Today has gotten funnier by the moment.

Woke up this morning tired as could be. Got to work and it was crazy.

Gave Robert and Brad Disney lithographs to thank them for the awesome tour class and they loved them. Yay. Happiness. We did well!

Worked the help desk and got to go to my first Trainer's Meeting. It was very cool. Nina, John Dontrich, and Michelle rock. John Dontrich said that I will be doing the overview for the new Cast Members coming next week. So, after the UFW tour that I will give them, I will take them for a day and pretty much go over Future World and the World Showcase overview for them. Excitement! I can't wait!

Michelle said something today that really stuck. She talked about holding onto your dreams and they *will* come true. It may take some time, but if you keep it in mind and work hard for it, everything will fall into place.

These words meant a lot. I *do* love my current job, don't get me wrong, but my dreams are in a different area, but I think she is right. I will just have to be a bit patient and I believe they will come true. *g* Good words to live by today.

Got our work group photos today. So cute! A team of plaid-wearing Guest Relation Cast Members in front of the Italy viewing area so there is a beautiful Spaceship Earth in the background with EPCOT gleaming in the sky. It's great! Makes me feel apart of the family. Yay. Gonna be framed.

Got home after a hard and crazy day. Talked to Libster some with Ann at their place and came home to a very funny roomie. Turns out that he just learned today in his 24 years of living in his boy body that girls have different menstral cycles. I almost choked on my chips. Turns out he thought that every girl had their cycle the third week of every month. Every girl in the entire world...and every girl also had those mood swings that same time. Hmm...wonder what explains *his* mood swings? SO funny and yet so sad. *giggle* That was the funniest thing I had heard all day. Thanks Tye!

So I found out today that the band I *love*, Honestly, is gonna be playing here in Orlando in November at Lost & Found! I cannot wait! Yay!

AND I got the night off for Guster on the 9th so I am so excited for that as well! Yay!

Fifth Year Crush put up their "Camplified" pics on their site so check them out! Very cute! Even some celebs in there posing with the boys. *giggle* I know Libby is jealous. Mr. Clay Aiken anyone?

So Juliet had fun tonight hanging out with the stars at her press event. She got to see Phil Collins, Roy Disney, Michael Eisner, and more. Very cool.

Tomorrow is my Train the Trainer class with Anthony Bonds! I am excited, then onto D-R-C for the rest of my shift. Gonna be good times!

SO....I am eating cantalope. To the point that I am sick. And you think...so stop eating it Carolyn. But it's sooo good.

Last night was good times. Went with Leslie to meet up with Juliet, Jen, Andrea, Craig, and their friends to see Under the Tuscan Sun and it was a good movie, but only despite it's direct impact on my life, it was really random.

Basic realization pointing right at me directly from the movie consists of how it is a bad idea to "date" Italians. Yea...great. Thanks.

Today has been a great day! I went to work at the crazy hour of 7AM to open the help desk for my first time ever. Went quite well! Yay.

Basically taught myself what to do. I had a check list and wonderful managers to go by, but it was kinda fun to just "discover" what to do.

Hung out a lot at the desk with Robert. He cracks me up. I refer to the quote that he said today that I put on my side bar. Check it out. *So* cute! I adore him!

Sarah's first tour was today and Brad said she did great! I knew she would! Yay! Now, just one more to go and then we will all have had our *first* tours. Good times! I have two scheduled for this week, and two days of training classes. I can't wait! All this exciting stuff and I really don't deserve it, but I am definitely appreciating it!

Today went by so fast. The earlier you wake up, the faster time goes by...I have figured. Good times!

Tonight I will be hanging out "round here" and just doing some relaxing before this crazy week gets crazy...cause oh *it* will!

Watching Karate Kid. Love this movie! One of my favorites. Yesterday I watched Parent Trap so I am totally into my older collection at the moment. Strange times....no cable gets me bringin out the oldies.

Anyways...later!

What a wonderful weekend. Draining, yes. Fun, yes. Yay!

Friday night, Tye and Libby and I had a Julie Andrews marathon with Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music then Amy JO came over after her football game and we headed to Margaritaville.

We got pulled onto the dance floor many times that night. Good times though. Crazy people like always. Had moments with Michael. *g* He is too funny. And as always AJ cracks me up. Dave was nice per usual, and Woodsey was his usual fun self. Even Roger was pretty friendly-looking that night. Good! All in all a wonderful Margaritaville night. Got my band fix. Next is Guster! Whoo hoo!

So we crashed and woke up at the late time of noonish and headed out to explore Florida. We decided to go to Clearwater Beach to avoid the storms as much as possible, and although we went through some monsoons, it ended up being beautiful at the beach. We got fried though. *g* Got to swim with fishes. There were all these silver fish around. Didn't like that too much, but if you didn't watch them it wasn't so bad.

