i can honestly say that this is the first time ever that i have not left all of my "getting ready" until the last possible minute. i have successfully finished buying and ordering everything that i'm going to need for my move to mickey's hometown, and i am very happy with my purchases.
being that disney world is obviously the happiest place on earth, full of bright colors, and cheerful, happy people, i opted for a black comforter. don't get me wrong, i love happiness and smiles as much as the next girl, but i have a feeling that by the end of the day, i'll be over it and will welcome the sight of my black bedding. i bought hot pink sheets and decorative pillows to go along with it so that i don't look like the princess of darkness in my apartment, but let's face it, sharing a bedroom with megan and all of her blinding, cheerful, disney-coordinated stuff is going to get old really quickly.
my favorite purchase is perhaps my towels. they're simply fabulous. i don't think i've ever had towels as fluffy and soft as the ones i bought. go target! being that my bedding is black, i decided to counteract the darkness and go for some bright pink, yellow, and turquoise towels with matching washcloths and loofahs. is it bad that these excite me so much?
together, megan and i bought a shoe rack that hangs on one side of a door. it holds up to 30 pairs of shoes, which should be okay being that megan wears the same pair all the time and i have 29 + pairs to fill the rest of the rack. we work nicely together. we also bought a dry-erase board with cork board on either side. hopefully this comes in handy somewhere along the line..?
$180 later, i think that i should have all the toiletry stuff that i need. shampoo, conditioner, body wash, razors, shaving cream, etc., as well as band-aids, neosporin, tampons, toothpaste, toothbrush, floss, mouthwash, tweezers, q-tips, lotion, and i don't even know what else. granted, i could have bought a lot of this nonsense when i get down there, but i know at some point i'm going to run out of money at the exact time that i need one of these products. better to have it now then wait until i need it and don't have the cash to get it. the real question here is why the hell i bought and economy size bottle of mouthwash when it is rare that i use it here? i'm not saying that i don't take care of my glorious smile, but let's be honest with ourselves here. floss? what?
i bought a new polaroid 20 inch LCD tv and a dvd player really because i need a new one for my room when i get back. i may as well have gotten it now and take it to florida with me. yes, megan can use it too, but only because she went ahead and bought a toaster oven for us to use... yes, a toaster oven. love her.
other things i have that i'm bringing down are a lovely george forman grill, ya know, because any of us non-domestics even know how to cook anything other than pasta. i also have an iron and a mini-ironing board that should come in handy being that we will probably be shoving our clothes anywhere they fit. between the two of us, megan and i have to share one small closet and one dresser with 6 drawers. it's a good thing i'm such a smarty pants and went ahead and bough some portable stacking drawers! let's give it up for target's "back to college" section one last time.
i can't even describe how incredibly excited i am to get down there! still, even though it's a little less than 5 months that i'll be there, i can't help but be sad about the people i'll be leaving behind. oh well, that's another story for another day. until then, if you can think of anything else that i need to bring down that you don't think i already have, give me a shout.
ps: this entry is dedicated to christine, as are all of my entries :)
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Saturday, August 11, 2007
a little background...
i think it would be a good idea to explain how i got involved in this whole disney world internship business before i leave, so here it goes...
my friend, megan, a physical therapy student at stony brook university has an undeniable, ridiculous, sick, psychotic, unnatural addiction to all things disney. since she was a fetus she knew that at some point in her life, she wanted to be a "cast member" (that's what we're called...?) in walt's grand "performance." she finally got her chance when recruiters came to her campus this past spring semester, and there was no looking back.
2 miles down the road from megan, i am a student at suffolk community college. never once have i thought about putting my education on the back-burner to do an internship. i always planned on staying on the straight and narrow, and getting things done as quickly as possible. i've always done well in school, but i have always, always hated every second of it. as megan told me about the opportunities she would have as a disney college intern, i smiled and said "that's great, you'll have a wonderful time." never did i consider going along for the experience.
my last 2 semesters at suffolk added up to be the hardest time of my life, so far. it had nothing to do with school, i actually really loved my professors, and the school itself. i'm glad to have chosen community college rather than go away right out of high school. what made it miserable for me was that i was going through an uphill battle with depression, the result of a series of traumatic, devastating losses of several friends as well as my uncle, who i can only describe as my other dad. To top it all off, i was a passenger in a terrible car accident the weekend before spring semester began. my body and my emotions could not handle the experiences, and sadly, i just shut down. truthfully, the only reason i was able to maintain an awesome GPA was because my professors knew me for the person i was, not just the student that did well in their classes. i was shown such compassion during that time, and they did not allow my grades to suffer, nor did they want me to be set back. i was on so much medication between the depression and my injuries from the car accident that i was barely able to comprehend what was going on. i was always feeling weird. by the beginning of may, i knew that i needed a break from school, and some time off from the classroom. that's when megan's disney world extravaganza started to look somewhat appealing. the rest is history.
in one day, megan had me read 3 hours worth of literature on the program, set up a virtual tour on the web-site, and do my phone interview with a disney recruiter. 2 weeks later i got my "congratulations, you're a disney cast member!" package in the mail. this was the perfect opportunity for me: i would be getting college credits, getting paid, maintaining full-time student status, as well as my health insurance benefits, and my summer would never end!
