Live From Chatham Square......

Gonna keep it short for now but gonna update tomorrow!

I am living at Chatham Square and I LOVE IT!!!!! Florida is really nice and I feel like am going to really enjoy these next few months :)

2 Weeks!!!!!!!!!!!

I officially have 2 weeks until I begin my Disney Internship :)

All the nay-sayers out there say that this isnt exactly a "real" internship, but I don't care what they think. This will be a GREAT experience for all who will be participating and people who have done it before seem to have really enjoyed their time at Disney. I frequent the DISboards website for the College Board, which has an ample amount of info about the College Program from multiple sources (current and former CPs in all roles). I get more and more excited everyday.

I believe I have everything necessary but I am going to double-check by the weekend. I may have a roomie (Yay!!!) so that's one thing I won't have to worry about when I get there. She seems really cool and so nice!

I am counting the days until I make my way to the Magic Kingdom and start Living, Learning, and Earning :)

27 Days!!!!!!!

I officially have 27 days until I check-in at Vista Way for my Disney College Program season. I am all smiles at this point (while typing lol) but can't really grasp the idea that I will be away from the only life I've known for 5 months. I feel like a highschool kid going away for college for the first time. No parents, no family or friends; just me, strangers, and Disney!

I think THE hardest part of me going away to Disney for the rest of the year will be that I will be away from my dad and my fiance'. My dad knows I need to branch out into the world (I do to....that's why I'm going! lol) and this seemed like the best way to get him (and myself I guess) prepped for the day when I really move out and become a productive citizen of the world. I will miss him and his crazy antics terribly but I am definitely going to call him everyday and send him postcards every so often. I am also going to miss my dear hubby (hubby to me, fiance' to the non-believers!). I have spent almost every day being with/talking to this man ever since the summer of 2007. Our lives are thoroughly intertwined but he is encouraging me to go this season without him (he couldn't do the program with me for various reasons....hopeful he still wants to one day so I can go seasonal (or do another CP) and join him ;) I fought going for as long as I could ( I seriously told him that I wasn't gonna do it; he gave me one of those parental looks lmao) and now the big day is upon us.

I still have more things to get but once I have everything, I am going to do what everyone else on the CP has/will do on the forums and groups and blogs....post a list of what they are bringing.

I cry when I get really happy and overcome with emotion. I wonder if I will cry come Aug 10-11??

LOL We'll see........

Have a magical day kiddies ;)

Shopping For Disney

Seems that I've been MIA for a while.....I'm Sorrraaay!

LOL!! Hello everyone. Sorry for the hiatus; life got hectic around the time of my last post (and nothing real big or interesting related to Disney happened that was worh posting). I was preparing to graduate while studying my butt off for finals, etc. I am happy to report that I graduated on May 6th 2010 with a Bachelor of Science Degree with a Major in Psychology :)

I've been actively pursing this hunt for a summer job (and possibly something I can have lined up for after my return in January) and that is about it. I have no car or other very reliable transportation to get out and do much. So...I should have a super toned bod ready to be shown off at the beaches in Florida lol.

More recently I have been able to get out and about, and this will ultimately include me going out to shop for Disney. I definitely need more shorts/capris and tops for those non and after work days, as well as a few more pieces for my Non-Costumed work days (business attire). I definitely need new luggage b/c what I have now will not get enough of my stuff down there; I need more room. At least that's what my dad says. I think he's right though; I hate packing as it is let alone using small bags to do it. I definitely need some casual summer shoes....these flip-flops I have now offer NO support whatsoever and will not work for 5+ more months of consecutive casualness SMH. I also need/want a netbook to keep in touch with my fam and friends via the net and upload pics for them to enjoy while I'm away. I know it can be hard when people you love move away (permanently and temporarily), so Facebook, Skype and emails will let my loved ones see me everyday even though I'm hundreds of miles away.



Time to spend some dinero; Hasta luego!

New Theme......

So.....unfortunately my plans of having a different Disney themed background every so often will not go through lol

Why you ask? Well, it's too much for one. I could barely find the one's I did have in the beginning and now the page that had my Little Mermaid background is messed up and that means my blog will just be blank with no background and my source of templates is gone :( Another part of the being too much aspect: having to change my text color on all my posts when I change templates. I'm procrastinating enough at school already, I won't even try to do all of that again!! lol This is the last time....at least until I find a simpler way of doing things

Oh well......on with the show.

I've decided on a new type of theme: a lovely, girly-type background that reminds me of one of my favorite Disney Classics of all time: Beauty and The Beast. It's by no coincidence that I do this today b/c I watched the movie this weekend (I was due for some quality Disney time and watched that and UP (congrats on the Oscar wins guys!!!) the beginning of the weekend.

This lovely pink, brown, and green schemed vintage rose background reminds me of Beauty and The Beast somehow. I guess because it has that vintagey romantic element to it. Also, remember the mystical rose from the story? Yeaaaah! lol I think that may have something to do with it too :)

Off to do homework and obliterate this darn procrastination. How do you other future CPs deal with this madness???

