Looking Back at My Disney College Program

10 Costumes.

9 Mickey Premium Bars. (Yep, only 9...)

8 Visits to the Animation Academy.

7 Months.

6 Roommates (x2).

5 Character Meals.

4 Parks.

3 Selfies with Walt.

2 Roles.

1 Life Forever Changed.

I laughed. I cried. I cried tears of frustration, sadness, separation anxiety, joy, and everything in between.

The College Program is special. We get to live where others vacation. We get to make the magic that others dream about experiencing. I simply cannot think of another job where you get so much freedom to make people happy. And that's what it's all about. It's about escaping your real life and leaving it at the edge of property. It's about being a kid again. It's about spending time with the people you love and making memories to last forever. And getting to be a part of all that? Absolutely priceless. And worth all the ups and downs. It's worth the 14 hour shifts. It's worth getting sunburned doing PAC and getting soaked because you forgot your rain gear. It's worth the sore feet, difficult guests, no sleep because you just had to see Wishes the night before, no money in my bank account because I spent it all on Mickey-shaped items, and crazy questions. It's worth everything and more.

The College Program is also cruel. It's becoming so SO close with your roommates, and your co-workers all while in the back of your mind, you know you'll be going your separate ways in a few short months. It's knowing that all the fun and excitement in the parks will soon be gone. It's bringing people together temporarily, then splitting them apart.

The College Program. It's magical. It's making a child smile with a simple sticker or a High-4. It's tearing up as the music swells and Wishes begins. It's selling guests their perfect souvenir to end their vacation. It's making a guest the best Dole Whip they've ever tasted. It's taking the most adorable picture of a family on vacation. It's sneaking a group of girls some fastpasses because they were so nice and excited to go on your ride. It's life-changing.

After living anywhere for 7 months, you feel a connection- one you don't want to lose. Especially if that place is Walt Disney World. I was lucky enough to be a part of an amazing opportunity and I'd like to believe I took advantage of almost all the things I had offered. It's hard when you realize you can't just go watch Wishes tonight, or go to Hollywood Studios and ride your favorite ride on a whim anymore.

I dined with Chef Mickey and the Mad Hatter, I checked into the Hollywood Tower Hotel, I saw all 3 Fireworks shows in one night (I never said I wasn't crazy), I saved dinosaurs, I traveled the galaxy, I encountered 999 happy haunts, I met all the princesses and even a few crazy critters. I cheated on Disney and went to Universal Studios more times than I can count. I became a Senior Wilderness Explorer, I drank around the world in one day, I got to ride the Wildest Ride in the Wilderness an unbelievable amount of times, I made friendships to last a lifetime, and I got to work at the Most Magical Place on Earth.

Looking back on my experiences, I would 1000% do the Disney College Program again. I might not have stayed as long as I did, though that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy working at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Even though I promised myself I'd be happy to be done with the horrible hours and working out in the hot sun everyday, I really do miss everything I had in Florida.

I graduate next year, and while I'd love to pursue a career in sports, I do have a couple months where I can maybe get to be a kid again. Who knows? You might see me in yet another one of those lovely polyester costumes soon.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them

Day 118: Last Shift at the Contemporary

Today, I worked my last shift at Contemporary. My shift was from 6:30am-3:00pm. I picked up Lorraine from Patterson bright (actually not bright, because it was still dark, but it's an expression, ok?) and early because we both had the same shift, and drove to work super early. I was on floorstock, while Lorraine floorstocked until we opened, then switched to registers.

I did my final leader meeting today with my manager Keith. He basically told me that the final evaluation just said that I successfully completed the duties of my role, but he thought that I did a really good job, and some other cast members had good things to say about me during my program so that was really nice to hear.

After the meeting, I went back on the floor. A guest approached me and told me that they were concerned about another guest they witnessed overflowing toilets downstairs and had followed him up to the fourth floor past the shops. They thought he might be missing his guardian, so they wanted someone to watch him. He was on the Skyview Bridge towards Bay Lake Tower, so I tried following him. I approached him and asked his name, if he needed any assistance. He didn't want to talk to me, and repeated that he was just going back to his room. He kept looking over his shoulder, so I couldn't really keep a close eye on him, We alerted the Bay Lake staff just in case anything happened, but it was a little bizarre.

