Swimming and Shopping

This morning I got up and bummed around for a bit. Then Brandon and I went back to the Poly and laid around the pool there for a bit. Then we walked on the beach area, but it got super hot so we left. Plus, we had to get to work. So when we got to West Clock, we dropped by costuming. I ordered a new name tag. I got one with Franklin, Tennessee on it. I was sick of people asking me what part of Kentucky I was from. I had some time to kill before I had to clock in so I went and walked the land. Brandon met up with me in Liberty Square and we headed over to Thunder. Brandon new someone working so we got some re-ads. We jumped on Thunder, but then Brandon had to go to work. So I walked over to Splash to see if Adam was working. And he was. He was standing outside the entrance. So I chatted with him for a bit, but then I eventually had to head to work. 

Work was pretty normal. Nothing too exciting. There were not any exciting stories from today, but we seemed a little slow. There always seemed to be chairs open, which is weird. 

Same and I ERed and headed to the Florida Mall. Sam wanted to see if she could find something to wear to formal tomorrow. She ended up getting a dress from American Eagle. We swung by Publix on the way back. Sam got some Hamburger Helper, but I had to teach her how to cook it haha. 

Back to Florida

I got up this morning and finished packing. Mom and I went over to Providence so I could go to the bank finally. Then we ran into New York and Company and I got a few new clothes. Then we went and ate Panera because Mom and had never been there. It was pretty good. Then we just walked around Target and Dick’s looking for some fun pool stuff, but we didn’t find any. Then we had to leave so I could get to the airport to catch my flight. I made it and just hung out in the airport because I made it through security in record time. The flight was good. 

Brandon picked me up from the airport and headed back to Patterson. I dropped my stuff off and then I went and met his new roommates and new apartment. One of them has a high school musical pillow and bed spread. That was interesting. Then we took one of his friends to Verizon so she could get a new phone charger. Apparently, Verizon had sent her the wrong one or something. We got back and I changed into some jeans because it was getting cool outside. 

Brandon and I then went and ate at Captain Cook's at the Poly. It was pretty good. Then we just walked around the resort. It really is a pretty resort. Then we just headed back to the apartment and that was pretty much it. 

Main Street Festival

I got up the next morning and just laid around the house for a bit. We had another squirrel in the trap so we had to deport another. Then I got my stuff together and Dad took me over to Memi’s. I met mom there and then all three of us headed over to the Main Street Festival.

I love the Main Street Festival. I didn’t make it to the carnival this year, but we got to walk around to all the booths. I got some roasted corn, which is always amazing. I could have eaten that all day. I also got a cute little frame that says Disney Memories, which I think I will be able to put to good use. A lot of the same crafts people were there again this year. There were a lot of photography and jewelry booths. After we walked around for a couple hours, we went and dropped Memi off at her house. She made us some chicken, carrots and potato salad! YUM! I have missed potato salad. After we ate, Mom and I headed home.

Duane was there with Matt when we got home. We ended up just doing some work around the pool. I helped mom pressure wash the deck a little bit and put together a torch. Then Duane and Matt decided to go fishing off the dock. Duane caught a fish and came up to show us. He put it on the ground for the pups to see. They were freaking out and really didn’t know what to make of it. Then somehow the fish got off the hook so Duane had to come in the pool fence to get it. Well once he picked it up, it got free of his hand and went right into the pool. So we had a fish swimming in the pool. It was pretty hilarious. The hard part was getting him out because of course he is in the deep end, which is 8 feet deep so it was hard to get the net down there. After some teamwork, we finally got the fish out.

After that excitement, we just sat out on the swing by the pool. I had to go in pretty soon because I couldn’t stop sneezing because of my allergies. I must say that that is one thing that I don’t miss about Tennessee – thanks Dad. We just relaxed the rest of the night.

Baseball and Chuck E. Cheese

I got Nate up this morning and we headed to Exit 112 to meet Dad. We said we would be there at 10:45, but of course neither of us were there until 11. After saying goodbye to Nate, I hopped in the car with Dad and headed to Smyrna for Devin’s baseball game. He is too cute. I was put on picture duty because Dad hasn’t been able to take any because he is helping coaching. Devin did really well. He has improved so much since I last saw him play. His team ended up winning 21-10. They have only lost 2 games this season and those loses came from teams who are still undefeated. I guess I am not a curse this year. Last season every game I went to they lost. So I guess that is a good thing.

After the game, I rode back with Jenney to their house so I could use their internet. I had to upload the character pictures that somehow didn’t do that correctly last night. Then I also gave Mikayla her Jasmine outfit. She looked so cute!!! I also gave them their Mickey ears and posters that Jess made for them. Then I did Mikayla’s hair into a Fairytale, which actually didn’t look that bad considering she wouldn’t let me brush her hair, I had almost no gel, no hair pins, just bobby pins, and no tiara. Dad and Pam met us over there and then we all headed to Chuck E. Cheese.

Oh Chuck E. Cheese. While I see the appeal to kids for parents it is hell and I promptly apologized to Dad for ever making him have a birthday party there. It was pretty entertaining though. I won Devin and Mikayla a ton of tickets from the machine where you try and knock the tokens off of the edge. That is totally my game. I think it has to do with all the practice from playing in the arcade with Jenny in the Greenwood Mall haha. But Mikayla opened her presents and ate cake and ran around like a crazy child. Dad and I sat around and played a few rounds of Deal or No Deal and keeping an eye on the NFL Draft. I can’t believe Matthew Stafford went to Detroit for $78 million. Geez. That is not going to help his ego at all.

