*sigh*

Once again, I'm feeling Disney withdrawals. I am missing Mickey and Minnie so much.

I brought back so much stuff from Walt Disney World because I wasn't sure if I was ever going to get to go back again, but honestly, I am missing it so much that I know I have to go back sometime. Half the stuff that I loved while I was there isn't going to be there anymore, which is why I took SO many pictures and videos. Heck, most of my shows are going to be gone. Since the Year of A Million Dreams is over now, the Dream Along With Mickey show won't be going anymore. On my last day in the Magic Kingdom, I was watching the Dreams Come True parade and Mickey got moved back to the end of the parade rather than at the beginning like I'd seen him in during the other times I watched the parade. So my favorite float is no longer there.

I've also been informed that the Pirate Training in the Magic Kingdom isn't going to be put on anymore. If its because all the movies have come out already, that doesn't make any sense, unless they take away the Jedi Academy from Hollywood Studios too. So taking away Dream Along With Mickey, the parade with Mickey at the beginning, and Jack's Pirate Training is taking away all my favorite performances in the Magic Kingdom. Actually, unless they take away Storytime With Belle, that would be a lie. My 'favorites' day consisted of visiting Mickey and Minnie and the princesses in Toontown, watching Storytime With Belle, Dream Along With Mickey, Jack's Pirate Training, and the Dreams Come True Parade. Of course, they are probably doing things that are just as fun with the "What Will You Celebrate?" theme, but I was in the parks so much that I basically lived there.

Well, at least I took a piece of Disney home with me. I have over 2300 pictures of my experience there, so a lot of my memories have been preserved. Now I just have to find time to scrapbook everything! That will probably have to wait until I get home this Fall after I complete my next two semesters. Ack- that reminds me, I need to do a little homework before I go to bed.

Alright, let's see how this goes

I didn't watch President Obama's swearing-in as President this morning, but I read his address (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28751183/?GT1=43001) after he was sworn in to the office. It sounded good, but I just can't seem to shake off my hesitancy of trusting him. I mean, yeah, he seems like a very good man and he's got good ideas for our country, but my question is- can he actually do it without sending our country down the tubes? Of course, I'd rather have him for my president than Hillary Clinton, but still. This is going to take some getting used to. I don't know exactly why this is so hard for me to wrap my head around now. Maybe its because he's so young for a president. Its just difficult for me to imagine having someone with so little experience behind him as the leader of my country. I'm willing to give him a chance, though. Here's to a hopeful four years with our new President!

A bit of fun in Rexburg!

Alright, its Sunday night, so I've got a little time to write a few things about what I've done since I got back to school. The Friday and Saturday of the first few days of school, there was a show called Comedy Improv done by The Society with Kirby Heyborne, Corbin Allred, Lincoln Hoppe, and Kelly Lohman. I'd seen Comedy Improv once before a couple years ago, so I bought up a couple tickets as soon as I could for the last show they did because I wanted to meet them all again. It was so funny! It was great seeing those guys again. I got pics with Lincoln, Corbin, Kirby, and Corbin and Kirby together. :)
Anyway, so that was last weekend. This weekend, I went and saw Bolt with a few of my friends. I decided that if I'd met them in person already, I had to go see their movie! Anyway, after we saw Bolt, some of us went over to one of my friends' house and we played on her Wii and then we watched Vantage Point. By the way, that was a good movie too. :) I love action movies with car chases. Usually I need to have some kind of hot guy in the movie to make it better, but this one was just really interesting to watch the same event being seen from like 6 or 7 different viewpoints. It was cool. But yeah- we did that on Friday and then on Saturday, after I did some homework and went grocery shopping, we went over to the guys' apartments to play Mario Kart and play Ping Pong in their lounge. Oh my gosh, it was so fun! And then today I went to church and it was good too! It was a good weekend all around. I got a little homework done, so I don't feel too guilty. I just have to get the rest of it done tomorrow. :)

My senior year is under way!