Watched some stupid frat guys playing football, but it ended up being more like cussing at each other rather than playing. Boys. Stupid boys. After swimming and laying out a bit, we went to the local shops. Good times. Mr. Mayer came over the speaker and sang "Why Georgia Why" and all these memories came to me. Good times.

At that point, we were starved so we stopped at the wonderful Bennigans and ate the entire restaurant and it was *so* good. They were really awesome there too. Quick, nice, polite, wonderful, and bored cause there was no one there at that time, but so good! Great soundtrack playing while we ate! Good times!

Got home and was *so* beat, but we stopped to get an icedream and some aloe. Then went to meet Amy Jo's friend Amy and her friends at the Ale House. Was good times, but I was beat. We stayed till close and hung out with them. Got to know Vast a bit more in Amy Jo's car. I really enjoy them and their freakiness. Good times!

I have some more errands to run today and hopefully I will catch up with Leslie and Juliet to see a movie, but that is just more money I don't need to spend, but we shall see. Oh the price to pay to hang out. *g*

I am so tired though. So Sleepy, but it was well-worth it. Very fun weekend! Thanks Amy JO! I needed the stress-reliever! Good times!

I have a headache. Why? Cause I slept in way too long. Ugh.

Yesterday I worked the window and it was quite crazy. Not as crazy as the day before, but held it's own, let me tell ya.

Had some crazy situations and was still trying to come down from the craziness faced the day before, but all is okay today. I went to Target where I actually ran into the guitar-playing guy from the patio of Margaritaville. Funny.

Bought some much needed items, then came home to distribute to correct areas in the apartment. I cleared up a lot of the boxes I still had randomly around my room and I feel better just in doing that.

The plan for tonight is for Amy Jo to come over after her football game and hang out. We may be going to Margaritaville to get my band-fix taken care of AND to get my drink on. UGH. After this week I need a good stress reliever and since I can't have FYC or The Curve at my beck and call, BlueStone Circle is next in line.

Tomorrow, I am thinking we might hit the beach, *if* it is not raining....so we might need a back-up plan. Not sure yet.

My sister is gonna be coming into town soon and I am planning up a lot of joyous show activities. I am gonna keep her out till all hours of the night. She won't even know what hit her during her conference schedule...cause she is gonna be drowning it some coffee each morning. I can't wait! We have The Rising AND Big Sky who are gonna blow her away! I can't wait!

Kevin said him and the boys might be coming up that same week to Epcot again. Should be good times! They had a blast last time, so that is good. Too bad I can't join in again.

Gonna go rest up and think of *all* the things I need to get accomplished on my wonderful three-day weekend! AND think of all the money I don't have to help accomplish those things! Wish me luck!

You know what gets on my nerves?

Phone cards with expiration.

So...today I was at the help desk again doing lost and found. Craziness. Crazy!

Everything that could possibly go wrong, DID. And without the help of my fellow cast members and especially Nina I would have been out of my mind. But amazingly enough, out of *all* the things that went wrong, everything seemed to work out okay in the end. Thank goodness.

I did get some helpful hints from Brad and Robert today on future tours AND I got some info from Craig (he did the viewing the night my guests went) and he said that they all raved about the tour and about it being my first time doing the tour. Yay! I am so glad! That made me so happy. I just wanted them to enjoy the tour and it seemed like they did! Happiness.

So glad today is over. Tomorrow I am at the window and then I have a three-day weekend! Happiness all over the place! I have so much to catch up on!

My friends are funny.

Heard from Mr. Joey Boone today. He is doing well in Cali, but gonna come visit soon! Yay.

Jocelyn has the cutest pic of her and Mr. Jason Mraz on her page! You are adorable! Good pic of him as well! He is here in Orlando during November. Can you come visit then? I think it shall be an excellent time to visit! <.hint hint>

Hey Kate..I got your message. Sorry I was at work. We will talk soon, but I am working on getting those tickets for the Joey show...want to come with?

JHEY-Keep writing! I love the adventures of the Ivy League Eskimo. You are too cute.

Becca...I need more updates...I am sorry things aren't that great at school. Keep working, it will get better!

Jessica! Go see THIS BAND!!! in da ATL! SOON!

I am feeling a lot of stuff lately. Stress, happiness, saddness, regretfulness, and just an overall feeling that I wished I had done better in one area of my life to make things perfect.

Then, I realize that I can't change things and I have to live life the only way I know how to and I have to make it the best that I can everyday that I am able to.

I am in love with a song right now. A group called Honestly wrote/sings it.

That pretty much says what I am feeling at the current moment. It hurts. But it will get better.

Today was actually a great day, but I really didn't feel that great today. I got some errands done this morning on the way to work. I did lost and found today. Janet's first tour was today and Robert said she did well! Yay! We are all growing up! *g*

Hung out with Andy and Madison, Nina and John Dontrich. All was good times, but I just have felt kinda low today. Usually I am "bubbly" but not too much today, just kinda there.

