Weeks 6 & 7

Another two weeks down and once again they have been eventful! Lifeguard life is going well and I have become a professional at applying sun screen. Last week we did win against Custodial at flag football! I, however, played against Recreation because we had more players but it was still fun to get to know people from other lines of business and my fellow Caribbean Beach crew. I threw two touchdowns which is a big step up from the last time I played in high school.. i.e.. when i broke my leg.  It was fun. We are hoping to play sand volleyball as our next activity which I am not going to complain about that.

I finally made it to the beach! Jess's fiance's family lives three hours from Orlando, so we drove there and stayed with them for a few days. We went to Bowman's Beach in Sanibel. It was a wonderful day!

Last week I also started volunteering at Give Kids The World. They offer an all expenses paid, week long trip to Florida for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. First of all we got a free, awesome t-shirt. Secondly.. I love it there. It is amazing to see the passion that the volunteers and employees have for inspiring hope for the guests that come there. Each week they celebrate different holidays. I worked the Christmas celebration in the Santa Claus room, where we had the chance to meet him. It was amazing to see the happiness the event brought to the families. I'm going to try my hardest to go every week! 

My friend Erin, who was an RA with me at Whitewater and is also on program here, went to Epcot the other day to check out Food and Wine Festival. They added a lot of extra countries and offer food & drinks from them. You can pick up a "passport" and get it stamped as you taste your way around the world. The portions are smaller and less expensive as well. It was verrrryy busy but it was interesting to see all the choices. I plan on going back a few times before it ends in November!

This week Jess and I made a plan to go to Magic Kingdom and take pictures with as many characters as we could before she had to go to work. We succeeded! The new Princess Hall opened and it is amazing on the inside. There are two sides where you can meet four princesses. Having never actually seen a princess in the park, I was really super excited to go there. I was not disappointed! We also met some others throughout the park as well. We plan on going to each park to hunt down characters over the next few weeks. I think it's probably my favorite part aside from Wishes at Magic Kingdom now. So happy I have to opportunity to do everything I've ever wanted at Walt Disney World. :)

Disney recently released a new application for Smartphones called "My Disney Experience" allows you to link everything about your Disney vacation to it. It also shows you exactly what time and where everything is at each park including characters. It is extremely helpful and I recommend everyone download and check it out! 

I have some good news about my quest for a Professional Internship as well! I applied a few days ago after slowly updating my resume and received an email yesterday morning about setting up a phone interview. It's tomorrow at 1:00 pm! I also set up a meeting with my guest service manager and asked her a few questions about her journey through the company. She was extremely helpful and is going to help me set up some meetings with other people in the company in the marketing department, etc. So thankful for her help! I will keep everyone updated as it progresses. 

That's all for now!

P.S. SOOOOO excited for all the people who are coming in the next few months. Cannot wait for everyone to visit.