The Wonderful World of Disney

Oh yes, I filled the restaurant today.  On the outside we didn't look busy, but that's because I'm just too good lol.  It was sunny all day and not too chilly and all our heaters were working so it was a good day!  Lots of large parties though.  I was sticking them all over the place.

So apart from that there really isn't anything to say.  I've decided that on Boxing Day I'm making cheddar cheese soup (hopefully in bread bowls!), sage and onion sausage meat, possibly Eton Mess and Chocolate sponge and custard!  YUM!

Right, bedtime I think.  I've just had spag bowl and Jo isn't home yet, so I might go read.  Work tomorrow, then Christmas Eve off!  I need to go to Walmart (which I hope won't be too busy or lacking too much food) and then I'm singing in the evening.  So long as my cough goes away.  It's lingering again.

Right, night night xx

Today has been freezing.  Which normally isn't a problem except that I was greeter training again today.  This time I was training Chris, and it's amazing how much I love training on greeter!  It's nice to have a couple of stress free days at work.  Both of my trainees have been awesome and they are really lovely people.  In fact, all of the newbies I've met so far have been lovely.

There really isn't much to say about today except it's been so cold that right now I'm still cold despite the fact that I've been in for an hour or so and I've  got a hot water bottle.  Oh well.  Amy and I were both in work today while Alex was assigning, and in the end we had to stop looking at the board and keep telling everyone that we weren't getting involved.  Just another reason to extend me.  Hopefully housing will come to their senses soon otherwise I'm going home

Right, bedtime I think.  It's warmer there.  Night night xx

Thank goodness I'm off tomorrow.  This week has been too stressful for me.  I'm not sure why, maybe it was the trip to Disneyland that put me off my stride a bit.  Or maybe it's because it's decided to have bad weather this week and I'm trying to cram a lot of guests into a tiny restaurant.

Today has been no different than any other day.  At one point my wait list was so ridiculous.  I don't think I've had a wait list like that since my first few weeks of assigning.

Anyway, enough about work.  We've just got back from seeing the Princess and the Frog!  It was a truly amazing film and well worth the wait.  I'm glad I don't have to work tomorrow though.  I won't give anything away about the film, even though it doesn't come out in the UK until February.  Well that sucks doesn't it? Hehe.

So now it's nearly 4am and I should really sleep! Night! xx

Well I went to work again.  Today has been as crazy as usual, but as usual I cope.  Having no one to break me is getting a bit annoying, especially when you feel you're being an inconvenience when you ask a manager.  I know they have lots to do, but it's not my fault that no one else is scheduled to break me.  Ah well.

I was made to 'train' Nicki this evening.  Well, I showed her how to use the board, and she had a go at seating people, but to be honest, midway during dinner is not the best time to try to train someone who has no prior experience in assigning.  It's not fair either.  She should get her full three days.  I know they want to push her through because I need someone to break me, but I'd rather work seven days a week with no breaks than put her through that.  I know what it's like to not get enough training, and with assigning possibly being the toughest job at the Rose and Crown, you need three days training just to build up confidence, because if something goes wrong when you're assigning, you get the blame.  Oh yes, I know all about that.

Well the others are at the formal.  I really wanted to go, but they're always on a Wednesday so I never can.  Oh well.  My schedule is crazy next week (I've been scheduled to work on the day I'm supposed to be singing in Candlelight, but hopefully they'll let me switch with Amy) and I have five days off in a row.  I shudder to think what they'll do the week after.  But on Sunday we're going to do Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party!  I'm very excited about that.

So now it's bedtime.  Night night xx

That was the picture in the advent calendar today.  Nicola opened it because it is her down to a 'T'.  Today went a lot better.  For one, I wasn't confronted again so that's always a bonus, and we weren't as busy as yesterday.  I only had half an hour break because there was no one to break me and it's highly inconvenient for a manager to do it (or so I keep getting told.  I know they know it's not my fault because I don't make the schedules, but I could do without being told everyday.)  Oh well.

There's not much else to say.  I'm home now and I have no food in the house so it's straight to bed.  The others are off to Ihop but I don't want to spend any money and besides I'm already dressed for bed.  So night night xx

It's all been a bit depressing today.  Jo, Fiona and I have been moping about the kitchen (singing Aladdin to annoy everyone lol) wanting to be back in Disneyland!  The morning started out fine (we've been a lot busier which means I'm not hanging around in the kitchen as much) but the PM not so much.  I was told that I was a rubbish assignor and the reason I'm not a server is because I couldn't handle the pressure!  Excuse me??  If anyone knows about pressure it's me.  If you want to drop a pick up table, I need to be told in advance, not just before I'm about to seat it.  I don't think anyone understands just how much forward planning goes into assigning.  It's what makes me good at my job!  I take in a number of walk in's based on the number of tables I have, and if I'm not told in advance, then things go wrong and I get the blame!

Anyway, I had a good rant in the office because the place to have a go at me is not onstage (which is highly unprofessional).  So that made me angry and upset for the rest of the night, which made me lose my flow, so it didn't help when a chef asked me why we weren't taking walk ins.  I just walked off.  For once I'd like to see someone else take the board and try to do what I do.  It's not easy.

I've just got back from Lasses where the theme was Christmas.  I went as a Christmas tree!  I had on my green dress with brown tights and my red shoes, a star on my head and some paper baubles.  It was a really nice Lasses because there wasn't many of us.  I left when they put on Love Actually because I need to sleep.

Right, I'm off to bed.  I'll probably wake up in a bad mood now which doesn't bode well for the rest of the day.  Night x

Today has been a slow day!  Not really slow, but compared to the past few days it has been.  It's because Thanksgiving week is over and everyone has gone home, but you'd think with it being Candlelight and all it would be a bit busier!  Especially on a weekend.  I now get the task of giving out the Candlelight tickets to servers when their tables are leaving.  Might as well be running the place lol. 

Tonight we're finishing our advent calendar.  We asked Jason today if we could use the colour printer in the office because they don't have one at the Commons.  So we'll get that done tomorrow and hopefully finished!  Tomorrow's Lasses is Recycle themed, i.e. wearing your favourite costume from a previous Lasses!  I'm not sure what to go as, but I'll think of something!  Maybe the Moulin Rouge one as I really liked my costume for that!

Right, I'm off to look for more pictures.  We're going to Disneyland this week!  Very excited!  Night night xx

Wow it was manic today.  When I got into work I took one look at the large party list and told Janice I was going home!  There were so many!  I'm not sure how I did it, but I did.  Chef Nick gave me a target to reach, but we went manual halfway through dinner so I'll have to find out tomorrow if I reached it or not.  If I do he'll feed me for five shifts!  We did quite a lot for lunch so I'm hopefull!  However, when you go manual, things run a bit slower so we'll see.  There were so many large parties though!  At one point I had three 13's, a 12 and an 11 on my waitlist and nowhere to seat them!  We were taking reservations all the way up to fireworks and it got pretty manic!  It was awesome though .  I love being that busy and really having to work to get people in.

So now I'm back from the madness and I have two days off and I intend to spend them doing not a lot!  Tomorrow is Black Friday when they have all the sales, so I think I might go and do some shopping.  Some people are going at midnight tonight, but I'm not queuing all over the place when they'll have the same stuff all day.

Anyway, crazy times are over, sleep time is here!  Oh, I'm singing tomorrow as well!  Whoop!  Night night xx

It rained today.  Lots.  I went to work in the rain, and I think came home in the rain (well the wet at least).  So lower deck was pretty much closed all day, and we were manual all day and that's about it.  I wish there were more to talk about but it's been such a tiring day and I just need to sleep.  It's Thanksgiving tomorrow and I'm slightly nervous about the amount of people we're supposed to be getting!  We're doing the dinner menu all day with a turkey dinner as well, so guests are going to sit for longer because it takes longer to cook some of the dinner items.  Oh well.  Me being the awesome assignor that I am will figure it out.

Night night xx

Today has not been a good day.  I've been in an ok mood, but very stressed what with all that went on.  To cut a long story short, and system went down twice, I lost all my checked in parties twice, and it threatened a massive thunderstorm that never arrived.  Yeah, not a happy bunny.  The first time the system went down we weren't expecting it, so as usual I get on with it.  The second time just annoyed me because I'd asked for all the people checking in to be written down manually as well in case it happened again, and no one did it!  So yes, very angry about that.  I think we might make it a daily ritual to write down every single party that comes in. 

And then the big, dark, scary clouds came in and threatened to unleash a torrential downpour...and it never came.  I closed lower deck for a few tiny drops of rain.  Normally that doesn't bother me, but when they took in so many guests yesterday than we probably took last week as a whole, it gets a bit frustrating.  Oh well.

So now I'm back and I think bed is on the cards.  Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day!  Night night x

Today was not altogether a bad day.  Of course, I've been off for three days so going back to work isn't necessarily a good thing, but despite the rain and the system crashing just before we opened for dinner, worse things could have happened.  At least we knew about the rain.  TMS not so much.  I suppose it was a good thing that it crashed before dinner started.  It did come back up eventually, but its hard to get back into the swing of things when you've been manual for an hour.  As usual, I had to tell podium what to do, because apparently very few people can show initiative.  Oh well, I suppose babysitting is part of my duties now.

So we got through the night with a little rain, as I mentioned (although it wasn't all that hard so no one wanted to move, and by the time it rained again near fireworks, no one wanted to move because they had awesome seats!)

I also got asked to have tomorrow off.  Amy is doing her first solo assigning shift on Thanksgiving of all days, so Jason asked if I would be willing to work that day.  Of course I said yes, and it means I can relax a little before overnight rehearsals tomorrow, but apparently I'm not allowed to go up to working five days a week.  I understand why this week, because it would be overtime on a holiday, but because during schedule bids I asked for three days off a week, I can't go back to working five days.  Well I'm sorry, but I'm bored with three days off a week.  So I basically gave them my ultimatum.  Five days a week of work, or service.  You'd think they'd be grateful to have an experienced assignor five days a week during candlelight.  I'm quite happy to work for regular pay and not overtime.  Just let me work!

So I came home.  We've just finished eating a roast dinner and profiteroles and jelly and custard (curtosy of Jo and Fiona).  Rie and Haruna and a friend of theirs (who lived in the UK for a while!) joined us and it was very nice!  We need to do it more often.

Right so I'm off tomorrow!  I'm thinking lazing around, blogging, going to Epcot for food and fireworks and rehearsals and maybe a bit of tidying.

Night night xx

Today started out good.  Actually, it pretty much was good all the way through until I was asked if I wanted to go into service.  Which of course got me thinking.  See, I'd really like to go into service, but it's only for the money.  I'm not sure that's a good enough reason to give up assigning, when I don't really want anyone else to be perm assignor when it's been me for so long!  I'm not sure I'd like someone else doing it while I was serving.  I think the solution is that I need to go back up to five days assigning and it needs to get busier.  Which it will.  I'm just scared I won't get the help and support that shall be needed during Candlelight and Christmas.  And I'm tired of being poor.  I'm tired of everyone unintentionally waving their money in front of me, and doing all this stuff that I can't afford to do because I'm trying to save so I can pay off my overdraft when I get back.  I'm worried that our cruise won't come up and I won't get my days off because I have a training class that week, and I don't know if I need a day off to do that.  Then if I do need a day off it means no cruise for me.  Or anywhere.  The others want to go to New York if not, but I'm not sure I can afford to go there.  It's expensive and I don't want to be the one all the time saying I can't afford to eat here and go there and even go into those shops because I'll get angry because I can't buy stuff.  Right now I just feel like nothing is fair.  Really I wish I'd never said I'd be perm assignor and that I just went through the whole process like everyone else.  They all just see podium as a route to service and no one really cares about it anymore.  I have a nice long list of issues I need to go to the managers with because I can't stand to be out at podium anymore.  I'm tired of being left behind and of just being 'the assignor'.  I'm fed up.  Wouldn't mind going home right now.  I'll probably be fine when it gets busy, and it's just been one of those days when a good deal of guests have been rude and demanding and I just feel like I'm worthless.  Yes, I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself right now, and I think I'm just in a rubbish mood and I'd just like more freedom instead of having to count the pennies all the time.

I don't think I'll be in a much better mood tomorrow.  Anyway, the deal is, either I get five days assigning, or I go into service.  Having three days off just makes me spend more.  I hate my life right now.  Love Disney though.  I wish I was just at another location where what you did as a job didn't matter because you all did the same thing.  Going into service would mean losing my podium seniority when it comes to days off and vacation, and I've been here too long to lose it.

On the bright side, I may start to think about applying for the cruise line soon.  Better get the feelers out.  So I'm going to go back to watching this program about women who do dirty jobs and try not to feel so depressed.  One of my Japanese roommates friends just gave me a reindeer cookie so thats a start.

Meh.

Night x

Today has been slow again.  So therefore I don't have much to say.  It was nice weather and it didn't rain and that's always a bonus.

So this evening it was pirate Lasses!  I wore my purple skirt and purple corset over a white shirt, and my Nine West shoes that I've never worn before!  Afterwards the others all did a scavenger hunt, but there was no way I was running around the Commons in these heals, and anyway I'm tired.  So I'm off to bed now.  I'd say I hope it's busier tomorrow, but I doubt it will be.

Night night xx

It was even slower today than yesterday!  I don't get what is wrong with the place.  We didn't stop walk-in's at all today and no one waited anymore than 15 minutes.  Crazy!  So once again nothing much happened.  It's been absolutely beautiful today, not a cloud in the sky.  The same happened yesterday, so a perfect opportunity to slam the restuarant and utilise lower deck, but then we don't have enough servers and nowhere near enough guests to warrant that!

I got a little annoyed this evening as people were moaning, and I hate it when someone else's bad mood puts you in a bad mood too.  Gah.  It was all fine by the end of the night though.  Someone wanted to use one of my boards as a light for beer cart (because all the lights go out when the fireworks are on) but that was not going to happen in a million years.  One, the board doesn't get used to light up things, and two, I wouldn't trust anyone with my boards as far as I could throw them.

Anyway, I've just got home, and Jo and Fiona and Helen are here watching The Holiday.  Love that film.  So I'm just going to watch the end of it with them (and we're going to sort out our Rose and Crown advent calender) and then I'm off to bed!  Night night xx

I think I must scare the guests away when I'm working.  The first Saturday I work in months and it's dead!  Just like July 4th!   So there really isn't mich to report.  Helen and I had a good time tonight singing the Spice Girls at Podium, but apart from that I really didn't do a whole lot of work.  No change I suppose.  Things will change when Candlelight starts.  We will be open an extra half hour in the evening, which will make my shifts longer and harder!  Lots more people to get into the restuarant and they will be on time constraints.  Boo.

So I've just cooked myself spag bowl and we're watching A Cinderella Story on the tv.  I really should do some ironing but I'm quite tired and my contacts are aching a little.  Ah well.  Work again tomorrow.  Hopefully it will be a little busier tomorrow if there are no college football games on.  Apparently that was where everyone was today.

Night night xx

I know I don't normally work Friday's, but I switched a shift with Katherine so I could go to MNSSHP last Sunday, so that is why I worked today.  It confused a lot of servers in pre-meal lol.  This morning could have started off better.  First off, we had one party who wanted to see a manager because I couldn't sit them on a certain table straight away (I asked them to wait a couple of minutes so we could wait for the server to come down).  It's things like that that can make a day go so horribly wrong.  Luckily they all got sorted out, but why are people so impatient?  Jeeze, you're on holiday, lighten up a bit!

The rest of the day went pretty well!  Jo, Fiona and Cairi all passed their service tests.  Whoop!  Once again though, it makes me feel really left behind.  It's not that I really want to go into service, but I hate just being classed as podium.  It makes me feel inferior LOL.

So anyway, the night went pretty smoothly, and after I had clocked out I sat upstairs waiting for Fiona and Jo.  I was going to see the preview of the Christmas Parade with Vicky and some others, but I was so hungry, and so were Jo and Fiona, that we decided to go to IHop instead.  Nicola and someone else (argh I don't remember who came!) also tagged along.  It was a good meal.  I had nutella crepes and some cherry coke, and then I was all sorted for the evening.

So now I'm back in my apartment.  Oh!  We also had inspection today.  And got the White Glove Award!  I'm very excited.  So now there is a big box of chocolates sitting on our counter.  Yum.  Right, bed time it is.  Night! xx

This morning I signed up for my shows!  I haven't the foggiest who's narrating (except for Whoopi) but we can only sign up for seven shows, and that means if you do the two late shows, it counts for two show sign ups.  How annoying.  I hope more open up soon because there are people at work who want to see me in it, but they leave towards the beginning of December.

So I get to work and all is good as usual.  I actually had seaters today (lol) and lunch went very smoothly I think.  We were quite steady and it's been a nice temperature to guests are quite happy to sit anywhere!  The problem came towards the end of dinner.  Now we had been by no means slow and my wait list was racking up quite a few parties.  At one point I had four 9 tops, one 10 top, a couple of 7's and an 8, then a bunch of 5's and 6's all seat within the space of half an hour!  Of course, all requesting lower deck.  Now, I like to think I'm a good assignor, but unfortunately I can't make miracles happen.  I'm not able to carve new tables out of nothing, I can not kick people out of the restaurant, I am not psychic, and I'm not a god.  Well one of my nine tops wasn't too happy with being sat inside.  There is a lot more to story as to why they were unhappy, but it felt like that in the end, I was blamed for seating them inside.  Which was highly unfair because a) I didn't know there was anything wrong!  Hence the psychic bit, and b) I'd like to see someone else try to do what I do when the servers are all weeded and are unable to pick up more tables and section 501 is a pick up section which should NEVER happen at dinner no matter how much servers dislike it.  It's the one section all guests can see as they enter the restaurant.  Grrrr.  I just don't feel that we are ever being backed up when something is not our fault and we're never given the chance the explain anything or the fact that some nights not everyone can be made happy.  There's also this whole 'I don't like my table, move me' culture they have here.  In the UK you sit where you're sat and you're grateful to get a table!  Or it's self seating so it doesn't matter anyway.  But oh no, not here.  And I don't know if anyone is telling guests that make reservations at our restaurant that if they ask for fireworks viewing they'll get it, but PRORIOTY SEATING does not guarentee a specific table, it just guarentees that you get in!  Why is that so hard to understand.  Seriously, build a brick wall in front of lower deck and then they'd have something to moan about.

As you can see, still very angry about the whole thing.  I try my absolute best to keep guests, servers and management happy, and sometimes it's just not possible. 

So now I'm going to bed in a bad mood, well not really a bad mood, more a frustrated mood because sometimes things are out of my control, and maybe if I actually had a bit of support from time to time, I could feel comfortable asking people if they can see any solution to the current problem I'm having.

RAGE.

Haha, night xx

Today has been very much a rollercoaster ride of emotions.  And very slow.  Very, very slow.  That may sound good to some people but it makes me so bored.  But we did spend a very productive morning playing hangman in the kitchen.  So I had asked Katherine yesterday if she would be able to cover the rest of my shift, and she said she would if her roomate didn't get an ER because they were going shopping for costumes.  Well unfortunately her roomate got ER'd so it meant there would be no one to cover me   So I went on break in a very bad mood because it meant that I wouldn't finish work until 10.15pm and I wouldn't get to the resort until after 11pm.  Since we had Magic Kingdom view at Bay Lake Tower I really wanted to see the fireworks!  Anyway, Claire comes bounding upstairs and annouces that Emma was going to ask Christina if she would be allowed to cover the rest of my shift!  Naturally that made me very excited, and Christina allowed it, so I got out at 4.45pm!  I'm going to be poor next week but it will be worth it.

So we then piled into Claire's car (her sister is coming tomorrow so she's rented a car) and first, went to McD's on the way home, and then headed back to the Commons to pick up some stuff and get ready.  We then went to Walmart so the others could grab a few things, and then to Walgreens to buy alcohol to make Magical Stars!  So we finally arrived at the resort and Kirsty came down to let us in (at Bay Lake Tower you check in at the Contempary, and so you can't get into the tower without your room key.  Obviously Kirsty hadn't given us ours at this point!)  We were in room 7530, Magic Kingdom view, on the walkway level right next to the walkway!  It had a brilliant view of the castle from our (Claire, Kayleigh, Chris and me) room.  So we first had Magical Stars, made by Kayleigh and Heather, and then filled the bath with bubbles.  Lot's of bubbles. Hehe.

Well it warmed up a bit today so there was no need for sleeves or a coat.  Though I still brought my coat just in case.  It seemed a bit slow today, but we still did quite a few people more than I thought we would.  There once again really isn't much to say except it was a really pleasant day and nothing really happened.  I still haven't worked out if I can do discounts yet (which would really help the servers because they wouldn't have to keep waiting for a manager or GT) but then again I actually need to be shown how to do it.

So right now I'm watching the second Encore DVD, have just eaten cake and drinking a cup of tea.  I'm going to go to bed soon because it's EMH tomorrow which means a long day and I need sleep.  Plus it's my last day working with Nick and apparently we are going to take in 7000 guests.

Ooooh I've just met our new roommate.  No idea what her name is but she's from Japan and still earning her ears.

Haha.  Night xx

It was cold again today.  What is wrong with Florida??? It's not winter yet.  Today was a very normal day.  It's not been so busy so I've done a lot of standing around, but we've still managed to fill the place so I don't know what's going on.

Not much to say really.  I went to get food from the outlets earlier, which means I now have lunch and dinner for tomorrow.  Yum.  And now I've just got back from Lasses.  It was pub quiz tonight and it was loads of fun!  There were so many people there, and lots of little prizes and our team won sheriff badges.  We didn't know many answers (though I think I rocked in the Disney section) but it was still fun, and definitely a nice change from normal Lasses.  We also did t-shirts (which means I need to remember to give them my t-shirt and money) and there are some really good names!

Right, work again tomorrow so I must sleep as it's very late.  Night! xx

Well this morning started out fine to say the least.  It was pretty much a usual lunch, and nothing unusual happened.  I went to Odessy for lunch, and was eating my pizza and chips when I got two texts.  One was from Jo to say someone had stolen our kettle (??????) and the other one was from Mum to say she needed to talk to me.  Well obviously when someone sends a text like that you know it's not going to be good news.  So Mum called me to tell me that Nana had died yesterday.  Bit of a shock to be honest, and I didn't quite know what to say, and it was very hard to walk back across to work without crying!  But of course once I got back the floodgates kinda opened, but luckily I work with very nice people (most of whom offered to assign for me if I wanted to go home).  I declined though; there's no point moping around on my own at home.  So I rammed the restaurant.  As in Nick thought I was trying to make myself ill lol.  But it was nice to focus on something else for a bit.  It was EMH tonight so we were open a little longer, but not much because Nick let us close early (and the fact that we had no more tables left).

So now I'm home and about to go to bed with a cup of tea.  It's supposed to be really cold at the weekend so I wonder if the hot water bottle will need to come out.

Bedtime.  Night x

Today has actually been a really good day.  Nothing in the ordinary happened except everything went smoothly and we had really nice guests all day!  I don't think there was one incident where we had not-so-nice guests, and it really did make a nice change. 

