5 days and 13 hours....

5 days and 13 hours from now I will be on an airplane heading back to Orlando. I am uber excited! I have spent the last two week completely clearing out my room. All that will be left when I leave are 6 boxes ready to be shipped when I find a permanent home. As much as I am excited it's also really scary to know that I won't be living in this house ever again, and that I will most likely never live in Oregon again. I am ready for this new adventure though. I fell in love with the east coast last year, and am happy to be moving.

These past two weeks in Oregon have been amazing though. My best friend in the whole entire world, Cambria Morgan, came home from BYU finally and we have been spending as much time as possible together. We have so much fun together, and manage to stay out of trouble for the most part. I am really thinking of stuffing her into one of my suitcases so I never have to be apart from her. A few years back she made me a little stand up version of herself so that I could take her with me, and I did take her on lots of adventures, but she is pretty worn out now.

I am going to miss our late night deep talks, and sleep overs, and freezeouts. I am lucky enough to have unlimited minutes though, and I know I will be using a lot of them with Cami.

In the last year and a half...

I haven't written on this thing since January of 2009, and so much has happened since then. I completed my five month Internship at Walt Disney World and the extended my stay an additional three months. I had an amazing time, and met so many amazing people. I worked at Disney's Hollywood Studios which is likea giant movie backlot but with thrill rides. 85% of the time I worked at the Indiana Jones Epic stunt spectacular which is a 30 minute reproduction of three scenes inRaiders of the Lost Arc, and it happens 5-8 times a day. At first I was kind of scared to be working with 10+ guys a day that were constantly joking around, but in the end I absolutely loved it. Many of them became like older brothers, and I got used to getting made fun of constantly. I earned many nicknames there including sass, sarsaparilla, dr. dre, red, ariel, and day walker. I am currently seasonal at Disney which means that I can go back to FL whenever and pick up shifts while I am there. I love that I can make some money while also on vacation.

While in FL I met a guy named Jon. He was my best friend the last few months I was living down there. I even went to visit him in NYC when he moved back home. I had been to New York before this, but I fell in love with the city even more during the five days I was there.

Then we started dating, from 3000 miles away. Is it difficult? Yes. Is it worth it? Yes! Although we don't get to see each other very often, when we do we have lot's of adventures. We tend to gravitate towards Florida on our trips because of our love for Disney, but I have also been out to New York again.

I have even racked up enough frequent flier miles to earn a free flight :) In January, hopefully, the distance won't be so far as I am applying to transfer schools and looking for jobs in NYC.

Until January though I will be living in Florida for another internship at Disney. It is in the costuming department again, and I am so excited to be going back. I will be leaving Oregon on July 4th and working seasonally until August 9th when I will officially be an intern again.

I am going to miss Oregon, but I am most definitely an east coast girl and I am excited to start my life out there. My goal is to write at least once a week to keep people at home updated on my new adventures.

First week of the rest of my life!

I have been in Florida for over a week now, and I have been meaning to write, but the attraction of free entrance into the theme parks has proven to be to much. I am loving it here! The weather got down to 50 degrees today which is warm for Oregon. Since I have not written this whole time I will go through my past week and a half by day.
Tuesday the 6th- Flying
My flight took off at six in the morning so I had to be at the airport at 5:15. At 4:30 me and my mother packed up my two giant suitcases and my carry-on and left for the airport. Driving through downtown Portland for the last time in who knows how long was sad. I love the vibe that Portland has, it fits my personality well. We got to the airport a little late and met up with the girl I was flying down with. Her name is Heather and we met on Facebook through a Disney College Program group. We decided to fly down together so that we wouldn't be alone, and so we could split the cost of a hotel room. After I got my luggage checked in my mom walked me to the security gate. It was sad, but I probably would have been more emotional if it wasn't so early.
Going through security was interesting because I brought a giant gummy bear that my brother had given me for christmas in my carry-on. I guess gummy bears look suspicious so they had to check my bag. I also had my little Cami with me whiich the TSA lady thought was hannah montana. The flight was pretty normal. Heather and I colored in Disney coloring books for a while and then slept until we got to Chicago. In Chicago we had lunch and the caught another plane to Orlando. I sat next to this old couple that were so cute. They asked me all about the program and why I decided to do it. They had a niece that had done it a couple of years ago. When we got off the plane they wished me luck with my new job.
We took Disneys Magical Express to our hotel because it is free. We stayed at the All Star Music. It has giant guitars and drum set everywhere. The pool is even shaped like a piano. We stayed in the Broadway section which had a Beauty and the Beast marquee which made me very happy. We had planned to go out to dinner, but by the time we got to the hotel room we were too tired to go anywhere. We ordered pizza which was way to expensive and not very good, but it filled us up. We went to sleep around 10:30 but woke up at 11:45 when the people above us started stomping around. I didn't get very much sleep that night. I was way too excited and hadn't adjusted to the time difference.
Day 2- Check in
On Wednesday we checked out of our hotel and caught a ride to one of the aparment complexes they house all the college program(CP) kids. There was a D.J. in the parking lot by check in giving away prizes to people who got trivia questions right. I won a little back pack that has the castle on it. When we got to the front of the line they told us what we were going to be doing that day and gave us a book of information on the program. I met up with my room mate whom I had picked, and we went to get an apartment. We wanted a two bedroom in Chatham, but ended up with a three bedroom in Patterson. I am really glad we did because the apartment is really nice, and the room mates are even better!We did a background check and then moved our stuff over to Patterson.
When we got to our apartment no one was there. They all had an earlier housing meeting than us so they had left for that. We got to meet them for a little while before we had to leave for ours. When we got back that night we introduced our selves and went grocery shopping. We each filled up an entire cart full of stuff we needed.

