I’ll be in Florida on February 4th or a day or two after that. I’m so freaking excited, but it’s so stressful trying to get ready to move 17 hours away in a month. It’ll be worth it. I’ll be at the happiest place on earth with someone I love.

I’ve been in Orlando, Florida for the past two months working for the most magical place on Earth. I loved it. Going to Walt Disney World every day was a dream come true. I met some of the best friends that I will ever have.

At the start of my Disney College Program, I was a housekeeper. I had a hard time doing my job because I have a problem with my tailbone and housekeeping is a lot of hard work. While I was making a bed, I hit my tailbone on the corner of a chair and it hurt terribly. My managers told me to go to Health Services to see a Disney doctor. They put me on light duty for about a month. I was working at Epcot being a greeter, stroller watcher, and (my favorite) a character attendant. I had such a blast working in the park, I wanted it to last for the rest of my program. Unfortunately, my contract says I had to stay with housekeeping. When my modified duty schedule ended, it said that I was of for the rest of that week and the entire week after that. I thought that would be nice to have a little vacation to go to the parks and relax a little bit in the wonderful Florida weather. However, I still had to pay rent, so at some time I was going to call my managers to ask them to put me back on the schedule.The day I decided to call my managers to put me on the schedule again, they, instead, called me and told me that I was supposed to work the past three days. I was so scared because three no call/no shows is an automatic termination. I told my managers what happened and they understood and let me come back to work. They gave me two no call no shows and one call in sick so that I wouldn’t be fired.

At this point in my program I felt that what I needed to learn had already been learned. I have grown so much as a person. I learned a lot about myself, my relationship, and how to be an adult. I came to the conclusion that I no longer had a purpose in Florida. I told my managers this and they gave me a few days to think about whether I was going to self term or stay with the program.

On the last day I had to decide, I had a massive anxiety attack. I couldn’t feel my body, I was hallucinating, and I had mood swings. My boyfriend took me to the emergency room and they gave me and IV with some medicine to calm me down. I think that all the stress from my past finally came out of me. While in the ER, my boyfriend and I had a talk about how we both wanted to go home. 

So, I ended my program and drove two days back to St. Louis. I already hate it here, but I’m glad to be around a familiar place. And I think that since I’m a totally different person, things will change around here.

I love who I’ve become, and I think that being at Disney World helped a little bit. Of course it was all me who changed, but Disney taught me that “wishes do come true.” I will never forget my time in Florida and hope to go back soon.

Read those words. Now read them again. Tell me that doesn’t sound delicious.
I am telling you this is to die for. It was so good!

Don’t do it. At least not from your home school. The work is just too much. I already had to drop one class. Plus the temptation of going to the parks FOR FREE WHENEVER YOU WANT is overwhelming.

I wish I would’ve been able to take one of the Disney courses they offer here. I think it would have been fun.

It was so cute! I went through Belle’s cottage and listened to her story. That’s pretty much it, but it was still exciting.

If you need help with anything, let me know! I will do my best to get you through it! :D