Alright, I probably should be working on homework right now, but I'm just going to take a second to give a quick update on my life. I got home from Florida on the evening of January 2nd and it was so good to be home. We flew into a big snowstorm in SLC and I was so excited to see snow again! The following day was my sister-in-law's baby shower, so I went to that in Provo with my parents (of course, my brother and dad got kicked out and played downstairs with my cousin and uncle- I think they may have had more fun than we did at the shower!) That night, my brother and sister-in-law and I came back home and we opened our Christmas presents with my parents and nephew- my sister had to stay home in Salt Lake with my niece because she was sick. The next day, we hung out at the house and I packed because that following morning (on Monday), my parents helped me move up to Rexburg! Yeah, some break huh? Now I am fully involved in my classes, and let me tell ya, the next two semesters are not going to be easy for me. So yeah, that's basically it. I've been having Mickey and Minnie withdrawals a lot, especially when I was home for that short amount of time, I watched the Disney Christmas parade that I had my parents DVR on Christmas day for me and watching Minnie and Mickey in their Christmas outfits made me miss them so much! Every once in a while here at school, I have to watch some kind of youtube video with Mickey in it because I miss him and Minnie so much! Anyway, back to homework!

Just a LITTLE further!

I am SO close to being done with work! I close today and tomorrow and then I am DONE!!! NO MORE QUICK-SERVICE FOR ME! Gosh, I am getting so excited. I am getting even more excited for January 1st because that is going to be my last day in Walt Disney World and I'm going to do all my favorite things- I'll start out meeting Mickey and Minnie in the Magic Kingdom in the morning and I'll end my day in Hollywood Studios with Fantasmic! Yay! I just need to get through today and tomorrow (I'm not too worried about New Years Eve- I'm just gonna pack that day). 

My Christmas in Walt Disney World

This year was a different Christmas for my entire family because none of us were physically able to be with each other. My little brother Tyler is on his mission, my brother Mike and sister-in-law Michelle spent Christmas with her family, my sister Jenn had her first Christmas with just her and her two cute little kids, and I am here in Florida. I was expecting to work on Christmas, just like every other person who is on the college program down here was, but I was curious to know what the parks were going to look like on Christmas, so I managed to get one of my full-time friends from work to switch shifts with me so that I worked on Monday instead of Christmas. I worked Christmas Eve, but it was sooo slow at work. We had little spurts, but not much. So Christmas morning dawned and I didn't actually get out of bed til 10:15!! That is the latest I have EVER slept in on Christmas! It felt so weird! But then again, Christmas Day really didn't feel like Christmas because I didn't get to open any presents in the morning, I didn't get to hang out with my family, and there was no snow on the ground! In fact, yesterday got up to like 80 degrees here in Florida! I was talking to my parents on my phone after I got to Hollywood Studios and they said there was a ton of snow outside. I mentioned that I might actually get a tan and my mom was like "shut up." haha it was funny. But yeah, I really didn't have any set plans for my day. I wanted to watch the Block Party Bash and get some pictures with characters at the Magic of Disney Animation, but that was basically it. So I just wandered around the shops on Hollywood Boulevard and looked at all the stuff. I got some pictures of what the park looked like with all the people and I went on a couple rides (which I'll go into more detail about in another post). The best part of my day was my 12 minute phone call with my little brother Tyler on his mission. It was just me and him and it was sooo wonderful. I had the biggest grin on my face while I was talking to him. I miss him so much! I can't believe he only has like five months left! Anyway, I tried to get pictures with some of the characters, but they didn't come out after all, so I was sad. But I watched Fantasmic at the end of the night and it was wonderful. So that was basically my Christmas! I'll go into more detail later, but I have to work soon and I need to get ready and eat before I catch the bus. 

College Program graduation!

I have my official graduation mouse ears and certificate from the Disney College Program now, but there's just one problem with the graduation party today- it was POURING! The graduation picnic the last two days has been gorgeous weather, so people have been able to spread out and play wherever and eat and just have a good time. Well today, Mother Nature decided to pull out the showers so that we were all cramming inside. AND get this- because it was raining so much, the characters (Goofy, Donald, and Mickey and Minnie in their graduation gowns) had to leave because it was so wet! So I didn't even get to get a picture with Mickey and Minnie in their graduation gowns!!! Ugh! I almost cried when I found that out. I think I might go to one of the parks tomorrow, though, and get a picture with them. I can't decide if I want one with them together or individual. Oh well. I'll figure it out. grr.. stupid rain....