Purple Folder

IT"S HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You know what that means right? It's time!! Time for what you ask? It's finally time for me to take the infamous Purple Folder picture and post it on facebook and where ever else my heart desires!!!!

My purple folder just arrived and I almost screamed again lol I just kept saying, "It's hereerre!!! It's heerrreee!!!". If my neighbors would have saw me or heard me they probably would've been like ummm it's only the mail! I wonder what the mail carriers think when they see those big ol folders from Disney. Probably that the family is planning a trip to Disney World or something. Don't act like some mail people aren't nosy like that lol

Waiting.....

So it's been a couple of days since I've been accepted into the Disney World College Program. I am still super ecstatic about going but I have a few minor concerns.

Will I like my roomates/housemates? How will that part work out exactly? I mean....I've gone 5 years in college and all of my 22/23 years without having a roommate. The closest I had was my bff in highschool when we went on a ski trip; we had houses not hotel rooms. So that kind of counts right? lol Anywho, one of my good friends and my twin sister foreva lol is scheduled to interview on Friday. I wish I would have told her about going when I apllied instead of after b/c that would have guaranteed us to be roomies in the Fall. The rest of the housemates wouldn't be much of an issue then but now I have to wait until she hears back....AFTER her interview tomorrow. So that gives us roughly a week to anticipate her acceptance :)

Hopefully the arrival date that I chose (8/11) won't be full by then b/c in order for us to room together, we have to arrive the same day {Why Disney?? Why?????? lol} I should have chose the 23rd to be on the safe side but I didn't want to run the risk of not being able to choose the housing I want (either Chatham or Patterson; I am NOT under any circumstance staying at Vista Lay--it's all bad when a rap song and video is made about it; creative maybe....funny even....but all bad!!)

I hope that all goes well with Ms. Twin and we can go to Disney together



On another note, I'll be back later to post a little more info on why I am doing this program, this blog, and why my current background is what it is.

Have a Magical Day

ACCEPTED!!!!!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I've been waiting on this email all week!!! Ive been accepted into the Disney College Program to participate as a Housekeeping cast member :) #2 choice but I don't care, I'm working for Disney yall!! Hot dog! lol

I have to keep from screaming (I did squeak a little lol) since I'm in the library but Oh Em Gee, I'm sooo happy!!!

Waiting For The Purple Folder

My interview went extremely well in my opinion!!! I couldn't stop dancing around and smiling afterwards. I really think that I got into Housekeeping but I could be wrong. Staying out of the heat would be perfect for me b/c I don't know how my new skin will react to being in direct heat (yall know how the temps in FL can be). Besides, I would hate for all of my dermatologists' hard work to be reversed lol (that story is on my other blog....)



I was super excited when my interviewer called. I was nervous and anxious all day long. I think yesterday was the longest day in history for me (and my high school graduation ceremony was long as ever lol). I got scared at first when 9pm rolled around and my phone didn't ring. I read on one of the forums that your call can either be 5 minutes early or late if its not on time. So....when 9:05 came and passed I was close to wanting to cry (ok....so not really, but I was really worried!) 9:06 hit and I could have sung a lovely tune when my phone rang and I saw that Unknown ID on there.

My interviewer was really nice. She asked me to choose 2 top roles instead of 3. I thought everyone got offered 3 choices but I probably didn't have enough marked down for her to give me that option. I chose Housekeeping because I'm used to cleaning and I actually enjoy it at times. I also chose Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique Hostess (#1) because being a Fairy Godmother in Training would be so fun and sounds so cool lol. I don't have major salon experience but I'm great at doing my own hair (that's what my other blog is about, my natural hair journey :) and I helped out in a hair shop for like a second. I failed to mention that last part but she did ask a little bit about that role and then she moved on to cleaning-related questions. If the rumors are true....if Disney really tries to give their CP candidates what they really want....then I may be getting an offer for Housekeeping. I told her when she asked for my 2 choices that I was also open to Merchandise and Custodial. I can't really tell if the cleaning questions were aimed at housekeeping or custodial b/c she mainly asked about cleaning up after others. Directly, that can be specifically for HK but indirectly that can apply to custodial.

Whatever the case may be, no matter what role I get offered.....I will accept my CP offer so that I can still have that CP experience. I hear it's really fun and something you will never forget, whether you enjoyed it or not.

Here's to Disney!

Intro

Hello future CPs, current CPs, and CP alums,

This blog will chronicle my journey to becoming a Disney College Program participant. So far, I've researched...researched....researched....and applied. I've heard many amazing things (and a few not so amazing things) about this program and I am ready to experience it for myself. I went to the presentation on my campus yesterday. My second time going to one lol....go figure. I feel like I'm ready. My application was completed earlier and my phone interview is scheduled for next week! I'm excited and I want to blog about this but I'm soooo not in the mood for concentrated blogging right now. This post is more so to set things up and I will probably post tomorrow or over the weekend to fill in alot of what's missing from this.

I've been a Disney fan since birth basically. I'm a Disney Princess in my own right lol and I think that the DCP will be a great experience that I can truly benefit from no matter what I end up doing in life.