Got a call from Jen and her message to me was so cute! "Oh MY GOSH! I am in Hot Topic with Chris Kirkpatrick. He is shopping with his sister. I am too nervous to talk to him, but if you are *anywhere* near the Florida Mall, COME NOW!" She is too cute!

Tomorrow I work again at Help Desk, very exciting! I love doing that! I need a little more experience, but I think it's slowly working.

Well today was my first tour and I think it went well. Robert shadowed me. Literally. He acted as a guest throughout my tour and didn't say who he was until the end. It was so cute!

I had an awesome group. I had twelve people in my group and all have been to Epcot before. They asked a lot of great questions and seemed really interested. There was only one part where I felt I could have done better and that was my ending. I could have made it a bit more special, so I need to work on that, but other than that I am pretty happy with how it went.

Yas from Japan did my Ambassador part and he is so cute! Everyone really enjoyed him. CJ did my Intern Greenhouse tour and that went really well too. I think they all had a good time.

I have to say thanks to all the people who were so awesome in giving me words of encouragement. You know who you are! Thanks for all the support guys! Ya'll rock!

I just have to say that I love Robert! I love him! *g* Thanks for all that you do!

At the end of the day, I said my closing and as everyone was about to leave, Robert came out of guest mode and said, "I have something to add. I am actually a Cast Member and I am training Carolyn and this is her first tour" It was so cute to see the guest's faces cause they had *no* idea. AND they all said, "Wow I would have never had known" Then, I mentioned that Robert was the one I told them about who did the mural on our "Pride Hall" and they all gave him props. They really liked it and it was definitely a UNIQUE tour. *g*

I am exhausted from worrying about it and waking up early this morning, so I am gonna take a nap here pretty soon. I just feel so much better that my first tour is over and I can keep growing and getting better. I have some stuff I need to work on, but it was fun and I really enjoyed it!

I work the Help Desk tomorrow so it will be a nice break. Yay! I am gonna get some sleep now and talk later! Thanks again to everyone who helped me with all this tour stuff. You ROCK!

Today has been a pretty good day so far. Been at Gateway with Mika and Brian while rockin out to my CDs. They really loved FYC and The Curve! Rock on!

Been pretty steady as well, but not too busy. Best of both worlds. Good times.

Had lunch with Leo and John Dontrich, or I should say...had "SUBWAY" with them, since lunch just doesn't seem to cut it anymore, we always have SUBWAY *g*

This morning I went shopping for white tennis shoes for my tour tomorrow. Found some at a reasonable price and even got a discount cause I work for Disney. Rock on! I am so nervous about tomorrow. Not that I don't know the information, but just the fact that it is the first time I am doing a tour and I don't want to goof it up. Wish me luck!

I talked to Amy JO today and when I asked her what she was up to, she said and I quote "Working on my Web-blog" YAY! I have recruited yet another person to journalize. Well, not really. She wanted to write in a diary on the computer anyways, but I like to think I helped spark it a bit. So I am adding her to my list. So anyone else want to add themselves. It is like a web of friends online...Kristine helped Shelley and Shelley got Kate into it, Kate got me started and then my list is of the following:

Yesterday was my sister's birthday, but she is on an Alaskan cruise right now, but just wanted to shout her out anyways! Today is my other sister's birthday so have a GREAT one Jen!

Yesterday was my sixth mandatory day and I was at the window with Anthony and Andy for most of the day. It was a pretty good day.

I really learn a lot from my co-cast members and I am so glad that they are always there to assist me whenever I need help. I learned a lot from Anthony yesterday and I definitely do appreciate all my co-cast members! Just thought I would mention it. Everyday they give me magical moments of knowledge without even realizing it. *g*

Kevin came and visited me at the window and I got to formally meet his friends Dave and Meaghan. They were both very nice! They were all hanging in the park with The Curve boys as well. I kinda ran into them a couple times in the park later on in the day as well. I was headed to lunch and Leo and I stopped at the Test Track on our way there (*with* my *NSYNC lunch box mind you <.giggle>) and as we were practicing for our tour, I heard "CAROLYN" being screamed and when I turned around, there was the group. So I got to say hey to Mikey and the rest of the gang as well. Good times! I hope they had a good time at our Epcot! I always love to see them somewhere outside of the the band scene, they are so much more relaxed.

