I can't believe it has almost been a year....

I have been reflecting a lot the past few days about how a year ago, I was preparing to fly in an airplane all by myself for the first time to go across the country down to Florida where I would spend the Fall months in one of the happiest places on earth.

I can still remember my exact feelings about how I felt during those months. I felt excited, scared, and curious about what I was going to be doing. I don't think I could have predicted what my experience was like even if I had tried.

All those feelings are creeping back into my heart these days and it makes me want to do it again, even though I have a better idea of what it would be like (although, I probably wouldn't apply for Quick Service Food and Beverage again).

I made so many great friends while I was there. I really don't think there is another place in the world where you can have an experience like what I had- and I don't think ANYONE could have had an experience quite like what I had either. Oh boy. So many memories.

I learned SO many things while I was there. I absolutely loved it. I also think that the fact that I had NEVER been to Walt Disney World was probably a huge factor in why I enjoyed it so much. I spent quite a few of my days off going to the parks by myself or with some of my friends.

It was an incredible experience and I am so glad I had the opportunity to go down. I'm also grateful to my cousin for telling me about the program in the first place. Dayna, I'm pretty sure that if it hadn't been for you, I wouldn't have done the program! Thank you so much!

By the way, Dayna, I don't think I ever showed you this and I think you'll like it:


And I guess it is only fair that I also include this in honor of my cousin (and Dayna's sister), Lindsay, whose idea it was to ambush Jack after his pirate training so I could get this picture with him. :D :D :D


I was hoping Jack would stay looking at me long enough so that Lindsay could have gotten a pic of us looking at each other, but he looked at the camera instead.


So Jack paused long enough to get a pic of the both of us looking at the camera. :)

My role in Annie Get Your Gun....

is I am part of the ensemble! Yeah, I don't have any lines per se, but I do get to be in the show and sing with the rest of the cast, so I am ok with it. Plus, I wasn't really expecting too big of a role since I didn't even know the play that well to begin with and I don't particularly fit in either of the roles I read for. The girls and ladies I was up against were a lot better than me, so I would have been surprised if I had gotten a bigger part. Anyway, that's all!

Home for the Fall!

Now that I have a day off of work and it's not Sunday, I'm going to catch up on what's been going on in my life. I finished the Spring semester at BYU-I on July 23 and now I am home until January to work and make money for my last semester before student teaching.

I work at a grocery store called Days Market here in Heber

and I love my job there. Once school starts back up here in a few weeks, I'm going to start substituting as much as I possibly can so I can save up a bunch of money for the Winter semester so I won't have to worry about working when I get there.

I also auditioned for the community play "Annie Get Your Gun" that will be performed this November alongside Cowboy Poetry here in Heber.



So that's basically it. Work and the play :) Of course, I haven't actually found out my role yet in "Annie" so hopefully Duke will let us know sometime today. I'll be sure to make a post when I find out!