 

Then after a 10 hour assessment shift I got off work and opened my gifts :) Thank you Zuzu and Mom and Dad :) Then I went to Epcot with a couple of my friends. I had met a boy on the bus a couple days before that worked the margarita stand in Mexico, and he said to come visit the stand for a birthday drink. Well here I am with my birthday mango and strawberry margarita. 

then we went and saw illuminations.

then we went to Magic Kingdom for dinner and Wishes 

 then we got pixie dusted and went on a few rides before going and getting my birthday bracelet.

fun birthday :)

I love my new job, today was day one of many of training and I spent my day learning about the stores I will be working and interacting with guests, including pixie dusting guests which is super fun :) Here is a photo of my in my costume. More will come later once I have completed more training.

Long time no post, I know. sorry :) The last week has been a very interesting week to say the least. To start of with, lifeguarding is hard. I knew it would be. I reached my breaking point of stress from guarding this week, and I ended up with a very very very very very bad panic attack that ended up sending me to health services. Because of the fact that I have had anxiety issues in the past, the choice was made that for my health I should no longer be guarding at Walt Disney World. Thankfully, that does not mean that I am done working here, it means that I have a new role that I will be starting next week. I will now be merchandise in Fantasyland in Magic Kingdom. I am looking forward to this new adventure, and hopefully I do not end up sick from the stress again :) Since I was having major panic issues which included me being sick, I have had the past week off to recover. The first two days I slept. The next three I read books, then I went to class and Magic kingdom with a friend the next day. We discovered our new favorite place to eat, Columbia Harbor house. This was the view out the window as we ate :)

super pretty, and the food was great! 

Then we met up with a friend of Monique's and went on the Buzz Lightyear ride. I got a really good score! 

and me and monique on the ride. I got Star Cadet!!!!

And we rode space Mountain twice! It is one of our favorite rides! Always worth the wait!

I will post more when I start working and training again. i am trying to relax for the rest of my time off to try and get back to my normal self again.

Yesterday was a very interesting day. It was the day that I made my first jump into the pool to rescue someone. The child is fine, however my nerves were spent for the rest of the day. We also lost a wonderful member of our Disney family. RIP Robin, you're legacy lives on every day here in Disney World. Things are a bit somber around housing. The show must go on.  Tomorrow is my day off, and it is my final week of one class and a field trip for the other. Then back to work for 6 am shifts in a row...... I am tired, looking forward to a couple days off when low season starts.

This weeks motto for everyone on the College Program. This week has been really hard mentally and physically on all of us. We are all working crazy hours, and of course it is the week that all of our major assignments are due for classes. So on top of a 50 hour work week, my group and I turned in a 50 page business plan. We are pooped, and we are ready for summer peak to end. which it will in just a few more weeks. Then we go to non peak season which we are all looking forward to greatly. In other news all the fall people are arriving! Which is amazing because that means that we have been here for two months now! I can't believe we are already a week into August. They have already started setting up for Halloween here. The celebration officially starts September 1st with Mickey's not so scary halloween party. Last night we had a girls night at Magic kingdom. Monique, Lillie and I rode so many rides. We were laughing at everything because we were just so tired. 

I have been having a bit of homesickness this week because it is just so stressful, so finding little things to distract me are really nice. I might do a couple of auditions in the coming weeks, we shall see how that goes. I have shoes on order so if I decide to do one I will have shoes other than my awesome new nike dance and yoga shoes. which are awesome and I love them, and I never want to take them off since they are so comfy. I am afraid to dance in them because i don't want to get them dirty. 

I have been at All Star Resorts this week which has been a real change. I like it but it is crazy. There are 6 pools, 4 of them are the normal busy, but two of them are crazy. Three more days at All Star then back to non busy Animal Kingdom. At all star you walk a lot more than at Animal Kingdom. At AK you normally walk 5-7 miles in a shift. On one stand alone at All Star at the Grand Slam pool, you walk at least three miles. You are on that stand three times in a night, you can easily do 10-12 miles in a shift. and my feet show it. Bruised completely, and a new one for me, I walked so much that my feet actually bled. ouch. 

I just found out that there is a cross country train that I could use to get back to Oregon in January. I love taking the train, so I am excited to look into taking it. The route goes along the eastern sea board then chicago to california then up the west coast. It is certainly something to look into. Plus with all my stuff it might be easier to take a train than to fly... I am trying to spend my money wisely, which I am actually doing, but there are so many cute things that I just must have :p I only buy one of those things each week. And soon are Christmas discount comes out and then there will be no holding back! 

I know it doesn't really look it, but I am tanner than I have ever been in my life. I do love the sun, and my hair has grown so much since I got here. I don't know when my next post will be since I am working overtime for the next week, hopefully after I will go back to my 38-42 hour a week schedule. Those schedules are much nicer to me :P and they are a lot easier on my feet. It is still very hot here, and will be at least through the end of the month. IT is supposed to feel like 100 until about 8 pm tonight, and that is when we have the 80% chance of rain and thunder. Right now it is only 89 right now, however it feels like 98. hmmm. I don't think I have anything else to say for today. :) more photos to be posted in the next week, I am wanting to take a nap before work so I won't post them now. P.S. daily naps are 100% needed while on the College Program. 

Well I had to miss my first day of work  today because of the 24 hr stomach flu :( not fun at all. Having a fever while it is 90 + degrees outside is also an interesting feeling. I am on the mend now, and will hopefully be going back to work tomorrow.