Brittney and Lauren's Disney Shenanigans

Hi all! Today I am not even going to address the fact that I have not blogged in a million years. Lets just forgive and forget.

So today both Lauren (one of my roommates) and I had the day off so we planned to go to Epcot and try some food from around the world for the Food and Wine festival that is going on there right now. We got to Epcot around 2 and tried some really great food. My favorites were from Argentina and South Africa. Oh yeah and the dessert from Australia was super good too! It was called "Lamington" which I though was funny. Then we went to character spot in future world to meet some characters. Now meeting characters isn't my favorite pass-time, but we had a lot of laughs and good times. We met Mickey, Pluto, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy. Goofy is Lauren favorite character so she totally flipped when we saw him and Goofy was super cute and hugged her and didn't want us to leave. Then we went outside and saw Chip and Dale and they were so funny. I was in the middle of a chipmunk sandwich and it was really funny! Hopefully the pictures turned out! Then we went into innoventions and rode segways! It was a lot harder than I expected it to be! You control it with your feet and put pressure on your toes to go forward and on your heels to slow and stop. After that we visited my store and decided to grab some birthday buttons and wear them around for the rest of the day.

We then decided to head over to Magic Kingdom and hang out there for a while. The first thing we did was head over into adventureland and get a Pineapple Dole Whip because they are super delicious! And guess what? Since we were wearing our birthday buttons we got them for FREE! I feel kinda bad since it wasn't actually our birthdays, but we didn't ask for it for free...they just gave it to us. Then we tried to visit Jessica in Fantasyland, but she wasn't around so we headed over to ride Buzz and Lauren and I almost tied scores. Then we watched Spectro...its a parade that might be kinda similar to the main street electrical parade back in the day. It is a cute parade, but not anywhere near as cool as the Halloween Boo to You parade which I love. Then we did visit Jess and bugged her. We also rode the Tea Cups and that was our first time since we have been down here because no one else would go with us! After that we just took crazy picture because we were trying to hang around until Jessica got off work so we could give her a ride home. The pics we took were so funny and after Lauren puts them on Facebook I will try to post some here! To end our night we walked out in the rain had to wait in a super long line for the monorail, but overall good times were had!

Well I've got to go to sleep, but I love and miss you people! Good night!

Unseasonably

So Florida is so freakin' hot right now! I mean seriously people were coming into my store literally drenched in sweat! Gross! Its been at least 95 degrees here for the past several days which is, in all senses of the word, not cool. Another not cool thing is that I am still sick. I can handle being sick, even though its not fun. I just don't like having to work long, hot shifts while I'm sick and having to smile and answer the same questions 300 times a day. Ok enough complaining.

So as I think I have mentioned before, I work out in the stroller section a lot. The only fun part about this is when there are people to talk to out there, like sometimes there are 2 people in strollers at the same time and if its a cool person then its fun. Or if there are cool people working at the entrance/exit gates. One of these people at the gates, her name is Gresa and she is really nice and fun to talk to. We end up working a lot of the same shifts because she is and ICP and I'm a CP and us CPs of all types close a lot. (someone once told me that CP stands for "close parks" ha ha). Anywho she is from Kosovo which just recently gained independence from a few other countries and is in southern Europe, kinda close to Greece. The point of this paragraph is that someday after our CP ends she invited me to visit her in Kosovo which, apart from being a place I didn't really know existed until I met her, is somewhere I would love to see. This is my most favorite part of doing the CP. (not getting invited to visit friends in exotic locales, but that is definitely cool) I get to meet a ton of super cool, friendly and different people every single day. Most of the people I meet are doing the same exact thing as me so we're all in the same boat and it's easy to relate to each other. I get invited to a lot more things here than I ever did back home and that is cool.

This week I have read two AMAZING books. Well they are amazing in my opinion. And technically I have 20 pages left in one of them, but I think I will still love it even when it ends. So the first one is called "Ruined: A Ghost Story" by Paula Morris. It is set in present day New Orleans where this girl is sent to live with her "Aunt" while her dad is on a prolonged business trip. I loved this book because there is so much intrigue, history, and just a touch of good old fashioned Gothic drama (Gothic the art and literature genre, not black make-up and clothes). Plus there may or may not be ghosts, voodoo, murder, magic, curses, and a big, giant twist that I didn't see coming in this book. Read it people! The second book is called "Dreaming Anastasia" by Joy Preble. This book is, well not a retelling, I guess an expounding story of Anastasia and is set in the present day Chicago and in the past with the Romanov's. I like that the author tells the story from 3 different perspectives which keeps the reader interested, even though the story is complex and fast paced and compelling anyways. I enjoyed the twists and turns, and the different forms of magic in this book. And it doesn't hurt that Ethan, one of the main characters, is quite attractive. :) Now, however, I am out of reading materials so I would love any recommends that people have.

Well I am going to hit the sack now. I love eveyone! I can't wait to see you Mom and family who are coming in 5 days! I am so excited! See ya real soon! Miss you all!

Britt

Even if it kills me

I am going to publish a blog today! Before work!! But after I shower...be back in a few!

See wasn't that quick? ;)

So down here Disney pretty much owns my life. I work a ton and then if I'm not working I have this strange urge to go play in the parks, as if I don't get enough time at Disney. It must be something in the water. Speaking of something in the water, about half of the CPs are sick here. All 3 of my roommates were, and now I am kinda sick. So is Lili who I work with, she's a CP. And so was Diego who I also work with, he's an ICP (International College Program). So yeah, that's no fun. I guess that's what we get for living so close with all the CPs and riding the buses with them and such. Enough about that.

I got the new Paramore CD this week and it is amazing, but I really expected nothing less from them. I don't think that they will have any songs on the New Moon soundtrack like they did on the Twilight one, but Mom if you read this you should maybe listen to a couple of their songs on the CD because I know you liked their other ones. Listen to "The Only Exception" for sure!

Another pop culture item of business. I have been watching the new TV show "The Vampire Diaries" and I really like it. I'm not sure if the story line is really that gripping or if I like it because every single guy in the show is worth watching for an hour. :) Not to mention, whoever picks the soundtrack has great taste in music. I would listen to every song they chose. Last night Jessica and I watched a couple of the episodes and had an all around fun girls night in.

So I work tonight, then I have 2 days off! Yay! Only then I work 9 days in a row until family comes to visit...just warning you guys I might be kinda tired when you get here. Oh PS on the 15th I work 12:30 to 9 so I don't know If I'll be able to pick you up, only I do have to be there when you check in...what time does the flight get in again? We'll work it out somehow :)

Much love to everyone! I miss you guys so much! I hope you're enjoying the cool weather! Loves!
Britt