After Chuck E. Cheese, we stopped by Walgreens to get my pictures and then headed back to Jenney and Mike’s so I could give Devin and Mikayla their books. They loved them. They also got really excited knowing that when they came back to Disney World they could fill up the rest of their books. They also thought that it was super cool that I worked for Mickey Mouse and the Fairy Godmother. Devin told me to tell her thank you for letting me come home haha. After they looked through the books, we all just headed home.

Once we got home, Dad told me they had squirrels in the attic so they had set up a trap. When we got home there was one in the trap. So Dad and I deported him to the other side of Concord Road in the hopes that if her wanted to come back he would have to make it across the road alive and that probably wasn’t going to happen. The whole thing was quite funny because Dad had his gun and he poked the cage open, but the little baby squirrel didn’t quite grasp the idea that he was free so we pretty much had to dump him out of the cage and then he ran off into the woods. 

TUG!!!

I got up early and went to the office with Mom. It was nice to see everyone. Mom also had to tell everyone in the office about the engagement because they didn’t tell anybody because they wanted to talk to me in person first. Then we left to go meet Nate at the Tennessee/Kentucky Boarder. We ended up meeting at exit 2 because Nate got pulled over, but luckily he didn’t get a ticket. Mom and I said bye and then Nate and I made our way to Bowling Green. We stopped at Nate’s house and I dropped off my stuff and Nate took a quick shower. I got to see Cypher, which is exciting. Then we went out to Kyoto’s, which I have been craving ever since I left. It was amazing as usual!

After lunch, Nate dropped me off at the Ag Farm for tug. It was fun surprising people. A lot of people were like “What the hell are you doing here?” Then some people are just dumb and asked why I wasn’t pulling. I mean come on I have been gone all semester, but I would have been out there if they would let me. I must say that Meagan Jacoby had the best reaction. Screaming and then almost falling out the truck bed definitely wins haha. I also finally got my little trophy certificate thing from winning the Pike Individual Tug last fall. It had been at the ADPi house or something, but whatever.

They did it a little differently this year. They did all the guys first round pulls first and then girls rather then alternate. AGR pulled Pike first and full pulled them. In the end Delt, Sig Ep, Farm House, Fiji all advanced to the next round in addition to SAE, who surprisingly beat Kappa Sig. Then it was the girl turn. And wouldn’t you know that ADPi pulled KD first. We lost, but we lasted a full 3 minutes. The last time someone pulled for a full 3 minutes against KD was my freshman year in the Championship. So that is an accomplishment. Then OPA beat Chi O and Phi Mu and Alpha Gam also advanced.

The next round of the guys Farm House pulled AGR. It was intense, but AGR full pulled Farm House. Everyone was going nuts! It was pretty awesome. In the championship it was Sig Ep and Agr. AGR won of course, but Sig Ep put a good fight. Fiji got third, which is awesome for them because it was their first Greek Week.

In the next round for the girls, OPA pulled KD and lost in 2 minutes and 45 seconds – so they did pretty good as well. They ended up beating Alpha Gam for 3^rd. Then the Championship was KD and Phi Mu. This pull was a joke. KD full pulled Phi Mu in 20 seconds. It just sucks because the championship would have been totally different had the brackets been different. I mean come on KD, ADPi, OPA and Chi O in one bracket? Those are always the stronger teams – or at least they have been in the last few years.

After the excitement of tug, I went over to Jenny’s and saw Padfoot! I was so excited. Plus, she really liked her Mickey chew toys. I jumped in the shower over there because I just walked around barefoot at the farm so basically everything from my knees down was covered in mud. Then I went back over to Nate’s and got a change of clothes. I also took Molly’s car back to her. I had driven it home from tug. Then Jenny and I got ready and Laura picked us up and we headed over to the Ag Pavilion/Blue Dome or whatever it is called for the Delt Goldfish Party. It turned out that someone had called PETA on them so no one was actually allowed to eat any of the 2,000 goldfish this year. Darn. I hung out with Lucas and Meagan, Katie and Audra finally showed up in addition to Molly and Celeste. It was a good time, but then I headed back to Jenny’s. Then Jenny dropped me off at Nate’s. I ended up sleeping in Hunter’s bed because he, Zach, and Ashton were all not there. Go figure. I slept pretty well considering right before I went to bed Nate told me to make sure I check Hunter’s bed for spiders – great. Thankfully, I didn’t find any. 

New Clothes and New Hair

Today Mom and I got up and headed over to the outlet mall. We hit up Coach, where mom bought some wristlets to use while at Disney. We also went to a shoe store and I finally got my pair of Sperry’s!! YAY! I also got a really cute pair of sandals. We also went to Dress Barn, which I had always thought was a bit old lady, but I found three really cute dresses in there. Then we had to leave so I could go get my hair cut at Marilyn’s. Of course that was a 2 and half hour affair, which is a bit ridiculous. After cutting it, she had one of her assistants put my hair up in a dancer’s ponytail with a bump. I don’t think it looked all that fabulous, but whatever.