Apart from that I've not much else to say.  I stood at the top of the stairs and watched Jo do Magical Moment this evening.  They were two cute little boys from one of Nics tables and they were so adorable doing it.  That and I haven't stopped to watch the fireworks in ages, so that was nice.

Anyway, tomorrow is my last day of work before I'm off, and it's EMH so that means an extra long shift.  So I reckon it's bedtime.  Night night xx

Today has been a much better day.  I assigned LOL.  And I got my trainer appreciation bag so all is right with the would.  I really don't know what else to say.  I've just got back from Lasses where the theme for Lucy's last was Storybook and Fairytale, so of course I went as Belle.  Got to get some use out of the costume!

This evening I did magical moment with Anna (and laddered my tights in the process).  I haven't done it in so long, and the little girl was so cute doing it.  I love that magical moment.

So maybe I should just go to bed.  It's very early in the morning and I have to get some decent sleep if I wantto function tomorrow!  Night xx

No, it didn't thunder, or rain today (thankfully!) but sometimes it's hard to tell if it is thunder or the drums over at Japan.  Or Off Kilter.  All of them make me on edge.  But no, it didn't rain today!  The morning actually started off really well.  It was just as hot as it has been the past few days, but for some reason I must have had a sixth sense and sat everyone where they wanted to be.  So pretty soon we had a full restaurant and a wait list and everything was hunkydory.  And then I went to lunch!  Today I went for something a bit different and had ham AND cheese rolls.  Haha.   I also had some strawberry cake.  Mmmm.

So we opened back up for dinner (no kitcken crisis this time!) and pretty soon we were full again.  The sky did turn dark and I had a look at the weather and it was supposed to rain, but it didn't.  Yay!  Tonight I actually sat until 9pm, which is strange because we never normally have the tables, but people wanted pick up so that was fine with me.  I actually read the assignor role in the training manual today (which I have never seen) and the amount of stuff I don't do (mainly because I never knew I had to, and some of it is a little silly) really surprised me.  But it definitely says in there that we seat until 9pm.  So, I'm just doing my job.

What did bug me today is that it was Trainer Appreciation Day.  I am a trainer.  Have been for five/six months now.  And yet I'm still not getting recognised for it.  I don't want the bag (though I really do want the pin) and I suppose as long as I get paid for training everything is fine, but it would be nice if I could actually be included in these things.  I work hard enough.  I'd understand if I didn't do my job properly (but then I suppose I wouldn't be a trainer!)  Grrr.

So tonight was just like any other night, where I've had a really good day and then all of a sudden I feel like rubbish because of what people have said or done.  It's never normally just one person, more a culmination of the past few weeks that tends to make my brain melt and wonder why I'm here.  I won't rant about it here because you've all heard it all before.

Anyway, I'm away to read and drink my tea and hopefully calm down before I go to bed.  I hate going to bed upset because it puts me in a bad mood the next day.  Dana is asleep on the couch anyway (she was when I got back, must have been a tiring day at work!) so I hope I don't get woken up when she comes in.  I don't normally, but I have a feeling I won't sleep very well tonight.

Anyway, night night xx

Ok, so you know how I mentioned that I wouldn't like another day like yesterday...well I don't think anyone was listening to me.  The morning started off horribly.  It was so hot today with no breeze so no one wanted to sit outside, and I just got so frustrated that in the end Kayleigh took the board from me and told me to go sit in the kitchen to calm down.  I wasn't even angry with anyone, I just feel so powerless when everyone wants to sit inside and I can't do it, and then no servers outside get any tables.  Seriously, an outdoor restaurant in Florida?  Not the brightest idea.  It also didn't help that I had millions of mids.  So I thankfully handed the board over so I could go on break, and I ran away to Odessey.  I had hot dog and chips, followed by chocolate cake.  YUM.

So I came back from break 15 minutes early, and as I put my stuff in my locker, someone told me that I was needed downstairs.  Turns out a sprinkler had gone off in the kitchen again.  Twice now.  Grr.  We hadn't even opened for dinner, which was good, but it looked like it was going to be a long time before we opened again.  I almost though a guest was going to hit Rob at one point, when we told them we weren't taking anyone.  He didn't even have a reservation!  Podium sure can be a dangerous place at times.  The reservations who decided to check in and wait it out were really nice though, and we found other restaurants for those who did't want to wait, so it wasn't too bad.

The night seemed to get better though.  Katherine came in to eat and  celebrate her 21st birthday, and we managed to fill the restaurant.  So at least it ended on a good note.

So now I'm home and I've just had two bacon rolls, and I really should get changed.  Tomorrow I'm going to have a lie in, then go to walmart because I desperately need food, then rehearsals and maybe some Hidden Mickey hunting.  I've no idea what I'm doing Saturday.  Maybe I'll go do Food and Wine.  Oh, I'm supposed to be going to a water park tomorrow.  Oh I don't know, I just want to sleep and not do a lot.  I really shouldn't waste my time here though because there isn't long left!

Ah well, I'm going to go watch a DVD now, so I shall bid you all goodnight.  Night! xx 

I do not need another day like today any time soon thanks!  Although I must say, my day certainly got better after the incident!

This morning started off fine.  We were by no means busy but we had a nice steady flow, and even with four trainees on the floor everything went smoothly.  I went on break and then loaded the board up for dinner and as usual we opened at 4pm.  I then had Dave run out at about 4.45pm telling me not to accept any walk-in's OR reservations.  Turns out the sprinklers in the kitchen had gone off and obviously this meant we couldn't serve any hot food.  Well obviously this didn't make the guests feel happy, but they seemed to think that it was podium's fault!  I don't know how they came up with that.  Of course, we already had guests in the restaurant so they either already had food, or were having something cold.  I know one family were going to wait it out!  We sent a couple of parties to Coral Reef, but everyone else went away.  We told them we'd honour their reservations later on anyway.  So eventually we were back up and running, and I pretty much opened with a nice clean restaurant again.  The rest of the night went smoothly except for whem TMS decided to crash for five minutes, but as there were only two parties on the wait list it wasn't that big of a deal.

So then it was extra magic hours.  Boo.  We took in quite a few people afterwards though, which was good, and considering we were closed to about half an hour earlier, our numbers weren't all that bad.  I would just like a nice quiet day tomorrow though thanks.

Anyway, I'm exhausted and don't have time to put my HHN photos up now, so I'm off to bed.  Night night xx

It seems like everyone is these days.  It's just very annoying that's all.

I didn't go to the gym this morning.  No surprise really.  But then again, by the time I would have gotten back I would have had to rush to get ready for work.  I don't like rushing in the morning.

So we got the bus to work and were entertained for a while by, firstly, the bus driver, and then secondly by the barries allowing cars into backstage Epcot because they wouldn't go up.  Tres amusing.  It's a good job we get off the bus outside Epcot hehe.

I assigned today.  No surprise there though.  It rained a little bit during lunch, and then threatened to rain during all of dinner.  I hate it when it does that because I'm on edge all evening and don't have a chance to relax.  Michelle wasn't too happy this evening either because she's done 22 hours in two days, but to be honest I end up doing that all the time.  I really don't have much sympathy for anyone in this place.  I need to get the managers to explain to servers as well that, if you're a PM we close at 9pm, and you may get sat at 8.59pm.  I'm just doing my job.  Not that this happened tonight but it's been bugging me for weeks and I'm fed up of people moaning at me when I seat them late.  Deal with it.

At the bus stop tonight Jo, Fiona, Katherine and I made a little barrier so we could get on the bus first.  Which is fair enough because we were waiting first!  And it worked.  We got straight on with no pushing of shoving.  Lovely.

I'm eating pizza right now.  We're going to Michelle's soon to watch Mary Poppins.  Yay!

Right I'm off.  The contacts need to come out before I go.

Night night!  I promise to update some more soon!

Yup it's Monday again.  No rest for the wicked and all that.  It was nice to actually be able to play with the new board though.  Even if I don't like it.  It loses signal just as much as the old one does, and it's so big.  We all call it my lunchbox.  Ah well.  Today was pretty much a normal day.  The same amount of moaning from everyone as normal, cast members as well as guests.  It does my nut on the best of days.

However, luckily I'm home now and Jo, Fiona and I have just finished watching Bedtime Stories.  I'm sure I missed a bit of it at some point by nodding off, but I am very tired.  So I guess I should be off to bed.  I'm setting my alarm for 7.45am tomorrow so I can go to the gym, but seeing as I have no willpower and like my sleep, I doubt it will happen.  We shall see!

I was going to go to Lasses tonight, and I got ready and everything, but I just really be bothered.  It's the fact that even if you don't drink alcohol you are expected to play the game with soft drinks or something, and I'd rather just have water and sit in the corner and watch everyone else.  It's much more fun.  I might go next week though because it's Lucy's last.

Night night xx

Well today is normally my day off but seeing as I asked for yesterday off, they made me work today.  Fair enough I suppose, but I would have rather worked Saturday.  But that's cool, because it means I can go see Fame on Saturday if anyone else is off.

So the past few days have been really cool.  As in, the temperature has decreased and now we're no longer melting into puddles everyday.  Very pleased with this.  Although one guest did walk into the AC and declared that it was far too hot outside.  I think I must have stood there with my mouth wide open for about 10 minutes.  Silly, silly people.

And there we have it.  It was overall a very good day.  It wasn't busy as such, and we didn't do as many guests as we could have done, but it was by no means slow.  I also got to see my new board!  To be honest it looks like I'm attached to a heart rate machine and it should be beeping, but so long as it does the job I don't really care.  However, they tried it out today and it wouldn't print out tickets.  So it's back to the old board. Haha.

So right now Fiona, Jo, Alex and I are watching Mamma Mia.  Cairi just left to go to bed.  I may do that soon.  Jo bought Alex a teapot from Evil PC today.  Not just any teapot, but the Alice in Wonderland one we wanted to get for our tea parties.  I don't think she's going to let go of it.  Her fingers will fuse to her hands and she'll have to live like that forever!

Teehee

Right, I'm signing off.  Dana is back now so I hope she doesn't stay up too late.  I doubt she will though, she just got back from Hawaii.  Lucky thing.

Oh well, night night xx

It rained a lot today.  On the way to work, and then in the evening.  It's getting very annoying you know.  I wasn't sure it could get any more dead than it has been, but today topped off the week!  I think I had sat 11 tables by 1pm, which is so bad.  I'm not sure what's going on, but the parks need to pick up soon!  If it's not busy then there is nothing for anyone to do so all of podium gets ER'd and no one earns any money and I'm stood around doing nothing all day.  Maybe I should train everyone on assigning hehe.

So I've really nothing to say about work.  After work we ran for the bus (whilst passing a family backstage who were going to wrong way and security was directing them back onstage) and managed to get on the 9.23pm bus which is almost impossible unless you run all the way backstage.  Which we did.  Anyway, tonight was the preview for Mickey's Boo-To-You Halloween parade.  I came back to the Commons, had a shower and then went to Chatham to catch the bus to West Clock.  When I finally got on one that showed up, we went to the TTC where the others got on (they had come straight from Epcot) and we went to West Clock.  However, the queue to get the VIP bus to the Tunnels was massive.  We decided that as others have to work tomorrow, and we weren't likely to get home that early, that we'd miss it.  So instead we're all going to pick a date and go to the party!  I can't wait!  I really want to go twice anyway.  I'd go every night if I could afford it and had the days off haha. 

Well I'm going to bed even though I don't have to work tomorrow.  I'm knackered!  Night night xx

I think there were more CM's than guests in the restaurant today.  Maybe we should have all eaten!  Haha.  Yeah, so there were so many people on podium, that everyone got ER's (except me of course) but no one wants them because they all need to make rent!  It's no fun being poor.  This afternoon it stormed quite badly (there was a really big clap of thunder right over us which I hate because I have a radio in and carrying a big piece of metal, so I run for cover LOL.  Oh well, at least we closed lower deck for the rest of the night.

So I came home and made a bacon sandwich, then carried it over to Cairi's to watch TV with Jo, Alex, Fiona and Helen.  We had a a good moan about podium and seating which I think scared Helen a little bit hehe.

So right now I'm going to bed! Work again tomorrow!  Night night xx

I think everyone was today.  Ok so it was majorly slow and I think we fed every single guest in the park, but please, stop moaning about wanting to be ER'd and not getting it!  Some of us aren't able to be ER'd and there's no point in me even asking so it really puts me in a bad mood when it's all people ever think about.  You're here to work so get on with it.

So anyway, yes it was very slow.  I forgot my umbrella today so of course it rained, and that greatly annoyed me because people paniced even though I was totally prepared to move lower deck up.  I'm not stupid, I know what to do...I've been assigning for long enough!

So of course we had to go manual, so I've no idea how well we did today.  Probably not that well because it was so dead, but meh.  Maybe it'll get busier for Labor Day weekend, but I'm not getting my hopes up.  Oh well.  Tow more days of work and then three days off!  I'm going to buy a sewing machine on Thursday, and on Wednesday night we're going to see the cast preview of Mickey's Boo-To-You Halloween Parade.  Tomorrow I have to go pick up my music for Candlelight and buy Rowan's ticket because they come on Sunday!  Please don't forget your pass Mum

Right, I'm off to Lasses.  I'm not dressing up this week because I don't have anything and I really can't be bothered.  Not the spirit I know but I make so much effort every other week and I really just want to go to bed, but no, I said I was going and I shall.  It's sailors next week so I'm already thinking about what to wear for that.  I just need a blue top and I'm sorted!

See you tomorrow!  Night night xx

So today I walk into work and I'm all geared up for a crazy day like it was last week, only to find out that yesterday it was dead.  And so today went pretty much the same way.  We got a good lot of people in, but we certainly weren't so busy that I was running around like a lunatic.  It was actually a nice break from being busy, so I'm not complaining.  It was just odd.  I suppose all the UK and US schools are going back now so that might be part of it.  AND it didn't rain!!!  Even though Jason and I were both working (and it always does when we're both on).  However, I did bring my umbrella to work today so maybe that held it off.  Either way, I hope that's the end of the wet spell.

So that's about it.  Everyone is off to HOB tonight and I'm not going, so I think I might have an early night again.  Well, it's almost 11pm so not that early lol.  It's Lasses tomorrow and I'm not going dressed up because the theme is Halloween horror films but I don't have enough time to get a costume sorted out.  Oh well.  I'm watching this cool program about Tween Dancers.  It's about these kids who do ballroom dancing and enter competitions and stuff.  Right up my street.

Anyway, I've nothing more to say.  Night night xx

Ok so it's not literally Friday, but it's my Friday and that's all that matters.  Today wasn't all that bad, but I was so tired.  Not tired as in I needed sleep because I got plenty of that, but because I think I'm getting tired of assigning.  Or rather assigning when it's raining.  No more rain thank you.  Today we didn't take nearly as many walk in's as we normally do, but then our reservations were all sat in time.  Thankfully.  It was quite an easy day to be honest and I really enjoyed it.  Of course it rained, but it didn't chuck it down and at the end of the evening we were able to open lower deck.  All was good.  So now I'm home alone, drinking tea, eating candy and watching Dreamgirls, which is an awesome film.  Their voices are amazing!  Tomorrow I'm sleeping late, maybe going to the pool for a bit, hoping my package comes, and going to see Grease the Musical in the evening!  So much fun.  And then on Saturday we're off to Typhoon Lagoon!  We now get in for free, so it's time to start taking avantage of that while it's still warm and I have time.

Oh also, schedule bids happened today.  I got my usual days off which is awesome because all the others have days off while I'm off too!  Whoop!  Anyway, I'm going to go back to watching the film, then the Disney Channel, and then off to read my book.  Night night xx

Oh today went so much better.  I think stopping walk-ins very early on at dinner helped.  We were prepared for the rain (which almost didn't come and I would have been so annoyed if it didn't!) and most reservations didn't wait that long.  One party did yell at us because we were an outdoor restaurant and when they made the reservation they weren't told that.  That's hardly our fault is it?  I got them indoor seating so what more do they want?  Argh.  But we got there in the end and everyone was happy'ish.

Lasses last night was boring if you ask me.  We just sat around, and I know it's because quite a few of us weren't drinking, but they were out to make everyone absolutely tanked.  Also glad I didn't go to Bennies afterwards.

I've just come back from Tino's throw out and landed myself a book called 'Son of a Witch'.  It's the follow-up to Wicked and I have it at home but haven't read it yet, and I've just finished my latest book so it's perfect timing!  Tonight is Harumi's birthday party...she's 26!  You wouldn't believe it at all.  It's still going on but it's very early in the morning and I must sleep.  So night night xx

Today could have gone so much better.  So so much better.  Everything bad that could have happened did happen.  We were stupidly busy and then it rained.  The only problem is that we get booked up as if we have servers for all sections and lower deck is open and it's not raining, and yet it is raining and lower deck is closed and I still have the same amount of reservations coming in and they're all big parties dammit!  Do you ever have those days when you feel everything you're doing is wrong?  Yeah, today was one of those days.  When someone asks you why a party has been waiting so long and all you can do is sweep your arm across the restaurant to indicate that it's full and no one is leaving, but what you really want to do is scream that you're not mother nature and you can't conjure up more tables where there are none, it starts to grate on you a bit.  So yes, I had a cry up in the office...and then I was fine!  It was a great stress reliever...I went back downstairs and took the board and carried on what I was doing.

So now the shift is finally over.  All I want to do is go to bed, but I have to go to Lasses.  It's Cops and Robbers tonight and I already have my outfit sorted so I'm not going to waste it.  It's also Takeover which is where the head of Lads does and Lasses and vice versa.  It's supposed to be really good, but I won't be going to Bennigans afterwards.  No thank you!

See you tomorrow!

After today I think sometimes I'd rather be moaned about than moaned to....my brain hurts!  Today has been one of those days where it rained, and we weren't too busy but everyone came and checked in at the same time and so I had a waitlist as long as World Showcase promenade...and it's very frustrating when there are no tables and there's nothing you can do about it!  Then lower deck was open, then closed then open and so it only got sat once.  Don't get me wrong, it wasn't a bad day, just a stressful one.  At least I wasn't training as well!

This morning I put in my bid for my days off.  I want to keep the ones I have now, but my second choice was for two days off on Thursday and Friday.  I'm near the top of the list (I think I'm pretty much most senior for actual podium, as in between the seaters and greeters and chippy people) so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I get what I want!

So I'm going to bed...very early I know, it's before midnight, but I want to read my very good book, and then get up early'ish tomorrow and do some more of my costume.

So Night night xxx

Oh my goodness, today was manic.  I am so tired right now I'm not sure how I'm staying awake.  And I have to do it all again tomorrow! 

So today I was training Katherine to be an assignor.  Nothing unusual there.  I've done it before.  We got the board all set up, learnt that we had a lot of reservations for lunch compared to what we normally have, and I started training.  We took walk-in's because that's what I do everyday, and then by 1pm I decided that it was wise to stop them.  It rained a lot and I have so many people on my wait list that we were behind by about half an hour, and the place was crazy!  Katherine and I didn't get on our break until 3.15pm and even then I came back at 3.45pm so I could set up the board for dinner.  I don't like not knowing what's going on when dinner starts.  Dinner was just as manic!  It seemed like every single party turned up.  Which is difficult on most days, but even harder when lower deck is closed.  And then somehow it was my fault it was raining!  I'm not mother nature, I cannot control the weather.  I'd rather have lower deck open as well, believe me, but if I sit it and it rains and I have nowhere to move guests to, I'm the one who gets in trouble.  I wish everyone got trained on assignor because then they'd see how difficult it is!

Argh

We got there in the end though.  The only one good thing about being busy was that at EMH we had plenty of people wanting to eat, so servers pretty much got a full section to serve.  Whoop.

So I've just got back from McD's because I haven't been there in ages, and now I understand why I haven't been in so long.  Bleugh.  So bedtime now. Dana is back from Chicago so I have a roommate again.  I think she's a little bit surprised at where all my stuff has gone.  Well I do tidy it away well!

Right, bedtime.  Night night xx

It didn't rain again today!  Yay!  Yay for hurricanes keeping the bad weather away.  And it was quite windy so it was nice and cool.  As usual I was assigning today.  We did quite good numbers if the board is correct, but I highly doubt it is most of the time.  We only had a few problems when parties kept ending up on the clear list and I had to quickly seat them for fear of being beaten up by them.  Well it was hardly my fault!  Stupid table system!  The restaurant was quite packed most of the day.  Whoop.

So after work Jo, Becky and I got the bus back home and once Jo and I had trekked almost to the Uk to get to our apartment, I got ready for lasses!  The theme this week was Moulin Rouge, and fortunately I had everything I needed.  I got my pink feather boa the other day so the outfit was complete!  I looked awesome if I do say so myself.  Everyone was rather 'tanked' as they put it, but I decided against going out afterwards.  There will be no sympathy tomorrow though mwhahahahahahaha.

So Jo and I are sitting here drinking tea and thinking of heading to bed.  I'm training Katherine tomorrow so I've got to give away my precious board and try not to get frustrated.  Things happen a lot slower when an assignor is training and it does bug me.  Ah well, I'm certain Katherine will be brilliant and it'll be fun and we won't get weeded!  I hope not anyway.

So it's time for me to say goodbye to all my company....night night xx

Ooooh today has been a tad manic.  This morning went really well; we weren't particularly busy, but we were steady, and it only rained for five minutes while we were closed.  Whoop!  Dinner started off really well...until about 7pm when the system went down!  Argh!  I had about 15 parties on the list and we lost all their pager numbers.  It was a long process of bussing tables and then calling all the parties back so we could get them sat.  I don't think we did too bad, but it was stressful!  I was very glad to finish tonight! On the way back to get the bus, a little girl tapped me and told me she liked my hair!  Very random but totally made my night!  Haha.

So right now I'm sitting in front of the TV sewing my costume and thinking of going to bed.  I'm training this week so that'll be good.

Night night xx

The bus was late this morning.  I was very annoyed!  Mostly because I wanted to go get food, but couldn't because I didnt't have enough time.  Grrrr.  So anyway, there's not much to say about today.  Work was fine, and Michelle and Robyn came to visit after they had finished work.  So I came home and Robyn had gotten me a present!  She leaves tomorrow .  Anyway, she got me a princess photo frame with a picture of us in front of the castle.  It's awesome!  So we watched the Four Parks DVD that Ali's sister made of our four park challenge.  It was so good!  I love it!

So Robyn has headed to her throw out, and I'm off to McD's with Michelle, Leom and his roommate.  Then I'm off to bed!  So night night xx

Oooh I worked today...highly unusual for me!  It was a little strange because the trainee servers had their service test today and I've never done it before!  It consists of me seating the trainees two tables...one with their trainers on, and one with guests.  Then I pretty much leave them to it!  It takes a lot of preperation though and cutting of servers (that's not actually cutting them, it means not giving them any more tables to serve) and general stress on my part.  Though Dave and Nathan were really helpful when I explained I'd never done it before!

Right, that's about it again.  I'm very tired and I think I should go to bed.  Though I have two days off now!  Whoop!  Night night xx

I worked.  There really is nothing else to say!  It's just one of those days where I went to work and the same thing happened that happens everyday!  However I am working tomorrow which is very strange for me because I don't normally, but I had Monday off because of our six month anniverary.

