Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

I spent all of Monday hanging out with Lisa. We ran errands, looked at a sweet house remodel, and went bowling. We drove all over Orlando doing errands and in the process Lisa pointed out Tiger Woods' neighborhood...yes the neighborhood where he had the infamous car crash. I also got to see Shaq's house...he has a blue roof, it is right on a lake and huge! Just like he is. Johnny Damon's new house is like two doors down from Shaq. Lisa and Scott are thinking about doing a little remodeling in their house to spruce it up so we went and looked at one of their friends' houses who just had a bunch of remodeling done. I have never seen anything like that house before in my life. The inside wasn't really anything special. But the backyard was spectacular. They had to pull up the pool because the piping was screwed up and one thing led to another and now their background is a man's dream. They are building a new pool, hot tub, outdoor bar, sauna, a gas fire pit, a wood pit (so they have the option to burn wood), and a gazebo thing. The gazebo thing has a fireplace in it, it will have a tv and some couches...it is the ultimate backyard...it was really cool and it will I am sure be beautifully landscaped. I want to see it when its done. Bowling was fun and I bowled pretty well. 156 my first game and 127 my second game. My normal average is about 125 so I was quote pleased.

I am house sitting for Scott and Lisa this week while they are on their spring break vacation. I get to drive their car to and from work which has been great! I even got to park backstage today because our cast parking lot was overflowing. Yesterday Magic Kingdom hit their capacity around noon so Animal Kingdom got the overflow and ODF had a record sales day.

Near the end of my day I found a lost child. He was adorable, he had on a set of Mickey Ears that looked far too big for his head, he didn't cry and he wouldn't talk to me but he would nod his head in agreement to anything I said. Did you see Mickey Mouse? head nod. Did you like Disney world? head nod. Do you have brothers and sisters? head nod. I took him to the lost children center and Pinocchio was playing on the tv...he did a lot of head nodding for Pinocchio and then pretty much ignored me because he was so captivated. His dad came in not much later and started crying in relief of finding his son. The boy, Marco, (I asked his dad what his name was) wasn't even phased by the reunion with his father.

This week has been absolutely crazy in the park...I will try to keep you updated if anything else excited happens.

Raindrops are falling in my ice cream cart

So yesterday I had the pleasure of sleeping in...however I didn't make it past 8:15...oh well. I didn't have to be to work until 3:30. I accomplished a lot of my chores: laundry, cleaned some of the bathroom, and went for a nice run. I skyped with my mom who felt that it was necessary to ask me a question and while I answered make funny faces and move her face around the screen. So if you want some cheap entertainment just make a skype date with her. I also got to see TUGGERS!!! I don't think dogs can see computer screens because he was sniffing everywhere for me when he heard my voice. When I told him to sit, he did and his ears perked up really big when I asked him if he wanted a doggy bone :) He is still a cute little fur ball.

I got to work 45 minutes early because the bus schedule is terrible and that was the closest I could get without being late. It started raining during my bus ride which it was supposed to and by the time I got to base at 3 it was pouring! Then it started lightning so we went 101 which means anyone who is at an ice cream cart must lock everything up and go to their lightning location...which in my opinion some of the lightning locations will not keep anyone safe from lightning. We were in lightning locations for the first two hours I was on the clock. So I got to just hang out. I ended up having to show some cast members who are working in Animal Kingdom for a few weeks but normally work at Epcot how to bank out. They are here because our leaders have requested extra help for spring break. They people from Epcot heard that a bunch of people from DAK ODF were terminated for this huge party we had...well remember the St. Patrick's Day party that I told you about...this immediately popped into my head. But no one was terminated because of it. Then another one of the Epcot people added on that his roommate saw a bunch of people running from the cops who busted the party. Rumors at Disney are worse than high school rumors...and this was very obviously false. None the less it gave me a good laugh.

When I finally got out to my ice cream cart it was slow. I was at Oasis Bridge which is where I was for my first day of training. It has popcorn, drinks, and ice cream. Many days it is crazy busy. Pretty much everyone had left during the storm so it was just me and a random duck that kept coming to eat popcorn crumbs. I had not worked at a popcorn cart since my very first day of training. I couldn't remember how to make popcorn and the cherry on top was that the oil that does in the popcorn machine was broken so I had to hand scoop out of a bucket a cup of oil...gross. My first batch was very burnt...the second one was very yellow...the third one was okay. One little girl even said "Mommy, this isn't as good as I thought it would be." (sarcastic voice) Awesome...

When it came time to pack up and go to base all of the ice cream boxes were frozen to the bottom of the freezer. I was doing the duck and diving into the cart with my butt up trying to get all of my ice cream boxes out without ripping the box and having ice cream bars fly everywhere. I got a few cuts on my hands which I didn't notice until I was cleaning out the popcorn machine and I got salt in my open wounds. The phrase "pour salt in open wounds" now makes a lot of sense. I see why people use that as a metaphor for someone hurting them...because it STUNG!

Today is my only day off this week and I will be spending it with Lisa and Mikey :)

Old Town Orlando

Last night I went with Katie and her friends Erin and Edmar to Old Town with Gus and Rita (an old couple who works seasonally for Disney). Gus and Rita love Old Town and they couldn't believe we had never been before...now when you think of this old town don't think of San Diego with the amazing Mexican food or Old Town Scottsdale which is neighbors with some great shopping. Think Jersey Shore carnival. It was basically a big carnival with 5 blocks of shops on the inside. We had dinner at Flippers pizza and Gus and Rita were quite astonished at my choice of pizza (artichoke hearts, roasted red peppers, basil, and sun dried tomatoes) but Rita tried it and she liked it :)

After dinner we walked around in amazement at some of the attractions. Such as one where you get sling-shotted straight up into the the air. Or the attraction that pulls you up to the top of a pole and lets go and you free fall. I said no thank you right away. I did say yes to Skee Ball though...as I child I remember being much better than I was last night...it must be the angle of getting taller or something. ;) We all stopped and got flavored popcorn at a special store...I got watermelon flavor which was delicious. They also had flavors such as cheesecake, apple pie, and orange cream...they were all good! There was a haunted house...when you walked past it the employees came out and scared you trying to convince you to go in...no thanks to that too.

Gus' favorite part was the car cruise. Anyway can enter their car for the Friday night cruise which involves driving your car through the complex so everyone can see it. There were some really crappy cars and some really nice ones. There was a whole posse of Nissan Titans that drove together. Gus' favorite car was a Honda Element that had a whole speaker system, 3 tvs, and turn tables put into the trunk, suicide doors, and crazy lights everywhere. It was pretty sweet.

I work in funnel today and I am the closer so I must go get ready :(