We then had to rush home and get ready for dinner. We picked Memi up and then headed over to Sperry’s. Mom and Duane had to tell Memi about their engagement, which could have been really good or really bad. It turned out really well so that is always a plus. We had a good dinner and I got to pick the dessert since I was the birthday girl! Then we went and dropped Memi off and headed home. I tried to make it an early night since I had a big day the next day, but it really didn’t work out that well.

Home James

I got up and worked an early shift. Anne was nice enough to trade me for my afternoon shift so I could catch my plane home. I got off at 1:30. I was planning on staying in the parks and playing with Chelsey for her birthday, but I realized that I had a lot to do. I did go see the Tremanes in the park before I left. I went to Cast Connection and Property Control. I also went and got new costumes. Then I went over to Epcot to work on my diversity abroad scholarship. I videotaped people from all the different countries I could find. I had them say their name and where they were from. I ended up with Puerto Rico, Morocco, France, UK, Italy, South Africa, Jamaica, Botswana, Mexico, Canada, Norway and Germany. I also got to meet the Beast while I was there. I finished with enough time to run over to Hollywood Studios. Swinney had called me and needed a new antennae ball and wouldn’t you know that they don’t have them at Epcot. So I went to Hollywood Studios and got that and also ran to the animation studio because it was around 5 o’clock. There were not any new characters out though so I left.

I got back to the apartment and grabbed the last few things I needed for home. Then Brian took me to the airport. My flight was delayed 20 minutes, which kind of sucked, but it wasn’t too bad.

Mom picked me up with the puppies so that was exciting. She also had some exciting news for me. MOM AND DUANE ARE ENGAGED!!! Apparently when Duane asked she said he had to ask me first haha. But I am happy for them. We just headed home and chilled out. I opened a few birthday presents. Mom got me this beautiful pearl earring and necklace set. We basically just caught up for the rest of the night and then went to sleep. It was nice to have a real big bed to spread out in and puppies to snuggle with!!

Oooh Zac Efron....

I got up this morning and started packing for the trip tomorrow. I had to go to work around 2. It was a pretty boring day at work. I didn't have very many princesses. I pretty much avoided the chairs as much as I could. I was kind of tired, but after work we all met up at Downtown Disney to go see 17 Again. Adam also ended up meeting us down there even though he was the only guy there. I think secretly he wanted to see the movie and I was just giving him an excuse haha. I LOVED the movie, but it could have been because of the beautiful Zac Efron, but it actually had some pretty funny parts. 

After the movie, Adam and I just walked around Downtown Disney and looked at the new balloon attraction thing there. It is the highest attraction on Disney property. It takes people 400 feet up into the air and then comes back down again. Apparently the whole thing lasts about 20 minutes. It would be neat to do, but it would be slightly terrifying. 

An Uneventful Day

I had to drag myself out of bed around 10:45. I had every intention of getting up and getting an oil change, but needless to say that did not happen. I ended up getting up and just taking a shower and cooking some food to take to work. 

I went up at 1:45 and got my first princess. I felt really awkward because she clearly had some medical condition, but I really didn't know what. She was the cutest thing ever. She had no hair and got a diva, which is good I guess because a fairy tale would have been awful - especially since she wouldn't sit still. The time passed pretty quickly surprisingly. I had a cute princess who was half Brazilian and half British. She was the cutest thing. She just wanted to be Cinderella. I also had a few princesses from Texas. I got pulled up to podium for a bit, which is always a good way to kill the time. 

I got an ER about 30 minutes early and headed back to the apartment. It really wasn't all that exciting. I am now watching Two Weeks Notice and then I will probably hit the hay.

All I Want For Christmas....

Work came so early this morning! I had to be there at 7:30. I started the morning filling the pink and blue nail polishes - woo hoo. Since it was sooo busy last night none of the tasks got done so we had even more work to do in the morning. I had mostly fairy tales today which is nice. I had one princess who was precious. When she walked up she said "I asked Mom for a Fairy Godmother for Christmas, but she couldn't find one." I said, "Sorry I'm late Princess!" It was too cute. She also had the best reaction of the day. It's one of those things you have to see, but it was adorable. 

I got off work at 1:30 and waited for Ebonee to get off at 2. Then we went to Epcot. We had every intention of meeting the Beast in France, but Ebonee had never met Mulan so we met her instead. Brian met us over there. We walked around Epcot and got in line for Test Track, but then decided to go to Hollywood Studios instead. Brian and I rode Tower of Terror, while Ebonee went to the animation studio. I looked for my hidden mickey, but I couldn't find it. It could have been in the other room though. 

We met Ebonee at the animation studio. We got to meet Friar Tuck, The Sheriff of Nottingham, Prince John, and Max. There were more characters out, but those were the only new ones. It was fun because there weren't any other people there so we just played with the characters. We had a mini photo shoot with Chip and Dale which was so fun. Also the Sheriff and Prince John attacked Ebonee. Apparently they remembered her from the day before haha. It was super fun. Brian and I then went and rode Rockin' Roller Coaster and Ebonee decided to head home. 