Onto after work. Leslie and I headed to meet Amy JO and Lonnie at Margaritaville. GOOD times! I love it! Whenever I need a "band fix" I head over there and we haven't seen them in like two weeks, so it's been crazy. Mr. AJ was hilarious as usual. Dave was freaking funny. He was off to the side playing his guitar when some drunk guy squeezed his way to stand right next to Dave (I wonder if he even *knew* that Dave was playing a guitar at that point) and then proceeded to pick up Dave's beer that was in front of him on their bridge that they keep their stuff on, and *while* Dave is playing he says, "Hey!" and grabs the beer out of the guys hand. "That's mine" <.LOL> He looked at us as we looked in amazement of the guy's balls for doing that and he said "That's where I draw the line!" HILARIOUS! Michael rocked it out like usual! Gave him the rock sign and it was like old times again. Aww I missed the old Michael! *g* And of course Woodsey was in his best like always. He is such a perfectionist and is always so awesome!

Saw John, he came up and was like, "HEY! I listened to it!" and it took me a minute to realize that he meant the FYC CD that I made him buy from me when he was drunk outside of PI. <.grin> He was like, "It's so good! I really like it!" See...I told ya John! Good times! Made another fan, too bad he is moving to Las Vegas next month, but still. FYC travels. *g*

Got home around 2:30 in da AM and I am beat! I have to go get some white shoes for tomorrow's tour costume and I have to get prepared for it as well. I work Gateway today and normally it isn't too busy so I will have some time to look over my tour notes. I am quite nervous, but I also think it is gonna be tons of fun and quite an experience too. My roomie, Tye's, tour is tomorrow as well for MK so it shall be a fun day for both of us tomorrow. Whew, wish me luck.

JHEY! I love all the additions and you are doing *so* well. No pressure! C'mon...I just want to be updated in your life! <.giggle> I just wish there were comment areas on your website so I could comment to you on there as well. *g* I am glad you like the CD...that is full of all the local bands in Florida! Rock it on!

Amy JO gave me some awesome CD's so I can get to know Guster before the concert and some Counting Crows that only she has being the BIGGEST Counting Crows fan EVER! So I am too excited! Thanks girl, you ROCK!

Later peeps, onto shoe shopping and work!

Today was my Check Out. Went pretty well. Yay! I am now officially a tour guide for the UnDiscovered Future World Tour. My first tour is coming up this week, so it shall be a great experience. I am excited. Also, today John Dontrich told me I will be doing a "special" tour by taking the new Cast Members around. I think that will be tons of fun!

We had an entire ceremony and celebration for making it out of our Check Out. There were balloons, theme music (There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of every day...), Maryanne as the photographer, cake, awards, and certificates.

"Pomp and Circumstance" played while most of the awards were given out, but oddly enough the music tracking changed to "Miss America" for me and then to the Brazilian Anthem for Leo. Quite themed, ya think? <.snicker>

Then, our group had to choose a name of a person in our group who had helped them out the most while doing this training class and that person was gonna be "Miss Congeniality" and they chose me. Isn't that sweet? When really I was choosing Sarah, Leo, and Will cause they all helped me throughout the week. It was so nice of them! I got a Pooh Bear as my gift.

Went out to dinner with the girls tonight. Leslie, Libby, Jane, Juliet and I all went out to Celebration for dinner at The Market Street Restaurant and it was really good! We walked around the town a bit and then back to Juliet's dream apartment in Celebration.

Got a call from Kevin to hear that him and the boys are coming up tomorrow to play. Good times. Hopefully I will get to see them a bit at least while I am working the window.

Hanging out with the roomie now <.grin> Gonna be heading to bed *very* soon. I am beat. I am exhausted both mentally and physically. Tomorrow I work the window then Sunday I work Gateway...then my tour. Wish me luck.

JHEY! I *love* your new website! I am so glad I inspired yet another journal subscriber! Live Journal and Blogger are gonna love me-wait they already do. *g* Keep Journaling! I *will* check everyday! Right Jocelyn and Becca? <.giggle>

I will talk soon!

Today was the last day of our actual training and tomorrow is our "Check Out". I am pretty nervous, but I know that I *know* all the information, it is just the way that I have to present it that I am freaking out about. Part of the presentation is being able to remember everything and the entire thing is about telling stories, so I need to tell them in order so that they flow and make sense to my audience. And that is the part where I am freaking out about.

It has been a fun few days though. We have gotten to do things that a *lot* of people aren't able to do. We had tons of speakers including a manager from the Living Seas who gave us a tour of Behind The Seas and we got a tour from an Intern at The Land for Behind The Seeds. Today we got to dine at Nine Dragons and sample their menu. That was awesome! AND we got to go on top of the Mexico pavillon to look at the control station for where Illuminations is created and set off at. It was awesome!

We also went on a field trip to Disney MGM Studios to the One Man's Dream exhibit where we saw a lot of the things we were learning about and it was great to put a distinct item with it's name. Very fun and also very tear-jerking. The movie at the end was very inspirational and sweet. Good times.

Leo and I are still ahead in our trivia game, which is exciting! *g* It is a LOT of information and if I was taking a written test on all the info, I guarantee that I would ace it, but having to give it in a story like manner with it all flowing from each area makes it difficult.

