Sunday, July 27, 2008

Down to the Wire

Oh, my goodness.... the countdown is on. I can't believe my time at Florida is almost coming to an end. Granted I still have a few weeks until I actually get home, but this upcoming week is my last real week here. My family gets here a week from tomorrow (Yay!! It'll be the first time we've all been together ever!) so I figure I'll basically go on vaca to FL that week... even though I will be working a few days still. Then, in two weeks, I start driving home with my amazing, hilarious, crazy-as-me cousin, Becca. (What are our parents thinking?)

And as holds true for most things, the end always seems to make me reflect on the experience.

What an experience it has been! I know I've been really bad at blogging (I totally warned I would be), but I really have loved it. I've learned a lot and grown more into the woman I want to be ultimately. I've simultaneously met friends who I will truly miss and created moments I won't forget.

Some of the most memorable in the past week or two include the 3 year old little girl who had to forfeit her ziplock baggy of pacifiers over to Cinderella so she could be a true Princess. The lessons were short, but she also learned to twirl and curtsey quite nicely. (My mom liked this moment lots too since I had a fettish for binkies myself... it was rare I didn't have three in my mouth at one time- or so my mom says.) Also memorable was that guy who grabbed me because he needed a kissing picture with a Princess. Of course I pulled away and referenced Prince Charming, but that was the first time anybody had actually grabbed me. Of course there's other moments- like the note from the Princess so grateful for the balloons I put in her room before I invited her to dinner (parents are great), and Victoria who spoke Spanish to all my Princess friends 100 mph, and didn't mind at all that we were replying in English, and Bailey from Scotland.... oh Bailey. Bailey is the sweetest boy ever and seriously the biggest Disney fan alive. His family comes from Scotland every year for six weeks so he can go through the Character lines over and over again. And he is so thankful to his parents- it's amazing. One day his hair was spikey so he ran up to me explaining, "CindaRAILa, yo Ugh-ly STEPsistas, AnaSTAJa and Druzella said I should BASH me HEAD inta ya! (laughing hysterically) They're soo fonny! They CRACK me up!! (continued laughing)" He really is a sweetheart. The other night, Princess Aurora said something along the lines of how he needs to come back in ten years and work for Disney (he could be a Prince-- he is very handsome) and he got soo excited and said, "Then I could GO thru the Princess Line EV'RY day!"

Anyway... thats long enough for now. Mostly the point of this is that I really have loved being at Walt Disney World. Chances are slim I'll come back because it's not too practical (though I did audition and get fitted for a new Disney friend named Rosetta-- check her out online-- and that would be awesome to experience), but either way, this summer has been a good opportunity. Now I'm eager to get back home to my family and friends who I love and miss so much and to start the next of life's adventures!