Afterward, Brian and I decided to get some food at DTD at Earl of Sandwich, which is always delicious. We ran into Ebonee's roomie Meghan. So we sat and ate and chatted with her. We then just walked around DTD. We ended up jumping in the cupid shuffle for a bit. It was nice just walking around. We also saw this awesome saxophone player. He was playing pop music and it was so neat! 

We came back to Patterson and went up to Ebonee's. Laura was there with some of her Colombian friends and they were cooking food and trying to teach us spanish, but it really wasn't working all that well. I called a night and I am now currently watching Miss Congeniality before bed!

Walk Out

I took Ebonee's shift so I worked from 8-7:45 today. It was absolute craziness. I didn't even have the last princess and I left at 7:48. We got so behind it was ridiculous. I did pretty much all fairy tales, which is nice and thank goodness the last one was one. The mom thought she wanted the diva, but she chose the fairy tale. The managers were crazy. I would walk back to wash my hands and I would be yelled out to get back out on the floor. One actually pushed a FGIT from backstage still drying her hands to a chair. So stupid. Other then being ridiculously behind, I did have one huge bummer. I had my first walk out today. The girl was 11 and from Ontario and they were staying at the All Star Movies in 101 Dalmatians. They tipped me and then I took them to cash wrap and he stood there and started taking his wallet out so I left and washed my hands. When I came back they asked me where they went. I tried to find them outside but they were already gone :( It was weird. When I walked outside I ran into Alex and Tom, which is completely random. The whole thing is just a bummer. I don't think they didn't pay on purpose. I think they assumed it went on their hotel bill because they booked the appointment through their hotel. So hopefully there is a way the whole thing can be fixed. 

After work I tried to ride Space Mountain since it is closing down, but the ride had actually gone down and I wasn't going to wait around for it so I just headed home. I was a bum for the rest of the night and went to bed because I have to be at work at 7:30 tomorrow. 

Down the Rabbit Hole

I had the day off today thank goodness. Let's just say this morning was a bit rough. First, I was woken up at 8 and couldn't go back to sleep. Then Ebonee texted me around 9 and I got up and we headed to the mall. We had to find costumes for Carolyn's birthday party, which was Disney themed. Ebonee and I decided to be Anastasia and Drizella (the step-sisters from Cinderella). I really wanted some greasy food on the way in, but everywhere we stopped were still only serving breakfast. Yeah - we were up that early. We shopped around and finally found matching pink and green dresses at Forever 21. I also discovered a new store called Papaya, which I have fallen in love with, but anyway. We then went to Claire's to buy huge jewelry, but could only find necklaces. Ebonee had to go to work at 1 so we went back to Patterson.

I started getting my SAS stuff together so I could send in my scholarship applications. Geez that whole process is the most stressful thing and I am not even doing half of it. Dad is doing the most of it - which I very much appreciate. Thanks Dad! 

Once I got everything together, I had to hunt down a FedEx so I could send it overnight (in the end it turned out it didn't even have to mailed overnight - Curses!) Well the first one I tried to find didn't actually exist even though it came up in Bon Qui Qui. So that just added to the stressfulness. I finally did find one and got everything squared away. 

Then I had to run back to the mall to get flip flops from Old Navy and some earrings from Charlotte Russe. Then I stopped in at Don Pablos to say hello to Adam. We chatted for a bit, but then I headed to MK. On the way, I swung back by Patterson and grabbed Ebonee's curling irons and stuff for the party. Then I met Bart and Lindsey at MK. There was a super bad accident by where we got on and off the cast member bus. I know at least 2 people were injured and that's only because I saw them being loaded into the ambulance from the bus, but I haven't heard anything else. We rode Space Mountain and then they stayed while I went to Katie's apartment to get ready for the evening. Katie did Ebonee and I's make-up and my hair. She did a fabulous job! I also wore fake eyelashes for the first time and that was an experience. 

Once we were ready we drove back to Patterson and dropped our cars off. The party was at Chatam so we just walked over. I must say I felt like an idiot going through security because I just looked like I was some girl who didn't know how to put on make up and decided to go out with a piece of cardboard in their hair (I was Anastasia - the one that wears pink). 

We made it to the party which mainly had an Alice In Wonderland theme. Carolyn was Alice and Katie was the Queen of Hearts. They decorated so cute! They had all the characters up on the wall and even the food was themed. It was too cute. It brought back memories of being an oyster. Dang I wish I still had that costume. I am sure it around somewhere. Other characters that were there were Mickey, Minnie, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Lilo, Jack Sparrow, Tinkerbell, Holiday Princess, Jasmine, a pirate and a few others. It was super fun. Of course Ebonee and I in some pictures actually posed like the characters do so we just had weird looks on our faces. I eventually had to peace out and walked home with Cattin. I had to be at work early, but it was still a fun night!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!

I got up this morning and went to Magic Kingdom with Alana and Ebonee. We met the Fairy Godmother and then went into the boutique so I could get a Happy Birthday button and Ebonee and Alana got I'm Celebrating buttons. We hung out for a bit, but then went and tried to see the step sisters and step mother because Brenna was friends with Drizella. They were late for their set so we went to MiSiCi and shook our tail feathers. There was a little girl across the street from us who wasn't even watching the parade. She was watching us and thought that were the funniest thing ever. She was adorable. The early morning MiSiCi is better because there are less people or at least it felt that way. After that, we ran back to try and meet them, but they had already closed their meet and greet line. So we sat and watched. Watching the Tremanes is entertaining. At one point, this little girl thought that they didn't sign her book, when they had just signed on the same page. Drizella said look we are right there and I am first. That is when Anastasia looked out into the audience and said "First is the worst and Second is the best and third is the one with the harry chest, but I think Mother shaves it." We all died laughing. She was hilarious. I finally had to leave and go to work. 