Tomorrow is Check Out so hopefully I will be a tour guide! I will find out tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Today was a bright and early day as well. Today went by a lot faster than yesterday though which was good, but tiring as well.

First, we had a presentation by Jim, who is a historian for Disney, and he rocks! He was awesome! He taught us a lot about presenting as well as a lot about Disney.

Then, we went around the first half of the tour and practiced our script. It was good times cause it helped us practice and it was fun to go through the tour.

We, then, went to another presentation with John, who is another historian and had been at the very beginnings of Walt Disney World, so it was very cool to see his side of things and listen to his experiences. Very cool. So much history within our park and it makes me proud. A lot of good things.

Today is the first day I haven't been so exhausted that I had to come home and nap immediately so that is good. After the "work day" a few of us went to ride Universe of Energy because Sarah and I have never ridden it. It was pretty good. Much better than I thought it was gonna be.

After that, I came home and talked to B! Haven't talked to her in forever! I miss you girl!

Studied a bit and then Libby and Jane came over to hang. Good times! Collected pics that they took "thinking" of me during certain photos including ones that had starfish in them *g* Thanks guys! And one of Libby and Jane holding up a "The Curve" CD at Virgin. So cute! Ya'll are hilarious.

Good times.

So tomorrow is hump day and a day especially important for my learning the second half of the script so wish me luck on that end!

Got up at the break of dawn or even before, actually to head onto my first day of training for the UnDiscovered Future World Tour. It is gonna be a tiring week for Carolyn. Normally my hours of operation are from noon on. I don't normally like to see the nighttime sky when I first wake up, unless it is after a nice nap. I am *not* a morning person, but this is worth it. I learned a *lot* of interesting stuff today and enjoyed myself, but it is a *lot* of information and kind of overwelming. Craziness.

Today Robert and Brad took us all around the park on their tour and it was very cool to get two different tours in one with their different personalities. I really enjoyed it but it seemed really long today with lots of walking in the sun, but they made it fun and a great learning experience. I think it's gonna be fun to run the tour. My check out day is Monday where I get to do my own tour with Robert being one of my "guests". It should be fun! I am excited. Just lots of information. I am so exhausted though!

Leo and I were team partners for our game at the end of our day and we were so winning, but Robert and Sarah got even with us and then the final answer Craig and Will got their points doubled and won that game. Craziness, ah well. We will get them next time.

Just had a convo that cracked me up! Enough about that!

Got to wake up EARLY tomorrow so gonna go study and get some sleep! Wish me luck!

Yesterday was pretty good at work. I was at the window all day and the morning flew by. Nothing too bad, a couple of *strange* situations, but that happens all the time anyways.

I was at the window again with the Mr.'s. Dontrich and Bonds. Good times as always with those two. And I learned very important lessons from both of them <.grin> Love you two!

After work I headed home to change and then to the grocery store. Stocked up on important food items then did laundry.

Amy JO called so we went to get drinks at the Ale House with her friends Lonnie and Amy. Good times, but there were tons of different football games going on so there would be random yelling. That got a little annoying but other than that, good times.

Came home to find Lowell and Tye here chattin away. Jane and Libby were at their place and poor Jane had a bad day. I hope everything is better now girl!

I crashed I was so tired last night and didn't wake up until 11:45AM. I am so lazy today. Gonna go meet Amy Jo at her crib and do some swimming. I haven't been in a pool in what seems like ages. We used to swim at least once a day when we were all at the villas and every pool just doesn't seem as great since that one. I miss it!

This week I have training for UnDiscovered Future World so that should be fun and a great learning experience! Okay I will talk later!

So I have been thinking about some old times. It sucks.

Yesterday was pretty good. I worked at DRC and the window with Mr. Anthony Bonds and Mr. John Dontrich, the cutest boys ever. Got to go to lunch with Mr. Bonds, he adorable!

Nina told Anthony and I that we would be attending our Train the Trainer's Class together! Happiness. We are planning a date for the movies afterwards. <.grin>

Also, Nina let me know that Anthony and I will be able to do a shadow of Disney's Animal Kingdom Special Events together in the next month. I cannot wait. Special Events AND being at DAK AND with Anthony! I am so excited! *g*

Last night, I got off of work and went home to find Juliet and Tye, then Libby, Jane, and Jane's friend came over as well. Good times. We watched a bit of Sweet Home Alabama before we were all about to crash and called it an early night.

Working today *all* day in the D.R.C *g* and then tonight we are gonna *try* to get into Cirque Du Soleil! I have a slight feeling that we won't have a problem! <.giggle> Gonna be good times after work!

Tomorrow I am working John Dontrich's shift cause we switched so I will be at the window for the earlier part of the day. Should be good times.

You know there are some times where you wish you could go back to one moment in time and just have it last forever? I am feeling that right now about a particular moment in my past. Makes me sad. <.frown> Ah well, not much I can do about it now. Moving on...