Anyway, one is tired so I'm going to bed.  Night night

I really didn't want to work EMH tonight.  The rest of the day was fine!  We've gotten busier which is always a bonus; not as busy as we have been, but I can actually start realistically aiming for my targets again.  But after 9pm I just wasn't in the mood.  The servers don't want to get sat (which is perfectably understandable because I don't want to be seating people) and there is never enough tables to really get enough guests in.  And most guests just want to go home!

So I'm still knackered from yesterday, and I didn't even go to bed late.  Oh well.  I'm working Thursday EMH as well, so hopefully I'll feel more up to it then!

Night night xx

I've nothing much to report today!  I basically went to work and have now come home and I'm about to go to bed.  If I can sleep due to the noise that the other roommates are making as usual.  Robyn and I have tomorrow off because of our 6th month being at Disney anniversary, but I doubt Robyn will be going anywhere because she is so ill!  Oh well.

Well as I said, nothing much to report today.  Night night xx

I went to work today!  Exciting stuff LOL.  Not really, it still isn't that busy yet and it's getting really boring, but I still had fun!  I really do love podium.  After Mum and Rowan visit I might go back up to five days a week.  If they let me that is.

So I got home and Joanne demanded that I go over to watch a DVD with her and Rachel.  We ended up watching HSM3 because it's an awesome film and you can never get enough of it.

So now I'm back home and going to bed.  Kev, Dan and I are off to the Florida Mall tomorrow and I've no idea how to get there lol.

Night xx

Finally, I've only been here almost six months and they finally give me this class.  I even had to ask for it!  I didn't really need to do it, or want to do it, but it keeps coming up as overdue on my learning plan so I thought I might as well get it over with.  However, because of this class it meant I had to seat.  Meh.  I don't like seating.  I didn't start until 1pm though so I got a lie in.  Now I did do my fair share of seating, but I also did lots of bussing and drawing of hopscotch and handing out stickers and playing with kids.  I then got bumped out to go to class, and when I came back I did lots more seating.  Even though I don't like it.  I did get to cover Emma's break though so I got to do some assigning hehe.

So during the day I had text Kev to see what was going on with tonight.  No reply though so I went home and got changed and messed around on the internet for a while.  I'm not going to go into everything that happened tonight because I'm too tired, upset and angry to write anything rational about it.  Let's just say I'm tired of feeling used.  Oh, and when I mentioned on my status that I wanted to be anywhere but here, I actually meant my apartment because sitting in it all alone isn't the best way to feel better.

So now it's early and I'm going to bed because I can't think of anything else to do.  There was a throw out tonight but I didn't want to put a downer on things by turing up looking all blotchy and horrible and having to explain it all, so meh.  Maybe I'll feel better tomorrow.  A nice full day of busyness to keep my mind off of things shall do.  Bring on August.

Night night x

Another full day today!  And I actually got a wait list tonight!  I'm hoping that means it's going to get busier from now on.

Nothing exciting happened though except I could really have used lower deck being open.

We've just got back from McD's as usual, but tomorrow I get off at 7.30pm so we might go to DTD for food.  It'll be nice for a change.

Right, bedtime.  Night!

Well now it's all over I actually have full assigning shifts (apart from one random seating shift this week due to my ICMD class on Tuesday...) and it was actually nice to be there all day!  We weren't that busy at all which is really annoying, but busy enough to keep my mind off the fact that there would be no show tonight.  Ah well.  There's really not much to say today.  It was just another day assiging. though I did spend most of it on beer cart listening to Michelle and Jess talk about the good old days when they were nuns in Austria and Reno.  Don't even ask.  Northerners.

Oh it rained today.  A lot.  Lower deck was closed all day but I really wouldn't have needed it anyway.  I really hope it picks up soon.  At least then I'd be tired enough to fall asleep at night.  The roomies had people around AGAIN last night with stupidly loud music and so on the way out I yelled at them to maybe turn the music down and have some consideration for others.  I felt a lot better after that!  So we hurried to wait for the others outside the Commons, but eventually got bored waiting and just went to McD's.  Kev joined us while we were still in line so he wasn't too late hehe.  So as usual we chatted about stuff and eventually came home.

The roomies weren't in when we got back to no confrontation there, but I'm sure a note will be left tomorrow.  Night night x

I didn't even work six hours today.  Nick ER'd me so I got to hang around, get ready for rehearsals and go get food.  I got some chips from the chippy because they help the throat!  For me anyway.  Our call time was 6.30pm anyway so we had lots of time.  The rehearsal went very well even if we were so preoccupied with the actions for YMCA that we forgot the words!  Nuts lol.  It was very funny though.  During 'The Winner Takes It All' Lulu (who sings it) came on with a crown and a banner.  It was so funny!  The TimeWarp is also funny. I can't help laughing through it.

Anyway, tonight was brilliant.  I'm going to lie it tomorrow and get my rest because I can feel my voice being pushed more than it should be.  Night night people!

There were no rehearsals today so I could rest my voice and actually work a full shift!  And I finally have the board back complete with pen.  NO MORE MANUAL!  Whoop!  It was steady but slow today.  I can't wait until it gets busy again and I can actually be challenged.

Well because there was no rehearsals today there's not much to write.  Final dress rehearsals tomorrow!  Eek!  Night night x

All these six hour shifts are going to leave me with no money.  But it's well worth it for Encore.  I'm lucky my managers have been so accommodating.  I'm sure they'll be glad when I'm back on normal shifts though lol.  Nothing much happened at work and then I went to rehearsals which were once again awesome.

To be honest I'm so tired right now.  Wednesday is our final rehearsal and it's a dress rehearsal so I need to make sure I take all my stuff.  Then it's show time!  So exciting.  I actually work a full shift tomorrow.  That's going to be weird.  Right, night night xx

OMG World Showplace is amazing!  I've never been inside it before (except for when they had the extra pavilions in there for the Millenium) and it looks great!  The stage doesn't look that big but we all fit on it.

Before we went onstage to sing we all had to line up in our sections and get put into rows.  I'm on the back row on the right hand side of the stage.  I'm standing next to a first soprano so I'm really going to have to know my words and music!  Ah well.  The rehearsal went really well and we added some movements into some of the pieces.  It's surprising how much the risers bounce!  So not too much moving around lol.

We didn't get through the whole show so we'll do then end tomorrow, and I don't really know what we sound like because we can't hear anyone but our own sections.  But oh well.

Right I must go to bed.  Work tomorrow!  Night x

So today I got ER'd again!  I was originally leaving at 5.30pm, then was going to leave at 4pm, but then Nick told me I could go at 2.30pm!  I actually clocked out at 2.45pm because that's when he came to get the board off me, but still!  My paycheck won't look very good next week though lol.  The restaurant was really slow anyway.

So I came home and spent the time in much needed AC before I went to get the bus to rehearsals.  Once again they were at Saratoga Springs and we did everything we didn't rehearse yesterday.  I used my music less and it turns out I actually do know a lot of it.  I still have a few of the lyrics to work on, especially on the songs I've never heard of, but it's going well! 

So I got a lift back to Chatham where I met Dan, Kev and Robyn before we went to have pizza at Patterson.

So I'm now back and not happy at all because I got stung by a wasp on the way home.  Dan ran back to his apartment in Chatham to get me some spray and it's kind of worked, but my toe is swollen and it keeps sending shooting pains up my foot.  Oh well.  It also turns out we have a wasps nest outside our door, so I need to go to front desk tomorrow to report it.

Right, now I'm going to go to sleep,  Night!

I got ER'd today!!! Woo!!! I think that's the 3rd ever ER I have had including my 2006 program.  I must revel in this madness while it lasts.  We were really slow today anyway and Emma came in at 4pm to cover me so it didn't seem worth me saying.  It was Alicia's last day today which was a bit sad but I wrote on her flag (about having no hard feelings about the board lol) and then I came home!  Robyn had gotten an ER as well so we hung out in front of the TV before I had to catch the bus to rehearsals.  There were a few other people on the bus so we rehearsed on the way.  At some point a girl got on the bus and sat opposite a life guard, and I missed what happened but she started having a go at him.  The bus driver asked her to calm down about five times (she was throwing swear words around like they were going out of fashion) and finally told her to get off the bus and wait for the next one.  She refused and by this time we were at Old Key West so  the driver pulled over into the parking lot and called security.  Once security came she still refused to get off and a woman came and she finally got off.  That's one way to get yourself termed.  Stupid girl.

One of the girls in my section texted our section leader that some of us would be late, so at least they knew.  We were only three minutes late though and they hadn't even started.  But omg the Saratoga Springs Performance Hall is lovely.  And it was so nice to hear the orchestra finally!  They sound brilliant, but it's really hard to hear ourselves over them as the volume is so loud.  Once we get to World Showplace we'll be able to hear better!

So it went really well.  I got a lift home and we all went to McD's as usual.  I also got to see Jo finally!  It made me feel kind of ill but oh well.

So I'm off to another six hour shift tomorrow.  Fun times!  Night night xx

Today was an ok day actually.  I spent half of it training and half of it not.  Half of it manual and half of it not.  But all in all it was a good day.  Graeme has stopped training as assignor so at least I can get back to assigning properly and one day maybe actually training someone who wants to be here.  I'd rant more but I shan't.  Alicia said that Nicola and I were down to do the next trainer training which is cool because I want my pin already!  Also, Alicia is leaving to join the CM's in Training and Development.  It's quite sad because I really like Alicia as a manager and she will be sorely missed by those people who respected what she did for us.  Though she did break my board today.  I found it rather amusing lol but there is a nice crack down it now.  Tee hee.

So now I'm home and waiting for Robyn.  We have a day off tomorrow so we're going to Le Cellier and doing all of Epcot.  I suppose we should get an early night because then at 12.01 I'm going to see Harry Potter with Michelle!  Can't wait.  Joanne arrives tomorrow as well so I'm hoping she'll come with us.  I won't blame her if she needs sleep though lol.

Anyway, I'm bored now so I'm off to watch some more youtube.  Night xx

Today I started to train Graeme on assigning.  And then I didn't because he decided he didn't want to train on assigning anymore.  Fair enough but it kind of makes me feel like a rubbish trainer.  Even though I know it's nothing to do with me.  Oh well, complete waste of my morning.  At least I got the board back and could do what I do best.  I'm very tempted to go into service, but I really don't want to lose my assignor status.  I'd like to do three days assigning and two days service.  I'm not sure they could do that though what with my contract and different pay things and stuff. 

So otherwise it was a very slow day.  Robyn, Michelle, Sam and Nykki came to see me and then I met them at the bus stop after work and we got the bus home.  Right now I'm lying on my bed listening to Josh Groban and waiting for Kev to finish work so we can go to McD's.  I want ice cream.

Work again tomorrow!  Then I'm off!  I managed to get the 3rd off so Robyn and I can celebrate 6 months in Disney!  Wishes desert party here we come!  Right I'm off.  Night!

That title is just to make things more interesting because today was the same as any other.  Except it rained a bit more than usual, and it was slightly busier.  Podium was moved inside at some point and we stayed there all night.  That's it really!

Robyn and I have just got back from the outlets having got orange chicken and rice to eat.  We were going to eat it while watching a movie but there is nothing on TV so I'm thinking it's bedtime now.  I'm going to Kingdom Kutters tomorrow to get my hair cut as it needs a good few inches off, and I may pay a visit to Evil PC as well.  Then I'm off to Epcot with Kirsty and later on it's rehearsals!  Full day tomorrow.

Night night x

I'm really hoping today is a sign of things to come.  But let's start at the beginning.

I paid of my credit card this morning...yay!  Means I don't have to worry about that anymore, but also means my overdraft at home doesn't look so pretty.  Oh well.  So I went to work this morning and it was kinda cloudy.  At about 11.59pm (so one minute before I was due to seat all the parties) it chucked it down.  So there went lower deck.  But, it did mean the restaurant was busier!  I basically took in everything I could!  A La Carte was down so people couldn't make reservations, so Guest Relations was told to send everyone to us.  Score! Meant I actually had to do some work today.  Even if I did get wet.  Not as wet as Rachel and Kirstie, but my shoes are soaking.  I really hope Shoes for Crews has my size tomorrow because I really can't walk in mine anymore.  I may as well not wear them the soles are that thin!

Dinner was a lot better, but we were manual because podium was moved inside, so at one point I had so many tickets I could have saved a tree.  But they didn't wait too long and I got it all sorted out.  So I'm hoping we did well because I did a darn sight more work than I have done over the past few days.

So Kev and Vic came to the UK at the end of the night after drinking around the world...lets say I could tell LOL.  It made Michelle a bit sad because she's only 19!  Aww.  So they walked back with us to Cast Services and we all got on the bus and once we got back to the Commons I picked up Robyn and we all went off to the regular place.  For some reason just walking in there makes me hungry.  Must stop going and eat proper food!

So now we're back and I must go to bed because I have to be up at 8am tomorrow.  Robyn is just about to talk to Chris but luckily I don't wake up when people talk, only when the front door slams or there's really bright lightning.  So for now folks, that's all.  It's my Friday tomorrow...yaaaaaaaaaaaaay!  On Thursday I'm hangning out with Kirsty, then have Rehearsals, and then Friday we might be going to Universal!  Gotta get some use out of my pass lol.  Oh I wonder if the new rollercoaster is open!  Hope so!

Night night xx

Can it really get even more slower?  The park was actually busier than yesterday, but they were not eating with us!  There really isn't anything else to say about today.  I trained one of our new managers a bit on assigning and hung around podium and kitchen all day.  Oh, and Gina and Vic came to visit and Kev and Robyn and Michelle popped by as the fireworks were starting and then I walked back with the two girls to get the bus.  There was a mini van there which took us home.  Whoop!  Then we went to the pool to put our feet in, and now Robyn and I are watching High School Musical.  So once again it's been really boring.  We're going to Le Cellier next week.  Yay!

Also, my shoes are pretty much dead so when Shoes for Crews come on Wednesday I'm getting some new ones.  It'll be worth it!

Night night xx

So at 9.08am this morning I get a text from Michelle telling me that one of the monorails had crashed.  So I get up and turn the news on and it's true.  Couldn't quite believe it and I won't go into details because I don't want to get into trouble, but I think it had a big effect on the rest of the day.  The monorails were obviously not running so I think if affected park attendance.  We had no one all day.  I mean, it was ridiculous.  At one point the drains by 513 backed up and so we had to close two sections of the restaurant...and I still couldn't fill the place!  So annoying especially after I did so well yesterday.  Ah well. 

I'm now in bed having blogged and been to McD's with Kev and Robyn and Michelle and Ali and Sam and Ed.  Ali and Sam and Robyn went to a throw out and Michelle can't talk again which is quite funny, but I think she should go to bed.  Pffft.

So now I am going to bed.  Woo!  Night night xx

So to all my American friends...Happy July 4th!  Now tell me where everyone went?  We hardly had any guests for lunch, and I wasn't in a good mood anyway.  I had nightmares last night about today (and it didn't help that we were late back last night...probably shouldn't have done McD's lol...it's almost becoming the new Wendy's!) and then was frustrated when the swarm of guests never appeared.  Not to mention that I think I transfered every single party that came in, and then a whole bunch of people working annoyed me.  Nothing new there then!  At dinner it did pick up though and at least I had something to do.  The good news is that I finished work at 10.15pm, and the park closed at 10pm and the fireworks started then so we all got to watch them.  I kinda wanted to see the DHS ones (which you could actually see if you stood at table 516) but our ones were brilliant.  It was normal Illuminations first and then we had a special July 4th add on at the end.  Not as powerful feeling as the New Years ones, but definitely breathtaking.  Yay!

So we've just been to McD's again even though I should be getting sleep, but I don't mind because tomorrow will be easy now.

Night night xx

This morning I had to get up even earlier than normal because some of us had our area manager check in to go to.  This is where our area manager goes over some of the stuff we got told in our first couple of weeks, so that we know what's expected of us.  It's supposed to be done after three months (and it's five months tomorrow for me!) but we've had a lot of stuff going on in both the Canadian and UK pavilions so it's taken a while.  The meeting was very informative though and I'm glad we had one.

So today at work was like any other.  Not very busy but I do try my best to fill the restaurant.  Not always easy though.  It was EMH as well so w had little longer to get more guests in.

That's about it!  Tomorrow I will have been here five months and Tori and I are going to MK to stalk Peter Pan and watch July 4th fireworks a day early. 

See you tomorrow! xx

Ooooh so now it's July.  Nearly five months since I arrived!  That's quite scary because it means we only have seven months before we go home.  Though I'm really hoping for that three month extension.  Maybe I should let them know now LOL.  Once again I worked all day, but luckily we didn't have EMH tonight so I was able to race to rehearsals.  Well I say raced, but what I really mean is that I got changed and ran to the front of the park, where I proceeded to get a taxi to Port Orleans because none of the drivers new how to get to DEG, and then I walked very fast out the back and into rehearsals.  Luckily there was someone walking back from the bathroom to open the door for me!  I went and sat with my section and it turns out they hadn't really done much anyway!  I've decided that next Thursday I'm going to stay in all day and just learn my music before rehearsals, because we have to be off book then.  At least I got that rehearsal signed off.  I have my schedule to Alicia today and hopefully Emma is going to help cover the end of my shifts so I can go to the compulsory rehearsals.  Fingers crossed!
Night night xx

Today was my first day back after those five days off!  What a shame I didn't forget how to assign, but I suspect I shall remember that for the rest of my life.  Surprisingly it was a very quiet day.  This is 4th July week so I was expecting it to be busier, but nope.  So today was pretty boring.  I came home and now I'm blogging and I'm quiet tired from my days off so I think it's bedtime.  Night! xx

Not of my program obviously, just that I have five days off now!  So today was really good.  It wasn't stupidly busy, but it was steady and there were no awkward large parties to fit in, so basically I had a pretty amazing day.  Robyn and Kev came to visit and then when I finished work Kev, Amy and I walked back to cast services to get the bus. 

So now I'm lying in bed having been to McD's with Kev and had a strawberry milkshake and two apple pies because they had run out of cherry ones.  How rude.  Tomorrow Michelle and I are going to Wallyworld and then DHS to stalk Kev because I haven't done so yet and I really can't see him spieling and therefore I'm highly intriugued.

So bedtime I guess.  Night night xx

I've just finished off the cherry coke I bought this morning, and I'm now eating Giant Buttons so I'm a little hyped up on sugar.  Though slightly annoyed because I wrote this really long post and then it deleted itself.

So anyhoo.  Last night there was a massive storm.  At 5am I was woken up, not by the almightly crashes there were, but by the constant lightning.  Robyn woke up for a brief second to unplug her laptop, before rolling over and going to sleep again, but I got up to have a look outside.  Couldn't see much out of the window though because the rain was too hard.  In fact, I was just checking to make sure it wasn't a hurricane or tornado or something.  I know, I'm very dramatic.

Today at work was pretty normal.  It did rain at one point and we had to close lower deck for a while.  Then we reopened it and sat it all then had to close it because the rain was going to come back (but it didn't grrrr).  I have no idea how well we did because we went manual when the rain came because podium moves inside.  Oh well.  We kept all of inside open for EMH so it was quite full inside!

So just after we closed podium at 10pm I bumped into Kev and his group of friends drinking around the world.  I'm sure he said they'd only done Morocco, France and the UK, so I'm not sure you can call three countries "around the world".  Maybe one day I'll go with them and show them how it's done.  Even though I don't drink and it could end up messy.  Ah well, I know my limits.

So now I'm home and blogging and Robyn and I have just met out new German roommate.  Can't for the life of us figure out her name, but it's late and we'll work it out another time lol.  I've just eaten popcorn chicken and chips which were very good.  Yum!

Right, bedtime.  Only one more day before my five days off! Woo!  Night night xx

Yup...I'm thinking it's Wishes.

So today was very VERY hot.  It was just a typical day at work.  Michelle was training in chippy so I popped in there during my break to chat.  Otherwise the day pretty much went as normal.  There really isn't much to say.  But all in all it was great fun.  If really hot.  Did I say it's really hot?

So I got the bus home and now I'm on my own in the apartment watching the same Wizards of Waverly Place episode I've seen a million times.  And cooking bolognese and pasta.  Oh I am so bored.  Oh well, lots of blogging to catch up on.  Night!

So I went to work today.  Nothing exciting happened really.  It's getting to the point these days that I do everything the same each day.  Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy it and the challenge is still there, but otherwise there's nothing to report that you haven't already read.

Oh well.

We had to fight to get on the bus on the way home.  The 9.25pm showed up late and I wasn't even going to attempt to get on that one because the crwod was so big.  Robyn came along then and they had sent a stupid short bus, but we managed to cram on.  Jess had a go at some guy at the back of the bus who was trying to save a seat!  Madness.

On the way home we texted Kev to ask if he wanted to go for food, so we ended up at McD's at some stupid time.  It was good though, I'm so out of food!

Right now we are back and I'm very tired.  Only three more days to go!  Night night xx

Today was a very good day!  In that I got to leave early!  Emma kindly said she would take the rest of my shift so I could leave and go to rehearsals!  So that's what I did.  So therefore it was a very good day.  I had to wait until Graeme got back from break and so I was sent over to Canada to get some No Strings Attached forms and then was allowed to go when I got back.  From there I got the bus to Port Orleans and walked through to Disney Event Productions.  Rehearsal was very good but I have to keep an eye on my voice so it doesn't strain too much!  I then got a lift home from one of the girls who other people in the Commons are friends with.  She also does STAGE so that's kinda cool.  I'd like to join that as well if I have the time.

So now I'm very tired, but have three days off!  Woo!

Really need to see UP soon.  Night night xx

Today was so bad I had to laugh.  Not bad as in a bad day at work, just everything happened today!

So to begin with I went to work still very angry.  It seems every time I get to work I instantly cheer up!  No idea why.  We did really well for lunch; there were a lot more guests in the park and therefore we were quite busy.  It still bugs me that people want to eat inside though when they know we're an outdoor restaurant and I have far more tables outside than ones inside.  Maybe one day something will happen to inside and we'll be outside only!  I'd like to see that happen.

So today we had a pizza and hot dog party because our location has been accident free for over 90 days.  Very handy because I forgot to bring lunch.  Hehe.  So at some point we went manual.  Luckily, during the time that we were trying to call back pagers to get information from guests, a whole bunch of tables because free so I was able to sit them all pretty much instantly.  Go me! (and podium because without them I would have been lost).  The weather was fine and so I sat lower deck.  However we could see dark clouds looming on the horizon.  So I asked if I should sit lower deck and was told to.  I didn't fill it up, but there were enough tables to have to move when the storm hit us.  And I mean, it chucked it down within seconds.  No warning, no nothing.  Then everything just turned to chaos.  I had quite a few parties waiting to be sat, but people were just not leaving.  Poor Lauren on podium was getting shouted at even though it wasn't her fault (and another guest said so to a guest who was shouting at her!  Woo guests!)  In the end we had to move tables from lower deck into the already crowded remaining restaurant just to get people in faster.

By the end we had managed to get everything sorted, but it was a good job we had EMH tonight!  So we took a few more walk in's towards the end and we all got out at 10pm.  Walking back to cast services we got soaked, but then again we were all wet anyway.  My shoes are soaking.  I don't think they will dry out in time so I may have to wear my crocs.  We shall see.