Work sucked. I was ready to punch a baby (haha Jess). I mean there were times where I just wanted to go in the back and cry. There was one bright spot at work where a Princess sang me her own special birthday song. Her name was Kayla and she totally made my day. 

After work, since it was a terrible day, I just wanted to watch Wishes. I thought it was at 9. Ebonee stayed with me. Well wouldn't you know that Wishes was at 10. We rode the carousel, Snow White and something else. It was terrible because Ebonee wanted to leave and get ready to go out. But she ended up staying with and watching wishes, which was good. 

We left after Wishes. When we got back to my car Brian had come and decorated with streamers and balloons and wrote on all my windows. He did such a good job! Apparently mom had called him and asked him to do it. We headed back to the apartment and got ready to go out. When I walked into Brian's apartment everyone was waiting and they all yelled Happy Birthday! Then they showed me the cookie cake they had bought for me! I was so excited! It was way more then I ever expected. We all then went out to Bdubs. Ebonee sang Lady Marmalade and it was awesome. She killed it! Other then singing, lets just say that I had a little too much to drink. But it was a blast! It totally made up for being sick on my birthday last year!

Peach and Brown

I had to work from 8-7:45 today - so it was a long day. I did have my first black princess so that was interesting. Luckily, her mom was really cool and kind of helped my get her ponytail smooth. Also, the weather turned bad and we had a tornado watch all day. I think it was reported they had some tornadoes over at Universal, but we just had strong winds. It amazes me because people think that because they are in Disney World that nothing bad can happen even if there are tornadoes. Ebonee and I buddied up on a British Princess and she was the cutest thing ever. When Ebonee finished her hair the little girl gave her a drawing that she had made on the plane on the way over. It was the cutest thing. Ebonee was super excited. Then there was our last princess. Her mom is a cast member and works for ABC New York. They lived in Brooklyn. This little girl was terrible. She was throwing a hissy fit because she didn't want her mom to take pictures of her during the transformation. So I did some covert operations and secretly set up the mom's video camera on a ledge so that it caught the whole transformation. I finally got her calmed down while Ebonee was doing her hair. Ebonee is a better entertainer then I am so I switched places with her. This is where it gets interesting. Ebonee was telling the princess how me and her were best friends. That is when this little girl shocked us all. She looked at Ebonee and said "But how can a peach and a brown be best friends?" We were all shocked. We didn't know what to say. Ebonee then just called Sam over, who had no idea what just happened. Ebonee wanted to see what the girl would say. It truely shocked me. The mom was like "Did she just say what I think she said?" Yep mom she did and it is all on your video camera that I set up. I mean she had to learn that somewhere and it is most likely from home, which is sad. I did that little girl's hair as fast as I could and got out of there. 

After getting over the shock of being called a peach, I went home and was lazy. We passed our cleaning inspections - they even left us some fruit roll-ups because we did such a good job, which is guess would be more exciting if I liked fruit roll-ups. 

Hoedown Throw Down

This morning I got up and cleaned hard core. We have inspections tomorrow and I am not going to get another chance to clean. I did as much as I could before I had to go to work at 2. Work was pretty normal. I did have a princess from Rock Hill and her parents knew what Frham was so that was neat. I also had this little girl who wanted a pop, but then started freaking out when she realized her hair was going to be teased to stand up. So the mom just pulled her off the chair. So the little girl had the pop hair piece in, but it wasn't teased. I was worried that I was going to be in trouble because technically that is altering the hairstyles and we are not allowed to do that, but a manager never said anything. I got off at 8 and went home and cleaned some more. Jess and I then decided to get out of the house and go see the Hannah Montana Movie. I was so excited. The movie was actually pretty good. It was neat seeing Franklin and Franklin High School. The sad thing is that the movie made me really homesick haha. I also really want to learn the hoedown throw down, which is a big dance number that they do in the movie. Jess liked the movie too and we just headed home. Then I cleaned a little bit more and went to bed.

HAPPY EASTER!!

I got up early this morning so I could cook an Easter meal. I made mashed potatoes, carrots, pork tenderloin, rolls, and green bean casserole. Ebonee, Lindsay, Jess and I all ate together around 11. I think every thing came out pretty well - or at least they said it tasted good. We ended up spending a lot of time on youtube watching videos. Ebonee had to go to work so everyone ended up leaving. So I put in a movie and cleaned up the kitchen. I also had to clean the apartment a little bit because we have cleaning inspections coming up. 

In the afternoon I was going a little bit stir crazy and needed to get out of the apartment. As I was walking out to go to Downtown Disney, I ran into Lindsay who was doing laundry. She ended up joining me. We got some ice cream and then just walked around and window shopped. Later, Adam joined us. He grabbed some ice cream as well. When we left, we happened upon a dance competition going on at the little stage thing they had set up. The final two teams were these two teenage white girls on spring break and these two indian kids from Orlando. Well the little indian boy was hilarious. He was so intense and had some killer dance moves that Lindsay and I are totally going to use next time we go dancing haha. This kid could not have been more then 10 and the sad thing was that he ended one of his routines by flipping the other team off. Wow I would be proud to be their mother. After the indian kids were crowned the winners, we all left. I went home and went to bed because I was pretty tired. It was definitely not a normal Easter, but it was still a fun one!