I am very excited about all the things happening at work and happening here in Orlando. I love O-TOWN!

AND VERY exciting news!!! I got off for Halloween so that I can go to WPB to see FYC *and* The Curve! I am VERY excited! Yay!

Today was a productive day. I got my pics on a cd thanks to the wonderful and kind woman at the Walgreens. Lady, you rock! Headed into work at the window. Good times there! I got to work with some crazy people, John Dontrich included. Love the guy, but what a crazy! *g* Today is supposedly "Talk like a Pirate Day" which he did, quite often. Silly boy!

Headed to the monthly meeting due to the urging of Howard, Marc, and Fred, who basically made me although I was not scheduled, but it was good times. Got recognized in the meeting for getting the Undiscovered Future World Tour Guide. Exciting stuff!

Michelle pulled me aside to tell me that I got picked by Peggy to do the Food & Wine Coordinator position, which was AWESOME, but she couldn't afford to let me go, so it was meant to be for me to stay in Guest Relations a bit longer. It is probably better this way because of the tour guide stuff and trainer stuff coming up, so I am pleased with the outcome. I am just happy that they chose me. Good times.

I am working on adding more pics on my FYC and The Curve about pages. Keep checking to see if I have added more in the coming days. It takes me forever to resize them without making them blurry so I am working on all sixty-nine of them. Let me know what you think of them. I think they aren't too bad! *g*

Tomorrow is September 11th. I just realized it today.

So today I worked the Help Desk for the first time and it was good times. I bascially did the lost and found and "helped" as best I could. Not much lost and found today so it was a slow day for me, but time went by really quickly.

John Dontrich came to visit me and have a "one-on-one" about the exciting training stuff coming up and he asked me to help do an overview for the new Cast Members about Guest Relations. I happily accepted. I am so excited! I love the idea of helping new Cast Members. Can't wait!

I got my pictures back from *the* show this past weekend and I have to say they turned out pretty good! I am wanting to get them on a cd so I can post them on here, but that might take some time. But I am pleased overall! Pretty happy they turned out as good as they did, seeing as though I was a little "happy" that night.

Next week is training for the Undiscovered Future World and Tye is training for Keys To the Kingdom so it shall be fun! I can't wait to get started.

So tomorrow I work DRC and window, but I am gonna try to get up early to find a place to get my pictures on a cd. Wish me luck.

So I added some pics and info to my band pages:

So check those out and see when the next shows are! Amy Jo and I are getting excited cause The Rising is coming to HOB on October 14th! They rock and I can't get "Cradle" out of my head. <.sigh> I am in love with it! The taste of your skin, my body is givin in, now I'm fallin into you Rock on!

Back to doing site work!

GOOD times!

So Leslie, Karen, Amy JO, and I left about 6ish to head onto Gainesville yesterday for an awesome show! It was incredible! They rocked it out!

Basically, the ride there was not too bad at all. We jammed to The Curve and FYC to introduce Amy Jo and Karen to the music and let them get to know some songs. About eight miles away from Gainesville, I see The Curve's trailor on the side of the road. What the hell? SO I called Tom and was like, "Umm...did they forget something?" Drama with that. Not good for them, but thank God they got there safe and on time. Rock on!

Got there pretty early, so went to Fat Tuesday's to drink up a bit. Met Tom there and hung out for awhile till he had to go to soundcheck. Headed to the door and heard a bit of the soundcheck. Reminded me of times I spent with T outside of The Fox Theater listening to *NSYNC's soundcheck. Different, but definitely brought back some memories.

When they opened the doors, the first thing we hear is the music screaming out of the club and who was playing over the sound system? THE RISING! Rock on! So in line we start jamming out to Cradle. By the time we got into the club, it was almost over and we were praying that it wasn't a mix cd, but that Lie to Me would come on next and when it did, we all screamed. Good times! They rock and they are coming to HOB in October and we are totally going. Anyone want to join? We're gonna rock out!

Get in and see Guy & Kevin. Such cuties. They look different, like the tour made the different, but still the same ole great guys!

Partied a bit, got to chat with Jason a bit. Good times! I loved hearing the tour stories of the youngins going after the FYC boys. Good stalkers in the making at those camps. Loving it! So cute! It helped prepare them for all that is gonna become of them being hot boys in a band!

After chatting a lot and meeting almost all of the boys of The Curve (Phil is one crazy dude, but I throughly enjoyed him-Love the stars boy!), we head up towards the stage to get ready to rock out to FYC. They rocked it out! Best show so far! They did awesome. The chemistry was there <.grin>, the playfulness was there, initimate stage, audience participation, perfect moods, wonderful music, and just rocking away. It was a perfect FYC show. Hope I got some good pics, I sure was close enough.