Later, at the jewelry counter, we kept getting phone calls, but no one was on the other end. It was definitely a weird last day! Since Lorraine and I got off at the same time, we went out to Property Control, but there wasn't anything good. I came home and loaded up my car with a few boxes just to make it easier, for when I move tomorrow.

'Til next time!

Day 117: The Second Good-Bye

I traded my shift away today so I had the day off. I went to Magic Kingdom with Becca for her last day at Walt Disney World. We made fastpasses for all her favorites, and Tess joined us for a few rides. We did Jungle Cruise, Space Mountain, and my future attraction, Big Thunder Mountain.

Because we got a later start to the day, we didn't really have time to do a whole lot. Tess and I needed new blue ID's because ours are expiring today, so we went to Access Control at Disney University to get new ones. Becca and I went back to the apartment for a few hours, then we headed out to take her to the airport. She flew home, and went right to Disneyland, and did 2 Coasts in 1 Day. She's crazy! Saying goodbye to Becca was super tough. I've gone to school with her for 2 years, and have grown pretty close to her. We shared a room for the entire program, so it'll be weird not to see her every day. I'll definitely miss talking about Disney, and Alabama football with her. But I'm excited for her and what she ends up doing back in California!

I came back from airport, and we had no Wi-fi because Becca was the owner of the router. So to kill time, I packed up the majority of my stuff, and keeping on my Indy streak, I watched Temple of Doom before going to bed early. Tomorrow is my last shift at the Contemporary, and it's an early one.

'Til next time!

Day 116: The First Good-Bye

Today I worked 6:30-3:00 doing Floorstock. It was pretty slow most of the day. For the most part, I stocked Fantasia all day, and watched the registers in Market when they needed it, for breaks or whatnot.

Something pretty exciting for me was I got a Four Keys card and got put on the wall for helping a guest find their bracelet. Remember the story I was telling about the guest before Mother's Day? My manager recognized me and Ana for helping the little boy out, and put our pictures on the wall with the story. That was pretty cool! I only have one more shift left at the Contemporary! It's pretty bitter sweet. I'm really excited to move to park operations and work in Magic Kingdom, but I will definitely miss my co-workers, and doing something I'm familiar with.

When I got back from work, I watched Raiders of the Lost Ark and went grocery shopping. That might have been a mistake, since I'm moving apartments in a few days, but I've put it off for way too long, and now I have almost no food. Becca and I went to Beach Club to visit Kerry, since she was staying there with her mom. We watched Scandal, even though I had no clue what was going on, it was still fun to spend a little bit of time with my girls.

I had to say good-bye to Kerry tonight, and it was really tough. I know people say that the College Program will bring you together with people, and create friendships that will last forever, but it hurts to meet these awesome people and get to know them for only a few months, then move back to our home states. Hopefully I'll get to see these amazing girls again soon, but we will still keep in contact either way!

'Til next time!

Day 115: Universal, and Even Better.... Culver's!

I had today off, so I went to Universal with CJ and his boyfriend, Chris! Kriss was going with her brother and his girlfriend anyways, so I offered them a ride since I was meeting CJ and Chris there. I picked them up at All Star Sports, and we headed over to the Universal side of the park. We went on Mummy before CJ and Chris made it to the park. I met up with them, and rode Mummy again because why not, and then we saw the Horror Make-Up Show for at least the tenth time this program.

Chris had to go to work, so we went to Islands of Adventure to ride SpiderMan before he left. After that, CJ and I rode the Jurassic Park water ride because it was really hot out! We headed back to Universal, went on the Simpsons and my favorite, Men in Black. After that, we couldn't wait to get out of the heat, so we went to Culvers!! It was awesome, CJ hadn't been to Culver's since before he started on the program. Of course, I got it when I went home just a few days ago, but it was still delicious.

We talked about what we want to do after graduating from school while we were waiting for our food. CJ mentioned working at Cedar Point, so that's something I should look into a little bit for next summer. They might have something that I could do seasonally right after I graduate, who knows? The weather in Ohio might suit me better than Florida.

'Til next time!

