So I apologise for not having wrote anything for weeks! Things are so mad here I barely have any spare time. I got really down about my work location and my financial situation but my area manager was very supportive about the whole thing. It's extremely difficult to transfer to a different position to what you started in but she has talked to the scheduling team to get me more hours and is having me trained in stock so it is easier to pick up extra hours.
I'm feeling better about things although I had a bit of an insane week this week. I thought I would pick up some extra hours on the 'Extra Magic Hotline' to get me a better paycheck. I worked 64 hours over 5 days. Tuesday was my longest day. I started around 7 at Epcot then worked an evening shift at Magic Kingdom. I worked in Fantasyland and did most merchandise locations in that area. It was so much fun to be somewhere new and meet lots of new people. Although I'll admit I felt pretty dead by the time I finished at 230AM (that's a long day I know haha!).
I also went to Downtown Orlando for the first time with some american friends. That was a cool experience. We went to a club. From what I heard I actually expected the whole area to be really dodgy and dingy. It was pretty cool though if not real sweaty haha! There was so many people it reminded me a little bit of a club I used to go to at university.
UCF classes finished two weeks ago so I am on a break now until May. That is pretty sweet because I get two days off... allows me to get my life together a bit more! I'm trying to make a lot of decisions of late about my future. I'm still planning on joining the Disney Cruise Line when I finish my programme here but ultimately my dream would be to work for the company in California in their music department. I'm in a good position at the moment to talk to people within the company so tomorrow I'm hoping to send a few emails around and see if anyone can offer me any advice.
A lot of people are very encouraging towards me about staying here. I actually have three international managers (one from UK, one from Mexico and one from Jamaica). Part of me knows what I want to do with my life and the other part of me wonders how the heck I'm supposed to get there hahaha...
Peace out for now