After FYC rocked it out, The Curve came on and certainly didn't let us down either. Incredible, however I was disappointed because they didn't get the chance to play a lot of their music. They were on a time constrant with the club closing at 2am, so they didn't get to finish their set. They had started later than expected so that kinda sucked, but whatcha gonna do? There will be other times!

So, Mikey totally thanked all the fans from "Orlando" for coming! Whoo hoo! You rock! Aww, that's us! *g* During "Problem" the part where Mikey sings Since I was young I had a thing for blondes he reached down and stroked my hair. *g* So funny. We were so close to the stage it was such like a rock show! It was awesome!

So after the show, Tom told us to head to the back so that we weren't told to leave <.grin> Formally met Alex and Gary from The Curve and then chatted a bit. Kevin told us about the "after party" <.starts singing> And after the show it's the after party and after the party, it's the hotel lobby and so we were with Tom so we headed over there.

Head up to Kevin's friends place and find the "makeout" room, good times! Hung out and drank for a bit, but we were fading fast, so about 4am we decided to head back to Tom's and crash. It was good times though. "I dropped my cup hard core" <.giggle> Karen was gone! Also, "they have two palm trees with a monkey on it, no need for two" <.grin> Donovan had come to the show and it was good to see him again! We got to meet Kevin's friend Dave who just came back from Afghanstan so he was really cool. Nice people.

After the party we went to Tom's (thanks Tom!) and met his sweet doggy and the cat who liked to jump on me all during the night (but still sweet). We were all set to be on the floor and then we were like, "SLUMBER PARTY" and all hopped on Tom's bed. Fun times! Big bed and amazingly enough, fit us all. "Carolyn, will you spoon with me" LOL "Yea Amy JO, I am no Phil, but I guess I will do" <.giggle> So fun! We all talked for awhile and then finally dozed off.

Woke up to Leslie saying, "It's 11:30am, we gots to get going" so we said goodbye to the wonderful Tom and doggy/cat and headed out. Good times on the way home. We sang it out! Sometimes I run, sometimes I hide <.giggle> Kate! We did your dance!! *g* Good times!

So the theme of this entire entry is "Good times". Could you tell? Learned a lot more about my band peeps and a lot more about the craziness of people. Had good times. Amy Jo and Karen throughly enjoyed themselves and are now planning the next band adventure with us. Can't wait!

Today I am gonna rest and recover. *g* Jordan and Jonathan extended their trip and are still hanging around. We are all doing the same ole hanging out and chatting. Good times! Got lots of stuff to catch up on tomorrow and then back to work for me! But this weekend rocked thanks to my friends, and the bands that I adore, FYC and The Curve! Thanks you guys. You rock my world!

Addition: Rocks! will be featuring Left Front Tire on Wednesday, September 10 so go see them if you can! They are from Atlanta and are a punk band that rocks! <.starts singing> I'm not trying to bring you down (I'm not trying to bring you doooo-www-nnn) Good times! Wish I could go, but work hollas.

Yesterday was an excellent first day off in my four-day weekend! I started off by running lots of errands and stuff. While at the grocery store, my manager Nina called me to congratulate me on getting the Undiscovered Future World Storyteller gig. Cool! I am excited. Training starts soon so I will keep you up-to-date.

Went and met Juliet at work in Celebration. I love it there. SO nice! Met Leslie as well. We all went to Happy Hour at Logans to meet up with Juliet's workmates then headed to the Celebration movie theater to see Uptown Girls. I was kinda disappointed in the film. Thought it was gonna be cuter. Hmm...

Came home after that and hung out with the crew. Libby, Jordan, Jane, Tye, and Jonathan. I love my friends. They are so random and have no limitations. You can say pretty much anything and have it be okay. So much freedom. I love it!

We ended up with our usual rubdowns <.giggle> and then ended up in a wrestling match over the blowup mattress....cause it most comfortable. Good times. Jordan took pictures of it while Libby looked in amazement. She cracks me up.

Tonight, Leslie, Jackie, Karen, Amy JO, and I are going on a roadtrip to Gainesville to see FYC and The Curve. I am so excited. I cannot wait to see them again...together! AND Tom will be there! I can't wait! Yay! Shall be good times. I will write all about it when I return!

I am ready for some fun!

SO yesterday was pretty nerve-racking. I had my tour interview for the Undiscovered Future World tour. It went really well. I really loved my interviewers. They rocked! I had Glen, Brad, Robert, Nina, Tom, and Jim. They made me feel comfortable and since I knew all but one really well, I felt I could joke around with them and it made me feel better. I did the spiel without too many mess ups and my interview part was pretty good, so we shall see.

After that I headed to work in the lobby. The day went by pretty slowly, but finally I was off to start my four-day weekend. Very excited about that!

