Sick Day

I called in sick today. But I'm not sick. I'm just done. lol. This week sucked. But good new is that my extension got denied so I'm for sure going home in January. YAY!!! Another reason why I'm done. And if you know me, when I'm done with something I'm DONE! So now I just have to try to make it through the next month and half. I'm closing next Thursday...yes, Thanksgiving. Of course I am. And of course it's the latest shift I've had so far. I work 3:30 to 9:30. We almost failed our inspections. Yet another reason why I'm done...roommates. I'm not even going to go into that just becuase I'm tired of ranting about it. Stupid guest...another reason. I was at Safi and a guest asked me if the Hippo was a Rhino............
Good news it that graduation is in my future. I got the email a couple days ago saying that the even is December 10th. Yay! I'm almost there. The trouble is that I'm going to REALLY want to come home after that day. Ugh...if I could get all my stuff on a plane I totally would to. And be home for Christmas... :(
Well that's about it. I'm going to go watch more reruns of Grey's Anatomy.
I MISS EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!

BEST.WEEKEND.EVER.

I’ve had the last four days off and they were amazing! First of all I spent Halloween night doing laundry and packing. Super lame I know. Lol. But my mommy flew in the next day so I really didn’t care about being lame. Stephen was supposed to come with her, but due to his leg hurting he didn’t get to come. I was super upset when mom told me he wasn’t coming, but then I was totally ok because that just meant I got to spend the whole weekend with my mom! So I went to the resort to check in that morning and our room was ready so I got to drop my luggage off and see our room. We got to stay in the Fantasia building!

So after I checked in Michelle took me to the airport so I could meet mom when she got off the plane. Well that was an adventure in itself! So Michelle and I get lost every time we get in the car together because we talk a lot and she has no since of direction. Lol. So what was supposed to be at most a 45 minute trip ended up taking 2 hours! We stopped by Property Control first and ended up leaving town about 30 minutes later than scheduled, but we should have been fine. (By the way I got a bag, a cup, and a super cute Food and Wine jacket at PC). So we FINALLY get to the airport. Just in time. I got there about 10 minutes after mom landed. We got the rental car and headed straight to Cocoa Beach! We were sooo excited! We ended up eating dinner at Coconuts on the Beach. We sat on the patio and go to eat facing the beach. It was perfect! And it was beautiful. The high that day ended up being in the early 90s. Then before we left we walked on the beach and put our feet in the water. I’m so glad I got to go to the beach before I left.

 

 

Then on the way out we stopped by a REAL Ron Jon shop. Lol. It was pretty cool and I got a discount there. So when we got back into Orlando we went to the Polynesian to have a Dole Whip and watch Hallowishes. It was the last Halloween Party of the season. It was awesome!

 

 

The next day we got up at 6 (GROSS) to get ready and head to Hollywood Studios because resort guest got Extra Magic Hours. This is where the park is open an hour early just for guest staying at the resorts. So we went just ride Toy Story Mania because the wait is over two hours during regular park hours. So we rode it and then left to go to Epcot. At this point it started to rain :/ But we were going to make the most of the day. We went straight to Soarin’ because that ride also has a ridiculous wait throughout the day. We only had to wait about 20 minutes and it was so worth it. I love that ride. It’s a hang gliding simulator ride. When we left Soarin’ it was POURING! So we ran to Figment. Rode Figment which was amazing. (That was the only ride mom absolutely had to ride before she left). Then we went next door and watched Captain EO. After all that we were ready to hit the World Showcase which meant FOOD AND WINE! J Long story short we ended up going around twice and ended up leaving the park feeling pretty good.

 

 

We did stop in Japan because I had a surprise for mom. In Japan they have “Pick a Pearl”. This is where you pick an oyster and you get the pearl that’s inside and then you can turn it into a ring or a necklace. So we both picked a pearl! (And with my holiday discount it was that much more awesome). We turned our pearls into matching rings that we both LOVE!

 

 

And then mom ended up getting a Food and Wine jacket just like mine because they were on sale for half off and 40% off on top of that because of my discount. So the day was turning out to be pretty perfect.

THIS IS MY ULTIME FAVORITE PICTURE!!!

 

 

 

So after Epcot we headed back to Hollywood.

 

 

We watched the Lights, Motor, Action stunt show, met some characters...

 

 

AND rode Tower of Terror. Which was HILARIOUS! Now first of all, it was mom’s idea to ride it. She wanted to! Until we were strapped in of course. Lol. I thought she was ok until the first drop and she was IN MY LAP!!! She had a death grip on my arm and her head in my chest! I didn’t have a chance to scream because I was laughing so hard! And of course we got the ride with the extra drop and I thought she was going to squeeze my arm off. So freaking funny!

 

The picture doesn't do what happend justice...

 

 

Then we ended the night with Fantasmic. We ended up going back to the resort around 7:30 because we were sooo exhausted! And I have never been more excited to fall back ever. That extra hour of sleep was so needed.

Then the next day we did it again. Up at six and on to Animal Kingdom for Extra Magic Hour. We did the Safari first thing and then I gave mom a private tour of Pangani. Lol. Then we did the Safari again, rode Dinosaur, and ate at Yak and Yeti.

 

 

Then we headed to Magic Kingdom!

 

 

We caught the 3:00 parade, had the best frozen lemonade, rode Winnie the Pooh, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jungle Cruise, Small World, and met Mickey Mouse. Who TALKED!!! Omg…I wish I could have seen my face when we walked into the room and Mickey started talking! It was awesome!

 

 

Then we were going to stay for Wishes, but we still had three hours and I was freezing and exhausted.

 

 

So we decided to go to Downtown Disney and have a good dinner and just hang out. Which was like the best decision ever! We ate at Paridisio which was so good. It was a great way to end our trip.

 

 

 

 

Saying goodbye the next morning was seriously the hardest thing I’ve had to do in a long time. I ended up staying in my room all day crying and sleeping. Lol. I wouldn’t trade that time with my mom for anything.

So needless to say I’m sooo ready to come home! J