Reflections

I feel like I have a lot to say but everytime I sit down to write about it I have too many thoughts and I get overwhelmed and I stop. We leave in 44 days. I'm sad and excited all at the same time. I'm sad to leave Orlando. I have really built a life here and I'm enjoying it quite a bit. I am also really excited for my trip home. Derrek and I have a really fabulous trip home planned that starts in Bermuda. I can't even tell you how much I enjoyed booking a one way place ticket to Bermuda! It was really really fun (i just pretended that I wasn't going back to Canada from there). From there we head to Nova Scotia and then bus our way back to BC. It will be amazing and I'm really looking forward to seeing a lot of old friends that I haven't seen in a long time. I also really don't want to have to pack up all my stuff and ship a bunch of it home. I'm certain it will cost an arm and a leg. However there's always something to look forward to and I've had such an amazing time here, I'm ready to move onto the next adventure. The people that I'm really close to will stay in my life, that's kind of the way it goes.

 

I love thunder and lightning. There's a crazy storm going on outside right now and I had to go stand outside for a bit and just watch it. I find it so soothing and even at 9pm, it's still very hot and humid outside. The lightning is mesmerizing.

 

I know I've talked about how the American news broadcasts are terrifying. Well that hasn't changed. A perfect example of crazy American news is the Casey Anthony trial. I had never really heard of this woman before we came to the states. Here its all over the news all the time. It doesn't help that she's from Orlando, so it's extra big news here. What blew me away is that they actually had media coverage of the jury selections. JURY SELECTIONS!!! Not just the trial, that part I understand, but selecting the jury?? Really? They were having a huge problem finding people that were impartial enough to be a part of the jury because the media covereage has been so extensive for so long. It's been a big joke around DAKL that they should have some International College Program students go be on the jury because we have no idea who this woman is. Very interesting.

Late

It is very late and I've just finished some homework and I'm about to drift off to sleep, but I did want to share with you a photo of us on our cruise ship because I know you've been dying to see one! What, you haven't? Too bad, you're seeing it anyway!

Aren't we precious!! So much fun!

Taking Care of Business

I can't believe we leave Orlando in 53 days!! It's gone by so fast. This last month is just going to fly by, I can already tell. I'm on break at work, and as per usual, I've commandeered our GSO's secretary's desk and I'm working on my laptop. I'm actually really enjoying our online marketing class. We watch a lot of videos and read articles from top movers and shakers in the advertising world and I'm really learning a lot more than I expected. I really enjoy marketing, it's such a fascinating topic. I also love doing my homework at work. I get a lot done on my hour break, instead of staring into space in the lunchroom, and I find when I sit at the secretary's desk, people stop and talk to me. I was doing a leadership assignment the other day and one of our Guest Service Managers sat down with me and started talking about leadership and how each leadership type can be related to a Disney Villain. It was really interesting. Plus the secretary has a lot of cool random Disney stuff on her desk that I like to play with. Ok, back to work!! Only a half hour left of my homework time, I mean break!

P.S. You may have noticed that on a few of my posts as of late, the photos have been a little wonky, I'm fixing them I promise. This is because I had to stop using my blackberry (I melted it. Seriously, I left it in the sun, and it melted. Sorry, I'm Canadian, I'm not used to living anywhere that's so hot it melts electronics) and am on my iphone, which I've put a really cool blogging app on, but I'm still trying to fine tune my posting processes. Bear with me!

Disney Guests

I think I might have forgotten to mention the super amazing guests we had last week. They were wonderful! They were here for a week and I met them the very first day they were here.

Background info you need to know: in the concierge lounge we have little windows that we can open that allow us to change the buffet food from within the kitchen. Everytime I open them I feel like Belle from Beauty and the Beast in her opening song when she opens the shutters and sings.

Anyhow. I first met this family because I was cleaning up the lounge and singing quietly. Of course it was a Disney song. Well the little girl (11 years old) heard me and joined in. So We sang the rest of the song together and were pretty much best friends after that. So I told the whole family about how I feel like Belle sometimes. So every day after that, they would come in for dinner time snacks and knock on the little doors and I would open them and sing Belle's song to them. And the girls would song along. I saw them probably twice a day while they were here and got to really chat with them and make friends. The funniest thing happened when the girls knocked on the window when I wasn't there and To the cast member that opened it, said 'bonjour!'. My co-worker was so confused. Too funny. I had a blast with that family!! The things that happen at Disney are really amazing!!
 

Nassau

So it's day 2 of our Norwegian Cruise experience. I'm still loving it! This experience is solidifying my desire to work a term on a cruise line. We had so much fun at the White Party last night. There was dancing and ice sculptures and I think I'd be an excellent activities director!!! Id also just like to mention how fabulous the gym facilities are. All the cardio equipment have tv's on them (I watched Pirates of the Caribbean last night while bicycling) and massive windows so you can see the ocean. There's also a driving range, ping pong tables and a basketball court. In fact I'm going to go practice my golf swing right now!!
Moral of the story is that I don't want to get off this boat!! We were on the island of Nassau today, it was amazing! So beautiful. There's an amazing resort there called Atlantis that we wandered through, GORGEOUS!! I love the world, there's so many amazing things to see!!
 

Great Stirrup Cay

So night 1 on the cruise has passed. We made it to Miami with great success its so nice to be out of orlando. A few days off will be lovely. Our ship is massive!! It's so crazy how many decks and people and activities are inboard. Night 1 was lovely. There was a sail away party on deck 11, with DJ's and dancing and whatnot. We hangout on some deck chairs and suntanned and enjoyed the beginning of our mini vacation. This is my first cruise. Everyone always talks about the food but you really don't understand until you are here. There is so much food everywhere all the time!! And really good food too!! There's fresh fruit and veggies everywhere!! It's amazing and so nice to have that kind of stuff for once. Today we took a boat to Great Stirrup Cay! Its NCL's private island and it's lovely. The girls got some snorkel gear and went snorkeling. I swam along with them but didn't get snorkel stuff. I also fell asleep with my hand on my stomach in the sun and have a hand tan print on my tummy. Seriously. Epic fail. They had a massive BBQ on the island for us for lunch, again, so delicious! I'm currently back on the little boat headed back to the ship so I can go to the gym. There's absolutely no cell service here, which is a fabulous idea but I'm not sure when I'm going to get a chance to post this. No worries, I'm on vacation. The water here is amazing, so blue and warm. I spent a majority of my day just swimming around. I love water, I could swim forever. Tonight we want to play bingo and go to a dance party they are putting on. Should be fun. 

Road Trip!!

So I'm headed off on a cruise with 3 of the South African savanna guides! Very exciting! It's a Norweigan cruise line ship for 3 nights to the Bahamas!! One of the other girls is driving and the first question she asked was 'what side of the road am I driving on again?'. But so far so good! Stay tuned for photos!!