A very fun filled busy week!

So this week has been full of all sorts of fun things! :) Wednesday night Victoria and I decided we wanted to go see the Summer Nightastic Fireworks show at Magic Kingdom and do the dessert party thing that they have. Unfortunately there weren't any reservations left which was sad and the Victoria got sick which was even sadder :( I had also invited my roommate Danielle and her friend to come with us and a guy I work with named Pat Moran. When the dessert thing fell through Danielle invited me to come with her and Ricky to Kobe Steakhouse which is a Japanese restaurant where they cook the food on the table right in front of you! (Kinda like Tepanyaki) Pat and my Kevin Casey came with us too! (Kevin is my friend from Ireland who was visiting this week. It was so fun to see him!!) After dinner we went to MK to watch the Fireworks and the Main Street Electrical Parade. It was so much fun!! There was this girl right behind us who was really into the show. It was hilarious and super cute, total Disney Magic at its greatest. All through the fireworks we heard her really loudly saying, "WOW!!! SO COOL!!" lol After that we decided to go to Steak and Shake and get dessert. It was a little awkward at first because a couple of guys from work (one of which really creeps me out :p) had invited me to go to Steak and Shake with them, but I told them I couldn't because I already had plans to go to MK. Well they were there when we got there and we ended up sitting at the table right next to them :p But we had a blast anyways. I ended up sitting in between Kevin and Pat and during the course of the evening they got in "fights" and then would proceed to have a make up hug where I ended up being trapped in the middle. Awkward :p LOL they are crazy!
The next night I went to the midnight showing of Toy Story 3 with Bri, Meagan, Jon, Tim, Dustin, Pat, and Kevin. WOW what an amazing movie!!! Totally worth seeing at midnight! We all cried during it, and we weren't ashamed to admit it :) After the movie Pat drove me home because I didn't have a ride. After he dropped me off and went home he texted me and said, "You're really cute." I was so excited and totally freaking out, but had no one to share it with because it was super late :p
The next day I went to Universal with Becca and went to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter! We got there at 8 am, but there were so many people there that we ended up waiting in this huge line that wound completely through the park. We didn't get into the WW until 3:30!!! Our wait in line was miserable because there wasn't much shade and it was really hot :p but we did have this cute Grandma and her adult daughter who were behind us and we made friends with them :) We all watched out for each other and saved places in line while we went to get food, or water, or too the bathroom or whatever else. We discovered that the best way to stay cool was to get soaked at the little water playgrounds they had around the park. We had to fight off little kids in order to get to it but that's ok right? ;) Once we finally got in we had a blast!!! There was a lot of cool stuff there. The Forbidden Journey ride was absolutely amazing! And the Dragon Rollercoaster was a walk on! The shops were awesome and we got to have dinner at the Three Broomsticks and we got Butterbeer to drink! We had a fabulous time :)
Well I've got a lot more to post about, but I'm out of time now so I'll just leave it at this and hopefully I'll get to the rest soon! I love you all and hope you have a magical day! <3