So Kev has just landed and Robyn is already back, so we're catching up.  Bed time I think!  Night x

Today was hot again.  I think it may stay like this forever!  So the day went ok.  It rained partway during dinner so we had to close lower deck for a bit, but nothing too major.  That's about it really!  I couldn't get an ER to leave early for rehearsals, so I'm thinking I will get a taxi after work on Wednesday so I can do at least 45 mins there.  This is getting really hard now.  I also really wanted to go see UP on Wednesday, but oh well.  I never have the time for this stuff anyway, and I'm not going on my own.  Kev and Robyn come back tomorrow, thank goodness because I miss having a roommate!

Anyway, I'm angry and tired and I'm going to bed.

I hope it doesn't get much hotter than it has been.  The humidity is unbearable!  At least I have the option of going indoors!  But everytime you walk outside it feels like you're walking into a sauna!

So anyway today was pretty good!  Well apart from the melting part.  We took in oodles amounts of people and everything went pretty smoothly.  Luck was on my side again!  All I need to do now is wait to see if they'll let me take Kayleigh's shift on Friday (though they may say I'm not trained again!) and see if anything can be done about my days off!  I had a little rant today about it lol, but I'm really worried I will be chucked out of ENCORE.  I can't have gotten this far not to be able to do it.  Oh well, I'm not getting my hopes up at all.

Anyway, right now I'm watching Made of Honor (oooh and exciting news, the internet is fixed) and feeling kinda lonely.  It's odd not having a roommate to talk to.  Anyway, I'm assigning tomorrow so I should watch the end of this and go to bed.  Night night xx

More like a rollercoaster methinks.  Today started out well, turned bad and finished on a high.  We were not all that busy at lunch, but it wasn't dead as it usually is.  No where near as busy as yesterday though.  So at dinner we had a lot of large parties.  And I mean a lot.  So I had them all figured out and they were all preasigned.  And then a lot of them wanted to be transfered inside.  It's quite hard to stay calm when you have 14 people have a go at you, and I came almost close to crying in front of them.  We got it sorted out though.  It wasn't that they were mean or anything, it's just that it's so hard knowing that unless they wait, there is nothing you can do for them.  It was so frustrating!

The rest of dinner was good and we packed them in and I came home quite happy.  Kev and Robyn has been at the Poly watching Wishes so they stopped by on the way home (well of course Robyn did she lives with me) and Kev gave me a well needed hug.  And then went home haha.

So now it's late but I'm off tomorrow!  Publix time I think.  Night night xx

Oh my goodness it was a stupidly hot day today.  I mean, we were melting.  Lunch was pretty good.  It has been very busy lately and so we've had a steady couple of days.  Dinner was really good as well, but we did have so many large parties coming in that there was a bit of wait to get them seated.  I think we made everyone happy though.  Other than that there's not much to say.  It was Rich's birthday today so Kev and that lot stopped by to ask if the R&C was an attraction.  Very funny, not.

So it was EMH tonight but I still managed to get out early.  I don't normally leave early so it was a bit weird.  Meant I had to get the 9.45pm bus though so I had to stand up.  But then  I nearly didn't get on because it was so full, so I suppose I'm lucky.  So I came home, grabbed some milk because I'm mega thirsty, and have just finished skyping with Kev.  He was going through his GMR spiel.  Tres impressed.  Makes me very homesick for the jungle.  Very homesick.

I should really go to bed.  Tomorrow is my Thursday and I need to go put in my schedule requests when I get to work, so they can be denied and I can go see a manager about it.  Night night everyone, though it will take me three years to get my contacts out.

Ooh I forgot.  Daz and Michelle checked in today so they'll be starting work soon.  Very exciting stuff!  They're both living closer to the bus stop than me, so meh.  How rude of them.

Right, it really is bedtime now.  Night! xx

"Stop, think and don't take the shortcut.  Not to be confused with stop, drop and roll; that's if you're on fire" - Jess

Today has been a very very good day!  I had switched my shift with Emma so I was in at 11am to start greeting.  I do love greeting.  It also gave me a chance to get the hang of A La Carte and I think I have!  It also didn't rain today so that was very good.  No having to move podium inside and all that jazz.  It was very hot though, and that's the only problem with greeting.  You can't just pop inside for a bit of air conditioning every so often lol.

So at 5pm I got to leave, and I got the bus home, got changed and then walked up to Chatham to get the D bus to Disney Event Productions.  James was going with me, as were a couple of CP's.  But finally we got there and went straight into rehearsals where we had to stand in line to collect music and then sign in with our section leader.  Then the production team went through lots of housekeeping, and we did a warm up song, followed by the welcome party!  We all got nametags with our section colours on so you could tell who was who, and then we got to eat!  After food it was time for a bit more information and then the men went into a different room (where they weren't allowed to stand in the middle because the floor is sinking) and we learnt some songs.  I won't say what because it'll spoil the surprise.  We did learn the hardest one in the show though.  It's not too difficult so long as I can remember the parts!

So rehearsals was over and about a million people called for the D bus.  It finally turned up at about 11.20pm.  Only almost an hour after we finished.  Oh well, at least I'm home now.  I've just had some meatballs and Robyn has just got back from Walgreens and I'm assigning again tomorrow.  I'm going to start requesting days off now so I can hopefully make all the rehearsals.  I'm not getting my hopes up though.  No one has helped before and I don't think they'll start helping now.

Anyway, it's really late so I should sleep.  Night night xx

Today was a rubbish day.  I was just thoroughly annoyed the whole time and it didn't help being stressed.  But we did well so overall I'm pleased with that.  And it didn't actually rain today!  I was rather impressed.  Though it did keep threatening to rain so I was worrying about that the whole time.  Other than that there is nothing really more to say.  All I am doing now is chatting to people on facebook and AIM and msn and thinking about getting something to eat.  I think I may have cinamon toast.  Love that stuff.  I'm also making plans for my days off.

Oh something that did happen today was that my shift exchange got denied.  Because I'm not trained as a greeter.  Duh.  How do they expect me to assign if I can't greet?  So I think it's all sorted out and I'm greeting tomorrow, meaning I get to finish at 5pm and go to rehearsals with James!  I'm very excited!  I really hope I can attend enough to get to sing.  I may try to switch my Sunday shifts with people so I can go to the rehearsals in the morning because they cover all the stuff that was done during the week.  We shall see.

Right, I'm going to get a drink.  Night night xx

Oh yeah.  I was really looking forward to working today because I've never assigned on a Saturday before and I was all ready to be challenged with the hundreds of people that would be wanting to eat.  Ha, no such luck.  Lunch was awful.  It was so slow that I walked inside and tumbleweed drifted past.  So yeah, I'm a little bit miffed about that. Dinner was slightly better, but of course, it rained during the day.  It started just as I was about to print the seating tickets, and we had to move inside and go manual.  Of course, all the guests rann into the awning area, which made it really had to seat people.  Grr.  Not impressed.  And after all that trouble of getting podium inside, it rained for like, two minutes.  Really not impressed.  So we relocated back outside and all was fine.  It threatened to rain during dinner and I only had to move one party which was fine, seeing as lower deck was full.

I really wanted to ram the restaurant today though, and didn't get that opportunity.  I hate rain.  It drives me mad.  I think I need a hug.

So right now I'm sitting on my bed blogging and trying not to think about work tomorrow because I don't want it to be the same.  On the other hand, I do like a bit of a challenge, and so I really hope I can beat todays budget.  Plus I'm hoping that the shift exchange I put through will be approved, so that I'm working Emma's greeting shift on Monday and can go to rehearsals!  Fingers crossed eh?

I'm bored.  Someone is knocking at the door but I can't be bothered to go answer it.  I look horrible.  Thanks to rain and stress and argh.  I think it's time for some tea.  Bye bye everyone and hopefully tomorrow will be a better day!

Work today was very boring.  Nothing exciting happened at all.  Absolutely nothing.  After work I went home and got changed. I also had dinner.  Thrilling stuff.  Then it was time to get the F bus and it was packed with people going to party.  Luckily I got a seat though.  The bus driver wasn't going to stop at Crossroads because of the roadworks, but there was four of us wanting to get off so he had to, hehe.  I got off the bus and walked to the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort.  It's not that far a walk actually.  I waited for Kev to get back from Ale House and then he almost hugged me to death!  But eeeeeee I'm so excited!  It's like 2006 all over again.  We spent pretty much all the time talking, and now I really think it's time for bed.  I have tomorrow off anyway.  Night night xx

Today I started work at 11am.  No EMH tonight though so it wasn't as long a shift as yesterday.  However, the rain wouldn't make up it's mind.  Or rather the clouds wouldn't.  It rained a bit at halfway through dinner but it wasn't heavy and only one party moved so it was ok.  But then I had to leave tables free for the rest of the night just in case it rained.  And it didn't.  I didn't even get the satisfaction of leaving tables free for a reason.  Oh well.  Hopefully next week will be better.

So I have three days off starting tomorrow and nothing to do!  I might go to evil PC tomorrow as I haven't been for a while, and they are having a Villians Mix and Mingle at Patterson for the newbies on the CP, ICP and CRP so Robyn and I might go when she finishes work.  Which will give us about half an hour there but I really just want food.  Hehe.  And some cool pictures I hope.  Ah well we shall see.  Right now we're watching Ice Princess.  I love that film.  And afterwards I'm off to bed.

Night night xx

Well it finally rolled out today.  We all had to be at work half an hour early today because the restaurant was opening early.  I think it was so we could take all the guests being sent from Le Cellier because they were stupidly overbooked.  Anyway, A La Carte didn't even work in the morning so we couldn't make reservations for anyone.  What a pavlova.

So the day wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.  We managed to take loads of parties for lunch and a fair few for dinner, even though it started raining and we had to close lower deck.  It was also EMH tonight so we had that little bit extra time to get everyone in.

We also kept moving podium backwards and forwards from outside to inside and back again due to the rain.  It all worked out in the end though and now I'm finally home.  I'm so tired and my feet kill and yet I have to go back and do it all again tomorrow!  I don't think there's EMH so that's ok.  Then I get three days off...woo!

So I may have to miss the first few rehearsals for ENCORE that I can't make, but I shall wait until that weeks schedule comes out so I can see what they give me.  You never know.  Then I will see if I can switch my shifts with someone.  Even if I can make the wednesday rehearsal I'd be happy!  But the email said if you miss too many you may get pulled from the choir, so I may as well try my best.

Right I really have to go to bed.  I've no evergy to make food!  Night xx

Well today really wasn't the best day ever, but it certainly wasn't the worst.  I was just really annoyed as soon as I got down to podium in the morning and couldn't seem to shake out of it.  Mind you, lots of things made me annoyed but of course I can't tell you on here.  Oh well.

I'm really hoping I completed my challenge today because we did quite a few for lunch and a fair few for dinner considering it rained three times and I had to keep moving people inside.

So now I'm home and have finished another book, which means I've only got a few left.  Robyn is reading 'The Nearly Weds' but it is so full of British jargon that I have to almost translate it for her .

Tomorrow A La Carte rolls out and as Le Cellier have been overbooked we are helping them out, which means I'm having to go in early. I also think it's EMH tomorrow because I'm scheduled until 22.15, but I haven't been able to get a new Tel-A-Cast yet so I don't know.  Depressing times.  I just know that if it all goes wrong tomorrow, I'm most likely going to get the blame. 

Right I'm off to start another book.  Night night.

Back to assigning today!  It was sunny most of the day and lunch was really good because the guests just kept wanting to eat and the tables were turned really fast!  Whoop!  But then at dinner it did rain.  It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be though.  I had lower deck sat but when it started to rain I had tables to put them all on, although that did make my wait list even longer and parties were waiting forever.  Lauren had a pager thrown at her because the party had been waiting 20 mins!  And that was short!  Oh well.  I got a GSF card today (number 3!) for doing well so I'm quite pleased with today!

So I've just got home and now I'm off to bed.  A la Carte rolls out on Tuesday (and I know Nic is dreading it because she is greeting) and Le Cellier had been overbooked so we're opening earlier to help out.  Of course I'm assigning that day so it's going to be mucho fun.  I think not.

Right, night night xx

I only had a short gretting shift today.  I decided to take Kayleigh's shift because she wanted the day off and I wanted the money!  And seeing as it was only 6 hours it was well worth it!  And it didn't rain all shift!  I'm very impressed.

So after work I came home and got picked up by Ona.  We went to MK!  We did a lot of attractions thanks to the rain that came as we entered the park!  We did the Laugh Floor which was funny, but as it had started to chuck it down before we went in, tonnes of people were waiting outside the exit and sitting in front of the doors!  Stupid people.  We then ran through the rain to Cosmic Rays where we had dinner.  By the time we had finished the rain had cleared up and we went over to do BTM.  We tried to time it so we'd be on it while Wishes was on, but we were about 30 seconds late!  Oh well, maybe next time.  However, we did ride BTM backwards.  It's definitely a new experience, but just turn around in your seat and it's a whole new ride!

So now I am home after a great night, and I must go to bed because it's back to work tommorrow.  Night night xx

Oh my goodness I had to get up stupidly early today.  Well at 6am, which isn't that early, but early enough.  Today was my service class day!  No idea why I had to go, because I'm not going into service, but it was a day where I didn't have to assign and I got paid to sit in the dry, so I'm not complaining!  I walked to Chatham and got the bus with Jess, Carolyn and Dorian.

So class started at 8am with Kista (who recognised me from  A La Carte training) and Jon.  They were great trainers and it was definitely an interesting day.  It was a very long day though.  We got taught how to serve and all about wines so we'd know about the different types.  We also had to smell lots of things and try to guess what they smelt like.  Our table got three out of six, so not bad.  At the end we had to do a test and Holly (who had arrived an hour early because she was so scared she would be late.  Holly is already in service training and if she had missed the class she would have been pulled from it, hence being here early!) was freaking out a little bit because we got told if you failed you wouldn't be able to go into service.  Well we all passed anyway and then they told us it didn't matter if we passed or not!  So yeah, Holly was not happy about that.  It was not her day!

So after class I went back to the Commons and got changed, then Mum picked me up.  We went to DTD to see 17 Again, and had to move during the film because the kids behind us kept kicking the chairs.  Not amused.  For dinner we ate a tuna melt from Earl of Sandwich.  Yum.

Now we're back at the resort and I'm sooooo tired so it's bed time.  Night xx

So I was back at work today.  It feels weird because it seems like I've just been on holiday!  So lunch went really well, but it rained for dinner.  I could have coped with just rain, but then the system crashed with 20 guest on my wait list!  And we hadn't written any of the pagers down.  Which meant I had to page them all back in, and either seat them straight away, or write their details down again. Add that to the millions of other guests checking in, and you get one stressed assignor.  I can't wait for this rain to stop.  Anyway, Amy was extremely helpful as greater.  I don't think I would have coped half as well without her.

So on top of rain, there was thunder and lightning.  It was really bad lightning too so on the way home I kept flinching.  Having my umbrella up probably wasn't the safest idea, but it was that or get soaked.  Ah well.  I'm still here!  I did make it back to my apartment in one piece though.  If a little wet.

And now, I'm going to bed.  This day has been too exhausting to stay up much.  Night night xx

We had to get up stupidly early today.  First we had to go over to Saratoga Springs to check in.  As I made the booking under my name you can't check in 10 days early, so I have to be there.  Which is fair enough because I'm staying in the room anyway.  The only problem is that I had A La Carte training this morning at 8am which means we had to be at SS for 7am so I could get to work on time.  However, we were upgraded from a studio room to a Villa so it's all ok.

After we checked in my drove me to work and I got dressed on the way!  I then took the lazy bus (which I never take but I wasn't walking there!) to the Land where training was taking place.  I was like, 20 minutes early so I just sat there and read my book.  Kista was training us today.  She had us for our Food Basics as well.  Anyway, there was only four of us in the class, and one was an IT technician who wasn't quite sure why he was there.  He was very helpful though.  The other two were Mexico managers.  I found out that they don't even use tablets there, its all manual!  Freaky.

So I had training until 12.30 and by that time I was at work.  Even though it said I had training on the schedule at work, no one realised I wasn't in until then!  LOL they thought I hadn't shown up for work.  Tres funny.

We had to keep lower deck closed today in case it rained, but eventually it decided it wasn't going to so I started seating people down there.  So at least work went well!

So here I am at Saratoga Springs with Mum.  Ou  r villa is really nice and it has so many doors in it I keep getting lost.  We only have one bed (well there is the sofa bed) but it's king size so I could have stretched out and not touched Mum...it was very comfy too lol.  What I don't understand is why they have shutters between the bedroom and the bathroom...it's like an extra window.  Random.

So tomorrow I'm off and we're going to the Florida Mall.  Yay! Night night xx

Oh my goodness today was the worst day for assigning.  To begin with the wireless router wasn't working, which means the computer at podium was fine, but I couldn't use the tablets, so of course we had to go manual.  I don't mind being manual but it's a bit of a pain when you know it could last all day.  So we were manual for lunch and partway through dinner.  When the problem was fixed I went back to the tablets (which I don't normally do because it takes a while to catch up) but I was fed up of being manual.  To make matters worse it also rained this evening!  So on top of everything else I had irritated guests who wanted to sit inside, and we were only taking reservations who ended up waiting a fair amount of time because no one was leaving.  It's a lose/lose situation lol.

Oh well, at least the rain stopped by the time I went to get the bus to WL so now I can go to bed!  Night night xx

This morning I had to get up early to go check in to Wilderness Lodge because Mum arrived today!  I had to get the A bus to the TTC, the monorail to MK and then the bus there!  I really like Wilderness Lodge at Christmas, but it doesn't seem as grand at the rest of the year.  Anyway it was nice enough.  I then got the bus to Epcot to get ready for work! 

It was very hot again today and of course everyone wanted to sit inside, which is very hard when I have more tables outside than inside.  Not good!

Mum came to the restaurant at around 8pm and so it wasn't that long before we were off to Wilderness Lodge!  We had a room with a normal bed and a bunkbed, but the bunkbed wasn't as small as I thought it would be, so at least I wasn't squashed!  We went and had some food and took a look around before going to bed!  I'm at work again tomorrow so lets hope it cools down a bit!

Night night xx

I worked today.  Very exciting, no?  Actually nothing happened really; it was quite a normal day apart from the heat.  It's just so hot at the moment that I'm glad I have the opportunity to experience AC every so often!  Probably not so good for my voice though.

I finally got my ENCORE email today.  And I'm in!  Whoop!  Just got to get the days off changed now.  No news on the solo but they said they'd be annouced at a later date.  Fine by me.

Right I have to go to bed because I have to get up early to check in to Wilderness Lodge because Mum comes tomorrow.  Yaaaaaaaay!

Night night xx

I didn't have to work until 3.30pm today, so this morning I decided to warm up and practice my callback songs.  They sounded fine so I went off to work really happy.  It was so hot today!  Which makes me think that because I was walking from hot air to cold AC every 10 minutes, that's the reason why I'm losing my voice.  I DO NOT NEED THIS!  ENCORE callbacks are tomorrow and I can't sing.  So I'm hoping that having drunk hot water and honey, eaten soup and taken some medication, that I might actually be able to sing tomorrow.  I'm not holding my breath though.  This always happens to me so I should have seen it coming.  At least they've already heard me sing, so tomorrow I'll go along and see what they say.

Argh I'm so mad right now.  I haven't been talking since I finished work and I've told the roommates that I can't talk (and yet they still ask me questions and expect me to respond!) and so I hope it's going to help.  I certainly hope it's not my nodules coming back.  I do not need them now!  Argh.

Oh well, I'm going to bed.  Fingers crossed! xx

I think I nearly melted today.  It was so hot!  When I finished doing the hopscotch (the theme for today was Britain, and instead of writing numbers I drew the numbers in Mickey Heads) I felt very dizzy and light headed, so I've been drinking the water today.  Plus I think I'm getting a sore throat which better not appear until after Thursday!

So today was Jamie's last day training.  It was much busier today and I'm really hoping we reached our target!  Which I'm allowed to take some credit for because I'm his trainer LOL .

I've just had pizza and chips....YUM!

Well that's about it really.  I'm seating tomorrow and then I have three days off!  Yay!

Bedtime I guess, though Robyn and I will probably talk for ages.

Night night xx

OMG so I totally went to save this and it deleted itself!  Argh.  So now I have to start again.

Today I was training again.  Well I say training, I spent a lot of time at podium and bussing and seating.  Jamie really has got the hang of it now!  I also did the hopscotch today!  I did a special 'What Will You Celebrate?' one complete with a party hat and streamers and confetti.  I rock.  All the guests loved it and commented on how I could draw perfect squares.  Plenty of practice is the answer to that!

So it's been a bit slow lately.  I'm hoping it will pick up by Sunday (that's my next assigning shift since I gave my Thursday one away to go to callbacks) but I doubt it will.  I shudder to think what my paycheck will look like next week.  Ah well, it's probably better if I didn't go to evil PC.

I've just got back from Walmart having bought some more tights (they actually had the right size and colour this time!), some headphones because my iPod ones have stopped working, and some credit for my phone.  Whoop.

It's very late so I'm going to bed.  We have a meeting tomorrow so I have to be at work at 10.15am.  Boo.  Not nice at all.

Night night xx

Mum's coming next week  yay!

Today was the my first day training Jamie.  And I pretty much left him to it!  So all in all it was a pretty normal day.  But the best news is that Jamie took my shift on Thursday for me so I can go to my ENCORE callbacks!  Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

So Robyn cooked dinner tonight and now I'm off to bed.

A short one tonight! Haha.  Night night xx

Today I got my board back...yay!

So this morning I went to get more costumes and as usual went to put them in my locker at Cast Services.  For some reason it wouldn't open, so I went back to costuming to get a new locker, and it turns out my old one had been deleted off my card!  Luckily the CM managed to get my old one back, but it means I have to remember a whole different number now!  Oh well, I forgot to bring my costumes home anyway in my mad dash for the bus.

That's about it really.  I got my break at 5.30pm (I know, very late) and only had half an hour, but oh well.  We weren't very busy anyway.

So I've just been to get orange chicken and rice.  Tomorrow is my ENCORE audition!  I'm still undecided on a song.  Oh well.

Night night xx

I think pretty much everyone was either a trainer or a trainee today LOL.  I was obviously on my last day of training Emma, and we had two trainee seater, two trainees in the chippy and Kayleigh and James were training in the bar. 

The day pretty much went smoothly.  As Emma was on her last day, I left her to it, and once again she did very well!  We had some large parties coming in but she had them all worked out and so all day I did nothing but seat and buss and buss and seat.  Haha.

Robyn went to the Spring Formal tonight.  I really wanted to go, but by the time I got home it was 10pm and by the time I would have gotten ready and arrived at Coronado Springs, it would have been 11pm, and it finished at 12pm!  Oh well, maybe the next one.

They also changed out locks today.  Very annoying because on a Wednesday front desk doesn't open until 12pm meaning I couldn't get my key.  Luckily Ana Luiza was in so she opened the door for me, and not long after that Robyn came back.  So we started to watch RENT, but now Robyn has gone to a throw out, and I'm really tired so I think it's bedtime.