Lazy Day

Today I spent most of the day waiting on Dad to get done with Sigma Chi initiation and bring me back my car. So I just laid around. Ebonee came over and we tried to come up with a list of ideas for our costumes for Carolyn's birthday party. I think we settled on Anastasia and Drizella - the step sisters from Cinderella. 

Dad finally brought my car back around 5, which was about the time we needed to get going. So Ebonee joined Dad and I at Roy's for dinner. We ordered some sushi and a couple different appetizers. They were so good! They had this tortellini that was amazing. I also found the first sushi that I liked. Ebonee also liked it. It was a pretty hilarious meal - we made friends with one of the chefs so we were asking him questions all through out our meal. We were sitting at the bar. We also thought we might be sitting near Gene Hackmen, but sadly it was not him. We finally had to say goodbye to Roy's and we took Dad to the airport. We said goodbye and then I just came back to the apartment. The rest of the night I just watched movies and was still lazy and then I went to bed!

Family Visit

I had today off and I picked up Dad at the airport. He was flying in to surprise Bob for his initiation into Sigma Chi. I picked him up and then we went to his hotel room. We hung out for a bit and Dad got settled. When then headed over to my apartment and I showed him around. He met Ebonee and Brian came out and said hello. After chatting for a bit we headed over to Downtown Disney to walk around and do some shopping and get some lunch. We grabbed sandwiches at Earl of Sandwich, which is always delicious. We then walked around. We did a little shopping. Dad also got to see the boutique in the World of Disney store, which is not as cool as the castle, but it is still good. Afterward, we went over to Disney's Boardwalk and walked around. We also got ice cream at Beaches and Cream. We ate our ice cream and people watched. We decided to check out the ESPN Club. Dad wanted to see how the Masters were going. We sat and watched the Masters for a bit. We formed a plan that we would come back to ESPN that night for dinner and to watch the Preds game. So we went back to my apartment and hung out for a bit. We went back to the ESPN Club and ordered dinner and watched the game. Brian and Bart stopped by for a bit. Dad thought it would be appropriate to nick name him "Stroller Boy" since he rents out strollers sometimes. Dad also won a t-shirt for answering some sports trivia. He was really excited. Sadly, the Preds didn't do so well. They lost, which means they aren't going to get into the playoffs - Sad day. But we left ESPN and Dad dropped me off at the apartment while he went back to his hotel room. Once Dad dropped me off, I went down and hung out at Brian's for a bit. I finally got to meet Kristina, who Ebonee always talks about, but somehow we had never met. We played baseball and that was interesting. Soon I had to go to bed because I was exhausted. 

Dancing The Night Away

I went to work today and it was a usual day. Ebonee and I did meet this cute family from Maryland. They had 5 kids and one on the way. I did Emma's hair, she was the second oldest girl. I also did a cool dude on John who was the oldest. It went like this - John, Kaira, Emma, Chloe, Canyon and then one on the way. The were staying at the Grand Floridian and had been here 10 days and they were all begging their dad to stay 4 more. I really wanted to ask what they did for a living to be able to afford all of that. It was also really interesting. Whenever we asked the little girl how she wanted her nails done she said I don't know ask my Dad. Thats usually a question that goes to Mom, but whatever. And apparently rather then explain to the kids what pregnancy was, the mom had just told all the kids that every woman was with child. So Emma proceeded to walk around the boutique asking everyone if "they had one." It was pretty funny some of the looks she got from other fairy godmothers. 

Sam's brother and cousins were also in town. So after a quick drive to Publix I got to meet them. Of course I put on the thick accent and the looks on their faces were pretty funny. We hung out in Sam's apartment for a while and ate some pizza. Her family is so much fun! They are pretty awesome. 

We just hung out for the rest of the night, but then Ebonee, Sam, her family, some of her roomies and I all headed out to city walk. We ended up at a Salsa Club. It was a blast. Granted Ebonee and I had no idea what we were doing, they were great teachers and we somewhat caught on by the end of the night. It was one of the most fun nights yet. We just danced the night away. I did feel slightly awkward due to the fact that I had no idea what I was doing and I felt like all the Puerto Ricans that were there thought I was stupid but oh well - it was fun!

Horsey! Horsey!

Before work Ebonee, Alison, Heather and I went to lunch at the Chinese Buffet. I finally got to work on podium. It was absolutely crazy, but I guess that is a good thing. Around closing time there was a little boy who was playing with Ebonee. She was down on the ground pretending to be a cat (yeah I don't really know how that one started, but the little boy thought it was awesome). Well then the next thing you know the little boy thinks she is a horse and Stephanie puts the little boy on her back and he's like Horsey! Horsey! It was probably one of the funniest things I have seen in a while, but thank  goodness none of the managers saw her of she would probably have been in trouble, but it was good entertainment. 

We got back to the apartment and I saw Brian and we ended up making a run to Taco Bell. We chatted for a while and then I just headed to bed. 

