Don't say goodbye!

Goodness- I think the hardest part of my program is happening! Several of my friends didn't have the program that I have, so they had to leave these last few weeks... The hardest ones to say goodbye to was my friend Kylie. She worked at Mickey's with me, we liked all the same things, she was boss and I was probie. We were inseparable and always had something to talk about! Then this last saturday Mike left. Mike and I had been friends since January, and kinda had a fling the last 3 weeks. He was truly my prince charming! It was so hard to say goodbye to him. I think I cried for 3 days straight, and still sometimes cry whenever I really think about all the good times we had at his house or around the parks. He transfered to Disneyland for a full time position; that way he can someday work his way up and take over Bob Igers spot as head of the Disney company and then I can say, "Hey! I dated him! He was such a sweet guy with good intentions and such a good kisser!" :) Still- I wanna be a little selfish and have him back here with me... I kinda snapped when he left and chastized Chad and Robert and told them that they're not allowed to leave until I leave Mickey's (I'm trying out for entertainment to either be in the parades, or be "friends" with someone). They agreed that they would try their best.

It's simple- It's Magic!

I have come to realize just how thankful I am for everything that I have been given in my life... I'm deployed to MK adventureland this week, and Epcot next week... I've been deployed to MK strollers before, but I'm so thankful for everyone that I work with normally and for my location at Hollywood Studios and for my managers and coordinators over there. I miss everyone so much, and how we can do things there to create magic that I'm not allowed to do in MK. Although I was doing what I normally do in studios at Mk the other day and their manager was like, "wow! I'm impressed! Thank you so much for doing this type of stuff with the kids and always having that smile on your face"... apparently she doesn't do that often! makes me feel really special! but I cannot wait to get back to Studios, to my parades, concerts, people, managers (aka... Robert). and the way that we constantly make Magic! BTW: Kevin has been out for 9.85 Months, 42.23 weeks, 295.63 days... and he's 40% done with his mission!!! oh my lanta! AND mother's day is in 2 weeks!!!! I'm sooo getting that day off, just in case I get a call!!! Love you KevKev!

It is SO all in the parenting!

Working here at Disney has certainly taught me to look and be grateful for the way that my parents raised me and my brothers... I see little girls throwing temper tantrums in the middle of my store all the time because they want and expect their daddy's to buy them something, and they don't care about anything at all; that they just expect to get the toy. I see little boys arguing with their parents and storming off to the other side and talking back and down to their parents... boy if we were doing what these kids were my parents would smack us and take us back to the hotel for the night. They would NOT stand for anything like these kids get away with!

2 days ago I was working movieland, which is our outside store. It is circular shaped with half the store in the park, and half of it outside the park. There was this family (can you guess what race they were?) of and aunt &uncle or something like that, 4 little boys ages ranging from 8-2, and then the parents. The aunt & uncle are sitting across from my store on the outside of the park watching the store, the parents are who-knows-where (not being parents that's what!) and the 4 boys are all in the outside of the store looking around. I'm busy helping other guests, and then this lady from will call comes over and tells me that the boys have been stealing from the store for the last 10 minutes and that I better call someone. Immediately I call my manager Ashley and tell her the situation. While I'm waiting for her, this boy who is like 5 comes up, hands me $2, takes an Indiana Jones kit which costs $21.25 and says, "thank you, good bye". I grab the box, tell him he needs more money and that he cannot take this. I put it back, and he walks over to the mickey mits, which are the same price and asks how much these are, I turn my back and the 2 YEAR OLD, comes up behind me, grabs the box and bolts around the corner! WHAT THE HECK!?!?! You're 2! And you already know how to steal!!! The 2 year old then comes back, grabs a $15 truck and bolts again! Oh my lanta. My manager comes out, we call security, mind you that the aunt and uncle are still sitting there watching all this happen and DO NOTHING!!!!! Security comes out and is watching them, the dad comes ROARING around the corner asking me why I let his kids take this stuff, and proceeds to pay for all the boys stole, which equaled to $84.95!!! Good gracious! You sir are a bad parent! As he was paying, the boys kept putting more stuff up to be bought. He then takes all he paid for and goes over to where the family was sitting, to which they started pointing at me and the security guard.. I'm sorry- yes I called them in on you, because your kids were stealing and you weren't watching them or stopping them! You probably told them to do it! The same 5 year old comes up to me, hands me now $2.25, takes the box again and says "Thank you, have a nice day!" to which I rip it out of his hands and sternly tell him "No, this is not yours! You need more money before you can have it! Sorry!" He gets mad and yells "I GAVE YOU MONEY! NOW ITS MINE!!! GIVE IT TO ME!" To which I sternly say again, "No- you need more money! Here is your money back, please do not touch until you have more money!" He's mad, stomps over to his mom, yells at her because I wont give it to him, and she just says, "oh no, you don't need that." Oh my lanta, seriously lady?!

Thank you mom and dad for teaching me early in my life that I cannot always get what I want, and the difference between right and wrong! I now know that "its all in the parenting" is no joking matter or saying! It's soooo true! Thank you Disney for helping me see just how I'm going to raise my children, so they do not turn out like the millions of spoiled tiny humans who come through my store every day! :D

PEOPLE!: TEACH YOUR CHILDREN YOUNG!!! That is all!

HE SAID WHAT?!