More adventures in O-Town

Ok now don't be alarmed... This really is me and I really am posting on my blog again :p This is what happens when I don't get scheduled to work and I'm still working on getting back into the social scene. LOL Lets see... I left off last time with my training so I guess it is on to Saturday!!!! Becca and I decided to spend the day at Magic Kingdom! :) I woke up that morning and decided I wanted to wear my red "Do you need to go to First Aid" shirt. This would have been a great idea except that when I parked at MK and looked around I saw a lot of other people wearing red shirts and realized my mistake. It happened to be Gay Days at MK that day :p Oops! It was kind of entertaining though because all day long people were reading my shirt expecting it to be something about Gay Days, but instead it was something they didn't understand at all and they were really confused :p We had a fantastic day! We decided to start with splash mountain so we could avoid all the crowds. This proved to be the best idea ever because being wet kept us cool for pretty much the rest of the day. The lines really weren't too terribly bad all day which was nice. When we went to get fast passes for Winnie the Pooh we got bonus passes for Philharmagic which was magical :) We went to Columbia Harbour House for lunch and got delicious salads and got to eat up stairs! Then we went to ride Haunted Mansion and ran into a bunch of Becca's friends who were way cool and we spent the rest of the day with them :) It was a blast! They had fast passes for Splash Mountain so we went on that and squished 10 people into 1 log! :) Good times! Then we watched the fantastic Celebrate a Dream Come True parade! Then we played some more until it was time for Becca to go to work. I dropped her off at Disney Quest and then went to EPCOT to visit Bekka at the Imagination Institute. I lucked out because she was at the outside greeter position. We chatted for like 30 mins until it was time for her ride to close. She locked up the doors and then got to ride with me! I got to learn some secrets about the ride :D Then I headed back to MK to ride Space Mountain and watch the Main Street Electrical Parade and the new Summer Nightastic Fireworks show. I was hoping to see Wishes again but I missed the last night by like one day :( Oh well. Sunday was a fantastic day as well!! I got to go to church in the Buena Vista YSA ward with Becca! It was a wonderful meeting :) It was fun to see some of my old friends too :) In Relief Society our lesson was an introduction of the new program they are starting for the summer: Women of Wisdom. Basically it is a program to remind us just how wonderful we are and teach us how to make ourselves better :) Valerie gave a wonderful lesson and at the end she had one of the Elders come in to tell us about what guys are looking for in girls. He decided to kind of do his own thing instead, but I think it actually put his point across better. He first had us list of things that would attract us to a guy if we briefly met him on the beach. We listed a lot of shallow things like good smile, big muscles, sense of humor, intelligence, nice eyes, etc. Then he asked us to list things that we would be in love with of a husband of 50 years. These things were a lot deeper: trust, sense of humor (still), ability to provide, loyalty, honor's his priesthood, etc. Basically the point he wanted to make was that inside every guy there is a dark part that wants the worldly Hot Girl, but if he is smart he will be able to look past that and see what is really important. We don't need to waste our time on the guys who give in completely to the worldly desires because they are not worth it. If we do our best to prepare ourselves to be the kind of person someone would like to spend eternity with there will be a guy who recognizes that and will appreciate us for that. It was a really good day in Relief Society and I was able to take a lot of great lessons from it :) Another really good day was Tuesday! I got to go to the Orlando Temple with Becca and the ward! There was a mix up in scheduling so we arrived there at 6:30, but didn't get to start until 8. That was totally fine with us though! Becca and I just wandered the temple grounds and talked about the gospel and marriage and various other topics. :) It was nice to just be near the temple and forget about the outside world. I love the spirit you can feel when you are on that sacred ground. It was so cute, while we were sitting there we saw a dad come around the corner pushing a stroller and his wife came up a second later. There were on vacation and had decided to take the time to walk around the temple grounds together (we could tell by the airplane tag on the stroller). I thought this was the cutest thing ever and we decided that we are going to do that with our husbands when we get married! :) After we got done at the temple we were driving home and realized that we were hungry. We made the decision to eat at Steak N Shake in less than 30 seconds!! It was an amazing accomplishment for us and we were very proud of ourselves :) Becca and I always have so much fun hanging out!!! (but don't worry it's not too much fun ;p) There you have it :) More details of my exciting adventures in the World of Disney! I hope you are all doing well! I love you and miss you! Have a Magical Day! <3

Lots of Adventures

The past week (wow! It really only has been 1 week...) has been very exciting and full of fun adventures! So I'm gonna try and sum it all up for you :) It started with Monday preparing for my trip out here to Florida. I spent the day packing, playing with friends, packing, spending time with the fam, packing, playing with friends again, and of course PACKING! Of course I did it all the day before I left... why worry about it sooner :p It was a fun day and definitely a good note to leave on. Tuesday: The Biggest Adventure! Mom and I spent the morning at the DMV. Luckily everything went well there and we had no problems. It was just a huge inconvenience needing to wake up at 7 am. Bleh! Then the trip to the airport and saying goodbye to Mom and Amanda, and suddenly I found myself all by myself in the giant airport :p I got to security and pulled out my computer and my bag of liquids and put my stuff in the bins and felt pretty good about how efficient I was at getting everything right. After I walked through the gates and waited with everyone else to get my stuff from the x-ray machine I realized that I had forgotten to take off my shoes! Haha whoops! The security guy didn't notice and didn't say anything to me so I guess I was ok! LOL I then proceeded to my gate B-16... or so I thought. When I arrived at the gate it was all under construction and there was no one sitting by it. I was very confused about this and sat down and wondered what I was supposed to do. Then I double checked my info and realized that I was actually supposed to be at B-19! LOL a moment of dislexia on my part. So I made it to the right gate and got on the correct flight and we were off to Denver! :) I sat next to this cute married couple who were both special needs. They were so sweet! Then it was another new 1st for me... When we stopped in Denver i stayed on the plane. While we sat there I finally got a hold of my Manager at Disney who was in charge of sending verification for me to get a new Disney ID. Our Plane was delayed for a few minutes because a door on bottom wouldn't close properly, but once that was fixed we were on our way to Kansas. The Kansas airport is very tiny so I had no trouble finding my next gate. Nothing too exciting happened here because let's face it... it's Kansas! We were a little bit delayed because there was a group of people that needed to get on our flight who were on a plane that was late. We waited for them to arrive because ours was the last flight to Orlando that night. And then finally we were in the air to ORLANDO!!!! Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. How often do you get to say that?! LOL sorry I couldn't resist. (In actuality I get to say that several times a day now :p) There I was in Orlando, Florida! I followed the mass of people to baggage claim and found all of my luggage and went outside to find my amazing big brother Rob! I wasn't sure what his car looked like so I kinda just stood there looking around. He called me and said he could see me; he recognized me because I was the only crazy person wearing a hoodie and long pants ;p He packed my suitcases in the back seat of his Mustang and Darth Vader (his GPS) directed us to my new apartment. My roommate Danielle wasn't home, but she had left the key for me in the awesome lock box on the front door. Upon entering we saw a staircase leading up. Rob groaned because he was carrying my 2 almost 50 lb suitcases. When I offered to help him he refused and said, "no way! If you can do it then I certainly can!" LOL silly boys and their need to prove their manliness :p But I appreciate him, he really was so sweet! I got all of my stuff unpacked and moved in, and was trying to figure out where I was going to be sleeping when Danielle came home. She said that since the bed is huge she figured we could just share it. She is such an amazing friend! She is also letting me share her car with her. So when she's not using it she lets me use it! She was way more accommodating than I ever expected her to be, but I am so appreciative of it! The Lord has really blessed me to have everything work out so perfectly here! My 2 days of retraining were a blast! My trainer was Wes who I love! He is the only other Mormon at GMR and we became pretty good friends last year. There was another girl Victoria who was also re-certifying so they just put us together. Wes was super laid back about everything and Victoria and I basically remembered everything anyway so our training went very smoothly and everything was great :) We even finished early and went into rotation for the last 3 hours of our scheduled time. Well that's all I'm going to write for now. Perhaps at a later time I will tell you more about the adventures of the rest of my week. But right now I'm tired of typing and I'm sure you're tired of reading this ridiculously long post so... Have a Magical Day!!! TTFN

