Neverland

A couple of days ago I was telling Travis about how much I miss the OUPS and how I'm so incredibly sad that things can never be like they once were ever again. He said that was part of growing up. But I don't want to grow up. Ever. Hello, that's why I work at Disney World. I think Peter Pan had the right idea. Wendy's so stupid! She should've stayed with him! Where is our Neverland? And how do we get there?!

"I just want to make travel sized versions of all of you and take you with me wherever I go." - Megan Douglas

Amen, girl. AMEN.

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I've decided to extend my program at Disney World! So that mean's I'll be in Orlando till May 14. I'm both excited and nervous about it. I'll be working in a new role, full service food and beverage, which is basically being a hostess. That means no more Contemporary Resort and no more merchandise!!!! I requested to work at Cinderella's Royal Table in Cinderella Castle, so keep your fingers crossed for that location! If not I hope I at least get to work in a park. What this means for all of you is that you now have an extra 5 months to come see me here! Yay! And yes, we can go to Harry Potter World. I'm really sad that half of my roommates and most of my friends are going home January 2nd. I hope that I have just as much fun on my second program. That's what I'm mostly nervous about I guess.

My family came to visit me again for my 22nd birthday (old.) and Thanksgiving. We had a lot of fun, of course, and now I'm sad they're gone. Even though they exhausted me.

My roommates plus Travis and Dan had Thanksgiving this weekend and that was lovely!

I feel like I just wrote the worst blog ever. Hahahaha but I don't know how to fix it and I'm too lazy to! Sorry if it bored you!

"In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream, and in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe." - Michael Jackson

Princess Tiana

Today I met the new Disney princess, Princess Tiana from The Princess and the Frog! She is so beautiful and lovely. She has a new Jubilee every day in Magic Kingdom in Liberty Square on the riverboat and today we decided to go see it! And now I want to go see it every day. Maybe I will! Because in theory I could go to Magic Kingdom every single day if I wanted to. For free!

After her mini-parade/show we met her and took some pictures, not in front of the castle, Kirsten! Just in a quite lovely and practically perfect gazebo. And her prince is soo cute. I might've stared. But just a little.

Yes we're wearing Christmas hats that we purchased that day. It's already Christmas here. We're embracing it.

I'm so excited for this new movie for so many reasons. First of all, I just love Disney movies so much and I'm glad that they've returned to the old Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast format and characters. During the Jubilee they sing a bunch of the songs from the movie and they were fantastic! We were dancing in the street to those beats! Second, I love that I'm here at Disney World for her debut. Seriously, almost everyone here is as excited as I am about her and the movie! And lastly, I'm so happy that Tiana's African American. It puts the biggest smile on my face when I see a little girl wearing her princess dress. It's also by far the prettiest. I love that the company's becoming more diverse. It's so encouraging that all these barriers, even those as silly as a little Disney movie might be, are being broken down slowly across America. I love it. Love love LOVE it!

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” - Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

27!

In case you haven't heard, the Yankees won the World Series on Wednesday night!!! I still am so excited about it. It doesn't even feel real yet. I wish that the Sooners had won the national championship earlier this year though too, that would've been the icing on the cake! I can't wait to get my 2009 Championship shirt! And hat. And hoodie...

I have been saving this quote for months to use at the end of the season and now it's finally here! But now I'm sad that I won't see them again till March. I know it's a long quote, but I think it's completely true!

“The relationship between a fan and his baseball team is unlike anything else. If you love a team -- if you truly love it -- then that team infiltrates your daily life for six straight months (seven if you're lucky). You wake up, you shower, you eat, you work, you eat, you watch your baseball team, you sleep. When the Mets collapsed for the third straight season last week, my devastated friends who follow them all said the same thing: it wasn't losing again as much as reflecting on those 162 games and the hundreds of hours wasted along the way. They felt betrayed. Only baseball does that to you. It's a game of routine, of watching one at-bat after another, hoping something different happens, of relishing the little things that happen along the way. You don't know your favorite players personally, but you feel like you do.” - ESPN.com

Hallowishes

I've been having a busy time here in the Happiest Place on Earth lately! My mom and Peter came to visit me last week and they brought me my car! Yay! No more A and B bus hell! And then Terry came to come see me on Thursday! It was really really good to see my family. We had so much fun! I went to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party with my mom and Peter and then again with Terry the next week. All of you would love it! Even those of you who don't love Disney would enjoy it.

