Pictures from the Scavenger Hunt! :)

  

A picture of a cannon

 

A picture of our group on a ride

 

A picture of at least two group members on a ride.

(Sarah and Gage!)

 

A picture of a trash can from our assigned land
Frontierland!

 

A hidden Mickey on Big Thunder Mountain!

 

Chinese takeout box.. haha

 

A picture of an animal.

 

Character topiary

 

A picture of our whole team wearing different Mickey Ears

 

A picture of a Cast Member trading with a Guest

(Kelsey)

A picture of the team with a character inside Disneyland

 

A silly group picture.
(Minnie's bodyguards totally photobombed us)

 

A picture of the team with a character inside California Adventure

 

Two Main Street Windows

 

A Mickey Mouse sticker

 

Two Team Members next to an ice cream cart menu board

 

Hidden Mickey again

 

 

Team Frontierland outside the castle

Today for my Blended Learning class for the College Program, we had to do a scavenger hunt in the Park. We went to DCA (California Adventure) first and we were looking for a character for our group to take a picture with. We saw Minnie and half of us rant over to her, beating out a bunch of little kids who wanted to get a picture with her. We got a picture with her and her autograph ("Love and kisses, Minnie Mouse") and then I got a picture with her on my own. I love Minnie she's so freaking cute. I think she's probably my favorite Disney character. I love Daisy too. She's sassy. haha

:(

Remember how excited I was for my family to come up and to get my brother into Disneyland for his birthday? Welp, looks like that's not happening. They have to get their bumper replaced or whatever, and so they can't come up here. This is why I hate looking forward to things. They never work out right, and you end up disappointed. I wanted to give my brother a good birthday. More importantly, I wanted to SEE him and my family. Apparently that's too much to ask for.

Spaghetti Smells Like Home

The Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios was so much fun! So worth the money! The only downside was the ridiculously long lines we had to suffer through, but we still had fun. :)

Keeping up with work, school, sleep, and a social life is something I'm definitely not used to and I'm doing my best. Anthropology is  managing to suffer, though, but that's because all I have to do for that class is to watch boring lectures online, fill in a few blanks on the notes, and then take a test every now and then. So our grades are based off the tests and it's harder to concentrate on because there's not a lot of stuff you have to remember to do for the class. I seem to be doing well in Philosophy, though. If Anthropology was set up like that class, I'd probably be doing better and/ or be more motivated to, I don't know, try.

Having an actual social life is weird for me. I still don't have a large group of friends here (which I'm content with); I just usually hang out with my roommates, Ashlynn (who I work with), or my boyfriend and occasionally his friends.

Yeah, I have a boyfriend now. His name's Josh, and he's a really great guy. :) January is going to suck if we make it that far. One day at a time, though.

I'm so excited! In just a couple of weeks, my mom is bringing down my brothers and sister for my brother's 16th birthday! None of my siblings have ever been to Disneyland before, and I'm excited to introduce it to them!! I miss them so much, and I can't wait to see them! October 27th can't get here fast enough! The lines are going to suck because it's the Saturday before Halloween, but it'll be worth it, I think. I'm going to get them all "First Visit" buttons and a birthday button for Thaddeus. I don't care if he doesn't want to wear it. You're never too old for Disneyland traditions. And I'm going to make Katerina do the Star Wars show where she'll be a Youngling and I'll live vicariously through her. =D

I just talked to my family for a while on the phone because my roommate was cooking homemade spaghetti and it made me homesick. I love talking to my family, and I know I don't do it nearly enough. Thaddeus always makes me laugh. He also wanted to make sure he was going to get a Happy Birthday button like Katerina did, which is good that he was excited about it, because I was going to make him wear it whether he wanted to or not. xD I should have known that he'd want to, though! :)

Okay, so this post has taken probably three hours to write because I took breaks to talk on the phone with various family members. Two very long phone calls! haha

Until next time! I love and miss you all!

It's October Already!!

I know, I know, I haven't posted in quite a while. I've been spending a lot of time with, a guy I work with, and that's been taking up most of my free time. School's been taking up the other time.

Work's been pretty much same old, same old. Well, except my register was apparently $20 short one day and they noticed it the next day, but another cashier was $20 over, so maybe it somehow got left in a register? And the next day I was exactly $10 short. It's really been stressing me out. I don't want them to think I've been stealing or something. They've been giving me more and more hours recently, though, compared with a week or so ago when I literally only had four-hour shifts. Now this extra workload is appreciated, because that paycheck sucked, but it's also hitting me a little harder than I'd like. I also just worked 9 straight days without a day off, so I'm a bit tired.

We started our class for the College Program. I'm taking Blended Learning Series with Ashlynn, Sarah, and Gage, so it's nice to know that I know someone in the class (and can get rides...), especially since I have to get up at 6:30 in the morning.
I had class today and it's my day off, so it was a bit annoying that I couldn't sleep in, but it's okay. At least I don't really have anything that I desperately need to do (well, except for homework and laundry...), so I can relax. I'll get that other stuff done.

