A week ago today

i was checking into my college program here at disney. Let's have a recap, shall we?

I've had one day of training in my uniform, and two days out. I learned I was working next to the Pirates of the Caribbean and The Swiss Family Robinson tree house. I will be covering all aspects of the Jungle Cruise ride from greeting people as they get in line to doing the spiel on the boat during the ride. I get to wear a "safari" outfit complete with hat and a leopard-spot hat band. I've learned how to drive the boats and I'm combing through the "script" with all its variations to see what I want to say on the boat.

The roommate situation is much better. Thank you for all the prayers on that front. My roommates, I think, have seen that I don't cuss and I am a serious Christian, so they haven't cussed as much around me as they did the first day. I debated whether or not to go to church yesterday and I'm glad I did because now they can see I am serious about my faith.

This past weekend I got to re-connect with some people I hung out with at my church back in South Carolina. It was great to see them all again. I got to go on several rides and see the fireworks show at Epcot. Fun stuff.

Today is a relaxing sort of day and I finally finished filling out my application for health insurance. I'm also meeting some people at Magic Kingdom to go on some rides for the day. But I also have to get a few more things at Wal-mart.

Biggest blessing is having a Christian friend here, going through the program with me. Her name is Quezia (pronounced Kez-ia) Lourenco and she was the one who recommended we go to St. Andrews Presbyterian Church yesterday. It was an amazing service, but I'm veering from topic. We talked about and agreed that it is so comforting to have a friend here who believes in the same thing. No matter how much I love my roommates, we still have completely opposing world views. So when Quez and I see each other, it is like a breath of fresh air.

A few frustrations. Hmm. The bus system. On Saturday which was my first day in costume, I made it to my bus stop on time, but there were so many people already on my bus either going to work or going to the Traditions class that even though the bus was packed like a can of sardines, about ten of us couldn't fit on it. So the bus driver recruited another bus to take us to where we needed to go. Unfortunately, the recruit didn't know where he was going and after getting lost three times (one of which he went the wrong way on I-4) and after asking directions from bus drivers three different times, he got directions from another college intern to get us to where we needed to go eight minutes late. When you clock in late at Disney World, you get a half point deducted. And so on my first day I had a half point off of my record. Not good. Fortunately, after I explained the situation to my trainer and then I explained it to my manager, that half point was taken off. I'm riding the free bus system here just to save on gas and to make myself stick to a strict schedule.

Now for an explanation. The reason I haven't posted anything in a few days is because it takes a while for me to write things down and I've been getting into the apartment at midnight or later for the past couple of night and gone straight to bed.

Anywho, I'll try to write something before Friday and if not, then on Friday which is the day of my assessment when I "earn my ears".

Until then,

Posted by Fae at August 17, 2009 01:08 PM