Night night! xx

So today I was training again.  Which means it was pretty uneventful.  I left Emma to set up dinner on her own while I was on break, and then later on it got quite busy, but she coped really well and I don't think she'll have any problems assigning!  So that's about it really.

On the other side of things, Lorena left today, so Robyn has moved into my room!  Whoop!  It looks a bit more homely now.  Ana Luiza has moved into Robyn's old room, and our new roommate is her friend Jessica, so they now have a room together.  Good stuff.

There was a throw out tonight, and I was going to go, but I'm so knackered!

ENCORE auditions on Friday....EEK!  James had his already and got a call back for two pieces!  Tres awesome!  I'm just hoping to get in at all lol.  I'm really not sure on my choice of song, but I think I sing it well, and it does show off my range.  Let's just hope it goes alright on the night!

Well betime I think.  I'll report again tomorrow.  Night xx

Today has been pretty much uneventful.  No guests as usual, which makes it really hard in deciding which server gets the next table.  I try to keep it fair but sometimes it's just so hard!  So we almost went manual today.  Almost.  I was on break and came back and we were manual because the ticket printer wasn't printing.  It was on, but one of the leads wasn't plugged in, hence it wasn't connecting to the system.  It's ok though, I fixed it 

So when I got back this evening Lorena was packing.  So she really is going.  I thought she might have changed her mind, but no.  Oh dear.  The program just isn't for everyone.

So I've just cooked all my vegetables before they go off, and put my chicken pie in the oven.  Oh and I'm making gravy!  Yum!  No potatoes but I can do without them.

So while I wait for those, I'm going to watch TV with Robyn before she goes to Games Night, and then I'm off to bed!  I'm training again tomorrow and we're doing manual at lunch, so I must remember to remind podium not to check people in using TMS!

Right, toodlesmcnoodles!

Well today has been a pretty much uneventful day.  I was training Emma on assigning today, and all in all it went very well!  I don't think Emma will have a problem whatsoever!

I was pretty much bored today though.  The park was empty and I felt lost without the board, but it was kinda nice to get rid of it for the day!  So I did a lot of bussing.  The guests must have though that I did nothing all day!

So that's about it.  Emma has class tomorrow so I'm back assinging and trying to beat my goals!  It's really hard when the parks are so empty!  Oh well, I shall persevere.  According to the schedule I'm also training Jamie, when I thought it was going to be the other Emma.  Eek!  Ah well, I'm looking forward to it.

So I've just had pizza with Robyn, and now we're eating Chocolate Eclair pies which I must say are very, very nice!  I shall definitely be getting more of them!

So it's bedtime!  Night night xx

I really don't have much to say today.  Work was work as usual, although I did get my second GSF card today simply for letting a table stay to watch the fireworks!  I'm glad they were really happy about it.  A couple also gave me a hug because I got them a table down on lower deck.  It doesn't take much to make some people happy, which I love!

So when I got home I went to meet Robyn at Publix so we could go to Walgreens and then McD's.  I need to stop eating so much!  I'm going to eat the rest of my vegetables tomorrow so I get something healthy in me!

Well really thats about it.  Tomorrow Robyn and I are going to see Disney Earth at the cinema at 10am, and then I'll probably go to evil PC and the Premium Outlets.  I've just finished Twilight so I need to get the other books.  Hopefully Virgin Megastores will have them.  Fingers crossed!

Elodie moves out tomorrow as well.  We'll soon all be fairly new roommates!

Right bedtime.  Night x

Today is Earth Day!  Robyn and I went to recycle our stuff at Building 3 before work this morning.  But there was no one there!  So we put the rubbish in the bin, and went up to the Programs Office to ask when they were starting it.  Well it wasn't starting until 11am, but we told them we had to go to work, so they gave us free stuff anyway!  It's an awesome reusable bag that has stuff on it.  I'll use it for my Walmart trips lol.  Just need a Grocery Bingo one now!

So at work they were obviously celebrating Earth Day at Cast Services.  Jiminy Cricket was there!  And I got another reusable bag that says Epcot on it, for filling in a little bit of paper about what I do to help protect the environment.  I wrote that we recycled everything in our apartment.  Which we do!

So yay to free stuff!

Work was work as usual.  It was really, really slow today.  Stupidly slow.  I hope it picks up tomorrow because I hate it when we're not busy.

Oh well, tomorrow is my Friday, and we get paid so I can go shopping on Friday! Whoop!

Night night xx

We passed inspection today!  They even gave us pins that say 'Clean Room Club' on them.  We didn't quite exceed their expectations though so no White Glove Award for us hehe.  Maybe next time.  Work today was once again slow until fireworks time started.  Nothing really went wrong at all.  So that's about it!  There were a lot of transfer tables today.  Yesterday at lunch I didn't have to transfer any guests!  What a miracle.  I was very impressed with my seaters lol, selling those seats like their lives depended on it.

So on Thursday I get paid.  I can't wait!  I'll actually have enough in my account to put away $200!  And then I'm going shopping.  I'm going to buy the rest of the Twilight series, so I'll always have something to read, and have a wander around DTD.  I'm also contemplating buying a sewing machine.  Not an expensive one but I'm willing to spend $50 on one eventually.  I've looked on amazon but I'm not sure if I want to trust them with something like that.  Anyway, it will be really helpful to get started on my costumes.  I may go back to property control to have a look and see if they still have fabric there.  It was a good buy and I also want to make Briar Roses dress for Halloween so it would be a good place to start.

Oh well, that's about it.  Oh except we got a new roommate today!  Ana Luiza from Brazil and she's working in Guest Relations at Epcot!  Lucky her.  She seems very nice and very talkative so I'm looking forward to living with her.  I'm not longer moving into Robyn's room when Elodie leaves.  We like my room better and Lorena may be leaving because she doesn't like it here anymore, but we're not sure if she is or not, and if she is, when, so I'm staying put for now just in case.  It will be sad if she goes, but she's really not happy at work and from what she tells us I wouldn't be either!

Wow I've written quite a lot despite having nothing to say.

It's Earth Day tomorrow, so I'm going to be taking all our recyclable stuff over to the Building 3 recycling bin and hopefully get prizes of some sorts.  Must wake Robyn up to go with me tomorrow!  Also, today I got my 'Improve Your Sight Singing' book so now I can practise that in my spare time!  Haha.  When I have spare time.

Right bed time now.  Night night. x

One of the boards got broken today.  I'm not quite sure how, but I know one moment it was on the counter, and the next it was on the floor.  With a corner of the screen shattered.  EEK!  At least we have another board.  We had to go manual towards the end of dinner, so once again I don't know how many guests came to eat with us!  It went well though.  It also rained today so lower deck was closed all day.

So tonight Lorena comes home with a friend and looks for the spare straightners in the cupboard.  They're not there because I gave them to Robyn because no one else wanted them.  So Lorena comes out with my straightners and asks if they're the spare ones, and I say no, but she's welcome to borrow them anyway.  So Lorena and her friend go out, and when I go to bed I go to check my straightners haven't been left on.  And they're not there!!!  I hope Lorena hasn't given them away!  That's $150 worth of straightners there!  So I asked Elodie if she knew if they had taken them, and she didn't know.  So I left a note for Lorena.  And if I don't get them back I'm going to Price Management.  I said she could borrow them, not take them away!

So mad right now.

We have inspection tomorrow.  But luckily we also have a new roommate moving in so they came to clean the apartment (this concept is still very new to me seeing as on my last program we didn't have any new roommates so it never got cleaned!)  So it looks pretty tidy.  For now.  Except for all the computer leads all over the place.  Why can't people put them away?  It's not hard!  I hope we get some kind of reward anyway.  And if I find out they were moaning about my noticeboard, I shall go to front desk and inform them that only the noticeboard is attacked to the walls with two pins, and everything else is either attached to the noticeboard or perched on top of it.

Right it's quite late so I'm off to bed.  We have new people arriving tomorrow.  I can't wait to meet them!

Night x

I've really not much to say today.  It has been a very slow day and pretty much nothing happened.  So I really don't know what to write!  We have inspection on Tuesday.  Means I need to do some cleaning at some point.  I may do it tomorrow night because otherwise everything will just get dirty again.  The ashtrays need cleaning out, but seeing as I don't smoke I'm not going to do it! 

Oh well, I'm really at a loss.  So I reckon it's bedtime for me.  We've been messing around with the big red lobster that was left outside our front door the other day.  Now he's sitting at the table holding flags and looking very drunk.  It's quite funny!

Right, night night xx

Today was manic!  I really did run around like a headless chicken all day.  Lunch started really well but slowed down as usual, which is annoying because then you don't take in that many guests between 2pm and 4pm, which is a time when you can really make the numbers up.  Dinner however was another story!  We started off fairly slow, and then all of a sudden everybody was weeded (aka very, very busy!), the kitchen included!  It's a shame I won't be in tomorrow because I want to know what the final stats are!  I may ask Nic to find out for me hehe.

So that's pretty much it.  I'm quite annoyed now though.  I walked all the way over to McD's and they're closed!  Looked like some building work was going on.  So I went back to the Premium Outlets and Taco Bell only had soda left so I had to use the old Japan standby.  I think I'm getting sick of it!  Tomorrow I must go to Walmart to get some food.  After the Toy Story Mania tour of course.  I'm so excited!  I think I might go to Evil PC tomorrow as well.  Spend all that hard earned cash of mine.

Anyway, I'm off to get some sleep.  It's 12am and I have to be up at 6am!  Night xx

Well today has been a pretty fantastic day!  I went with Robyn to Epcot this morning to get Chris into the park.  Sadly I had to leave before he arrived (stupid taxis) but they got in eventually after a little running around.

So it was a little manic at work.  Mainly because the ticket printer kept shutting down so I'd seat all these parties and the tickets wouldn't print out, and then I'd wonder why none of the tables were being sat.  Turns out they were all jammed up in the printer!  Eek! 

I was so annoyed at lunch.  I only needed two more parties really to reach my target and then we closed for half an hour.  No!  Ah well, tomorrow maybe.  At least it isn't raining today.  Dinner went really well too.  For some reason the tables were turning really fast and the bussing was awesome, and all the pick up sections were picked up and it just ran really smoothly.  Very pleased with today!

Which leaves me with pretty much nothing else to talk about.  Tomorrow I'm going to ram the restaurant like I have never rammed it before, and then on Friday I have a day off!  I'm really looking forward to the Toy Story Midway Mania backstage tour.  It's going to be awesome!

So bedtime me thinks.  I'm still deciding on a song for ENCORE, but I still need to email them to find out if I can sing anything.  Then it'll probably be Disney lol.

Night xx 

It rained today.  A lot.  It all started this morning when I decided to get the bus to Vista so I could return my dvd's.  The plan was to go to vista, drop them off, then get a bus to Chatham so I could get on the C bus before the crowd at the Commons.  Ha ha ha.  Didn't quite work out that way.  So on the way to Vista it started to rain.  Nothing major, I could have walked in it.  Then as we turned into the bus stop it threw it down.  So I decide, oh maybe it won't last long; I have 11 minutes to get to the clubhouse, give my dvd's back and come back to the bus stop.  I'll wait a couple of minutes.  So I get off the bus, getting stupidly drenched as I do, and wait at the bus stop.  Well the rain doesn't let off, and lighting is hitting something somewhere near, and it's raining so hard I'd rather not swim to the clubhouse.  So I decide for my own safety that I shall just get the next C bus and go to Epcot, where I shall phone Vista Way Learning Centre and ask them to renew stuff.  So I once again get wet getting back on the bus (though not so wet this time) and finally we get to Epcot.  I then turn my costumes in (and try to turn the spare nametag in but the system won't let me return it, grrr) and go to the learning centre.  I phone Vista, but oh no, they can't get onto the system and can I call back later.  Hello!  I work all day and I can't come in to return them.  So they're just going to have to go back late tomorrow and I shall explain everything because it's not my fault!  Even the woman at Epcot said it wasn't worth risking getting struck by lightning.

So the rest of the day was wet.  Lower deck was closed pretty much all day, until dinner where we gradually opened up half of it, and by the end of the night the sun actually came out and it all dried!  So in some ways that was good.  It all meant I couldn't take as many people though.  We did have a lot of parties waiting at one point, but they all got in one time and I pretty much managed to get everyone who wanted lower deck down on lower deck.  They said they wanted a certain amount of guests in tonight, and I was going to get them in!

So here I am, stealing Robyn's laptop to blog.  Tomorrow I'm getting Chris into Epcot and then going to work, as Robyn doesn't have her maingate yet.  Only two more days of work until a day off! Yay!

Night night xx

I know, I know.  I'm so bad.  I forgot my nametag today.  For the first time EVER!  I'm not sure how I forgot, but all I know was that I was on the bus (and really annoyed because the 10.30am bus didn't turn up so we had to wait until the 10.48am which would mean I'd have to almost run to work) and suddenly realised it wasn't there!  Eek!  So I bounced into costuming and asked for one.  At least the name wasn't too bad, and it said I went to Camden Community College, so technically that could have been in London!

The rest of the day went fine.  Chef gave me a target that I almost got but didn't.  There were just no guests.  If I don't get them in within that first hour, I've no chance.  Oh well, I'll try again tomorrow.  Apart from that nothing much happened.  It threatened to rain but didn't, so I'm very pleased about that and all in all it was a good day!

So I've just had dinner and now I'm going to go to bed!  Chris and Robyn are watching Pirates but for some reason I'm really tired.  I think it's because I was very hyper tonight, and almost ran for the bus so I could get the less crowded one home.  And it worked!

Anyway, night night xx

But I have no package yet so no easter egg  boo.

So this morning I woke up at 7am because Mum called me.  Yay!  I haven't spoken to her since I got here so that's made me feel a lot less homesick (which Mum will be very pleased about because she just wants to come on holiday ).

So I went to work.  The park wasn't as busy as I thought it would be, but I had pretty much an awesome day!  Nothing went wrong, I managed dinner all on my own, and I think we took a lot of guests.  It's hard to be sure because we were open all day today, we didn't close for half an hour between lunch and dinner like we normally do, so I had no time to reset the board so it would count guests properly.  Kayleigh was bored so she did it anyway.  Fine by me  thanks hun.  I'm sure I'll find out how we did tomorrow anyway.  Crossing my fingers!

So yeah, that's about it.  Holly and I had a dancing and singing fest during Illuminations.  Holly spun around one too many times and almost killed herself, but recovered quickly and all was saved.  Whoop!

And now I'm going to bed.  Another day tomorrow and I've no idea if it will be busy or what not, and I need to go to Walgreens in the morning to get some stuff.  So it's sleepy time! Night night xx

Today started off really well actually!  I went to the CIPO trailer (which is moving to the cast services building, but all the books and dvd's are going to Vista, tres annoying) and my yellow ID was there!  Finally!  And they forgot to put my name on the board.  Anyway, at least I don't feel like a little CP anymore, and I only have to show one card at security because my picture is on it.  Woo!

Work went pretty well!  Oh, except for the bit in the middle where this 9 top didn't turn up and the tables were left empty for half an hour.  Grr.

But the rest of the day was pretty much fantastic!  Holly and I got chocolate cake at the end of our shift (I'm still not sure why, but I'm not one to questions things!  Thanks Nick!) and she went pretty much hyper just thinking about it.  And then almost swallowed it whole like it was the last thing she was ever going to eat.  Teehee.  I'm trying to persuade Holly to come to the ENCORE auditions with me.  I'm going to the May 1st ones but have no idea what to sing.  Eek!

Right, I'm bored so I'm going to bed now.  Night night xx

That title is purely for the benefit of Kelly and Gareth.  Let's just say it was a higly amusing conversation!

So today I wasn't feeling my best, but one has to overcome stuff like that when one is about to assign!  Overall it was a pretty good day for assigning.  I did need a little bit of help at dinner (which I wish I didn't need because it feels like I'm letting the managers down) but sometimes all it takes is for one other person to see something you can't.  Plus when the chippy is going beserk and you lose half of your seaters, you can't steal anyone to buss, so you have to do it all yourself!  Good job I like bussing lol.

On the bus this morning we were crammed on.  They're lucky I'm not claustrophobic.  The driver kept telling us to move back (I was standing up) but there was no room!  Then the guy standing behind me couldn't seem to stand up straight and kept leaning on me!  Grrrr.

Anyway, back to work.  At the end of dinner we had to go manual. Like, 20 minutes before we closed.  I could have taken it so many people but when you go manual it takes a time to get the whole thing running smoothly again and it just wasn't going to work.  But we took in quite a few guests over the course of the day so I'm not too worried.  Nick talked to me when I was putting all the stuff away, saying how he was going to look into getting my three days off, and I agreed.  But now I've thought about it, I really don't want three days off.  I just don't want to assign five days in a row.  Corinne, Ashley, Emma, Kayleigh and Kirsty have all boggled at the fact that I do five days.  Anyway, I wouldn't know what to do with an extra day off.  I'd sit there twiddling my thumbs, so I might ask if they can just give me one day of seating or greeting.  That's what I miss.  When assigning, I don't really get to have any fun on podium because I'm always running around and telling people what to do.  So I'd just like a nice day at work where I don't really have to think all that much, and someone else can call the shots.

It's only 10.15pm.  It wasn't as cold today as it was yesterday, but I'm still going to do a hot water bottle.  I'll end up kicking it out of bed anyway.  And I shall go read my book because it's awesome.  And hope I feel a lot happier tomorrow!  Night night everyone xx

Today was my first time working EMH!  And what a mission it was.  We had so many reservations on the books and the park was ridiculously busy.  Of course, I was assigning.  It's been very busy actually.  We opened 10 minutes early for dinner and so basically lunch and dinner merged.  Apart from that everything went fine.  Although one incident at lunch was so funny.  I was looking at my reservations list and I never look at the names, just the numbers.  So I'm kind of freaking out because of all the 8's that are coming in, but lots are not showing up.  So I pre-assign all the ones that are left, and mention it to Jamie, who looks at the list as well and realises what has happened.  Turns out our Area manager booked all of these slots due to a lack of servers, so that we wouldn't get lots of reservations turning up and I could just take guests in as walk ins (I'm not explaining this very well but just as well I suppose).  Well I laughed myself silly when she told me.  I was having a mild panic attack at the time, so it all got sorted.  Then I went on break lol.

So that's really it.  Oh, Robyn's boyfriend came today.  She thought he was arriving on Friday, so I've had to keep it a big secret for like, five days.  Really hard when I don't have a laptop but I have to communicate with Chris, and Robyn is sitting right next to me!  Nightmare!  But it all got sorted and we met him at Patterson Court about an hour ago, and now I'm off to bed because it's stupidly late because of EMH.  We stay open an extra hour because of it, so it therefore makes my shifts stupidly long.  Ah.  I know I moan, but I get annoyed when people moan they didn't get their ER.  Don't look for sympathy from me!  I wouldn't bother even putting in for an ER.  I'll never get one.  And everyone is like 'well you are the perm assignor, it's your own fault' but they never told me about all of this!  I never got told anything until I got here.

Ah well.  Bed time, night xx

So lots of raging today.  LOTS!  Kelly told me I should rage on here, so here I am!  ARGH!  I had a mini rage in the managers office tonight.  I will not be patronised or made to feel like I'm six years old.  I got told I did well tonight, but that makes no difference if I leave feeling one inch small because someone has the nerve to question how I work.

Over.

Today did go ok actually.  I felt like I had done a good job, but was taken advantage of, and I can be mean if I want to.  I honestly felt like throwing the board down and letting someone else pick up the pieces.  But that's so not me.

Well tomorrow we're open for EMH as well, so I should get a good night's sleep.  Night!

I worked for a total of six hours today!  SIX!  I had a seating shift so it was really short!  I played with the chalk, did a bit of seating, didn't buss one table and basically had fun at work!  It's ok, we weren't that busy so it's allowed lol.  Oh, but I did have to change the menus in the menu holder things at podium.  LOL.

So after work I hung around waiting for Robyn to finish, and then we took the bus to Saratoga Springs to go to DTD.  What a pavlova that was!  In the end we got the boat up to DTD.  It was silly, because the bus we wanted was right behind ours, and then it just disappeared!  Scary.

So at DTD we had dinner at McD's, and then ventured over to Virgin so I could try to buy a present for someone.  Except they don't do what I wanted anymore!  I even tried to Ebay it but they don't do the one I want on there, and I'm not paying $100 on amazon for one lol.  Oh well, I shall have to come up with another idea now.

There was some random guy playing a giutar and a double digeridoo or however you spell it.  Crazy.

So afterwards we went to Candy Cauldron and I got a chocolate chip cookie topped with peacans and German chocolate.  OMG it's gorgeous and I shall have to eat the rest tomorrow.

Right, I really must go to bed.  Robyn and I are going to start on our Halloween costumes soon.  More on that later!  Night xx

Yes I know it's not really Friday, but today was my Friday which means two days off!  Yay!

So this morning Robyn and I went to complain about our washer and dryer.  Hopefully they'll be replaced but I doubt it.  Then when we were coming out of the Clubhouse, Michael was driving past and offered us a lift to work which was awesome!  Meant we got there stupidly early and even though I got costumes and waited to Robyn to get changed and walked really slowly to work, I was still 45 minutes early.  Oh well, I sat at the GT desk until it was time to clock in, and then set up the board early and was done by 11.30am!

So lunch was ok as usual.  Emma kept saying it was definitely going to rain, all day, but it didn't once so it seems you can't trust the weathermen here either.  Maybe we'll get some thunderstorms tonight.  Anyway, I went on break for half an hour and then came back because I got bored.  When you've been running around all morning it's really hard to stop and do absolutely nothing for an hour.   I didn't mean to come off break, but as I was walking past the office I heard Emma (who was covering my break) say 'manual' and I poked my head round and replied 'you what?'  So she handed my the radio back to go back downstairs to sort everything out, while I tried to find a laminating sheet (can't go manual without one!) and then headed downstairs myself.  Also, she had brought up the two boards saying that they had died and the batteries were recharging, and yet I find two of them fully charged downstairs.  Enough said.  So I restarted them and it turns out the table system was working on both of them, it just wasn't updating the reservations, but the system wasn't loading on the main computer.  Which means we have to go manual anyway because they can't check anyone in via computer.  Grr.  Luckily we weren't manual for that long.  After about 30 minutes it was back up and we hadn't been that busy so I could just go around the restaurant and dirty the tables that were occupied. 

However, Nic and I got to make magic today.  She came up to me after seating a table, saying that the party had been in line for Soarin' for one hour and then left the line to come honour their dinner reservations with us.  It was also the mum's birthday, and Nic thought it was really sweet, but kind of sad that they didn't get to ride Soarin'.  So I suggested that we got them a NSA to use as a FP.  We asked Jamie and she got one for us, and then, as Nic didn't want to give it to them (she prefers to be 'behind the magic') I went and explained that it was really nice of them, as most guests would just come late and say they'd been in line, and that the NSA was good Soarin' or for any attraction they wanted to ride.  They were so happy and said that they didn't mind coming out of line because they always come to eat at the Rose and Crown and love it, but it totally made my day and I hope it made them happy too!  I was on a bit of a high after that!