I leave in a month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My plane leaves for Orlando, Florida in 30 days! I am arriving a day before check-in and staying with another girl from Portland doing the program. I am so excited I can hardly contain it. I have been listening to Disney music almost everyday. I even had the Fantasmic song stuck in my head all last week and I don't really like that show. I want to pack and leave right now, but then I would lose valuable time with my friends while they are home for Christmas. I am going to miss them so much, because I don't know if I will ever come back. Just Kidding, even if I extend I will try to come back for a week in May to see everyone again.

My Role at WDW

There have been a lot of questions about my job or role at Walt Disney World. I am in the costuming department. I am not making costumes, yet, I hope to someday be a costume designer for Disney but I need to work my way up. I got some great insight from one of my friends currently working for Disney about what I will actually be doing. It gave me a lot to look forword to.
If I am working at a show:

• sort and put away laundry from the day before
• get costumes ready for the 5-12 performers you are assigned to. This includes getting all the accesories together and making sure you have the right size costume.
• you help get the preformers you are in charge of dresses for the show
• you clean up when they leave their costumes in the middle of the floor
• do some laundry and put the rest away to be used again

If I am working at Operational Costuming (the costume check out center)

• it works like a library, you check out costumes to cast members, they all have bar codes
• check costumes back in
• wash specialty costumes

I am hoping to work at a show or in the EPCOT Ops because I would get to see all of the costumes from around the world.

Since it has been about a month since I started this blog I figured it was time to actually talk about my job at Walt Disney World. I have a college internship which means I am staying for a semester, if I don't extend and stay longer. It also means I am making minimum wage which is currently 6.79 in Florida. It should go up in January, but I am still taking a pay cut. My housing is kind of like college housing. I will be living with 3- 5 other girls and one I will share a room with one of them. Luckily Disney lets you pick your room room mate ahead of time because I met someone that is actually bringing their sewing machine down so I am rooming with her. Not just for that though, we have a lot in common in other areas too, but I was really worried about how I would survive for five months without my sewing machine. The apartments are on Disney property, but are not really close to any of the parks. It's on the outskirts, at Vista Way you can walk across the street to a Walgreens. I will hopefully be staying in Chatham Square. It is newer and quieter than Vista, and Vista has a reputation for being party central. Chatham is also just down the street from the Cast Member retreat called Mickeys Retreat. It's exclusively for Cast Members and their families. It has barbaques and a beach on Little Lake Bryan.

Satellite View Of Chatham Sqaure

I should probably catch you up on some Disney Lingo. We are not employees we are Cast Members because we are putting on a show everyday. Uniforms are not uniforms they are costumes.

I will write more later about my role at Walt Disney World

My six quirks-
1. I like to eat ice. Actually I love it. Most people will take a glass of water with them to bed but I take a cup of crushed ice and eat it while I am reading.
2. I hate wearing shoes. I like my feet to be able to feel the ground, and shoes are confining.
3. I like my rice plain. Rice is okay with sauce or meat on it but i really like just making it into a ball and eating it plain.
4. I rarely go more than two days without shaving my legs. Ever since I was little I have had a thing for feeling smooth skin especially when it is cold. I shave my legs often so that my skin is smooth.
5. I have an accent. I was born and raised in Portland but i somehow have an accent. People think I am from Alaska, the mid-west, the north-east, or a combination of all three.
6. I could watch Beauty and the Beast for a week straight and not get tired of it, and I did.