Recapping the last few days...
Sorry to have neglected to blog, but I've been kinda busy. Now let me see...where did I last leave off? I think perhaps it was after work on Saturday. So after I posted I hung around the apartment for awhile. Didn't really do much worth mentioning. I was enjoying being lazy while being annoyed that I couldn't be at work. I'm strange. At around 8ish I tagged along with Kelly, Laura and a couple of their lifeguard friends to the Golden Corral. It was both great and horrifying at the same time. Basically it's just a massive all you can eat buffet. We got there and had to stand in a pretty long queue before we could get up to the front registers. That's where you pay for your 'admittance'. It came to $13.62 so I gave the cashier $23.62 because I really wanted to rid myself of a load of change that was clogging up my purse. I don't think that cashier could have passed grade eight math. I said here is $23.62 and she's like '$20.62?'. I was like, no here's three dollars, can I have a ten back please. Took her five minute to figure out what she was doing and the line behind me was getting longer and longer. In the end she was like I'm going to ring in $20.62 then she gave me a five a two ones. Then she took my three dollars in quarters and handed me five one dollar bills. How that was easier then giving me a ten dollar bill is beyond me. I was just glad to get away from her.Once inside it's all very overwhelming. There's food everywhere. I went off and found the table the girls had picked out then got my plate and headed out. It's no wonder America has issues with obesity. This place is just ready to breed them. There were hungry fat women everywhere, barking at small children who accidentally cut in line. I've never felt so svelte in my life. So I managed to consume about half as much as my dining mates before I was ready to burst. That amounted to like a plate and a half of food and a tiny bit of dessert. I did not eat my money's worth.
On the way I got a text from Kev announcing a midnight trip to Wendy's. It was only ten then so I waited about two hours attempting not to fall asleep. I'd been up at 5:30 that morning, remember. Somehow I managed to get a second wind just before Kev called at midnight and I walked over and met up with him. Then Shayna and Shanan arrived and after they quickly changed, we were off to Wendy's. I had a few fries and some lovely lemonade. I've fallen in love with the minute maid light lemonade. It's great, not too sugary like the regular stuff. So after that we came back to Vista and hung around the pavilion til about 3:00a.m. I managed to stay awake for 22 hours. It was amazing.
On Sunday, my first day off, I walked around in boredom and despair for a short while. Then Charlotte and I decided to clean, I swept and mopped, she vacuumed. It was disgusting. Six girls equals a lot of shedded hair. I'm gagging as I remember it. After cleaning I layed on the couch and read for like 4 hours. Then I got on my computer for awhile. At around 7:30 I texted Kev cause we'd semi made plans to hit up the Magic Kingdom after he was done at work. I heard back from him about 45 mins later and once he'd arrived back at Vista and changed out of his costume we headed off to the Magic Kingdom. First we went to Toontown in hopes of finding Shayna on the Barnstormer. Sadly we couldn't locate her. So we rode the stormer which was short but fun. After that we headed over to the Haunted Mansion where Shanan was working and she walked us right on the ride. Very cool. After the mansion we went over to Adventureland and went on the Jungle Cruise. We managed to get ourselves on Louisa's boat. It was fun.
It was about 11:30 after we'd gotten off the JC. It was EMH (extra magic hours) but alas we had no wristbands, which meant no more rides. So we walked over to tommorowland and ate some food. I had a kids meal..yum. (not really). Then instead of going home we kind of just stood around and stared at the castle. We eventually left after 1:00a.m. The bus ride home was unfun as I kept falling asleep then waking up three seconds later. We got back to Vista and parted ways. Kev and I agreed to meet at the bus stop the next morning at 10:50a.m. so we could catch the bus to the AK where we could start off our day of visiting all four parks.
