Exhausted

Yesterday was such a good day :) I woke up much to early and went with Kai to see the welcome show at the front of Magic Kingdom, and then we went and met the neatest characters. I randomly went with Phillip and Xander after to the bank and Blizzard Beach while listening to suave, sexy voice of Frank Sinatra, and got an extreme wedgie and butt bruises on Summit Plummet, meeting two of their friends Candace and Vanessa til we got thunder and lightening'd out. Walmart happened with Dianna and Suzy, and then Kai and I and about 15 other people (I texted everyone and everyone decided they wanted to come!) all went to Port Orleans resort cafe to get beignets, the pastry things that Tiana makes in Princess and the Frog. They were sooo good (I thought) and so fun to eat because if you breathed or laughed at all, the powdered sugar would get everywhere! It was also great because all these random people that I've been meeting and working with all met and became friends with each other :) Such a fun, crazy night, the poor people working there definitely wanted to kick us out by the time midnight rolled around, and then a few of us passed out at Kai's watching Princess and the Frog. A good day with Xander and Phillip, Kai, and everyone else I got to spend time with, and I wish every day off could be like that! I slept in this morning though, to get rid of a cold, and am currently trying to do homework for my independent study class while waiting for laundry. Not quite working, as I have the attention span of a five year old. Ughh...But it's okay, because this Friday we're all going to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party to dress up (I'm going to be a muse from Hercules), meet all the villains, and see the parade again. And then this weekend is General Conference!! My favorite :) Also, a special shoutout to Kai for his birthday today, and Katherine Orgill's in five days :)

the welcome show

kai gave her the smolder

they just loved us, obvi

kai's favorite

beignets!!

all these cool people showed up :)

My New Favorites

1. Little kids that kiss chipmunk noses.

2. Being with someone the first time they watch a parade, show, or fireworks. 

3. Seeing little black poca's, blond mulans, hispanic cindy's, and asian belle's running around the parks.

4. Black babies. 

5. Dole whips + the day parade. 

6. Being spoiled with the Magic Kingdom castle--way bigger than Disneyland, and you can actually go in and eat with the princesses, and the Dream Suite's in it!

7. Visiting friends at work. 

8. Wearing sweats and no makeup to work. 

9. Goat cheese + rosemary and olive oil Triscuits.

10. How everyone here owns and brought at least 5 Disney movies. 

11. Hugging for a living. 

12. Having long hair again. 

13. That 5 minutes of running soaks through a whole shirt here. 

14. How easy it is to make new friends :)

15. ...I feel like I have a whole new set of friends from a huge royal court. 

16. The security where we live is way more intense than BYU's.

17. Holidays that are early and a month longer.

18. Being the daughter of a chief.

new pictures on facebook!!

:)

also, I'm in every picture I put up. See if you can find me...

can you tell who's who? ;)

having woody and jessie pose us

just precious

the CP buses we take to get everywhere

My Favorite Disney Characters and Princes :)

Soooo.....I really do have to get to bed, work tomorrow at 8 and all, but I've been making this list since last night and it has to go somewhere :)

Fav Characters:

Edna Mode (The Incredibles),  Dug (Up), Tiger Lily, Esmerelda, Raja (Aladdin), the Muses (Hercules), Pocahontas (my fav Disney movie and princess, besides Tangled, Pirates of the Caribbean, and the Parent Trap. And Lion King and Beauty and the Beast), Chip and Dale, Rapunzel, Russel (Up), Winnie the Pooh, the Magic Carpet, Boo (Monsters Inc.), Lottie LeBouf (Princess and the Frog)

Fav Disney Men: Prince Eric, Peter Pan, Aladdin, Tarzan, Capt. Shang (had such a crush on him when I was little), Jack Sparrow

Now who should I be for Halloween??

