Wow!!! What a ride!!!

Well im on the bus home right now and got inspiration to finally write about my time here!! Haha my inspiration came from the fact that here i am about to get on the bus at Hollywood Studios, and off the bus comes my roommate. I was on my way home from work and she was on her way in. Thats the silly stuff that happens here in the Disney College Program. Another thing like that happened just this morning. I got on the bus at Chatham Square (another apartment complex) because i slept over at a friends, when the bus got to Vista Way one of my roommates got on!! Now this doesnt happen often for most cps, im just lucky to have two other roommates who work in the same park as me :) but let me pause to start from the begining:
I arrived in Florida may 14. It was extremely humid and it rained. The next day me and my dad went to magic kingdom and i was pleased to see that my dad could enjoy disney. He loved magic kingdom and said he couldnt wait to take his family there. My greatest memory of that day was when we walked out of Mickeys Philharmonic show and my dad was just like that was amazing!!! I dont know how they did that!! Disney can even amaze adults :)
On wednesday i woke up early and went to checkin where i met my roommates. We got the best apartment. Its not in the front but its super close to the front, the bus stop, both pools, clubhouse, mailroom, and its on the third floor so our living room has vaulted ceilings and a beautiful bay window. Already two of my roommates are gone. The first one left because she went to security to try and get me and another roommate termed. They sent us to a housing meeting and there they decided she would be better off in a different apartment.  Two days later we got a roommate from england, Carolyn. Shes great and is my actual roommate. Not long ago, another roommate of mine got termed for work-related issues. The next day we got another roommate who was already on the program she was just moving apartments. Somehow none of this bothers me that much. I still feel settled in and at home.
Five days a week i don a sunflower apron and straw hat and jump on the E bus to Hollywood Studios where i work on Sunset Blvd. I work in six different locations and could be doing anything from scooping ice cream to selling frankfurters and sausages from inside a boat.  Sunset blvd is supposed to be a Farmers Market that thrived in L.A. during the fortys. It has some wartime touches since its hayday was during the world war.  We are the biggest quickservice area in all of Walt Disney World. Sometimes my job can be trying, but i have made great friends there and the days i get to wear the mickey hand and stand outside to greet the guests are the best. Ive even had people take my picture waving to them!!!!
My name has been a constamt topic of conversation. When your always meeting new people it tends to be. The first couple weeks here i kept hearing from people at work "oh so yoooouuuurrrr Canada." Haha makes you wonder.....sometimes, however i wear a nametag i picked up from costuming that says my name is "Sam". Its fun to wear that one :)
Playing in the parks is definetly the best part about this program. I love going into the parks and feeling like i have all the time in the world.  Hollywood Studios is definetly my favorite.
Well i cant think of anything else but if you want to know anything about my time here just comment below!!!!!

Packing Vlog

Just a silly (can be boring) blog about my packing process.  Sorry it took me so long to post.

Well I arrived in Orlando yesterday and after getting the rental car and heading to the hotel, my dad and I ate dinner at Sizzler's, went to Walmart to go shopping for household items (towels, laundry detergent, etc.), and drove by Vista Way (my new home :)).  I then crashed when we got to the hotel room haha.  Woke up this morning around 8:30am, got ready, ate breakfast at the Ponderosa buffet, and made our way to Magic Kingdom.  Amazing!!!  You have to drive through what I call the "Disney Freeway" to get to the big huge sign that says "Magic Kingdom".  Then there are tons of Transportation cast members that tell you exactly where to park.  Then you board a tram (you don't want to walk, its a mile and a half) that takes you to the ticket and transportation center.  There we picked up our tickets at will call and boarded a ferry boat that took us across a huge lake to the park (yes it's on the other side of a lake and yes that is uber cool.  there is a lot of water in florida....) The day was amazing.  No long lines and we did everything we wanted to.  Even rode space mountain 3 times!!!  It was weird though.  The only way I can explain this park was that it was a mixture of being completely different from disneyland and being exactly the same to a fine detail.  Like pirates was exactly the same just the scenes in the beginning were kinda mixed up. Same with Jungle Cruise.  Tiki Room was shortened somehow.  Splash Mountain had more mini drops.  However, I felt like Peter Pan's Flight was an EXACT replica of that in Disneyland.  It's a Small World was like a mini it's a small world haha.  I went on the Peoplemover and the Carousel of Progress was pretty cool.  It was funny when I went on Space Mountain because since I've been on the one in Disneyland so many times its like my body knows exactly where all the turns and stuff are so when I went on this one, I could feel my body bracing for it to go one way and then it would do something completely different.  There are also a lot more drops on that one.  I also noticed that like EVERY ride has a fast pass.  weird.....

