My Disney College Program will reach the half way point in just a few days...so I will shortly be doing a disney related blog...but for now, some sas stuff.
-Visa Applications are in the mail! I had a mini heart attack when I came home from FEDEX to see a post on the facebook group about waiting because they wont be valid..but thankfully it seems that only applies if you are doing them on your own, and I am going through the SAS recommended company. I also applied for more passport pages, so to get them done all together and in time I had to do it pretty early.
-I went home to visit for a few days last week, and got a bit of sas prep shopping done which was rather nice. I have 2 rolling duffel bags, a backback and a bunch of travel supplies.
-All of my financial aid applications are in. The only thing that concerns me is that I had to send in a written essay for the diversity abroad scholarship rather than a video essay because (a) I don't really have a functioning video-producing application and (b) even if I did, the internet connection at Chatham would probobly be too slow to upload anything to youtube, and if it did it would take like 3 days. I hope this doesn't hinder my chances. Though I won't be upset if I don't get it...i'd be upset if it had something to do with not being able to do a video.
-All of my forms that are avalible are filled out and in the mail! It was a minor war trying to get my financial aid paperwork filled out by the Salem State offices, but it's done, and it's in the mail! So yay!
I still have lots of planning to do. But I'm taking the GRE exam within the next few weeks (whenever my schedule permits) so hopefully I can do well enough to be done with it and move on to SAS planning!
I can't believe this is really happening!!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
things that become acceptable when you live at disneyworld
1) going to see toy story 3 at midnight
2) going to see toy story 3 on ice
3) learning, and randomly performing whenever possible, the hoedown throwndown
4) decorating your bathroom with buzz lightyear stickers
5) having a woody tablecloth
6) carrying a buzz lightyear backpack
7) wearing minnie ears on a regular basis
8) watching lilo and stitch 3 times in a row
9) having donald duck as your ringtone
10) and woody as your text tone
11) having miley cyrus as your #1 played on itunes
12) knowing every high school musical dance
13) staying in because a new episode of wizards of waverly place is on
14) getting camp rock 2 the day it comes out
15) randomly starting to sing disney songs
16) going to a piano bar and requesting a disney medley...then rocking out to it
17) spending a couple hundred dollars on random mickey apparel
18) a whole lot more...
2) going to see toy story 3 on ice
3) learning, and randomly performing whenever possible, the hoedown throwndown
4) decorating your bathroom with buzz lightyear stickers
5) having a woody tablecloth
6) carrying a buzz lightyear backpack
7) wearing minnie ears on a regular basis
8) watching lilo and stitch 3 times in a row
9) having donald duck as your ringtone
10) and woody as your text tone
11) having miley cyrus as your #1 played on itunes
12) knowing every high school musical dance
13) staying in because a new episode of wizards of waverly place is on
14) getting camp rock 2 the day it comes out
15) randomly starting to sing disney songs
16) going to a piano bar and requesting a disney medley...then rocking out to it
17) spending a couple hundred dollars on random mickey apparel
18) a whole lot more...
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Saturday, September 11, 2010
changing times
Your life will change on this program. No matter how much you tell yourself you will keep all the relationships at home in tact...that nothing will change...it will. You will plenty of times feel homesick, alone, lost, confused, afraid, frustrated and angry. You will hardly talk to some of the people you used to consider yourself so close too, and the even with the ones you do your relationships will change. Yet don't let this deter you from doing this, or anything else you might want to do. Life is about taking risks, changing, evolving, discovering, adapting and growing. I've done all of these things here. Who knows where i'll end up when I go back home. I truly believed that I could keep the relationships I had back home as strong as they were...but the truth is, distance IS an issue. Even though I know nothing will be the same when I go home, I don't regret my decisions to follow my dreams for a minute. I have truly changed in the past few months more than I could have ever imagined. I know that as the next few months continue I will continue to change and when I get back I won't be the same person I was when I left. I knew this going into it, but I didn't exactly realize how much these changes would change things everyone around me too. So advice to anyone reading: The Disney College Program has, so far, been hands down the experience that has changed me, made me grow up and evolve and challenged me more than anything I have ever encountered. Though it's heartbreaking to keep trying to hold on to relationships that are falling apart, or trying to convince yourself that these people are still a part of your life when you don't know anything about them anymore, I cannot recommend anything more. Regardless of what adventure it is, Disney, Semester at Sea, or something completly different, go for change, break out of your shell and do something impossible. Just be aware of the consequences going in...and maybe these roadblocks won't be so emotional.
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Friday, September 10, 2010
vaccines
I got my semester at sea vaccinations yesterday. The whole experience of discussing the risks of traveling and what to expect in certain areas with the doctor made it all the more real to me. I really need to start planning what I am going to do...winging it probobly isn't the best option.