Philip and Xander visiting the chipmunks at work :)

Parade Princess

Today was so cool!! I spent the morning and afternoon with Becca and Belynda at DAK (Disney's Animal Kingdom) and via some magic, Becca, Cindy and I had the opportunity to be in the daily DAK afternoon parade. Oh my goodness, I felt like a princess :) We were sitting on the top step of one of the floats and basically waved and smiled to people the entirety of the parade. But instead of just softly waving like you see families do sometimes when they get to start parades in a car or whatever, some well of happy glittery sunshine gushed forth from within me and I couldn't hold it in; I waved my arm and waggled my fingers to as many kids and people as I could possibly see, mouthed the words "Happy Birthday!" to anyone with a birthday pin, and blew kisses when appropriate. I smiled so hard my cheeks hurt but I couldn't stop smiling, and I felt like one of the princesses in the other parades that everyone wants to see and loves getting waves from. Even better was when the camera crew for the park all stood in a group to the side to snap pictures of us and made us feel like we had our own paparazzi. People were filming us and taking pictures and every single person that smiled or looked just a little happier because I waved and smiled at them made me smile a little bigger. There are certain times in my life when I've never been more hyper, happy, and smiley and the Disney auditions and this parade have been those times. Such a cool, cool thing. And then we went to MK later to watch Wishes (the fireworks show) and eat ice cream at the Main Street parlor after, which was delightful. We still can't believe we live here! Face auditions for girls in the CP program are tomorrow morning...eek! I'm so glad I don't have to do that again, but there are some friends of mine that are going and I hope they make it! Also, more character (hint, hint*) training starts Sunday---yayyyyyy I cannot wait!

such flirts

it rains pours every single day, for like an hour

Poca's gonna climb that tree one day

Auditions

The last two nights I've attended Tokyo auditions for the parks in Japan, mostly for fun. Last night's was a face audition (face characters = princesses, princes, fairies, etc.) and tonight's was a dance one, and I was glad I went to both :) Last night I've never felt more like a princess with the 'dancing' they had us do, curtsies and waving and blowing kisses and beveling, and tonight I got to be a ballerina to the notes of Once Upon A Dream. Last night was so weird, being in a huge room with tons of pretty people all scoping each other out, and tonight was delightful and reminded me how much I miss dancing, and I felt so much more in my comfort zone and smiled wide to show it. I'm also very very glad I didn't get called back (last night they called about 10-15 numbers to stay out of 70-ish, and 3 tonight out of 40-ish) because there's no way I could've made the decision to go to Tokyo or go back to school. Which do you think I would've picked, given the opportunity?

Play Time

When I'm off, it's play time :) Working is playing too, I feel like I'm never working and always playing, but real play time is the coolest. Fun stories for today = having about 10 minutes to play with two little boys because no one knew where to find Chip and Dale besides them (they were so silly), seeing Xan and Philip when they came to visit me (I looove it when people come to visit me at work--the best!) and accidentally giving them lots of character smooches cuz I was so excited to see them, and working in Poca's area. Also, after we were off they tried to convince me to go on Dinosaur again, which freaked me out so bad yesterday that I closed my eyes the whole time. We got Pineapple Dole Whip floats and lots of other goodies all day, visited some other friends that were hanging out with Jessie and Woody, and then watched Memories and You and Wishes, the fireworks show. Seriously Disney makes me feel so alive, so happy, and the people I've become friends with in just two weeks make me laugh and smile so big!! I haven't smiled this much and felt so happy...well since EFY, but it's been a fantastic last 8 months or so, and I cannot even contemplate what's coming up (HALLOWEEN AND CHRISTMAS AND MORE CHARACTER TRAINING) because I might burst with happiness and excitement.

my new cute, furry favorites

an incredibly scary ride, Dinosaurs

dinner with Jacquie (my lovely roommate), Xan, Belynda, and Scott at Sci-Fi Drive-in

Dole whips at the Polynesian resort! we ate them on the beach of the lake last night while watching Princess and the Frog on a blown-up screen

I finally got to meet her!!!!!