I was Boo from Monsters Inc., Donna went as a witch and Peter was Harry Potter! He crucioed Brad.

And everyone said something to him about being Harry. The best was the first little girl who saw him. She pointed and laughed. It was so funny. And awesome.

Terry and I went as Batman and Spidergirl. Meaning I wore a Spiderman costume with a blue skirt over it and a red ribbon in my hair. Tada! Spidergirl! But Princess Aurora called me Mrs. Spiderman? This time the little kids were pointing at me! Terry and I had so much fun! But we always have so much fun.

Look at these intense battle faces!

In case you can't tell, those are sweet Family Reunion buttons that we're wearing when we went to Magic Kingdom the next day!

Aren't all these pictures making you soooo jealous?! Don't you want to come visit me now?!

"Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me." - Lord Chesterfield

Cinderella Castle

I could seriously look at this all day.

P.S. Come visit me! I have extra discounts starting Oct. 25!

Pictures of the Day!

I know this is long overdue, and for that I'm so sorry! But here it is anyway!

September 25

Last Friday Emily and I went to MK to let some of her friends in and we decided to get cappuccino floats (best drink ever) and check a couple of rides off our lists while we were there. Our goal is to go on every single ride and go to all the shows at every park at least once while we're here. I met my fairy godmother.

September 26

Saturday off day! I woke up so late and just sat around watching football and skyping Kirsten and blogging. Then we went shopping, where I got some sweet shoes. Seriously, aren't they beautiful?! On the way home we got some frostys (yum). Then I made the cookies I had been meaning to make since the first week I got here. Ooops...

September 27

Every Sunday is House of Blues night. We don't go every Sunday though. CPs go to HOB Sundays because it's "Service Night" which means we don't have to pay a cover, which is usually something like $8. We get there this week and the bouncer outside tells us that service night is starting later because there's a heavy metal band playing a show inside and we have to wait for them to leave. We decide that's lame so we go to Bongo's which is next door. And then we ordered drinks that came in these sweet bongos!

September 28

I forgot to take a picture on Monday...oops! But we were at HOB till 2 a.m., so this will count as my picture of the day! This is Emily, Mauro, me, Sarah and Melissa on the dance floor. I like the first pic better! Hahaha

September 29

Emily and I have been craving Mexican food. Real Mexican food too, like Tarahamara's not El Chico. On Tuesday we found this place that's called Mexican Restaurant. My plate is the bottom right. It's quesadillas. But they were fried? Hahaha still good though.

September 30

Wednesday night Emily, Dan, Travis and I went to Buffalo Wild Wings, which is what we do most Wednesday nights since it's karaoke night. The four of us had so much fun! We deemed it our Pregame for the OU game on Saturday. And afterwards we went to Perkin's which is across the street and had some more adventures!

Here's Emily and I not being lame!

October 1

On Thursday I had to work. Aaannd I forgot to take a picture...sooo moving on!

October 2

Friday I had to take the 6:37 bus. Which I feel is much too early, of course. This is where I was sitting at around 7 a.m. waiting for the next bus I had to take.

October 3

Gameday! Even though we lost, I still had a great time on my mini-vacay with Travis, Emily and Dan. But this day deserves an entire blog post, so I'll just leave you with one picture of us at the gas station.

October 4

Sunday was cleaning for inspection. Lame. Which we passed and were given mediocre cookies. But I'll take mediocre cookies over a $25 fine EACH for not passing any day.

October 5

On Monday I had a day off again and I spent it at Hollywood Studios with Travis and Dan. Well with Dan till he had to work. It was a really fun day that included many adventures like Travis's car not starting and a movie night! It probably deserves its own post, but I might never get to it....

So remember this? Well at Hollywood Studios there's a thing that you answer questions to and stuff and it tells you which Disney character you are. I was actually really surprised to see this pop up!

October 6

You may remember me mentioning Epcot's Food and Wine Festival. Well, on Tuesday me and 4 of my new friends decided to hit it up! And I got the last strawberry shortcake in all of the world. Ok, so the last one in all the World Showcase in Epcot.

"Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow" - Mark Twain