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Monday, September 6, 2010
journaling
For my internship credits at school I have to keep a journal of all my experiences here at Disney. I'm trying to find the words to describe everything that this internship has done for me and everything I have so far experienced. What have I come up with?
So far, this intership has been the most exhausting, overwhelming, pressured, time consuming, challenging, physically demanding, eye-opening, exploratory, rewarding, amazing experience I could have ever imagined.
This is anything but a 7 month vacation. I work more hours and longer days than most of the full timers and haven't had an adequate amount of sleep since I got here. I have 2 days off a week, one of which is spent in a classroom. On the other day off, I find myself not catching up on sleep, but rather waking up just as early to fit all that i can into the day (for example..i've been to the wizarding world at universal 7 times..). This is hard, hard work, and a real wake up call into what 13-hour days, 5 days a week feels like. On the other hand, I wouldn't trade the last few months for anything. Every single day I bring smiles to peoples faces and I can't help but feel a jolt of happiness everytime I start to feel down. Memories of children's faces are forever implimented in me. Just the other night my second huge magical moment occured. It was the last family of the night at Character Spot at Epcot, so when the family got to the end of Goofy's line, Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Pluto (who the family had already seen individually) jumped out to take a group shot with the family. Sometimes the families are excited, and it's even worse when they aren't, but this was particuarly special. It was a family of 3 - a mother, a father and a child, probobly about 3 years old, and as soon as the other 4 characters came out all 3 of them broke into tears. The child was smiling from ear to ear and went aorund in a circle hugging all the characters and saying "I love you ___" by name. The mother couldn't even speak, she kept trying, but tears got in the way. And the father just kept saying "thank you, thank you." And as we gathered to take the final photo, surrounded by the entire photopass and attendent team, the song "miracle's happen" started to play. I had tears running down my face for the rest of the night, as I'm sure the family also did. I went to sleep that night with tears in my eyes and a grin as bright as that little girls. It's moments like that that completly justify how truly demanding being here is.
So getting back to my journal, I may not be learning how to lead cooperate meetings, design a plan of action or work on a major project, but I'm learning so much more about happiness and fufilment..you can be overworked and overwhlemed to the point of feeling like you can't even move any more...but if you are doing something that makes you happy, you'll always find a way to prevail. Though I miss my job at Jordan's like crazy, this journey has so far been the greatest adventure I have ever had....and I still have 4 more months. Plus a semester traveling around the world.
So far, this intership has been the most exhausting, overwhelming, pressured, time consuming, challenging, physically demanding, eye-opening, exploratory, rewarding, amazing experience I could have ever imagined.
This is anything but a 7 month vacation. I work more hours and longer days than most of the full timers and haven't had an adequate amount of sleep since I got here. I have 2 days off a week, one of which is spent in a classroom. On the other day off, I find myself not catching up on sleep, but rather waking up just as early to fit all that i can into the day (for example..i've been to the wizarding world at universal 7 times..). This is hard, hard work, and a real wake up call into what 13-hour days, 5 days a week feels like. On the other hand, I wouldn't trade the last few months for anything. Every single day I bring smiles to peoples faces and I can't help but feel a jolt of happiness everytime I start to feel down. Memories of children's faces are forever implimented in me. Just the other night my second huge magical moment occured. It was the last family of the night at Character Spot at Epcot, so when the family got to the end of Goofy's line, Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Pluto (who the family had already seen individually) jumped out to take a group shot with the family. Sometimes the families are excited, and it's even worse when they aren't, but this was particuarly special. It was a family of 3 - a mother, a father and a child, probobly about 3 years old, and as soon as the other 4 characters came out all 3 of them broke into tears. The child was smiling from ear to ear and went aorund in a circle hugging all the characters and saying "I love you ___" by name. The mother couldn't even speak, she kept trying, but tears got in the way. And the father just kept saying "thank you, thank you." And as we gathered to take the final photo, surrounded by the entire photopass and attendent team, the song "miracle's happen" started to play. I had tears running down my face for the rest of the night, as I'm sure the family also did. I went to sleep that night with tears in my eyes and a grin as bright as that little girls. It's moments like that that completly justify how truly demanding being here is.
So getting back to my journal, I may not be learning how to lead cooperate meetings, design a plan of action or work on a major project, but I'm learning so much more about happiness and fufilment..you can be overworked and overwhlemed to the point of feeling like you can't even move any more...but if you are doing something that makes you happy, you'll always find a way to prevail. Though I miss my job at Jordan's like crazy, this journey has so far been the greatest adventure I have ever had....and I still have 4 more months. Plus a semester traveling around the world.
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