Penny Smashing

So I’ve become lazy. Big shocker I know. Lol. I’ve now become the old me where I come home, eat, and watch netflix until I fall asleep. Lol. But don’t give up on me yet. I told myself when I got accepted that I would keep this blog up no matter what.

So work was interesting this past week to say the least. Let’s see…one day I almost stepped on a snake on the way to the bus stop. I’m surprised I didn’t freak out more than I did. I just kind of stood there and watched is wiggled itself across the sidewalk. But I am hoping I never come across another one. It was descent size too. Stretched out I’m sure it would have reached all the way across the sidewalk. And then on the same day that happened one of the Disney buses ran right into the concrete barrier driving into Animal Kingdom. So cast members and Disney buses take this back road into the park instead of going through the main entrance. And this back road is divided (by a concrete barrier) into two lanes and somehow a bus driver just drove right into it. With guest on board of course. It was a huge mess and took FOREVER to clear. So getting to work was super fun that day. Good thing I always take a bus that’s going to get me there an hour early.

So I witnessed something very rare while at Gorilla Outpost the other day. So when you’re in Gorilla Valley it’s not a big surprise when the males on the bachelor side fight. And when I say fight I mean chase each other for two seconds. It’s very rare they ever get physical. I’ve seen one physical fight on the male side. But it’s SUPER rare to ever see the females on the family side fight. So I was standing at outpost and I had a pretty big crowd because Gino, the one male on the family side was visible, and Azizi and Lilly (the baby) were next to the glass. Now Azizi and Lilly (three years old) are like best friends and play all the time together. And that’s what they were doing. But today Lilly was being a little more ornery than usual. Usually she just hits Azizi until she grabs her or chases her. Well today I watched her throw dirt at Azizi and then run up and hit her and throw a ball at her and then she started biting her. Now the biting is normal but Lilly was obviously not getting the attention she wanted and was seriously biting her harder than normal. Well I guess Azizi got fed up with her and bit Lilly back. And I guess she was taking it a little too far because out of no where Kashata (Lilly’s mom) came running over the hill and just attacked Azizi. They were both standing on their feet with teeth showing and everything. Well after about two second of that Gino (who has been sitting watching everything) stepped in. All he had to do was get on all fours and take a few steps forward for them to completely stop. So after that mom sat right where she could see Lilly and Azizi tried to walk off, but Lilly is a little brat and kept trying to play. But I think she finally got the hint and just sat by herself. It was the craziest thing I’d ever seen. And of course I then had to try to explain what happened about 50 times to everyone who was watching. But it was pretty exciting.

I did have a pretty bad day Monday which is my Friday. I pack my lunch and get to work early so I can eat in the break room. Well right before I walked in the break room I realized I forgot my water bottle at home. Now my water bottle is crucial part of my day! I drink about 3 or 4 bottles a day. So I was super upset mainly because I had brought lunch and had nothing to wash it down with. But I remembered there being a soda machine down at the outside break room. So I went down there and swiped my card and it accepted it, but when I pushed a button nothing happened. So I tried that about three more times and nothing. So I tried cash…yeah that didn’t work either and it just ate my money. That really ticked me off. So I was just in a pissed off mood the rest of the day and you could totally tell. Pretty much everyone who talked to me that day just annoyed me. And then on top of that I had to close and it poured and I had to wait 45 minutes for the bus and then it took almost two hours to get home because tourist don’t know how to drive and someone flipped their car over so traffic was at a standstill FOREVER. So needless to say I’ve really enjoyed my two days off.

I got up early (9:00 lol) to go to Breakfast in Bed grocery bingo. Yeah that was a total fail. None of my roommates went but I ran into a co-worker so we sat together. Now I love grocery bingo because it’s fun and if you win you get a TON of FREE groceries. I’ve missed the last two because I’ve been working so I was super excited to go to this one. Well that excitement did not last long. We all did get free luggage tags just for showing up, but that all I got :/ My co-worker won about three rounds in. She also won last time she went!! So not fair. I swear I had the worst card ever. They barely called any numbers I had. And if you were one or two away from winning you were suppose to stand up…yeah I never got to stand up that’s how bad my card was. We did play this one round called stinko bingo where everyone stood up and if they called a number you had on your card you had to sit down and the last person standing with no numbers called won. I ALMOST had it. I was literally only one number away…it was awful. Lol. So I went home empty handed. There’s one more in October. If I’m not working I might go. Lol.

So after bingo I decided to go to the Magic Kingdom and do some penny smashing. I went alone because no one else had the day off. But that was ok because I like to have some me time every now and then. So before I moved down here I saw something super awesome on Pinterest. It was a bracelet made out of smashed pennies. (You know those pennies you get out of the machines at amusement parks). Well once I saw that I knew that was something I was going to do. So I had a bunch of pennies and quarters in a baggie and was ready to go. But when I got to the park I couldn’t find a single machine! Lol. Now I know Disney has them because I’ve seen them. So I asked someone and they said that Guest Relations actually had MAPS of where all the penny press machines are. I was like NO WAY! So not only did I get a map of Magic Kingdom, I got a map of all four parks, Downtown Disney, and the resorts! I got really excited really fast. It quickly became my new favorite hobby! I felt like I was on a scavenger hunt. The map only give you a general idea of where the machines are, but then you have to actually find them. For example…there are three machines in the Emporium shop. Well the Emporium stretches all the way down Main Street and has multiple rooms. So it was super fun. And there are sooo many machines. I ended up doing Magic Kingdom and some of Epcot before I ran out of quarters. And I was exhausted from doing so much walking. But definitely something I will continue to do and my bracelet is going to be awesome.

Today was my last day off and always like having a day where I do pretty much nothing. That was today. Lol. Well I did run to Walmart and cleaned. But other than that I’ve been watching netflix with the roomies all day. They were watching the Walking Dead when I woke up. So everyone has been raving about this show and I’ve never watched it just because I don’t really care for zombies. But now that I’ve seen it I really don’t understand why anyone would watch it! It’s soooooo gory…..like disgustingly gory. I mean I kind of liked the suspense, but I just couldn’t get past the blood and guts. Eehhhh. Lol. But I have now completed the second season of Baby Daddy. So funny. I told Autumn about it and she sent me a very mean snap chat about how she missed her nap because she was watching it. Lol. I miss her so much….

But on a happier note…I get to go volunteEAR at Give Kids the World next week!! YAY! I’m always working on the days they go so I gave away a couple shifts next week so I can go J I’m so freaking excited.

So I had the room to myself for most of last week. Karie’s mom came into town. That was more fantastic than you’ll ever know. One of the only reasons why I wouldn’t extend would because I hate living with people…lol. Just finished cleaning the kitchen again. We have inspections starting this week. I’ve just accepted that I’m the only one who’s going to clean.

Well that’s about it. Oh I sent out post cards last week and everyone is starting to get them! That made me super happy J

I don’t have to be at work until 2:30 tomorrow so I’m going to eat candy corn and watch netflix for a while.