My boys and friends all came home last night. Yay. I heard all about the cruise. They all really enjoyed it so that is good. Heard about crazy stories and fun times! I am glad for them! I really needed them to have a good time on it and then come back and fill me in and they did. I saw Jordan's awesome pictures! His camera rocks!

It is good to have my friends back though, I did miss them.

So today Juliet and I are gonna go see a movie and I have to run some errands. Then, tomorrow is Gainesville baby! I am so excited! I am still working on the companions...but it's gonna be great either way! Yay!

We stayed up until about 3AM so I didn't wake up until 1 in the afternoon today but I feel refreshed. I needed sleep...it is nice!

The past couple of days have been pretty good. Full of work related activities and what not.

Last night I had a good chat with an old friend. Good times.

Went into work early today to practice the tour audition with Will. Went to the CIPO trailer and was followed by Jennifer McGill. It's so strange to see her around work. I used to watch her on the MMC and now it's like we work in the same area. Just weird.

So practiced a bit on the tour info and then headed to lunch. Will is so funny. He cracks me up. "Me Too!!!" <.giggle> Love him. So then went to work. It started out pretty bad in the lobby, but got increasingly better as time went on. I did a van run with a family who were really nice and then I really helped out a family plan their next two days and they were so grateful. Good times!

A guest actually took my picture today after I helped him. That was a little weird but so incredibly sweet. He was a man from Sweden and had a bit of trouble getting in touch with his car rental place to change his pick up information, so I helped him get it fixed up and he shook my hand, thanked me and took a picture of me saying "I will never forget you." It was so cute! Yes, apparently I do make a difference. Good times!

So came home after a hard day of work and talked to Juliet and Amy JO. YA'LL have to come this weekend! You just have to!!! Talked to Karen, who is a definite along with Leslie and I and hopefully Jackie as well. I can't wait!

Then, got a call from Tom, whom I am so excited to see this weekend! Good times! Can't wait to party!

My boys and crew come back tomorrow from the cruise. My tour audition is tomorrow and tomorrow is also MY FRIDAY, so it will be an incredibly eventful day for sure! I can't wait until it's over though so then I can focus on the more important weekened plans that I have.

Also ran into Peggy from Special Events today, so who knows about the Coordinator position yet. She seemed positive, but we will have to see.

Had my meeting with Nina today. I adore her. She is so fun! She seriously has had the life that I want to live. So much fun! We worked out my personal growing plan for the next few weeks or so I am excited. Gonna be a trainer, help desk coordinator, and possibly a tour guide for the Epcot tour (wish me luck). So we shall see where all that goes. I am excited! I am really enjoying my job! I am very fortunate.

The past couple of days have been crazy and can you believe that it is already September? Craziness.

Basically, I have been running around a lot with Amy Jo and I missed her. I am so glad she is back. After David's party the other night and staying up till the horrid time of 6:30 in da AM...went to work the next day and it wasn't too bad at all. Wasn't too tired. Then, went straight to Margaritaville to meet up with Amy JO and her friend Tim. Stayed until about 12 or so, good times. AJ sang Let's Get It On and I was in Heaven...great note to leave on. <.grin> Got home and Amy Jo called during The Joker which I am so incredibly sorry that I missed. Love that song! Then, headed to bed about 1ish when I needed to be up at 5AM for work. I was hurtin today. Whew, but made it threw.

So I am sure that Margaritaville won't appreciate me talking about this, but it is so darn hilarious with Amy Jo's and I's past. But I must add the disclaimer that Margaritaville is a very clean and tidy establishment and it IS Flordia (so it will occur anywhere), but Amy Jo spotted a creature "scurring" up the wall. It was a huge roach! Reminds us of that faithful morning when a roach crawled over her face at "6:52AM!" Good times! This happened at 12:06AM. <.giggle> We got a waiter to help and assist. He just slammed a napkin to the wall, very NOT discretely and killed it. Fun times at Margaritaville. *g*

I worked until 3:30 then came home and straightend up a bit more. Making progress, slowly but surely. Good times. I can walk a bit better in my room now. Our living area looks great because of awesome Jonathan and his decorating skills. Thanks J-dawg!

Finished up on organizing a bit then finished laundry and headed to a nap, from which I *just* woke up from and now am STILL tired and am about to head on back to bed. Good times! I work all until Thursday then have a four-day weekend coming to me. Very excited cause two of those days are gonna be rockin with FYC and The Curve in Gainesville and the other two are gonna be relaxing. Oh I can't wait! I need a break!

Can I tell you how much I love Orlando. I love it! I would miss it so much if I went anywhere else.

I am beginning to feel at home. Here at the apartment it has been a growing process that has been quite slow, due to no furniture and lack of my stuff from home, but the more that I put stuff away and organize, the more it feels like home...but also a very scary thing. Still dealing with that. But all will be good. I have a good feeling about this.

Okay back to bed for me. I am pooped. Whew. I have wore myself out! Later!