The Crazy Rollercoaster Called Life

So considering the fact that my last post is entitled "Florida Catch-up" I figured I should write a new post. (Plus Pebbles started a super cute new blog and it has inspired me) So here goes... The last 8 months have been exciting and a lot has happened, and if I were to try and catch you up on everything you'd be reading this post for weeks. So I'm not going to put you through that kind of torture :) (You can take a moment to thank the heavens if you want to ;P) So instead I think I will just tell you about 2010 so far. I am now back to volunteering at the hospital, but this time it is at Orem Community Hospital! I love that hospital because it feels like home. Everyone is so friendly and nice and it's just a great environment to work in. I love working in the Women's Center because I love little babies and that is my favorite part of the hospital! I can't wait to get a real job there!!! Working at the information desk is fun too though because I get to meet lots of people and it's kinda fun to have power and be the one people come to with questions. I like directing traffic :D It's so great being able to work in that hospital environment. I like the good feeling I get knowing that I am doing service. It's also neat because Ron Liston the Hospital Administrator always makes sure to thank me for being there as he leaves the hospital. It's really great to know that what I do is appreciated. :) School is going well right now :) My classes aren't too bad. They are at least interesting, but I'm kinda struggling right now to get through. I'm tired of school and I want a break, but sadly I'm not going to get one :( I'll just have to stick it out for the next 2 months. Yuck. I'm so done with this boring routine, and I'm done with the winter. I can't wait for warm weather and summer fun!!! :D I really really really want to go back to Florida this summer, but I can't go until June because I have to be here for Megan's wedding! Today she accepted my request to be her "Maid of Honor" lol I just love being helpful and having something to do! I think I should create my own business and rent my Maid of Honor services to girls who need it! :D (it should be a good market here at BYU right? lol) I know this is the question everyone (which really in truth is like the 3 people following my blog who have probably given up on me and won't even see this. and actually you already know what is happening in my life... but I like to humor myself and think that other people actually read this too.) is dying to know the answer to... when will I be needing my own Maid of Honor? Actually I don't think that will be for a long time. I am in the middle of some crazy boy dramas at the moment that I'm at a loss for what to do about! 1 boy wants to date me, but I don't like him at all that way. We are just good friends and I like hanging out with him so I don't want to make things awkward there... Another boy who I have liked for quite awhile, but I haven't known if he liked me back at all; he asked me last night if I thought of him as just a friend. Then when I told him that I actually like him, he told me that he's not sure what he's feeling right now and is confused about girls in general. So really right now I'm stuck in the position of having just laid out my heart for him, and now I'm forced to wait while he decides what he is actually feeling. Ugh! Boys are so ridiculous! On the bright side in about 6 months time pretty much all of my friends will be back from their missions!!! :D YAY!!! I'm so excited I can't wait :D Well I guess that's about all I have to tell you about. I'm sure you're ready for this to be done anyway :D Hope you have a fantastic day!!!