So the rest of dinner went fine (apart from one grumpy party that for some reason took to filming me while I was carrying a chair to a table...it's like Christmas parade all over again) and now here I am eating pizza and watching a really bad comedy on TV, cos Anita's watching it.

Tomorrow is the ToT tour!  Yay!  Afterwards Robyn and I are going to DAK and then off to Epcot where I have to return books and DVD's and buy stuff.  I may go to Evil PC after that if I have time, and then go to Walmart in the evening.  It's Mickey's Spring Fling at Mickey's Retreat on Saturday so Robyn and I are going for a couple of hours.  No idea what it is, but whatever!

Right I'm off, I'm tired and need to finish my book!  Night! x

So today when I got into work Nick had left a message in the board in the kitchen (which I didn't actually see until he told me about it because I don't venture into the kitchen until it's time to go to podium) saying that my total goal for the day was 1000 guests.  So I went back upstairs and was all like, meh that's easy, IF I have the guests to do it with.  Not so much easy.  You could see the tumbleweed rolling past.  Didn't help that as I went on my break it rained and then poured and the park emptied even more.  Rhys had said to weed him as much as possible so we could reach it but I had no guests to seat, so we're going to try to reach our goal tomorrow.  Oh well.  We've worked out that a sign and the bell really helps to pull guests in, so we may try that more in future.  Haha and we pulled an April Fool's on Chef Amber today, because she played one on us.  I'm not going to say what it was, but just know it was hilarious!

So I was walking with Emma back to Cast Services, and this guest was chasing a frog into the bushes so it wouldn't get trod on.  Well she managed to pick it up, and instead of just putting in the grass, she kissed it!  Gross!  No princes came, but I wouldn't like to think about how unhealthy that was.  Ew.

So here I am at home about to go to bed.  I had two packages today!  Robyn kindly went and got them for me as I had to work, but Mum's clock finally came, and Chris sent me the soundtrack to Shrek the Musical!  I haven't been able to listen to it yet, but I imagine it shall be awesometastic!

So tomorrow is my Friday and on the actual Friday I'm doing the Tower of Terror tour (just in case you didn't already know!) and then going to Evil PC and to Epcot to maybe buy some Flower and Garden stuff.  Whoop!

Oh and tomorrow Robyn and I are going to complain about our washer and dryer.  The washer rips up clothes and the dryer doesn't dry. Methinks we need new ones.

Right off to bed.  Night night fans! xx

Hahahahahahaha.

It rained today.  The first time was during lunch, but luckily we hadn't opened lower deck so it wasn't much of  problem.  All the blinds were open though and there's a small hole in the roof over one of the tables so we had to move that table and quickly put all the blinds down.  Gah.

So then it turned really sunny and all was going fine until this one little cloud dumped all it had on us.  Right during the big rush.  Fortunately it lasted for about five minutes so we only had to moveone party.  Other than that it was a really busy day and I'm shattered.  I've just eaten two bacon rolls and I would write more but I'm very tired and using Robyn's laptop.  Maybe I'll add some more tomorrow morning.

And this is my shout out to Rachie, who is in Cairns and having to do a five hour Responsible Serving of Alcohol course.  I do not envy you one bit   I do miss you lots and lots though!  Hurry up and get to America missy!  *hugs*

Right, duties done, bed time! Night x

Well I don't really have much to say today.  Work went absolutely fine.  We were busy, then really slow, then busy again and there were no big mishaps so all in all it was a good day!

So I really don't know what to say now.  I came home and went to the Premium Outlets for some Japanese food (I really should stop doing this, but it means I save the bacon sandwich for tomorrow.)  Oh I can find out how much I get paid this week today.  Woo!

That's about it really.  Short input for today.  I'm going to go to bed in a minute and read for a bit.  Lorena is already in bed so I'll have to use my torch.  Fun times.

Right, I shall report again tomorrow.  Hopefully with something a bit more exciting!

Oooh I know something exciting that happened.  I got a package today and it was birthday present from the Innoventor (I know what you're all thinking, hey, your birthday was in December...yeah we'll let that slide hehe).  He got my the Grimmerie from Wicked .  It's a book all about the musical, but actually looks like the magic book Elphie uses in the show.  He also sent my some concentrated pixie dust which is currently pinned up on my notice board for use in emergencies only!  Thanks Kev!  Miss you!

Right it really is time for bed now.  Night x

This morning I got woken up by the loudest thunder ever.  And then the room was filled with light when the lightning went off.  Madness.  The first thing I thought was 'oh no, lower deck will have to be closed!' until I told myself to shut up and go back to sleep.

So when I got to work this morning, Nic and I were going to brave the rain (I had my umbrella!) and walk to work.  Then we changed our minds and were going to get the lazy bus (which I have never got since I've been here.)  Then we decided to go get poncho's from costuming, but they took so long we decided to brave the rain again, by which time it had stopped.  Not for long, but long enough for us to get to work!  It did start to rain again though, and we didn't even bother trying to open lower deck.  The park was practically empty anyway.  All the guests probably do what we do when it's raining.  They go shopping.  So we didn't take many guests today, which is annoying, but not anyone's fault so that's ok.  Brian the squirrel soaked me when I was standing at the back of podium and he ran over the rain cover and all the water came crashing down.  On me.  Thanks Brian.  It was quite hilarious though.

Dinner was a bit better.  We were able to open lower deck and it actually warmed right up!  We were very slow for the first hour or so, but we did pick up eventually and didn't do too badly.  All in all it was a pretty good day!

So now I'm home, having just eaten meatballs and chips, and I think it's time for bed.  And my hot water bottle because it's quite cold outside, and not so warm in here.

Tomorrow I'm going to have to go find out where and when to meet for the ToT Tour because Tori wants to know, to see if she can get on as standby (which would be awesome!) and then visit the computer room to check my emails and facebook.  I still haven't asked Robyn if her CD will work on my laptop, but she's not here right now!  Some people are lucky to finish work early   No fair.

Right I'm off to bed.  Night!

There, I hope that's good enough for you

Oh I also have to give Kayleigh a special mention for giving me a GSF card the other night (though I'm sure I already blogged about this, but meh).  Thank you

And also to Kelly and Claire for sitting at Marks table...because I thought that was absolutely hilarious even if you did leave me to look after podium haha.

So today has been a nice end of week day.  I have two days off starting tomorrow so yay!  Lunch and dinner went well so there's nothing much to report.  Oh except Robyn got cheddar cheese soup and bread sticks from Le Cellier and we had them for lunch.  YUM!  Bad news is the sauce in my italian pasta leaked into my lunch box so now I have to clean it.  Boo.

So here I am not wanting to wash my hair but having to because I have to get up at 5.30am tomorrow just to see if I have a chance of getting on this Haunted Mansion Tour.  I've just left a voice mail with the programs office for the Tower of Terror Tour, so we shall soon see.  If not, I'll try to get on the next one.

Tomorrow I'm getting my eyebrows waxed at 10am, and then getting on the monorail with Robyn and going to MK for the morning, and then going to Epcot to meet up with Colin for the afternoon (this is Colin who did the CRP in 2006 and now works for VS) and then Robyn and I are off to San Angel Inn for dinner; the first stop on our eating around the world tour.  Next is Norway so we shall have to book that tomorrow.  Lots to do!  I'm hoping to get new glasses on Saturday so my eyes can have a rest (and I've only got one pair of contacts left!) so I shall be poor again.  Oh well.  No change there then.

Right I really must go and be in bed before 11pm!  Then I can at least get some sleep!

Night x

It's certainly been an interesting one, lets put it that way.  This morning started out pretty well.  I had two people on their last days (meaning I can't seat them Dining Plan guests or Cast Members, or anyone needing a discount) and four people training.  Great. 

Argh.

The end.

So dinner went pretty much ok.  There was a party of 15 that Rachid asked me to check in at lunch (early, at like, 12pm) so they could eat at 2pm, but they never showed up!  I had to hold Pippa's entire section for about 30 minutes and they never came!  Very annoyed about that.

Oh, I also looked at the stats from yesterday, and I'm sure they're wrong because I'm quite certain I didn't achieve that many guests while I was manual assigning.  I asked Jamie and she said some of the covers may have come from lunch, but then even at lunch we did well, so I don't know what to believe.  If that guest count is correct, then not to blow my own trumpet or anything, but damn, I'm good.  But as I said.  Dinner was good today and I got the restaurant filled for fireworks and I'm very pleased about that side of things.  The day could have gone better though.  A little less agro would have been nice.

There's the meet and greet for the newbies tonight.  I'm not going.  Apparently everyone is going.  Well actually, not everyone is going, and I only went to mine so they wouldn't keep going on at me to go.  It's not much of a meet and greet when there are 50 people crammed into a tiny apartment and you don't really get to meet anyone except for the other newbies you already know (if you're a newbie) or the people you already work with (if you're not a newbie).  I can think of better ways to meet the new CM's.  Like at work.  Holly (not the Holly who went home, the new Holly) is such a nice girl, funny as anything and a real hard worker, and I didn't need to go to a meet and greet to find this out.

Oh, on the way back from the bus I met Cale, and Kate, two new Canadians (who I already knew from WDWIP.  In fact, Kate lives in the apartment below me!  Cale said he saw me earlier but I looked like I was in a rush for the bus (though I don't remember rushing for the bus haha, I was probably just oblivious to everything, and I walk fast anyway!)  Ah well.  They were on their way to their meet and greet.  Fun times!

This morning they started painting out apartment before I went to work.  Someone tell me where the logic is in cleaning the carpet in our apartment, and then painting the walls the next day?  Now our carpet needs to be vacuumed because there is dry paint all over it.  Walls look a lot nicer now though. Except they got paint on my sheets.  Only a couple of splodges so nothing worth complaining about, and it'll come out in the wask, but still, ever heard off dust sheets?

Jeeze, I'm having a right old rant today.  Or a rage, as they call it in the R&C.

I suppose I should go to bed really.  Last day of work tomorrow before two days off (and I'm up early on Friday anyway to see if I can get on this Haunted Mansion tour) so I should really get all the sleep I can!

Night night fans! x

This morning I went to the CIPO trailer to get my new ID, but my name wasn't on the list so I don't have it yet.  Very annoying!  Oh well, hopefully I'll get it soon.

So work started out really well.  Lower deck was open today so I think we did pretty well for lunch!  Then dinner started well until about half an hour in when the system crashed.  NOT GOOD!  Luckily we had been quite slow so it wasn't that bad, but it does require a lot of running around, and some reservations were left waiting a long time.  Doesn't help we didn't have many seaters either so tickets stood for ages up at podium and there was nothing to be done about it.  I cut walk in's quite early, but still had a lot to deal with!  I really do run around like a headless chicken.  We got through it in the end though and so I want to see what the guest count was tomorrow.  Good I hope!  I shall be annoyed if it isn't.

So then I got the bus home.  And now I'm sitting here, having just had a very nice dinner of some donut holes and a chunk of cheese, and I think I shall go to bed because I'm knackered, and I want to read my book.  Might get my hot water bottle as well.  Hehe.

So tomorrow, I'm assigning again.  Hopefully we'll have no problems, but for some reason I never get a shift when everything goes smoothly.  I think I've had one since I've been here.  Oh well, it's all part of the fun!

Ooooh newbies came today.  I don't know if there are any UK ones, but I know there are some Canadians so it shall all be fun!

Rightyho then munchkins, I'm off.  Night! xx

It didn't rain at work!  For those of you who twitter and care about the answer to my status...is did not rain, although half of lower deck was closed.  That's about all the exciting news for today.  I went to the CIPO trailer before work and got some new books, but stupidly forgot to see if my new ID was there.  This is the sparkly new one which is yellow and doesn't make me look like a  CP anymore.  I may have to get mine from access control because of the trouble I had at the beginning, but I hope not.

I also went to costuming and got some more costumes, funnily enough.  I managed to get all new blouses which is nice because they're all the right colour and the  sleeves are all puffy.  Nice

Work was work.  There's only so much I can say about assigning each day...seeing as I do the same thing all the time.  I wish I had more to report but I just don't.

I'm eating skittles.

Actually, Robyn and I came back from the Premium Outlets with orange chicken and rice, the remains of which will serve for breakfast tomorrow.  We're having our carpets cleaned tomorrow so I have to get everything off the floor so they can clean.  Luckily there isn't much on the floor to begin with so it;s not much of a problem.  On Wednesday we're having our walls repainted but there have been reports that they get paint on things so they better not on mine!  Though Stu complained to front desk and they came and cleaned everything and gave him a $40 Walmart gift card!  It's alright for some.  I just don't want to have to take down the notice board,  but oh well.

Anyway, my wrist kills and my legs ache and I'm just going to go to bed.  Night! x

Todaaaaaaaaaaaay I seated for 9 hours.  Fun fun fun!  To be honest there isn't much more to say.  We weren't that busy and so at dinner I didn't buss as much as I normally do.  Half of lower deck was closed because it was quite chilly and guests wouldn't sit down there, and it rained for like five seconds in the afternoon so it was closed then too.  Ooooh excitment.  The highlight of my day was drawing hop scotch in chalk on the floor.  That's how exciting it was.

We had this one guest who was really annoyed that we weren't taking walk ins, and in the end he practically shouted at Kayleigh (who was assigning) when she directed him over to the phone boxes to find out about other restaurants.  He was in there for a year and then on his way back mumbled something to his wife, looked at us and almost shouted that they had a reservation in France.   Well France isn't as nice as us anyway so whatever.  It was just quite amusing in some ways, when I look back at it now!

So I came home.  Right now I am eating popcorn chicken and chips (very healthy stuff) and blogging.  Funnily enough.  I am going to spend some time doing quizes on facebook and talking to the short Irish guy.

Night night everyone!  Back to assigning tomorrow so hopefully something more exciting to report!

It's my Friday today...yay!  The day went really well today.  I hardly needed any help from the managers at lunch or dinner.  Ok, so we weren't really as busy as other days have been, but at times I had a really long list and got it all sorted!  I also made quite a few parties happy as well, when I managed to get them good tables.  There was one party who wanted to change from a four to an eight and I said I would try to seat them together but I couldn't guarentee anything, and then Kelly said she was ready to be double sat and two of her pick up tables were on lower deck, so I sat them there!  They absolutely loved it!

So I haven't got much else to say really.  I came home and went to get some orange chicken and rice from the Premium Outlets, and now I'm sitting here stuffing my face.  This really is going to be a short blog!

Tomorrow I'm having a lie in and then going off to Epcot to take pictures of the Flower and Garden Festival.  I also have to buy something for Mum which she wanted on my last program but they didn't do them at the time.  So that's my mission for tomorrow.  I also have to do some washing and I'm not sure what else.  I'll think of stuff to do.  I think I'll spend a long time putting all my pictures on photobucket and spend tedious amounts of time putting them on this blog.  It likes to take its time.  I put the best pictures on Facebook, so you can see some of them there, but there are a lot more to come!

Anyway I am off to bed. Night! xx

This morning Robyn and I got up and went to the gym at 8am.  We were going to do an hour, but it was more like 45 mins.  I haven't exercised like that since before Christmas so it's probably best I don't strain myself too much.  My ankles really hurt now.

Today I didn't start work until 3.30pm so I spent the morning not doing much really.  Our new roommate moved in as well.  She's not completely new, just moving apartments I think, because she did ask if this was a quiet apartment.  Pretty much all of the time it is hehe.  Other than that not much happened this morning.

I was a seater today at work.  I did a lot of seating and a lot of bussing and I played in the street for a bit with one of the new girls, Holly.  She seems really nice!  I spent pretty much all of dinner just bussing.  I know what it's like when you're assigning and you see dirty tables and just want to buss them yourself but you can't because you have to run around like a headless chicken, so that's why I like to help out when someone else is assigning.  Kayleigh does the same when I'm assigning, so it's nice to help!  I think I bussed every single one of Natalie's tables, and Georgia's!  Not because they're slow or anything, it's just that I happened to be in the right place at the right time! 

Oh, I also got my first Great Service Fanatic card today!  For bussing like a crazy woman lol.  That's what it says.  Yay me!

So when I got home I was really hungry, therefore Robyn and I went to McD's and put back on all the calories we had lost.  I'm sure that if I didn't eat breakfast I'd never be this hungry.  When I do I'm always starving all day.  Madness.

So here I am, about to go to bed because I'm assigning tomorrow.  We get paid too but I need to keep saving because I want to buy some new glasses in case my contacts don't arrive in time.  It's $118 for my lenses and then whatever frames I want.  I've seen some nice ones in the opticians in Walmart.  They're like my current glasses but black instead.  They're $78 so I just need to save one more weeks paycheck to be able to get them.  I have one month left of contacts so hopefully it should all work out!  I could have used my old frames which would have cost me $20 to have new lenses put it, but they're rimless and so the frames have to be specially cut for them.

Oh well, Lorena is getting ready for bed so I should go too!  I hope she realises that when I move into Elodie's room half of the stuff in the bathroom is mine so it's going with me.  Like the shower curtain and the thing to put your shower stuff in, and the bath mat.  Not sure how I'm going to sort my ethernet cable out, but it's long enough to trail around the outside of the room so it shouldn't be a problem.  I hope.  The notice board is also going with me, as all the cleaning stuff because it's mine!  I know that technically it was Claudia's but she left it behind when she left so I claimed it all!

Right I really am going to bed now.  Night night! x

Robyn and I did not go to the gym this morning.  My alarm went off and I though 'meh, don't even know if it's open at 7am' so I went back to sleep.  Robyn left me a note and then went back to sleep too.  Haha.

Lasses last night was ok.  I doubt I'll be going again.  It was Ashley's last so it got quite emotional, but  I don't see much point in going if I don't drink because otherwise there's not much to do.  And I don't really like hanging out with drunk people because some of them get quite nasty.  Not that that really happened last night, but people really need to control themselves!  My costume was awesome though.

So today was the big day!  Stephie, Emma and I got a taxi to work (I was going to get the bus but then Emma said she was getting a taxi, and it was so much easier lol) and then I had to get costumes and renew a book.  The woman at the desk checked my name against a list of overdue books because my name was similar to another one, and that person had a book two months overdue.  I haven't even been here that long!

We had people queuing at podium from 11am!  I think most of them went away and came back later, but still.  The first few people we put on pagers, and then the system deleted them all so argh!  We got it sorted in the end, but not the best start to the day!  The beginning of lunch was rather hectic, but it went fairly smoothly.  So did dinner actually.  We got a bit hectic, but it all worked out in the end.  The only thing that annoyed me  was that our area manager kept asking why I wasn't taking walk in's, and it was like, well I can't seat most of the reservations, let alone taking walk in's who will be on an hour plus wait.  Grrrr.  I had to walk away to the kitchen and take some deep breaths!

  There was a lot of green today!  It felt like I was in the Emerald City!  We also had a special menu, though I didn't know corned beef was Irish...I'm not sure I would have liked it anyway.  There was loads left over!

So then I came home and I've just had meatballs and chips.  Yum.  My contacts are out and I should go to bed really.  I don't work until 3.30pm tomorrow because I am seating, which is a nice change.  Robyn and I are going to go to the gym tomorrow morning instead when it opens at 8am.  Hence why I should go to bed.  Oiur new roommate was supposed to move in today, but she hasn't shown up.  Robyn has moved in Elodie's room, and when Elodie leaves I shall be moving into hers!  It's a nice room too, with a nice big closet, and a slightly smaller bathroom, but I don't mind.  Only thing is that its not got the extra cupboard I have in my room now, but oh well.  At least then we'll have our own room.

Lorena is cleaning the fridge drawers.  Which is good because I couldn't even get them out the other day.  We also have a new Brita water filter which Robyn keeps on her shelf in the larder so only us two use it.  It makes the water taste so much nicer!

Ah well, not much else to say, so I am going to bed.  Night night! xx

...to St. Patricks Day.  According to Jamie, if I can do tomorrow, I'm pretty much set for any day assigning.  I'm not allowed to call in.  Haha as if.

So this morning I went into work and found that Dan had already done the floor plans and instead if having pick up, all the servers had different sections.  Ok, fine by me, makes my life a little easier, until it came to the fact that some servers forgot which tables were theirs.  So ok, I understand that, I probably would have too! It all got a little crazy and it really wasn't anyone's fault!

Rant over.

The rest of the day went fine though!  At lunch we opened with all the pagers having been given out, which is a first for me, and dinner went quite smoothly.  I asked Rachid if I would be able to get a 1 year pin, and he said that they (whoever they might be) might say that because it was in 2006 I last worked that on this program I start all over again.  Which I think is highly unfair because I didn't want to go home anyway, I would have gladly stayed to work here, and what's so different from the others who have got them who worked in the Disney Store before they came here.  They still had to leave those jobs!  Argh, it's just not fair.  I only want to be recognised for how long I've worked here.

Tonight I'm going to my first lasses.  Not sure what to expect but it's in the apartment round from mine so I don't have to go far.  Emma is coming to knock on mine when she goes so at least I won't be on my own!  I'm all decked out in my St Patricks Day gear because that's the theme.  Kev made me do this even though I was going to blog later.  He's a hard taskmaster.  Also needs a bodyguard due to creepy vlogger response person.

Right I've nothing more to say.  Night night chums!

Today I worked!  Haha what a surprise.  Actually it went fairly well!  We weren't a busy at the start or lunch and dinner as I would have liked, but it wasn't the bad and we are talking about the slowest day of the week.  Not much happened except I accidentally trippled seated a server (well not accidentally but when a guest sees a free table I can hardly deny it.  I did feel really bad though!)

So it was a pretty uneventful day.  We had a warning that Erin Wallace wanted to use one of our tables, but actually they wanted to sit in the public seating section, and when I looked she wasn't even there. Hmph.

So after work I got the bus, and when we got back to the Commons Robyn was ahead of me and it took me like five attempts to call her because apparently she is deaf.  Oh this morning we wrote a note for Lorena about moving, but she hasn't mentioned it yet so I don't know!  So anyway, Robyn and I went to Walmart and Wendy's courtesy of one of her Canadian workmates, Tracey.  Lindsay also came along and oh my goodness it was such a laugh.  The three of us went to Wendy's first and then went to pick up Lindsay from Epcot, who had gotten the bus back so we went back to Patterson and picked her up and then went back to Wendy's, where, in the drive through line, she asked the guy at the counter if he took garbage.  At all.  It's just the way she asked was the funniest thing ever!  We had a good giggle about that all night! 

So then it was time for Walmart, where I bought an interesting collection of things.  A St. Patricks Day bow for lasses, a Cadbury's creme egg (it says 'Made in England' so lets see shall we?!), some make up remover and mint brownie cake mix.  Yum.  We also saw what we named as the 'Spectro' bike.  It was a motorbike decked out like a Christmas tree with lights and everything.  Creepy.

So now it's really late and Robyn and I were going to go to the gym in the morning, but she wants a lie in because it's her day off and I need sleep, so we're going Tuesday instead.  Except, I'm going to Lasses tomorrow (hence all the St. Patricks Day stuff) and so who knows what time I'll be back.

Ah well, night night!