I went straight to bed and didn't move for 7 hours. Woke up at 10a.m. yesterday. Twenty mins before my alarm clock. Got up and got ready then headed off the the bus stop. Sat there for ages waiting for Kev. Bout seven minutes before the bus was meant to leave I texted him demanding he get down there. Bout three mins later I get a text from him saying he'd slept in and had just woken up. Needless to say we missed our bus. We managed to catch the next one thirty minutes later. We got to the Animal Kingdom and after some picture taking we walked over to Everest to I could ride for the first time. We stood in line for just over half an hour then we were on. It was fantastic. It was freaky and fun. The going backwards was nuts. After we got off the ride we wandered over to Africa to see the wait time for the Safari. Kev has never ridden it before, can you believe that? We didn't get on it, though, as the line was deemed to long by him. So we went in my fave store in the park and I bought a hippopotamus. He's very cute. Animal Kingdom is the only place I like to buy stuffed animals here. After that we decided to head over to Epcot. Not before I found a frozen banana, though.
We got to Epcot at around 2pm and went on Spaceship Earth. Then we met up with Vanessa, the girl from Kev's work. We didn't do much in Epcot. We went over to the UK pavilion so Kev could have some Chips. Just as he was getting them it started to absolutely pour. Like pellets of painful rain. I ran over to the shop to get a poncho but then decided it was too expensive. I expected the rain would pass. So I ran back to the others. After awhile it became evident that the rain would not stop. Kev, being very nice, decided to run over to the store and grab a poncho for me as I didn't want to leave the cover of our umbrella. He had a rain jacked from work already. After we were decked out in ponchos we headed backstage to catch the bus back to Vista.
After we got back to Vista we went our separate ways and put on some dry clothes. It was about six by the time we got back to Vista as we managed to miss the first bus from Cast Services as Kev decided he absolutely had to have his rain pants and ran back to his locker. Vanessa decided to stay home but Kev and I met up with Shanan and caught the 6:30pm bus over to MGM. We got in line for Rockin Roller Coaster but about ten mins later one of my coworkers came over and was like, Why are you in line? She then handed me a few rider switch passes and told me to just back door it next time. (that means come in through the backdoor and just jump on the ride). I was very excited by all this. We got on the ride and it was a blast as always. Working there doesn't make it any less fun at all!
After the ride we went over to Tower where the line was very short and that was also a blast. After Tower we went ot the ABC commissary for dinner. I had a nummy Cuban sandwich. After dinner we caught a bus over the the MK. We got to the park and descended into the tunnels. I'd been wanting to see them forever. They aren't all that exciting in the end. In fact, they kind of smell. It was still cool to see them, though. After I think we walked the entire length of them we rose up in Tomorrowland. Then we walked over to Haunted Mansion and rode that. After Mansion we went back to Tommorowland and rode Space Mountain. Then we went to Toontown to see if we could find Shayna, and we did. We helped her push some strollers and then agreed to meet her at the bus at midnight. Then Shayna dragged us over somewhere in Adventureland so she could go talk to her Manager. After that we went back into the tunnels and found Shayna. Then we left, heading to the VIP bus. That bus took us to Westclock where we were to catch our bus back to Vista. One of Shayna's coworkers was very nice, though, and offered to drive us back. So we got a ride with him. It was much quicker and nicer than the bus. I miss having a car. If I ever come back, I'm driving down. Not if, sorry, when.
So we got home and parted ways again so we could go get stuff from our apartments, then we met back up at the pavilion. Stayed there for a bit, then I walked over to Walgreens with Kev. I promptly forgot everything I needed to buy there (bug spray for one). Then we sat in the pavilion for awhile until like three, then I came home and crashed. Now it's Tuesday. Another storm has arrived. It seems we get one a day now. Kind of annoying. Makes the parks not fun.
I work tomorrow, I'm excited but nervous. It's my last day of training, then on Wednesday I have my assessment. I also got myself a really painful blister on the bottom of my foot yesterday, so that's kind of annoying. It makes walking unfun. My work shoes are also kind of drenched still. If they don't dry by tonight I'll have to throw them in the dryer.
I think I'm finally going to go to Wal-Mart today, if the storm doesn't get worse. I'd hate to get struck by lightning.
Have a good day all!
Brynna