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Cockroach apocalypse

So yesterday I woke up in the morning to go run a little errand with Michelle. When I was walking to the sink, I noticed a (small) dead cockroach! EWWWwW. Anyway, I decided to be a big girl, so I went to the kitchen and got a paper towel to pick it up and flush it down the toilet. While I'm trying to pick it up, the worst thing possible happened. It started crawling. Holy cow, I could not have freaked out more. So I got up my roommate because I clearly needed back up for this situation. We of course were squealing and freaking out about what to do and about who was home that would kill it for us. We discovered that our usual exterminator roommate wasn't home and we had to deal with this ourselves. While we were busy being grossed out it started crawling... Towards the closet. That is one giant no-no. W had to do something quick so we went into our closet and decided that we would have to squish it because our attempts to "shew" it outside just wasn't working. We both decided that we were not using any of our shoes to do the deed, so we grabbed a shoe in the hallway who's owner is still unknown. then that didn't work because it was in a corner. So to wrap the story up, Brittany blindly squished it with a hanger and it eventually stopped crawling with it's head chopped off.

Christmas Party Number 1

My shift last night was from 7:15-1:15, which isn't unusual. What was unusual was how much fun I had at work! It was by far the best time I've had while on the job. The dance party in the dining room, s we had a dj, plenty of characters, and an entire "bay" set up with free cookies and hot chocolate. We were dancing on the counter all night. It put me in such a good mood. One of my favorite moments of the night was when I was on "topping bar". Party in the USA had just come on, and obviously I was excited. I looked behind me at the outside dining and saw a small girl (maybe 5 years old?) hard core breaking it down all by herself. It was so cool but she looked up and saw me watching and fist pumping. She got super embarrassed and went to hide behind her mom. Tying to make her feel more comfortable, continued to look at her and dance like a maniac. Let's be honest, it's impossible to be self conscious when you dance around me, because at least you know you're better than one person! She was laughing and smiling. She started to dance again and then before I knew it she had run inside and walked up to me. In the sweetest little british accent she said, "you're a very good dancer"! I was so cute! So I told her that she was too! She said that she wanted to be a dancer when she grows up and I just told her that she could do whatever she put her heart to, and that luckily, she was clearly a talented dancer, so she'll be just fine. I looked outside at her mom, who was smiling, and she mouthed "thank you" to me. I just smiled and asked the girl if she was hungry because she's been dancing so much!! Eventually she went back outside, but I loved talking to her.

Late Night, Early Morning
I got home at two, and packed and got ready until three thirty in the morning. So I decided that I should lay down for a cat nap before I had to get up to catch the flight. I was planning on leaving at around five twenty, but of course, I overslept and woke up at five fourth. Thankfully my roommate Liz is a very skilled race car driver, and the lines were really short. I got to my gate with plenty if time, and now I am at home!! I love it so much, it feels great to be in my own bed, in my own room, in my house, in my town...even in my state. It's was a beautiful and colorful fall day today, and now I'm going to sleep well, because I'm still running off two hours of sleep. Thank goodness for coffee!!!

'Tis the Season

          Halloween to Christmas... there's really no grace period between the two here at Disney. But hey, I'm more than okay with starting to enjoy an oh-so-jolly Disney holiday season! Last night I went to the cast preview of Mickey's Christmas Party parade! It didn't think that there could possibly be a parade more impressive than Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party parade, but this was probably just as good! I mean, they make it snow on main street!! Everything is decked out in Christmas decorations and the castle looks like it's dripping with icicles. Honestly, I kind of expected to be missing out on Christmas by coming down to Florida for the holidays. Disney does such a great job making me feel otherwise. I'm so happy about that.
          At the parade I had the BEST magical moment ever! It was literally the greatest ever- Dopey came up to me and kissed my face! I was so surprised and happy that I was just giggling like a five year old when it happened. It definitely made my night. After the the parade was over and I made my way back to Liz (my roommate)'s car we stopped at taco bell and ate way more than we should have. Or, at least I did. Now it's Saturday and I don't start work until 8:15 tonight. I work for the rest of the week until Wednesday when, in the morning I'll catch a flight back home! I really can't wait to visit home. It's a much needed vacation. I'm trying to focus on work and every day that I spend here this week though, just so I don't waste my entire day looking forward to Wednesday. I guess that's all for now! Thanks for reading.