Well today I was assigning again.  On my own this time so those nerves came back.  It wasn't all that bad though to be honest.  Lunch was a little slow but there's not much I can do about that.  Dinner was busier and we had some large parties come in (there was one 14 person wedding party and they were so nice and I was really glad I was able to put them on lower deck for firework viewing) but I had seen them ahead of time and had them assigned and sat and I was very pleased for today!  I think we met out budget lol.  I'm not entirely sure.

Oh, and Nick came to say hi with his future roommate today.  It was great to finally meet him, seeing as we've been talking for like a year!  But then I had to dash off because we had a large group picture!  It's such a nice picture as well!

Then it was time to come home.  Robyn and I ordered three dominoes pizzas and shall eat them over the next few days LOL.  I really should go to bed now. 

Oh also I am talking to a very drunk Michelle who keeps skyping with the skype test woman.  I am rather scared but it's so funny.

Right I am off now.  Two days off!  I want to play so Robyn and I are getting up early on Saturday to do some MK before she works at 1pm.  We're going to the Prime Outlets tomorrow.  Which reminds me, I must transfer some money into my savings account.  Oooooh maybe Evil PC tomorrow!

Night night x

Robyn says this title isn't relevant because I haven't been flying kites today, but what does she know

So last night was eventful.  I got home and went to bed and Lorena got annoyed because I was reading.  Well actually I had turned my bedside lamp on (which is by no means bright and was almost covered by my pillow anyway) and went to take my contacts out.  When I came out she had turned my lamp off, and I'm sorry, but I can hardly see in the dark with my contacts in, let alone with them out.  So of course the door closed a bit harder and I tripped over her bed.  Wouldn't have happened if my light had been left on.  Then of course I had to read a bit because it makes me tired and then I sleep faster.  But no, she got annoyed with that and went to get some water and so I turned the light off and went to sleep.

So this morning I apologised for making a tiny bit of noise and she wanted to know if I was drunk.  Well thanks very much but just because I come back late doesn't make me drunk.  So I said that no, but I finished work later than her (and I actually always start before her so if she goes to bed before me and gets up later she has nothing to complain about if she gets woken up for five minutes!)  Then she wanted to know why I couldn't read in the living room (because by the time I would have walked back to the bedroom I would have woken up fully again) and I was kinda like, I don't have to explain anything to you.  I'm sorry that she wakes up if a feather hits the floor and can only sleep in the kind of darkness you'd experience if you were buried underground, but she needs to learn that when you share a room with someone else you will get woken up.  I do every time she comes back late from going outl, but do I say anything? No, because she never knows that she's woken me up.  Seriously, move into Elodie's room and be done with it.  Or Anita's because according to Robyn she spends the whole time either asleep or in the shower (when she's not at work lol.)

So that's my rant on roommates.  Grrrrr.

Anyway today I was training Kirsty again (not that she really needs it!)  We went manual for lunch which was a good time to do it because we were very quiet.  Dinner we went back to the boards but nothing too taxing.  I spent a lot of time bussing again, and got to do the Magical Moment tonight which was awesome!  I went and got some new costumes and got a subway (I need to stop eating them!) and that's about it really.

Right now I'm watching the rest of Mary Poppins with Robyn and shall watch Robin Hood next because I have to take the videos back tomorrow.

I bet Lorena comes back really late and makes loads of noise and turns on the big light just to spite me.  Well HA!  It won't work.

Night night x

This morning I got up as usual.  Nothing exciting there.  I went to work and was looking at the Labor sheet and next to my name was a big TR.  Which meant I was training Kirsty today.  I'm not even trained to be a trainer!  But all in all it was ok haha.  I let her get on with lunch while I furiously bussed tables to get more parties in...we went way over budget for lunch (I think, I didn't get a last look at final stats) which is brilliant!  We had a bit of a problem at the beginning when the ticket machine wasn't printing seat tickets, but we switched to manual until it was sorted and everyone got in!

At dinner I think we pushed the restaurant really hard, but we did over our target so I'm really pleased, even though most of it was down to Kirsty.  We have one more day of training tomorrow (where we're going to do manual properly at lunch) and then I'm back to assinging on my own.  It's quite nice to have someone else there who can assign while you buss tables or vice versa.  At one point it was so busy we had three managers helping us buss and food run!

So after work Robyn and I decided to go to DTD to get food.  Well I didn't remember that DTD buses only go from Resorts so we had gone to the TTC via monorail to get the bus, but had to go to the Polynesian to get a bus (not that far a walk from the TTC to be honest).  Well in the end we got there like a minute too late and so we just waited for the F bus to bring us back to the Commons.  It was a tiny bus for the amount of people there!  You'd think they'd bring a bigger one that late at night.  I had to stand up most of the way, and then it sat at Vista for 20 mins!

So we've just got back and my dinner has consisted of a piece of cheese.  Lorena is already asleep and gets annoyed if I turn my teeny weeny light on (she complains that the blinds let light through in the morning; not much I can do about that is there!)  The sooner she moves into another room, the better I think.  She goes to bed earlier than me and gets up later and gets annoyed if I make too much noise (which is none at all) or if I read for a bit (helps me sleep better) and I'm like, when you start opening and closing on your shift, then yes you can complain to me, but while you're getting more sleep than me, hush.  I haven't actually said that too her (and she's said nothing to me, yet) but I can see it coming, so Robyn, hurry up and move your mess in here

So now I'm going to read for as long as she'll allow me before she blows up, and I shall blog again tomorrow! Night x

Today was a long day!  This morning Robyn and I caught the F bus to the post office.  I posted my two parcels!  There was this guy called Greg who didn't know how to get back to Vista so we took him under our wing and showed him the way.  And scared him a little.  We then went to Chik-Fil-A to fill up for lunch, and then Robyn got the bus to Epcot and I came back to the commons to get ready for work.

I was on a six hour greeting shift and Emma was being trained for most of it so I didn't do much apart from help her out when Elle was on break and do a lot of seating!  I was also supposed to do some e-learning but Alicia said I didn't have to yet because it's only Matra and cash handling training, and seeing as I don't have to do either of those at the moment, it's not an issue.

So then I got on the bus with Vijay, Steph and Dave and we got a lovely early showing from the couple in front of us making out.  For the entire bus trip.  So I don't have a problem with public displays of affection, but we ended up asking everyone on the bus if they had oxygen tanks because they just didn't stop!  Not the time or the place lol.

So I've just had bacon, egg, chips and beans and we're watching Mary Poppins and I really should go to bed soon.  I got two new books today and I found a video player in our foyer closet so now we can watch all the Disney videos from the CEPO trailer.  Fun times!  I also took out Robin Hood so yay!

Anyway, tomorrow I am back to assigning, but Kirsty is too so I'm going to let her get on with it and be a helpful hand when she needs it!  Also tomorrow Robyn and I are off to DTD after work (so I can get some last minute shopping in).  So night night everyone!

Not that he reads my blog anyway, but meh.

So this morning the nice maintainance man came and chopped the padlock off my locker.  So now I have my laptop back.  Yay!  When I got to work I got some new costumes, and then headed to Subway where I got a chicken and bacon ranch wrap (omg it was yummy!) which would count for breakfast and lunch,

It was quite slow at lunch.  Not as slow as yesterday, but still not reaching the guest counts I would like.  Even this evening I didn't get what I wanted.  It's my own fault for being a perfectionist probably.  I went with Stu to cash out and see where that happens.  All in all not much happened today.  We have inspection tomorrow so all the stuff on the walls needs to come down...well except the notice boards because they should be ok.  I'm also hoping the poster board is ok too because even though there are no pictures on it yet (trying to find blue tak in this country is like trying to find a needle in a haystack) I don't see why I couldn't have it up.  It's no different to a notice board and I've only stuck the pins in holes that are already there.  Ah well, I think we should pass.

So Robyn may be moving in tomorrow!  Our South African roommate who I have never met and never will is leaving and Robyn is moving somewhere.  She doesn't know where but I'm hoping it's here!

We shall see.  Tomorrow I'm going to the post office and Partners and probably Evil PC.  Other than that I don't know.  Maybe Walmart.  I need some St Patricks Day stuff if I'm going to go to Lasses in two weeks.

Right I really have run out of things to say now.  So I'll see you all tomorrow, next time, on my blog.

That that party of 24 never showed up for dinner today.  I had everything planned out, all the tables had been seated and turned and bussed in time for their arrival.  And yet nada.  How rude of them.  Not that I didn't expect it.

Today was a pretty normal day.  We were able to seat most of lower deck for lunch, and then half of it for dinner.  Not so bad, but we're still down on numbers.  Stupid weather.  WARM UP!  So this was one of those days where not much happened.  There was unhappiness at podium with regards to one of our new CM's, who shall remain nameless in case they come across my blog and have a go at me for actually doing something this time (unlike tonight where they had a go at me for doing something I didn't do, I just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, but I don't really care to be honest).  Poeple can't start refusing to do things out right when it's their job.  And I shall leave it at that.

Otherwise it was a really good day!

On Friday we have inspection, and so I have got to clean and take posters and pictures down and tidy up in general.  It doesn't help that I don't really have time to do this before or after work, though on Thursday I shall do it when I get back from work.  Lorena is in all day so hopefully she can get some stuff done.  It's mainly the kitchen really.  There's also a lot of dust above the stairs, but we can't clean it because I'd rather not die.

So that's it for today's episode!

Oh and Joanne, sorry but BBC iPlayer is only available to play in the UK, but you can listen to the radio.  Oh because that really makes up for TV

Bedtime! Yay!  Night x

Really I do!  Today was such a good day (well in most parts lol.)

So no one came to cut the lock of my locker this morning so still no laptop.  Ah well, that's probably doing me good.  I went to work.  LOL.  At lunch Nick said we were taking all walk ins to make up for the low guest count in the past two days (my fault, I know!) and I did and it all went lovely.  I even got a 'well done' from Nick, so I must have done something right for once.

Dinner was almost a different story...I only had like 20 priority seating parties waiting 25 minutes for a table, but they all got sat eventually.  It really annoys me that guests ask for warmer seats (like indoors or under heaters) when it's quite obvious that we are jammed packed.  I try my best but there is only so much I can do.  I can't magic tables out of thin air (and if I could I'd be making way more money!)

So now I really ache.  Robyn had a day off today so I'm going over to hers in a minute to watch a DVD.  Not sure what because I can't access mine, but it'll be a nice change from going to bed and then getting up and doing the same thing all over again.

So yeah, I really feel like I achieved something today with assigning.  It was actually enjoyable for once and I feel I'm starting to get the hang of it.  Everyone tells me that it takes a few weeks to settle into but I feel that the managers are just expecting me to be awesome straight off.  So I'll just keep ramming that restaurant full until someone tells me to stop, and hope the weather gets warmer all the time so I can seat lower deck.  I can also wish for many things I don't particularly want to say on here, though no doubt most of you have heard it all already.

OK, now I'm late, so I better be off to block 1!  Night x

So yeah I didn't find my keys last night.  I managed to get a new front door key this morning, but as I have no spare key for my locker I can't get into it.  So for now I have to use the computers in the computer room until they come to cut the lock off.  Apparently Lorena said they came today despite me telling the front desk that I went to work at 10.30am and I have to be in when they cut it off.  Ah well.

So today it was really cold.  We had to close lower deck and that meant lots of fun for me.  Lunch went fine; no problems, or at least none worthy of noting down.  Dinner was a different matter.  We had half of lower deck open, but I think I took too many walk in's, and of course all our reservations turned up so I had a slight panic and gave the board to Dan lol.  Who promptly ran off with it while I bussed a lot of tables.  I didn't see it for a while lol, but eventually he gave it back to me and I carried on getting people in.  We were qute full at the end of the evening!

Oh, I also went to the CEPO trailer today and got some books to read.  Finally!

So now it's bedtime.  I've just had some tea and some skittles and some starbust and I've done my hot water bottle because it's so cold.  Time to do everything again tomorrow!

Today was a fabulous day!  I went to bed early last night and so was up nice and early to make lunch and do stuff.  Then the electricity went out.  Halfway through cooking my pasta.  Luckily it was already nearly done so I just stuck it in the bowl with my bolognese and off to work I went!

So another day assigning.  Today was really good!  Lunch and dinner went well and even though I didn't get the covers I wanted it was all good.  We had to close lower deck anyway because it rained and then it was too cold, so we weren't able to take as many walk in's, but it was nice to have an easy day.  Other than that I've not much to say about work.  Oh except we were due to have a party of 19 turn up and they cancelled.  Phew!  Poor Dave was sad though because he really wanted his section filled lol.  All the guests kept moving from his section because it was so cold lol.

I also checked next weeks schedule and I have only 4 days of work, which is nice (not so much for my paycheck!) but one really random day of assigning from 4pm til 10pm.  It's weird because Ashley is training Kirsty on assigning that day and so I don't know why I'm in!  Maybe it's a mistake and I'm supposed to be seating or greeting or something.  Ah well, we shall see.

So then it was time to go home.  Having had a good day I was really happy, until I stood outside my front door, took my ID out and found there were no keys on them.  So in the space of one month I have lost both my ID and keys .  I swear I'm being punished for having such an easy program last time.  I went to Security to check, and then hopped back on a bus to Epcot to retrace my steps all the way to work.  Nothing.  There's only so many places I take my ID out at so it can't just be anywhere.  The only other place it could be is costuming and I'll have to check there tomorrow.  What it also means is my locker key is missing so I can't get into my locker.  Which means no laptop .  I can live without it for a while I suppose.  If costuming doesn't have my keys then I'll have to go to front desk tomorrow and buy a new front door key.  They're only $5 I think.  At least I could get in tonight!

Anyway I'm going to bed to hopefully dream up a location for them (I've done it before for lost items!)  Night x

And I'm not refering to the pizza!

Today was a much better day.  A good cry always makes me feel 100 times better, so even though I wasn't assigning today I did want to!  I almost grabbed the board away from Ashley LOL.

So this morning Robyn and I got up ridiculously early to go to Partners and Property Control.  I sorted out my SSN and cashed my last paycheck.  We then went to evil PC to find a tiara for Robyn, but they didn't have any!  So I let her wear mine this time while I went incognito.  So today we were on another mission to stalk Josh.  Oh, and get perfect scores on Don't Waste It.  We did Where's the Fire? to pass the time, and we won, again.  Damn we're good.  We want to go and do it really early in the morning when it's just us two and battle it out against each other haha.

So at Don't Waste It we didn't get perfect scores.  Again.   Oh well we'll keep trying.  In the end we never saw Josh...this guy must never work!  Bet he doesn't know he's featured in my blog so much LOL.  So Robyn had to go to work and I looked around the shops a bit, and went to the Learning Centre and checked my emails and stuff.  On the way to Cast Services, I saw Josh!  Typical.  He didn't recognise me because I had my sunglasses on, and really Robyn and I needed to be together because that's how he saw us before.  Now I'd just like to point out that I do not fancy this guy whatsoever, it's just nice to have someone to stalk.  Shame he doesn't work at a good attraction .

Then it was time for work.  I was seating today, for 6 hours so nothing too hard.  Emily was training as a seater and Nicola was training as Greeter so there was a lot of us at Podium!  So many of us in fact that Kirsty and I took the large foam dominoes and went to play in the street.  We tried to make a line of them but the wind kept knocking them down, and it knocked out tower down too, so we started a game of dominoes.  Two games in fact!  At one point we made a large arrow pointing to the Rose and Crown (because it was quite empty) and then made a mickey out of them which loads of guests wanted to have their picture with!

Then it was time to do some proper work.  Pamela came over and told us we had to go back because she was going on her break.  In front of guests!  I was not impressed.  So the rest of the night went really quickly. I got to do the Magical Moment, and the child I chose was so right for the job.  He was so enthusiastic and when the batteries ran out on Mickey's Magic Wand I told him that he must be using his own magic to control the fireworks.  He mouthed 'wow' and it was just the most amazing thing.  Afterwards his Mum said that this was one of the reasons they always came back to the Rose and Crown.  They always had a good time and she'd be straight on the phone to her husband who was at home.

That's why I do what I do!

At the bus stop I had to wait  until the 3rd bus to get on.  They really need a queue line there.  In the UK you queue at a bus stop and you'd never push in front.  But no, these people are so rude.  And some might say we push too, but you have to if you want to go home. 

Rant over

So here I am eating hash browns and cheese (very healthy lol) and tomorrow morning I'm having breakfast at Krystal and  Nykki's.  Then we're off to Olive Garden in the evening with Michelle and Matt!

Fun times.

So now I'm going to hang out on the net a bit and do stuff I suppose.  Night! x

...and yet they did.  Well ok not entirely, but I don't think I'll ever have one smooth night when I'm assigning.  I actually cried today, like, just before I left.  I think it was more relief and de-stressing than anything else.

Anyway I'll start from the beginning.  After yesterday I was quite hopeful about today.  We had some newbies training on seating and chippie, so there were a few people around.  Anyway so I loaded up and board and lunch went fine.  In fact, we were quite slow for the most part.  I went on break at 2.30pm and came back to set up for dinner.  No problems there.  That was all fine and I was getting along quite nicely.  And then the system failed.  FAILED!  Like on both tablets and at podium.  So I had to go to manual.  EEK!  Now I've done manual at lunch, but certainly not dinner yet.  Let's just say it's an experience, and according to Nick it could have gone a lot worse.  Hmmm.  I don't want to find out anytime soon thank you very much.

So we get to the end of the night and I'm standing in the kitchen having a drink and Nick asks the question no one should ever ask me 'Are you ok?'  Actually he didn't ask that it was more 'How goes it?' but it has the same effect.  So I cried.  Been there, done that, should really be used to it by now.  So I went up to the office and we were talking and then Nick asked if I didn't like being assignor and didn't think I could cope with it because if I couldn't they wouldn't be able to approve it.  Argh!  Don't get me wrong, being an assignor is stressful, but it's quite fun to have that rsponsibility and it's the fact that I feel I'm letting people down if I don't manage enough covers for that shift.  It's all very comlicated and I don't want any of the managers thinking I can't do it.  I'm just very new to the role and I need time to adjust to the pressure it puts on me, which I will.  Handing out bags at an airport isn't stressful at all, so I'm having to adjust my thinking.  Not to mention I try to assign tables in my sleep.  I'm hoping that will go at some point.

Also, I know it's only been 10 days, but when you're not used to working that many days in a row (and don't forget I've just been trained on assigning when some people don't do that for months) and I need proper sleep and I've seen no one but other CM's and my roommate for 10 days, it kinda gets to you.  Like tonight.

Tomorrow I'm seating but I'm going to try and follow Ashley to see how she assigns, and then I have two days off then it's back to work on Sunday!  And come Sunday morning I'll really be looking forward to it because I know at some point I'm going to have a great day assigning.  It's hard to remember that this is only my 3rd week here and assigning is hard stuff.

Most of all I need a day off.  Tomorrow I'm going to Partners and Property Control and playing at Epcot before work with Robyn, so it'll be a time to relax.

Oh well, I'm going to see if she's online, and then I'm going to continue reading Kingdom Keepers and then I'm sleeping! Night! x

Just one...because I haven't ached this much in ages.  Today was supposed to be my final day training on assigning.  However, Ashley called in and so I was basically thrown  in at the deepend.  My managers helped me a bit (Jamie in the morning, and Nick at dinner) but otherwise I was kinda on my own.  I paniced a bit at the beginning because there were so many people for lunch and I couldn't think straight, but once the flow became steady I was fine.

Dinner tonight went a lot better than the last two nights, except we still had to close half of lower deck, but I still managed quite a few covers.  I really could have cried towards the end though, and I nearly did!  Nick kinda gave me a pep talk though and I was fine after that (though maybe that was because it was home time!)

Anyway, the servers said I did a good job, and once I get settled I'm sure it'll become, not easier as such, but easier to handle and plan.

I should sleep now but I'm not tired..my brain is fired up.  That's the one thing about this role...I have to use my brain (which it's not used to because handing out bags doesn't require the use of cells) and it's not like you can plan far in advance.  One day I shall get my head around walk in's and timings and stuff, but for now I'm just concentrating on getting the guests in on time.

Tomorrow will be an even better day.  And warmer.  It had better be anyway, I don't want to have to close lower deck anymore.

Well everyone, I've nothing left to say.  I'm sure something happened today that I was going to blog about but I don't remember what.  Oh except my brunch Subway turned into a late dinner Subway, and I didn't eat it all because it had gone soggy.  My appetite has really gone down.  It's all good.  On Friday I'm going to Krystal's for her Breakfast Club (pancakes...yum) and then we're off to Olive Garden that evening.  Oh and on Thursday Robyn and I are going to Partners and then Evil PC and then Epcot to play because I don't start work until 3.15pm as I'm seating.

I really am going now. Bye! x

Interpret that how you will.

Assiging again...woo!  No really, it's fun.  I can do lunch no problem...it's dinner where the trouble starts.  Also doesn't help that the past two nights have been a nightmare.  Tonight we had a party almost like the one last night, except they didn't ask the table if they were finished eating yet.  They just sat at an empty, dirty table.  It was because they changed from a 6 person to a 9 person and expected to be sat straight away.  So we put them on lower deck and it was freezing so they wanted to be moved.  As did the entire lot of tables on lower deck.  And then Derek took 6 more walk in's on 5 minute waits after we pretty much evacuated lower deck!  So there was Corinne trying to explain to me how we changed servers and checks and stuff, and he adds that bombshell!  It wasn't that we didn't have places to put them, it was that he was assigning them to tables we'd alreadt resat parties on. 

So therefore... My board = NO TOUCHY!

The end. 

So therefore it was all a bit manic this evening, but we got off early.  I don't mind because the job is very pressurised (I have to practically run a restaurant.  If those tables are not assigned, no one serves) and it's nice to get the 9.15pm bus where I know I won't have to fight for a seat. 

I really need to sleep.  Tomorrow I have to have all this down to a fine art and be ready to go solo on Wednesday, which I'm kinda looking forward to, but I really need Ashley to give me a free rein tomorrow and let me get on with it, and be help when I need it.  Hopefully dinner will run smoothly.

I'm not holding my breath.

That title is purely because Corinne kept singing 'birds birds birds' all evening.  Haha.  It was all because one of the kids from a table of lower deck was feeding bread to the birds and they all swarmed down at once.  Like 35 of them!

So today was my first assignor training day.  To be honest, it went a lot better than I thought it would.  I got used to the board and the computer program we used.  We didn't have many big parties, but it was a nice day to start training.  Lunch wasn't too busy but it picked up in the evening.  We did have one big incident though.  I can't believe a party of guests would have the nerve to do this!  To cut a long long story short, a party turned up late and thought they had later reservations (like an hour later than what it actually was) and got annoyed that we couldn't seat them straight away.  Bear in mind this was at 7pm, when the two hour time limit of tables comes up due to Illuminations and they were a party of 6.  So we got them an inside table and they wanted outside, so were willing to wait.  Despite the fact that they just told us they shouldn't have to wait.  So in the end they spy a table they want and ask the guests already sitting there if they were going to be long.  OMG.  That's all I'll say.

It was eventful to say the least. 

Corinne is a great trainer.  I felt so at ease (she's also one of my roommates!) and she's great at teaching and showing me what to do.  Apparently on the first day you're only supposed to shadow and watch what happens.  But in the end I had the board and with a lot of guidance I was getting on with it.  It's a lot of hard work and you really have to use your brain, but once I get the hang of it I think I'll be fine.