Tomorrow, I'm going to Hollywood Horror Nights at Universal Studios with Josh and Jon. I'm really excited for it. I wasn't going to go because of the ticket price, but those jerks are awfully convincing and offered to cover it. I'm going to get cash out for it later today so I can cover it.
I'm excited to see how it compares with Fright Dome. I went last year, and it was good, but I know it could have been better. Jon says that Universal does a really good job, so I'm really stoked to see how it is.

I've also noticed that I comment a lot on movies as I watch them. I apologize if this has annoyed any of you.

Alright, I'll try to update soon. I'll try to let you know how Universal was.

Pizza Port Costume

Hello there! Did I forget to post on Monday/ Tuesday? Oopsies.
Sarah, Gage, and I went to the beach on Monday, so that's my excuse for that. As for yesterday.... Well, I just forgot. Sorry. I'm really trying to get better.

The other day, I had a short shift and I only worked from 11am to 3:30pm and I was totally okay with that because I wasn't feeling well. Then, another cashier came up to me and asked me what time I worked. I told her and she asked me if I'd switch end times with her and work till 6:30 instead. I have no idea why I said yes. Seriously, I don't. I'm far too compliant. And even though I didn't feel well, I would have felt terrible about saying no. So, I sucked it up and worked a little longer, cursing myself the whole time.

So yeah, the beach. That was fun! When we were there, a seal swam right up to Gage and me! It was so incredible!! Even though I did wear sunscreen I got a teensy bit burned, but it was gone by the next day and replaced by this deep tan. Sarah and Gage keep joking that I'm getting darker by the minute. It's even funnier because when we first left the beach, I didn't look like the sun affected me at all. Then I had a burn. Then this tan. haha

Oh, here's a picture of my Pizza Port costume:

Which one do you guys like better?

I swear the only kind of futuristic they are is from the 90s. Haha
Well, I've got to finish getting ready for work. If you guys have any questions about the program, comment or something. =D I'll try to post more consistently and more often.

Last Day at TLT!

So much for posting more... Dang it, I need to set a schedule for myself. Otherwise I'll forget to post and forget to write about things that I wanted to talk about.

Anyway, today was my last day at Tomorrowland Terrace. Redd Rockett's Pizza Port is open tomorrow, so I'll be back there unless they randomly schedule me at TLT in the future. It's a possibility, since I'm trained there now. I keep forgetting to take a picture of myself in costume so that you guys can see it, but I remembered to take one this morning.

Here's my costume for Tomorrowland Terrace:

My hand was shaky, so I had to hold it with both hands. But yeah, that's what I have to wear every day. I can't decide which I like better: TLT's or Pizza Port's costume. I'll let you be the judge of that when I get around to posting a picture of that one. I don't have a picture of it, otherwise I'd post it now. Be kind, people. Clearly it was the '80s or '90s when these costumes were designed. I can't see any future where these might be worn.

Everyone keeps telling me that I'll miss TLT when I'm back at Pizza Port. I guess we'll see, So far, I'm not sure. I definitely like closing shifts better at Pizza Port; it's easier. All you have to do is put away the snacks and displays, clean your register, take out the trash and make sure the lost and found gets taken to the proper place. At TLT, there's so much to remember to do. You have to clean EVERYTHING and take apart the drink cells and clean every little bit of it. Plus there's trash, wipe downs, and a hundred other things I'm always afraid I'm going to forget.

I've gotten better at counting out and building my $300 fund. You're supposed to get it all done in 20 minutes, but waiting for Leads to let you buy change, count your fund, and verify your money almost makes it impossible to get it done in the allotted time. I got mine done in 30 today, though! I felt very proud of myself. And my drawer was perfect. I wasn't over or short any money.

A few days ago, I lost an EDC (which, for those of you who don't know, is that little receipt that sometimes prints out after you do a credit/debit transaction that the cashier keeps. Sometimes you sign it. It helps the store keep track of the money.). It's really bad if you lose one. I had to fill out a statement and then I got coached by the manager. All it was was them telling me to be more careful and that I can't be over or under more than $10. Getting coached sounds so much scarier than it actually is. I'm sure it's a lot scarier if you're in serious trouble, though. I really don't want to find out.

People have been a lot nicer than they seemed when I first got to TLT, so I might miss some of them. There were more College Program participants, so that helped me feel not so alone and there were some regular Cast Members who are really nice that I'll probably miss talking to. I was talking to a guy named Robert (he has a twin brother who's 7 minutes older than him-- something we have in common! haha) and he was telling me that I should see the Southern California sights before I leave. He was telling me I should go to other theme parks and the beach and to see an Angels game (the stadium's not too far away! I saw it with Peggy when she brought me!) and to go to the San Diego zoo. It sounds like I've got all my days off planned already! haha

I forgot to post a picture of my official Disneyland name tag and Cast Member I.D!

Well, I think that's it for the updates, from what I can think of.. I'm going to try to update on Monday or Tuesday, since those are my regular days off now. Sarah, Gage, and I might go to the beach on Monday. I hope we do!