My Weekend

Since I work on the weekends, I normally get either Wednesday and Thursday off, or Thursday and Friday off. This week I got Wednesday and Thursday off, so in my world it's a Sunday afternoon right now. Yesterday I slept a lot. It was mostly because two of my roommates and I stayed up until about 5am pulling a prank on two other girls in our appartment. We took their matresses, and most everything else in their room and put them in different rooms. It was silly, but really funny at the time. Then we went to a 24 hour walmart on a mission for pretzels and queso. It was a good time. Anyway, yesterday I didn't really do much until I got a text message from Michelle, asking me to come to the parks with her and her cousins, Nicole and Allegra. Their friend Jeremiah was there also. It was really fun! We got a really good veiw for the electrical parade and then the castle show and fireworks!! It was really amazing to be able to see it all from in front of the castle. Normally I just watch from outside of the window at work. (Which is still amazing by the way) For those of you who dont know, the wishes parade has a pretty amazing story behind it. There was a very young girl who had cancer, and as a part of the make a wish foundation, she wrote the wishes song that is now played every night at the magic kingdom. Unfortunately the girl died before she was able to hear her song played at the magic kingdom. It's a sad story, but always gives me goosebumps because really, that girl is still here, bringing magic to so many people.
I couldn't sleep last night, so instead of rolling around in bed I got up and cleaned. Don't worry, I wasn't bugging my roomate, she was out watching a movie. I actually got a lot done! I woke up this morning around 10 and went to the Animal Kingdom with Michelle and two of her friends. We went on Expedition Everest 4 times, Dinosaur, the time machine ride, and It's a Bug's Life show/ride thing. We just came back and now I'm getting ready to head to chick fil et and then go to the "night of stars" at hollywood studios. Night of Stars is the talent show for CP's. Hopefully it's actually good, and not completely filled with people who think they can sing. I can only take so much.
Tomorrow is my Monday, but it will be a good one! I don't have work until 4:30 and get out at 10:30. Then I'm going to stay at the Magic Kingdom and wait around for the cast preview of Mickey's Christmas Parade at midnight! We also have our appartment inspection tomorrow, I hope we get the white glove award again! Mhhh, chocolates :) Well I'm going to go now, but I'll update again soon!

Care Package

It's november. It's fall. It's officially, "seasonal". I like this very, very much. It's hard to think of anything as being "seasonal" in Florida, because it's pretty mild weather still here. However, my blood is indeed thinning, and what would normally be amazing fall weather is now somewhat chilly in my book. I got a very special care package from my parents this week! They had been telling me that they had something coming for me in the mail, my dad mentioned something about cookies, and my mom seemed very proud of herself for sending me something. So I went to the mailbox, hoping for some sort of an assortment of candy, or maybe a twenty to support my unhealthy coffee addiction. Instead, there was a letter addressed to me, with "big-ass care package" written across the back. Let me just tell you, this was the flimsiest, skinniest little envelope you could imagine. It wasn't even stiff enough for a solid postcard. This was clearly only meeting the printer paper standard. (There was also a letter from my dear friend, rachel clark, which made me so, so very happy!) Anyway, I walked back to my appartment with my expectations dropping with each step. I had ended up thinking, if a little note was all I got in the mail from my parents, it would still probably make my day! (and it would be fun to make fun of their "aweseome care package")
Back at the appartment, I grabed a knife and opened the envelope very carefully (because I don't really like ripping open letters, it looks sloppy) Indeed, it was printer paper!!! My goodness, this was funny. So I rolled my eyes a little bit and unfolded the piece of paper. There in my hands was a printed e-mail flight confirmation for the 9th to the 12th!!!! My parents are paying for me to fly home next week!!!! I litterally could not have been smiling any more without my lips splitting. I'm still just so happy to be able to visit home. Not that I don't LOVE it here, but I have to admit that I have been a little homesick lately. Needless to say, it was the best care package that I could have ever hoped for.