I'd love a day off though.

Oh, and I didn't ladder my tights today!  Being a seater jinx's it I think.

Ah well, same shift again tomorrow, but I'm learning how to assign manually, in case the board ever goes down.  That way I can be prepared!  So bed time I guess.  Someone has the A/C really cold and it's bugging me.  So I better wrap up warm.  Brrrr.

Night night!

I am so tired.  Really, really tired.  In fact I shouldn't be blogging now.  But, because I am so awesome and don't want to let my fans down, I am.  So think yourselves lucky!

Well last night I though I started work at 11/11.30am, but actually I didn't start until 12.30pm so I got an extra lie in.  Yay!  Eventually however I did have to go to work.  I was seating again today and it wasn't so bad.  It was warmer today than it had been, but I still needed my coat because at the podium we're in the shade and it was freezing!  I was working until 9.30pm tonight so it's a good job I had my coat!  Oh, and I laddered another pair of tights.  Not sure how I managed it this time, but I'm getting really annoyed!  I did some washing this morning so hopefully I'll have enough left until I can get to Walmart and buy their entire stock!  My toes hurt from where the hole was cutitng of my blood circulation.  Eek.

This morning I also tried to set up my direct debit via the Hub, but everytime I clicked the link it said an error had occured.  I couldn't even do it in the Learning Centre.  Annoyed about that too; I don't want to keep having to cash my cheques!

Anyway, back to work...I did some more bussing to help out servers and get tables clear...I'm pretty nifty at it now!  If there's a lot of seaters and I see dirty tables I'll just clear them; means we can get guests in faster and therefore serve more people!

We had a few grumpy guests today.  One party wanted to be sat outside, and said that when they had booked the table a monthj ago they had been told they would be outside.  Well we don't get that information, and it's just the first available table.  Well of course I had to seat them, and they weren't happy, so I feel sorry for their poor server!  Ah well, all in a days work. 

I had a hotdog for lunch.  Stu kept talking about going to Odessy with Corinne (she was training him) and we had the same breaks so off I went.  It was well worth it.  I only had an apple and Cheetos otherwise.  I have got some bread rolls out for tomorrow though.  Mmmm ham sandwiches,

Tonight I got to do the Magical Moment again!  I did pick one table but they left before Illuminations, so I picked a little girl.  She had gone to the toilet so I asked her Grandad what her name was and said I had a surprise.  She was awesome!  I love doing Magical Moments.  I don't get why other people don't.  Oh well, more for me!

So here I am, sitting on my bed, about to get into, but not before I take my contacts out.  I work from 11.30am-9.15pm, as I am assignor training.  Eek!  I'm a little nervous but luckily I have Friday and Satruday off and they are some of the hardest days!  I've seen my schedule for the week after and I'm assigning 5 days...thats 9.25 hours a day!  That's a lot of money hehe.  Like, $360 before rent and tax is taken off.  I'm sure I get paid more for assigning as well, but that could just be a rumour.  Would be awesome if I did though.  Oh, don't forget the overtime as well!

Anyway, bedtime I suppose.  Tune in again tomorrow folks! xx

I was seating today. Woo.  So I got up and caught the early bus to work.  It was jam packed!  I had to stand!  We did however see Josh get on the bus so we know he hasn't left yet.  Hehe off we go to Innoventions when I have a day off! LOL.  Not for a long time then.  So when I got to work I got some more costumes, and got a subway, and then headed to work!  So it was pretty much like any normal day except I did a lot of bussing and broke my first glass!  We had so many seaters today, as Holly and Stu were training!  It was really cold today too...  I had to wear my coat all day!  I took it off for about 10 minutes and decided it was still too cold!

I also laddered my 4th pair of tights....really annoying.  I think it was when I broke the glass and I got tiny shards in my shoes...and somehow that made hole.  So so annoying! 

There was this really awesome party.  Stu, Holly and I were dancing to Off Kilter and they made a comment about us, then the woman came back and wanted a picture of us...and then when I was seating her she wanted me to dance all the way to their table (on the lower deck) so I did!  It was awesome lol.

So then I finished work and met Robyn, and her fellow Canadian CM, Chantelle gave us a ride home!  Woo!  So we then went to the Premium Outlets and had Taco Bell, and bought some cookies!  And now we're watching Memoirs of a Geisha.

I've just taken my contacts out too.  Exciting stuff.  Bad news is I'm nearly at the end of my book, and so have to start Kingdom Keepers, and then I'll have nothing to read.  Learning Centre here I come!

Ah well, I should go now.  T-minus one day until I start assignor training!

Toodles! xx

I was greeting today! Whoop.  I prefer it to seating.  It did mean I started at 11am though.  Which is not as early as when I used to work at Gatwick, but when you're used to getting up later it does seem a lot earlier!  So I went into work and set up the podium...basically turning on the computer and plugging the pagers and the pager system back in, and getting the menu's ready.  Oh and also collecting a radio.  So all was good.

As usual I looked up reservations, cancelled a few and took walk-in's...and then it started to rain.  Not proper Florida rain, but enough to get me soaked!  You see Vijay needed two kids menus and everyone else was too chicken to go so I ran out into the rain with no coat!  And whilst I was there I got the cover for podium because everything was starting to get wet.  At this point the beer cart closes too, and when it was reopened it had kinda flooded and all the money was wet LOL.  Lovely.

So I spent the next hour or so wet.  Nice.  However, I was off at 5pm!  Yay!  So I came home with full intentions to not do anything and cook myeself some  bacon, eggs and chips.  Well I still cooked, but Robyn bullyed me into going to see Illuminations.  She was hoping I would persuade her not to, but they're fireworks!  So off we went.  We rode Test Track in the single riders line and got on the same car.  The picture is a classic haha.  Then we went and bought some sweets, tried to stalk Casey but he wasn't there...I'm sure he said he worked in Tower Shops on our Discovery Day, but we've not seen him since, and then we sat down in front of the railings to watch Illuminations!  The family behind us had never seen them so it was so nice to hear their gasps of surprise!

Afterwards we stayed for a bit, and danced to Promise and Celebrate You with all the other CM's who were there (mainly custodial tidying up!) so it was all fun!  Then it was time to come home.  I hate the crowd for the bus.  We met Mary, Dan and Kirsty at the bus stop and we all managed to get on and get seats!  Though Dan gave his up for a French CM.  So when we got back we said our goodbyes, and as we passed Stu's apartment we saw Scott outside so we decided to pop in for a chat.  Jess was also there (they're were going out to bennigans or ale house or something of that nature) so we had a quick chat, then I came home and now I'm going to bed!

Tomorrow I'm seating for 9 hours, woo.  I don't mind, I like work and I like the people I work with, so it's all cool!

Right, night everyone! x

Well today is one of those days where all I did was work.  I was seating again, but this time I was on my own!  But as I mentioned before, there's nothing really to it, and there weren't any hiccups.  However, at the end of the night I did get to be trained on the nighttime Magical Moment!  This is the best Magical Moment ever!  At about 8.50pm we went down to table 703 and asked the girl there if she would like to start the fireworks, as Mickey was stuck on a monorail over from MK and wouldn't be able to do it!  Her Dad was tearing up as we asked her!  So we (Ashley and I) told her we'd be back in 5 minutes, and when the time came we took down the wand and got her to stand on a chair, and of course, I know the fireworks well enough to have her set them all off for the entire show!  It was so awesome!  Her face was one of these reasons I come to work for Disney!

So it was a fantastic end to the shift.  So then I came home and waited around until 11.30 when we'd be off the meet the newbies.  They all seem very nice and it'll be weird when I'm not a newbie anymore!  Oh well, still 7 more days to go. 

Anyway, I really should be off to bed because I have to get t he 10am bus tomorrow.  Night night everyone!

I spent this morning online.  Fun stuff.  I looked at resorts for Mum and Kaori, but the thing is so slow it's annoying.  Anyway, at some point I left to go to Epcot with Robyn.  We had to go to costuming to get some new costumes and return dirty ones, and also for me to get my winter coat.  The XS is too large! Eek.  We also went to Innoventions to stalk Josh, but he wasn't there!  So rude, we'll be having words with him when we next see him.  We played the Waste Management game, and also Where's the Fire? again.  Our team won by 100 points!  That's one fire hazard!  We got 20,250, which apparently is a very good score!  Then it was time to go back to Cast Services to get changed.  Robyn didn't start until 4.30pm so she didn't need to!

So today was my first day of 10 days straight.  Eek,  I was seating today, supposed to be training, but by your last day of seater training you've usually got it down to a T lol.  We had two really big parties today...one was 33 people, and the other 24, so those tables were pretty much out of action the whole evening.  During break I had to go get my coat because it was so cold, and even the guests didn't want the blinds up for Illuminations.  Crazy!  So tonight I was closing as a seater so Megan showed me how to do that.  Tomorrow I'm on my own LOL.

So after work I came home (by Kojaks taxi LOL) and met my new roommate.  Her name is Lorena and she is from Italy.  She seems very nice, but she does smoke so we'll see how that goes!  I had to dash out because I went over to Patterson Court with Kirsty and Lauren to watch HSM3 with Megan and Laura.  We ordered dominos (of which I have leftovers for tomorrow!) and it was lots of fun   So here I am, just about to go to bed.  I'm on the wireless because for some reason I'm getting no connection with the cable.  Eek.  It might have something to do with the paving slab they're dug up from outside.  Who knows.  Anyway, I should go to bed!

Night.

Today has been a looooooooooong day.  I had to get up at 6am! Eek.  We had an International Programs meeting today at the Liberty Inn in the American Adventure.  It wasn't so bad at all.  When we got there we had to sit at tables filled with goodies.  Mainly Hershey's chocolate which I don't like but I wasn't hungry anyway.  I had a Pop Tart for breakfast lol.  We did get to have some juice as well.  On each table there was a bit of paper for each person on which we had to write where we worked, our names and how we celebrated with guests.  Well I've only worked in Epcot for one day so I didn't really have much to say.  Anyway, the objective of these bits of paper was so the people doing the meeting could pick them out and the person would have to come up, say how they were celebrating and they got a little prize for doing so.  Well surprise surprise I was one of those people.  It was quite cool really, but I didn't have much to say!  Anyway, my goodie bag contained a Snow White trinket box (from the Cast Holiday in 2007 LOL).  It's very nice!  We also got given CRP scrapbook CD's, but I doubt I'll be in any of the pictures if there are any on there LOL.

After the meeting we all headed back to the UK Pavilion, and hung around because Megan and I didn't start until 11am.  Today I was Greeting.  I like it a lot more than I do seating, but neither roles are that bad.  I'll only give you a quick overview of greetet because the computer system would take years to explain on here!  Anyway, I learnt how to check guests in that had reservations, and how to check in walk-in guests.  And give them all pagers.  That's basically it!  I did that all day, after Megan showed me how; we had a break, and also did books again.  I did ask one of the managers for a locker, and she said she'd find one and let me know, but no luck yet.

So yeah today was a really good day!  I came home and so far have been on skype with Kev for late night skypage as he likes to call it, and now I have been blogging. Robyn and I are hopefully going to Epcot tomorrow so that'll be fun!

Right I'm tired so I'm going to read for a bit!  Laters x

So today was my first day actually in the Rose and Crown!  I was due to start at 11.30am so I got the C bus which got me there at 11am.  I met a few of the other UK'ers on the way, having put my bag in my locker at Cast Services.  Megan was my trainer and today I was being trained on Seating.  To say I was nervous would be an understatement, but it wasn't all as bad as I thought it would be.  First Megan took me on a tour of the dining room so I could remember the table numbers.  It's all quite simple really.  So then I got to do a Magical Moment!  This consists of laying out the red carpet ready for the first family to come into the restaurant.  A child in the family then gets knighted whilst a proclamation is read out (by me today!) and they receive a crown and a Magical Moment certificate signed by all of us.  Most UK'ers say they don't like doing it, but I love any Magical Moment!

So then it was down to business.  For the first two parties Megan showed me how to seat them, and then it was my turn!  It's nothing too hard really; I just have to remember where the tables are!  I did get one table wrong and seated them next to the table they were supposed to be on, but luckily it didn't matter that much as they had the same server anyway.  Hopefully the last mistake!

We had our break later on (having been seating for a couple of hours) and then we came back and did books.  This means basically going through my training checklist and signing everything off.  When we got back it turned out that a couple of the tables had been moved and numbers changed.  Right after I had learnt them too.  Emma (the assignor) looked rather stressed and I'm a bit nervous that'll be me one day!  Let's hope it doesn't get too crazy hehe.

We then found some chalk!  One of the seaters duties is to draw hopscotch on the pavement, if there is any chalk.  It's really quite fun and you can play with the kids for a bit.  So basically that was my day.  The seating procedure basically consists of welcoming the party to the restaurant, putting their pager back if they have one, and taking them to their table.  You then announce who their server will be and wish them an enjoyable meal!  Hey presto, position sorted.  I was finishing at 7pm today so I wasn't closing, but I get that pleasure next week!

I met Robyn at Cast Services, as we were going to stay to watch Illuminations, but I felt so tired we decided to wait until Friday.  So we got back to the Commons and I told Robyn I would see her back at the bus stop to go to Walmart.  I went to collect the post, but there was nothing for me.  So I was about to go to the bus stop when I realised my Disney ID wasn't in my lanyard.  I was a bit puzzled because I was sure I had it on the bus.  I searched the apartment, went back to the mail room and retraced my steps to the bus stop and no sign! Argh!  I've only had my ID one day and lost it already!  Robyn kindly offered to stay behind with me, so I went over to Security to ask if someone had handed an ID in.  Apparently a girl had come up to security just moments ago, but as security aren't allowed to keep them, they had told her to hand it into lost property the next day.  Bit of a problem for me as I was starting work at 8.30am.  They said she had just gone out of the Commons so they would get it off her as she came back in.  I decided not to take the chance and waited at the bus stop for the Walmart bus to come.  Robyn went because she needed to get black socks, and I stayed.  Eventually (after about 2 hours!) one of the security guys asked me if I was ok because I had been sitting there a long time, and then said they had tried to call my apartment but no one answered!  Well duh, I was sitting right there!

So good news is that I have my ID back.  Bad news is I'm really tired now.  So photos will be put up asap.  I'm a busy girl now!  Anyway it's time for sleep...night! xx

Todaaaaaaaaaaaaay was Discovery Day! Yay!  We all caught the C bus over to Epcot, signed in and started our day!  As with Traditions, I won't tell you a lot about what happened, but we had a couple of presentations and videos (with Jim McPhee in them!) and then went on our walking tour of Epcot!  When we got to the circle in front of the Fountain of Nations (which is under refurb actually! Quite depressing) something special happened but I'm sworn to secrecy so I can't tell you what  happened.  We got asked if we knew what was going to happen, and of course I did because I've seen it many time.  But now I can apparently talk to Kev.  Lucky me.  We got to ride Spaceship Earth and took one of the Friendship boats around World Showcase.

We then went back and had another talk about Cultural Immersion.  They played the What Will You Celebrate? advert and Holly basically looked digusted when I said (and told her) I knew who sung the different versions of the song.  I don't look down at her for not liking Disney, so why should she turn her nose up at me?  If she doesn't like it she can deal with it.

So anyway, after class DJ took us back over to the UK Pavilion to meet with Nick, one of our managers.  However, we were supposed to meet him over at Cast Services, but we did meet Rachid (our area manager).  We then set off without Matt and Robyn (those Canadians...hehe) back to Cast Services, and Nick took us to a different room.  We had a good talk about the roles and stuff.  Hopefully I'll be getting a 1 year pin in a couple of months!  Fingers crossed.  I also apparently have the job a lot of people like doing, and I basically manage the place.  Haha.  Picture me in charge! LOL Just kidding.  I may also get to be a trainer soon in a few months because I will be perm assigning.

We finished early!  So I rushed to get my costumes and to get the bus.  I asked Stu if he could give me a lift to Access Control and he kindly said yes!  We jumped in his car back at the Commons and made it the Disney University with 15 minutes to spare.  I got my ID in no time!  I went over to Cast Connection and Property Control where Stu was shopping for sunglasses (25 cents LOL) and I saw Belle's Christmas dress in XL...I would so have bought it if I hadn't known it would look stupid on me.  I want Tink's or Alice's dress instead.  Back at the Commons I knocked on Robyn's door to see if she wanted to go to MK!  Well I didn't expect the answer to be no and it wasn't!  So we jumped on the C bus and went to Epcot, and then took the monorail to MK, as it was quicker than getting the A bus from Chatham!  We met an awesome girl on the C bus called Megan.  She's on the college program and works in Downtown Disney Merch (Candy Cauldron, Disney Quest and something else!).  Finally I got into a park to play!  We went straight to Arribos Bros and I got my glass Mickey ears engraved with 'On Your Graduation 2008' on them.  I love discount lol.  Then Megan wanted to go up to Fantasyland to look in the shops there, but we had to walk the long way round because they had closed the castle for Wishes.  While Robyn paid for some stuff, we said our goodbyes, and then the two of us walked back to Main Street so I could pick up my glass ears.  Then it was Wishes time!  I very nearly cried (lol) but my eyes were so dry that it was neer going to happen lol.

After Wishes we explored the Emporium for a bit (and bought some stuff) before getting in the queue to get the boat back to the TTC.  It's a good job we didn't go backstage because when we got to West Clock it was packed.  Anyway, at the dock we started singing Disney songs, and carried on all the way on to the boat and while the boat was travelling.  At one point a guest tapped me on the shoulder to ask if I was scared of spiders because there was a web above my head.  The spider was tiny!  Once off the boat we sung some more (even one guest joined in with A Spoonful of Sugar!) and we headed to the bus stop to get the A bus.  On the way back the bus didn't stop at the Commons even though I requested it!  So we got to visit (after 9pm mind you!) and hopped on the F bus to bring us back to the Commons.

So now I am blogging, duh.  Tomorrow I start at 11.45am, to be trained on seating (I think, or maybe it's greeter...one of the two).

I promise I shall put up pictures soon, but it's hard when you're not in all day and I'm really really tired now.  Be lucky I'm blogging.  I shall take a picture of my costume tomorrow after I get ready for work.

So with all that said I'm off to bed!  Night x

It turns out Discovery Day is tomorrow.  Not today like I thought it was.  However, today was still amazing!  And not just because I finally got to enter a park!  Stu, Holly, Dave, Robyn and I met at the Commons bus stop and took the C bus over to Epcot.  Now I was really worried I wouldn't be able to get through security because I don't have my ID yet, but once I had explained the situation it was all good.  So we waited in the break room for our Coordinator of Training (you would not believe how long it took me to type that correctly LOL, I think there's something wrong with my spelling today...)  It's like I've never been away.  Crazy huh?

So then we met our Coordinator of Training; D.J.  He's awesome!  So enthusiastic and ready with loads of examples and eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.  Sorry, I've been drinking cherry coke.  But you know....I'M WORKING AT WALT DISNEY WORLD!!!!  It'sn only taken me two years, three interviews and a whole lot of struggle to get me here, but here I am and today I finally felt really excited about it!!!  So anyway, we went to do some computer based training, and luckily I didn't have to do some of it.  Not sure why, maybe it's because I'm an old hat.  I also tried to change my address on the Hub, but for some reason it wouldn't let me (I've now finally figured out what I was doing wrong) and I read the Main Street Diary! *Sob*.  It always makes me want to cry...I love guest letters.  So then we went to another room and watched some videos (most I've seen before but you can never see them too many times!)  Once again, welling up a bit with emotion, but do you really expect anything else from me?  I hardly used to cry before I worked for Disney, and now I cry at anything!  We also got taught a bit more about serving alcohol and the rules and laws and stuff and it's all a bit scary in some ways so I'm quite glad I'll hardly even (if at all) have to deal with serving it.  Eek!

So then we went onstage!  It's still so surreal that I'm back here and not on holiday.  We went over the the Canadian Pavilion and Mathieu and Robyn had their pictures taken, and were then taken to meet their manager.  The rest of us had a grand tour of the UK Pavilion and got to meet loads of the F&B CM's who are pretty much awesome to say the least.  I also saw Stef!  It's been ages since we were all at the September 2007 interviews.  How time flies!

I'm not going to bore you with all the things we saw on our grand tour (stupid tourism degree) but it was really interesting to me!  We met a couple of managers, and signed a form and then hey ho it was off to costuming!  Only my favourite part of the day!  I don't think our costumes are that bad.  I've seen worse.  It's essentially just like my bakery one.  Just a different colour and a different apron (which will be ironed of course!)

Of course, I didn't have my ID to check them out but I was still able to, but I'm in the system 3 times!  Strange.  We also got our lockers.  All my costumes are in there at the moment so that's why there are no pictures, but I plan on uploading all my latest ones tomorrow, so don't worry.  I then locked my bit of paper with my locker number and code on it in my locker, but because I have a brilliant mind I remembered the code!  Go team me!

Then it was time to get the bus back to the Commons.  I'm glad I work at Epcot because it takes a lot less time to get back than the A bus does from MK.  Once back, I got changed, spent a bit of time on the internet and then went to Publix with Robyn for some garlic bread.  Which I didn't actually eat with my spag bowl...though I butchered that cooking anyway.  Ah well.  I also took the rubbish out.

So right now I'm going to go to bed....or actually sort my notice board out so I can stick everything up there.  When I come back tomorrow I need to put my schedule up on here, and write it in my diary, as that's what it's there for.

So goodnight folks! xx

Including getting up at 5.15 again!  I didn't sleep too well last night.  Claudia turned on her fan at about 1am, so that woke me up, and then she went to the toilet at 3am and because it was light outside I thought I was really late!  But no, it's just the street light.  So I got already again and met the other F&B'ers at the bus stop at 6.45.  The A Bus doesn't stop at the Commons so we walked up to Chatham to get the bus.  Soon enough we were back at the Disney University and everyone could clock in except me.  I will get that ID some day lol.  We headed upstairs to the classroom, and had an introduction to our facilitators and to F&B in general.  Then it was time to go to the computer room to register for the Hub!  How exciting!  Luckily my log in ID was the same as last time.  We then had to go through all our F&B and safety training.  Some of the learning modules were not on my plan (maybe it's because I've done them before??? I don't know.) but they sorted it all out for me and filled in a form.

We finished early!  I hope we finish early tomorrow.  The others went to Disney's Hollywood Studios, but Robyn and I decided to go to Downtown Disney.  We spent ages looking in the World of Disney deciding what we were going to buy over the coming year (though I don't think they sell that massive Cinderella's Castle that sits in the middle, so I may be out of luck there).  Then we went in all the other shops, walked over to West Side and came back!

Then it was Earl of Sandwich time!  I had a tuna melt, some crisps and a drink, and even though I didn't have my Disney ID the guy still gave me discount!  He said my Commons ID was fine.  Sweet!  So here I am in my apartment, blogging.  Obviously.  At 8pm I'm going over to Robyn's in my PJ's and we are going to watch Enchanted!  Yay!  Tomorrow I have my first Epcot training but when I get there I have to call my Coordinator of Training to get security clearance.  Oh the fun.

So, until tomorrow folks!  Night xx