Anyways, great day and I'm really tired and I'm gonna get like no sleep.  It's 1:15am and I have to wake up at 5am to be at Vista at 6am, sucks..... oh well.  Ill post another blog when I have my next vlog about my first few days here!!! (by the way, the whether here is weird.....)

2 weeks to go!!!

well as some of you may know, I leave for florida in 2 weeks!!! I have a feeling this time will go by super fast!!!  I am starting a bucket list for the disney college program so when I finish it I will post it :)

for now, here is a trailer I made while messing around with the mac on my computer :)

I have also started packing and plan on going through my clothes tomorrow :) I'll keep you guys posted.

The formative college years

Well as many of you know my major right now is accounting. I picked that major because im good at it and economically its a good career. However im learning that its not what i really want to be. And theres the problem. I cant just be whatever i want because then i might pick something that doeznt pay or there isnt a demand for.  Here i am living my dream by moving to florida by being in the disney college program and its made me see that i should be living my dream all the time. But ive got to do that one step at a time. And it starts with the program. After that i think, wait for it,  that ill take some culinary classes at delta. Maybe even in san francisco. Yes i think i might go back to my dream of becoming a chef. Eventually i could go to the culinary institute of america and then maybe the disney culinary program and eventually end up at disney :) as a chef! What do you think? And this might almost certainly change and i might change my mind again. But as long as im happy and moving forward i think i will view myself as successful. Im trying to change my view on what that word means and i think it just might be working. :)

I Love the Gaggle

The gaggle is a silly term to describe a wonderful group of friends growing in the facebook group who get eachother but no one else gets them.  There are haters who hope they get terminated in Florida and then there are those who you can tell will be friends for life. 

I am of course talking about the Disney College Program :) I have met an amazing new friend named Bry.  He is a wonderful artist who is selling these cute little envelopes made of recycled old disney books.  He is reserving the set of Jazmine just for me and then I'm gonna buy the Lion King ones.  This way I can send letters home to my family and I encourage you to send them back to me in the same envelope if you are lucky enough to get one :)

I also have found my roommates :).  We agreed that we want to live in a two-bedroom apartment in the
Vista Way apartment complex.  My roommate is Hannah and my suitemates are Miranda and Andrea.  Can't wait for the matcher to open up so we can solidify that arrangement!!! 

I can't tell you how excited I am.  I think this is exactly the jumpstart to my life that I was looking for.  A chance to start over, away from Tracy, make some new friends, gain some new experiences, and come home a completely different person. 

This is going to sound morbid, but the life I live now is not one that makes me happy.  That is why I am changing the direction of it.  This is my dream come true in more ways than one.  I used to love life and I want that love for life and my "get up and go" attitude back.  And anyone who doubts that I can do that is crazy.  That is the life I was meant for.  I was meant to follow my heart, do things on a whim, and love people like there wasn't a tomorrow.  That is exactly what I plan to do and how I plan to live the rest of my life.  See you all on the other side :)

I can't wait

I really just can't wait.

I think it is surreal that in less than 3 months I will be living in Florida.  All alone.  It.....will.....be....great.  I....can't....wait.  I wish it were here right now.  And um I think that's all I have to say.  I'm just waiting....

Spring Cleaning Anyone?

Well last night I started the massive cleaning job that I have to do before May 14, the day of my flight. I have to completely clean out my room, cut down on my stuff, and pack everything up because I probably won't be moving back into this room. 
I started with under my bed.  Which actually wasn't as dirty as I thought it was.  And then today I definetly cleaned out my desk pretty well.  Got a bag of trash ready to go down and the motivation to keep going!!
haha I've also already started packing for florida.  The pile in my room includes: a microplush blanket, a twin sheet set, a belle blanket, a 42 piece set of tupperware, a cute little backpack (for work), a mini presentation board (can't hang stuff on the walls, so pictures), my suitcases, new bathing suit, a couple stuffed animals (2 Donald Ducks, moosey), couple picture frames, and bubble wrap for my xbox 360.  Yes it's alot and I haven't even started on my clothes, but don't worry I can get it there :)
I know I probably shouldn't be starting this early but the way I look at it, I can figure out everything I need to buy now so that I can pay for it while I still have a job haha.  having fun :) and can't wait