Rose Petals!

I worked a long day - 7:30am - 8pm. But it was kind of worth it. I had a really good day and it was highlighted by the fact that I got a ton of rose petals. I started off the morning with a 40 rose petals from one family! I ended up with 135 rose petals for the day!! I know that I won't even get that many for the week, but it still makes you feel good. I also had some really fun families. I had Princess Madelyn and her brother Prince Chicken (I asked what he wanted to be called and that is what he told me lol). Their parents were both middle school teachers and they were awesome! I could have talked to them forever. They were just so enthusiastic about the whole thing. And their kids were precious. I wanted to take them home. I had a lot of cool dudes today as well. The two that stood out were Prince Harry and Prince Luke - they were from London. It was so fun listening to them talk. They talked to me about football and Prince Luke got the Liverpool team colors in his hair because that is the team he supports. Then it was Prince Harry's turn and the family was talking to him. It was hilarious because they kept saying Harry and all I could think of was Harry Potter. I feel really bad because whenever I have people from a British accent I always seem to try to copy them and I don't mean to and I don't want them to think that I am making fun of them. 

We finally closed and I headed to Kristen's birthday dinner with Sam and Kate at Bahama Breeze. There were a bunch of our FGITs there and we just sat around and talked. I left early with Sam because I was so tired from work. When I got back to the apartment, Jess and I went to WalMart and got ice cream and rented Bolt. Bolt is a really cute movie! I actually really liked it. Rhino was my favorite! He is so cute! After the movie we just headed to bed.

Let Them Eat Cake...Or Throw It

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIAN!!

I worked a long day today, which sucked. I had the brattiest princess ever. She was just terrible. When I finally left the castle, Ebonee and I went to Publix to get some decorations and a cake for Brian for his birthday. I then went to Don Pablos with Adam to grab some food. The service took so long. I finally got back to Patterson. I went down to Brian's apartment and wished him a happy birthday. We went and got his cake and sang him Happy Birthday and he blew out his candles. So then we started slicing up the cake. The next thing I know, Bart's face is in the cake because Lindsay shoved it in his face. Well then of course Brian had to stand up for his boy and got Lindsey in the face. And then Lindsey had to get Brian back and then the war began. Everyone had cake on their face. Brian was covered it was even all over his back. I was the last one to get cake, but Shashank was nice enough to let me pull my hair back first. Then the brilliance began. To get all the cake off everyone, we all just decided it would be fun to go and jump in the pool. Just so people know, we were having a cold front, which meant it was like 60 degrees outside and the Patterson pool is always ice cold, so it was probably not the best decision. I did not get in the pool. I had the camera and was video taping the escapade. I even got some quite interesting video commentary from Ebonee. Then funny this was that this all happened the night of the national championship basketball game. So this one girl comes up to me thinking that the icing on my face, which happened to be green and white, ask if we were all cheering for Michigan State. I was like no this is cake not face paint haha. We finally got everyone back to the apartment and of course everyone was freezing, and I think it shocked a little common sense back into everyone. The apartment was trashed! Of course it was chocolate cake and it was all over the carpet! I helped clean up a little bit, but this all happened about 1am and I had to be at work at 7:30 so I peaced out and went to bed. But it was definitely one of the most fun nights since we have been here!

"OMG Ratcliff just did the Single Ladies Dance!"

I worked an early shift today on podium. Ebonee picked me up afterwards and we went to Hollywood Studios and met Brenna and he boyfriend Jake, who was in town visiting. We walked around for a bit and then found a spot to watch the Block Party Bash. I had never seen it bedore and it is really cute. They have people on trampolines and dancers and characters running around, but mainly from Pixar films like Monster's Inc, The Incredibles and A Bug's Life. After the parade, Ebonee and I went our separate ways from Brenna and Jake to get some food. We ended up at the ABC Commissary. We walked around for a bit and then went and found Heather in her awesome costume. We also grabbed some food. While we were eating, Ebonee and I spotted this little boy and girl who were about 9 or 10. We had a debate about whether or not they were brother and sister or boyfriend and girlfriend. We eventually settled on brother and sister because there was only one set of parents. It was pretty interesting. Apparently the girl hurt her knee and the boy was taking care of her. 

We also went to the animation studio. We got the low down on how to meet random characters. It turns out that we could if we just hung out for a bit. It was awesome! We ended up getting to meet The Queen (from Snow White), Jafar, The Queen of Hearts, the penguins from Mary Poppins, and Gov. Ratcliff. It was sooo fun! Ratcliff approached us and then started doing the Single Ladies dance. It was hysterical. We then walked to Toy Story and waited in line because we had nothing else to do. The people behind us had no concept of person space. They were all up on us. Then there was almost a fist fight because this one kept coming back and forth through the line bringing more and more people. 

We met back up with Brenna and Jake at Fantasmic! They ended up letting everyone into the theater rather then making everyone stand up. Well to entertain everyone the crowd started doing the wave, but there was a new twist. It started out normal, but then everyone did it in slow motion and then super sped up. It was pretty funny and something that I have never seen before. Finally, Fantasmic! started. Ebonee had never seen it before so it was fun to watch her reaction. The more I watch it the more I come to realize that it is a really good show. Afterward, Ebonee took me back to my car and we headed home.  