OH my lanta! As if my day wasn't going perfect enough! I had a great day hanging out with my manager Robert at work, but then I come home and I get a letter from Kevin in the mail! So I'm already thinking, "BEST NIGHT EVER!" and I start to read the letter! In the letter he basically told me that he's in love with me, the he appreciates my support and that if I'm not married or dating anyone by the time he comes home, that he would love to be my boyfriend! I screamed! Literally screamed and started crying! Oh my lanta! finally! I've liked him since I first met him my first winter semester at BYU-I... and now I finally know that he feels the same way because he admits it! I'm going to marry my best friend! This is why no other boys seem right when I go out with them and I don't pursue the relationship more than just being friends, is because god is telling me that I'm supposed to be with Kevin! <3 I love you dude- and I cannot wait to have you home in 1 year and 4 months! We'll see what happens then! Hope it all works out!

MOST Magical Birthday EVER!

OH MY LANTA! I am continuing to have the best time down here in Florida! So many magical things have happened! I hold the record at work for having the most magical moments in one work day (47)... No one has beat it yet. It was at 30, and I was the one that had set that one, so I tried to beat my own record! Oh, and just for the record, PARENTS! If your child is not feeling well, PLEASE DON'T BRING THEM TO THE PARK!!! If they do get sick at the park, DO NOT ask me to clean up where your child got sick. A.) I'm am not liable for barfing on your child. B.) It is NOT in my job description to clean up their puke. Thank you! lol.
On that happy note, my Daddy sent my mom down for my birthday! It was the best birthday ever! I had so much fun running around the parks with her, riding rides, doing Disney finally the Mueller way. She got in on Wednesday night, and we went to Downtown Disney. Thursday morning, we and my roommate and my coworker went to the magic kingdom first thing in the morning, played there til about 2, went to my park (Hollywood studios) to watch my favorite parade, meet my coworkers and managers, see beauty and the beast, and watch Fantasmic (which because it was my birthday we got special seats, right at the top middle!) Then we ran back over to the Magic Kingdom to watch Wishes and ride a few more rides. Friday just me and mom went to Animal kingdom, got soaking wet, went back over to the Magic Kingdom for lunch at the Crystal Palace, ride more rides, then went to Epcot for Illuminations. Saturday morning we had breakfast and a long conversation with my Florida Parents, and then went shopping at Downtown Disney and the cast service building. I couldn't have asked for a better weekend or birthday! It was so much fun and it was so great to have my mom here for my 20th birthday! I'm just excited now for my daddy and brothers to come down too! Now it's back to life, back to work which is totally fine with me because I freaking love my job! I get to create magic and memories everyday! Can life get any better!?

I'm gonna soak up some fun! and some sun!

Life is great here in the land of the gators... I love my work family and my job! The good parts and the bad. I have many stories...
Story #1: I was returning to my store from walking a guest and her family to a ride when I saw this dad holding his crying little girl on the ground; so of course I go over there and ask "princess! Why are you so sad? We dont like sad here! We love happy smiles! Now tell me, why is the princess so sad?" She mummbles something, she was like 3 so I'm not sure she could actually tell us why she was so upset, but I gave her a sticker, which stopped the tears, asked her if she had just seen our pixar parade, and gone to see beauty and the beast or the little mermaid, to which she jumped up and screamed "HANDY MANNY!!!" Pretty much the rest of the day was the best ever!
Story #2: We get A LOT of spanish or portueguese speaking people in our store, to which I do not know much spanish and no portugese. A woman came up speaking one of these languages to me, to which I replied, "I'm sorry, I do not know what you are saying. I do not speak your language." Which she replied, holding up a sweater "M!" I said that we did not have that in a medium size, to which for the next 5 minutes, which seemed much longer, she kept yelling at me (well it sounded like yelling because it was very loud) M!!MM! M!! Blanco o negro! (black or white) to which I kept calm, trying to keep a smile on my face saying "no M! we do not have mediums in those sweaters!" To which made this day of work pass by VERY SLOWLY!
Story #3: We try to create what we call "Magical Moments" in our stores, where we make children feel special through the smallest acts. So I spy these 3 girls ranging from the age of 4-9. So I went up to them and asked if they would love to give me their autographs and become famous princesses of hollywood, to which all said yes! of course. So we sit down by the registars and they all sign our book and we trace their hand, to which more little humans came up and wanted to sign our book. Later, my boss Robert (who is SUPER cool btw) comes up and gives me a "you made a difference" card for being so awesome with the guests and handing out so many magical moments in just 10 minutes. That card now is in my file for the company to see just how awesome I am doing forever and always! <3
There are many more stories of how awesome my job is and how much fun I have at work, even when the times get tough.
Anyways, my roommate Julie and I are having a blast going from park to park to see and do as many things as we can in a few hours each day that we both have off or get home early. We went to animal kingdom and rode mount everest, which is less scary than what I thought it would be like. Then we went and viewed all the places that I work at MGM Hollywood studios, then yesterday we spent the majority of the day in the Magic Kingdom, getting autographs, riding rides, and making sure my roommate was full and did not eat me. It is truly a blast, but I cannot wait until my family comes down in may to share this fun with me! It is not as fun without you guys!

THE MOST MAGICAL PLACE ON EARTH!

IM FINALLY HERE!!! I'M FINALLY IN FLORIDA!!! The sun is shining (though it did rain yesterday!) its warm, and I got re-fingerprinted, so hopefully I can start work tomorrow since I was supposed to start it yesterday!!! But se la vie! Not my fault! They're working on it as a priority! But I am having fun here! My roommate Julie is amazing!! And my roommate Aria is just as cool to be around! Yesterday me and Julie went to downtown Disney and explored and shopped and ate and took millions of pictures!! It was a blast!!! Its going to be a great 8 months here! I can feel it! I'm working in Hollywood studios at a gift shop right in the front of the park! So its going to be great when I can start working and actually go into the parks on my days off! I'm soo super psyched!! I just have to go to my traditions class, and then 2 training days, and then I'm free to work and play as much as I want!