Adventure is out there!

Florida.

I’m not sure how long I’ll be here, for now I’m just taking it month by month. It’s been a lot of work being employed by such a big company through a program for college kids, but it has been a life changing experience.. (as all negative and positive experiences are, I suppose.)

Although I have learned a lot at work about working in foods, dealing with guests and managers etc.. that’s not as important as some other things I have gained in the month I’ve been here. 

I sing (poorly but loudly), I dance (even more poorly but sober), I crave music. I’ve never had random songs get stuck in my head so much before. Deep down I’m still a homebody, and I always will be, but if a new friend texts me asking me to go out on the party bus or downtown, I’ll get ready to go. I’m definitely still shy, but I think less so. Also.. I did my laundry and I liked it. I never thought I’d like doing laundry. I’m gaining a bit of independence in several ways and I’m excited to see what another month brings me.

Home.

I can’t really tell if I’m homesick or not. When I was little it was easy to tell if I was homesick because I would consciously think to myself “I’m homesick..” but this time, I’m not sure. 

It is really hard to make a home here. I think that’s the one thing that I has gone unexpected. I knew there would be the positives of the people I’m surrounded with, the perks of free admission to the parks (and thus access to the food and magical atmosphere), and lessons to be learned about living away from home. I also expected that I’d be working long, late hours and I agreed to Florida’s terribly low minimum wage of $7.67 an hour. I knew there would be unhappy guests at times and that working in food would not be a luxurious job what-so-ever. and I definitely knew there would be the heat and humidty, and I don’t even mind that too much.

When I imagined coming here to do the Disney College Program, however, I pictured making a home here in Florida. But in reality, they make it much too hard to make a home. Not only are the beds uncomfortable, the water is smelly, and there are cockroaches infesting my apartment, but they make it very difficult to go to the nearest Walmart to get groceries or things to fill the apartment with, or actually go out to anywhere that’s not a Disney park. I imagined going to the parks for fun, but after a long day or even week of work it’s not like we actually have much time to go anyways. Luckily I have found that the people here have welcome me with open hearts, and for that I am grateful, but those people will soon be leaving and then I’ll have to move to a different apartment with new people, and get new co-workers. These changes within this big overall change of my life make me miss the comforts of home. It has also made me so thankful for my parents because they have been providers both financially and emotionally which has allowed me to have such a great life at home. I think that maybe I am homesick, maybe. I hate being indecisive, I need to figure this shit out.

Ultimate lifehack for those that love Disney

Get a job with a friend through the DCP. Don’t start the next session of school.. instead, fly down to Florida, meet a few friends, go to all the parks, eat tons of good food, do other cool things around the area, go shopping with the dinky amounts off money that is made, and wa-lah!

Return back home to my kitty, regular hours, decent pay, a car, better water, better weather, loving work, a new house for the fall, and coming home with an interesting experience and hopefully some cool souvenirs to remember it :)

wanderingmylife:

Why not let people differ about their answers to the great mysteries of the Universe? Let each seek one’s own way to the highest, to one’s own sense of supreme loyalty in life, one’s ideal of life. Let each philosophy, each world-view bring forth its truth and beauty to a larger perspective, that people may grow in vision, stature and dedication.            

                                              -Algernon Black

(via wonderbout)

How great…

.. would it be to be an ASL interpreter at Disney. You get all the perks, benefits, interpreters get good pay and it would be fun! hmm, definitely must investigate this more.

But for now, I think I just really want to try and get an ASL pin!