when i knew that i was secure for the fall program in disney world, my depression slowly began to get better. i was feeling better both physically and emotionally. i was able to come off my medication at the end of this past june, and i've been fine ever since. i feel as though not having the added pressures of school lingering over my head made a huge difference for me. i have time now to regroup and make decisions for the spring semester when i come home.
for all of you who are concerned, and i say all of you as if anyone but dr. peterson is reading this, i will not ever become the disney eccentric that megan is, so there should be no worry :)
my friend, megan, a physical therapy student at stony brook university has an undeniable, ridiculous, sick, psychotic, unnatural addiction to all things disney. since she was a fetus she knew that at some point in her life, she wanted to be a "cast member" (that's what we're called...?) in walt's grand "performance." she finally got her chance when recruiters came to her campus this past spring semester, and there was no looking back.
2 miles down the road from megan, i am a student at suffolk community college. never once have i thought about putting my education on the back-burner to do an internship. i always planned on staying on the straight and narrow, and getting things done as quickly as possible. i've always done well in school, but i have always, always hated every second of it. as megan told me about the opportunities she would have as a disney college intern, i smiled and said "that's great, you'll have a wonderful time." never did i consider going along for the experience.
my last 2 semesters at suffolk added up to be the hardest time of my life, so far. it had nothing to do with school, i actually really loved my professors, and the school itself. i'm glad to have chosen community college rather than go away right out of high school. what made it miserable for me was that i was going through an uphill battle with depression, the result of a series of traumatic, devastating losses of several friends as well as my uncle, who i can only describe as my other dad. To top it all off, i was a passenger in a terrible car accident the weekend before spring semester began. my body and my emotions could not handle the experiences, and sadly, i just shut down. truthfully, the only reason i was able to maintain an awesome GPA was because my professors knew me for the person i was, not just the student that did well in their classes. i was shown such compassion during that time, and they did not allow my grades to suffer, nor did they want me to be set back. i was on so much medication between the depression and my injuries from the car accident that i was barely able to comprehend what was going on. i was always feeling weird. by the beginning of may, i knew that i needed a break from school, and some time off from the classroom. that's when megan's disney world extravaganza started to look somewhat appealing. the rest is history.
in one day, megan had me read 3 hours worth of literature on the program, set up a virtual tour on the web-site, and do my phone interview with a disney recruiter. 2 weeks later i got my "congratulations, you're a disney cast member!" package in the mail. this was the perfect opportunity for me: i would be getting college credits, getting paid, maintaining full-time student status, as well as my health insurance benefits, and my summer would never end!
when i knew that i was secure for the fall program in disney world, my depression slowly began to get better. i was feeling better both physically and emotionally. i was able to come off my medication at the end of this past june, and i've been fine ever since. i feel as though not having the added pressures of school lingering over my head made a huge difference for me. i have time now to regroup and make decisions for the spring semester when i come home.
for all of you who are concerned, and i say all of you as if anyone but dr. peterson is reading this, i will not ever become the disney eccentric that megan is, so there should be no worry :)
Friday, August 10, 2007
an official blogger
thanks to the weekly urging of Dr. Christine Peterson, i have finally created my very first blog. i've always been too lazy to successfully keep up with a diary or journal, but for the sake of a certain podiatrist, i promise to keep up with this as best as i can.
the primary purpose here is to document my experience as a walt disney world college intern. i leave on saturday, august 25th and begin my semester-long stint on monday, the 27th. with only 15 days to go, the only thing i'm dreading is the forever -long car ride i'll be sharing in my tiny matchbox car with my father.
so as of right now, i am still completely unprepared for this trip, and have made no progress in getting things together to bring down, other than buying some fabulous towels in hot pink, bright yellow, and turquoise. i still need to get a tv, dvd player, bedding, toiletries, and other essentials.
did i mention that i wont be experiencing this solo? other than the thousands upon throusands of college students that will be taking part in the internship, my best friend, megan will be my roommate. this could quite possibly be the most interesting aspect of this whole adventure, but i'll expand on it some other time...
okay well that's all for now. i'll update throughout my preparation.
*kristen
the primary purpose here is to document my experience as a walt disney world college intern. i leave on saturday, august 25th and begin my semester-long stint on monday, the 27th. with only 15 days to go, the only thing i'm dreading is the forever -long car ride i'll be sharing in my tiny matchbox car with my father.
so as of right now, i am still completely unprepared for this trip, and have made no progress in getting things together to bring down, other than buying some fabulous towels in hot pink, bright yellow, and turquoise. i still need to get a tv, dvd player, bedding, toiletries, and other essentials.
did i mention that i wont be experiencing this solo? other than the thousands upon throusands of college students that will be taking part in the internship, my best friend, megan will be my roommate. this could quite possibly be the most interesting aspect of this whole adventure, but i'll expand on it some other time...
okay well that's all for now. i'll update throughout my preparation.
*kristen
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