more catch up

I just discovered that I haven't actually explained some things on this blog that some people don't know about like what the St. Andrews Church is like when I've been telling everyone that I already wrote about it. I guess I just explained it several times on the phone so I thought I wrote it all down.

The church is Presbyterian so it follows those traditions. If you know what they are like, you can fill in the details I don't say. I sit near the front every Sunday so I get a great view of the pulpit, choir loft, etc. The service starts with a Prelude where the lights are dimmed, the musicians play some classical pieces and the congregation is encouraged to be silent and prepare their hearts for the service. Fifteen minutes of this then the choir sings in the back some very classical choral piece with a somewhat Gregorian chant feel. Then we sing a hymn, a prayer, a hymn, offertory, prayer, message, prayer, and ending hymn. The entire service is reverent and peaceful and calm and wonderful. They've been meeting in the new building for about a month and a half or so, so it still has a very new feeling to it. It is modeled after Calvin's church way back when. The acoustics in the place are *amazing* and I LOVE it!!!!

Here's a further explanation of my work day. I get to sleep in most mornings until 9am or later, then I usually close at work which means 10:45pm or later depending on when the park closes. The bus ride back takes about an hour and I get home at midnight or later. I'm totally a night person, but working late means I stay up late which I love, but hate all at the same time. I would like to work a regular job where I work and then get off and have time to do errands and etc. before I go to bed. But, oh well.

When I get to work and all day at work I'm sweating and drinking water and sweating some more. I'm outside all day, so I wear my jungle hat to keep the sun off my face and then at night I sling it around my back so the guests on the boat can see my face with a light shining on it. At night, because I've been sweating all day, I get eaten alive if I forget to put on bug spray. I still have marks on my legs from the first night I worked and that was several weeks ago. At work I switch back and forth between a land position and driving a boat. I *love* working the boats because then the day seems to fly by. I'm trying to enjoy the land positions and I think I've figured out how to fill in my time in the lulls. I make frogs. Let me explain, on one of the first nights I worked and the ride was down due to lightning in the area (Jungle Cruise is an outdoor attraction on metal boats. We *have* to close down with any hint of lightning) and one of the girls taught the newbies how to fold frogs. Now I fold frogs during the lull and for the kids who come to the ride. I show them how to make them jump and give the paper frog to the kids. They love it. So I'm planning on doing it a lot more.

Umm, let me see if there are any other things I've left out. If you want to talk to me, call my cellphone or text. My email is spotty because the internet has not worked properly since the day we got here. Right now I'm bumming off someone else's wireless internet. So I don't check my email regularly or update Facebook or get on here to post.

If you want to know about something and it is not on this blog, let me know. I would be more than happy to explain in more detail about things that are going on here. There is a comment bar down at the bottom and if you want me to email you personally, let me know in the comment. I receive your comment with your email to my personal email address.

So a recent frustration is that I want to cook things, and I've tried to cook some things without calling my mom, but they did not turn out too well. And I figured out why: I don't know the basics. I don't know how to cook corn or potatoes or rice without looking at directions. I love my mamma's cooking, but I haven't had a chance to start cooking for myself till now without her around and I don't know the simple basics I need to be able to do the flavor combinations that I love.

Recent blessing is that the guy who God used to put the idea of working at Disney into my mind (his name is Tory Almond for those who are wondering) is coming down this weekend for Night of Joy and I'm stoked. Stoked that I've got a Christian friend coming down, stoked I'm finally going to a CCM concert for the first time since Jr High, stoked I get to hang with someone who's been here before, stoked that someone I know will be riding on my boat. ^_^

Anywho, I'm getting off now cause it's really late. Another :) for the road

:D

Posted by Fae at September 10, 2009 01:28 AM