Shopping and Grass Hoppers

Today I got up early and worked from 8-2. I got pulled to podium again, which is good. Once I got off, I met Jess and we did a little shopping for Jared's present. We had a good time and made our plans for the gift. It should turn out pretty well. We played around a little in Best Buy and played a little Rock Band. We came back to the apartment and were lazy. We finally got ourselves up and went to Downtown Disney. We grabbed some ice cream and did a little window shopping. They opened the new Tren D store, which has some really cute stuff. 

Ebonee called me when we were on our way back and wanted me to come over. We ended up finding her in the parking lot of patterson. The real motive of why she called was that she had found a dead grass hopper in her car and wanted me to get it out for her because she didn't want to touch it. Sam ended up getting it out before I got there haha. We all ended up sitting in the parking lot for a while and talking. Brian stopped by for a while and joined our chat. Afterwards, we all just went our separate ways.

Finding the Fairy Godmother

Today I woke up to find myself on the couch, which actually is just as comfortable if not more then our "beds". I was bum until Jess and I finally got up and got some food. After a sightseeing tour of international drive, we decided to go to Downtown Disney to eat at Earl of Sandwich. Then as we were walking back to the car this lady had this whole thing of pins set up for trading. Of course I had to stop and see if she had a fairy godmother pin and she had 2! I got so excited. I went and bought her what she wanted out of the store and then she found out I was a cast member and she collects cast member exclusive pins. So I went and dropped off Jess because she had to go to work and then I went over to Company D and bought a couple of cast pins that she wanted. I went back to DTD and ended up trading for a few more pins that I wanted. It totally made my day. I ended up getting the two fairy godmothers, scamp, the partners pin, and a minnie pin just cause. She was super nice and she and her husband winter down here and she was headed back in a few weeks. 

After DTD, I came back to the apartment and started my never ending pile of laundry. I ended up using 4 different washing machines. It was a bit ridiculous. So then I ended up cleaning the apartment and catching up on a few things. I watched Sidney White, National Treasure and National Treasure 2. It was pretty much just a chill evening. 

Awkward

I had to be at work at 7:30 - suck. I always feel bad for the first princess of the day because I am clearly not awake yet so I don't really talk and I always feel bad. This morning it was ok because my first princess' mom came in complete Colts gear. When the Kelsey, the princess, picked the blue tiara, the mom good then we can save it and use it during Colts season too. Of course I then had to say something about the Titans. Well then she said that her husband was from Ohio so they were bug Eddie George fans, which did NOT help their case at all with me, but I didn't let them know that. The other fun princess was this 8 year old that was obsessed with Animal Planet and got a pop. This little girl, Anmy, reminded me so much of Kylie it was ridiculous. Everything I said she had an answer for and every other question was "Why?" Well don't worry, I now know that if I ever encounter a nurse shark that it is so peaceful I could kiss it if I wanted, just as long as I don't flip it over - which you know is always useful information. 

After my bottomless pit of Animal Planet knowledge, I had a little girl who was getting a diva. Then her two brothers showed up and I convinced them that they wanted a cool dude. They were a really fun family and the Dad was too funny.

When I got off work at 1:30 I went over to Animal Kingdom to get more signatures. Well who shows up, but my little pop princess. Luckily I had my sunglasses (thank you property control and sorry to the guest who lost them) and only the mom recognized me because she saw me before I put my sunglasses on. I even talked to Anmy about her hair and she had no idea. It was super awkward though. They were like what are you doing outside of the castle? I was just like oh the fairy godmother let me out for the rest of the day. 

After that encounter, I met a ton more characters and even saw Whitney (who is a character attendant). When I was meeting the bear from Brother Bear the character attendant recognized me because he had taken pictures with me and Meeko a couple days ago. Yeah thats not awkward either. Now I really seem like a creeper. He was nice about it though. 

I then ran over to Hollywood Studios to meet Frozone. I tried to meet the rest of the power rangers, but I missed them. 

So I came back to the apartment and laid around. I finally got up and got ready to go to Rhonda's birthday bash at City Walk. It was 80's Night at the Groove and we were supposed to be in 80's gear, but I was fresh out so I went looking more like a 50's housewife. Ebonee said all I needed was the apple pie and pearls. Rhonda's party was a blast. She looked amazing. It looked like she just popped out of a Madonna video. It was great socializing outside of the castle. All I have to say is that we are some crazy FGITs. 

When we came home Jess had just started watching Sydney White so I finished off my ice cream and watched the movie. I ended up falling asleep on the couch where I stayed for the rest of the night. 

Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo (Must be said with a British accent)

Today I was working Podium, which is always awesome!! I got there about 15 minutes early so I went and got a big thing of bubbles and went out to the castle courtyard and played with a bunch of kids. I felt like a pied piper of kids rather then rats. It was so fun. It amazes me how kids get so excited about the smallest things. When I was working it seemed like today was the day of British princesses. It was so cute because when they say Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo their accents just make it about 20 times better. It is adorable. I was off at 8 as usual and then went to Bdubs with Ebonee and the gang. I couldn't stay long because I had to be at work at 7:30 the next morning. So I left Bdubs and came home and had some ice cream with Jess and we talked for a bit, but then I had to get to bed r I would be dead the next day. So I said goodnight.