Day 114: Impromptu Trip to Magic Kingdom

Today was the first day off of my weekend, so of course I watched Netflix most of the day. I got a call from CJ who asked if I wanted to join him at Magic Kingdom, and of course I said yes. I hadn't seen Tess in a while, so I asked her if she wanted to meet up with us. She agreed that she would join us later in the night. CJ and I went on a few coasters, and Jungle Cruise because it had just reopened from refurbishment. It was excellent, as usual.

We watched the Main Street Electrical Parade from a table outside Casey's, then after the parade was over, we moved into the Hub to see Celebrate the Magic and Wishes! which is when Tess joined us. It was awesome except someone behind us was using the flash on their phone to record the whole show. That was super rude and annoying. I never understand why people do that. I get wanting to record the show if it's something you don't get to see that often, but the flash helps exactly 0, and it's really distracting to everyone in front of you! Rant over.

'Til next time!

Day 112: Another Day in Fantasia

Today I worked 3:30pm-midnight in Fantasia. It was Mother's Day, so it was kinda busy. There were a lot of ship-outs so it was a good thing I wasn't stocking tonight or I would have had a tough time moving all those packages to the docks. We also sold lots of magic bands tonight. One thing that was supposed to happen during my training was me becoming authorized to activate a Magic Band.

However, none of the new CPs were authorized, nor were a good chunk of the other cast members at our location. So any time someone purchased a magic band, it was an interesting challenge to find someone who could help us out. Apparently, while I was on break, someone came in and purchased 20 magic bands, which all had to be activated and set to "link later". Two cast members and our manager had to log in and activate all these magic bands together.

Once it slowed down, I pulled out my favorite game, Jenga. Throughout the night, a kid might stop and pull out a block or two, but for about 30 minutes straight, I got to play Jenga with a boy named Christopher, and an EHH cast member, Rafael. We each won one game, so after Christopher won, I gave him a magical moment card for being a "Jenga Champ". It was a well-earned gift. Once we shut down our registers, I moved to BVG, to straighten for the last 40 minutes or so. We each got a leftover chocolate rose from the Mother's Day pile. After I clocked out, I went to Ale House with Lorraine and Sydnee, where we talked about Disney tattoos.

'Til next time!

Day 112: Trying to Help Make the Magic

Today I worked 3pm-11:30pm. I was at the jewelry counter for most of my shift. Today was the day before Mother's Day, so we were pretty busy, especially at the jewelry counter. I was scheduled to break out Sydnee who was doing gift wrap for Mother's Day so I had to do that too. She gave me a brief crash course on how to properly wrap a box, and I actually started to pick up on it quickly.

It got kind of busy while I was trying to cover for Sydnee and when it came time for her second break, she was staying behind to help finish up a box while I started on a new one, so we were both at the table. A kid came up to us looking distressed and was looking under the tablecloth and near our table for something. I asked him if I could help with anything, and he said that we had wrapped a box for his mom, but when they got back to their hotel room, there was a bracelet missing. I ran to my manager and asked if I could do a guest recovery, and she said it was ok. So I walked with the child to our charm bracelet station and we started making a new bracelet together. Another coworker of mine, Ana, came over and asked if he had lost something. She pulled out the bracelet from behind her back and he was so happy! It turns out he forgot it at the register. So we rewrapped it for him, and he was off, good as new.

After closing, I came home and got my new work schedule, which had my first week of training on it. I'll be extending to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad!! Woo hoo! I'm so excited to be a Thundercat, even though training looks like a lot of early morning shifts!

'Til next time!

Day 111: Only A Few More Days

Today I worked 3:30-midnight. I was scheduled to work in market, and I was with Sydnee! It was really slow at first, and because we had no callouts from market, I eventually moved to market stock, and Sydnee moved to Fantasia. It kinda sucked even though market stock is my favorite position,  because it would be pretty busy in the market, but because I was back in the stockroom, no one would grab me to help on register.

After closing, until midnight, my manager pulled me to the candy stockroom to help pre-wrap some display boxes for Mothers Day, which is in two days. We would be offering gift wrap and roses tomorrow and on Mother's Day for anyone who wanted it! He asked me to help because I was trained for Easter baskets- which made no sense to me. I can arrange this basket, but that doesn't mean that I can wrap boxes (here's a secret: I suck at wrapping boxes). So Lorraine came and helped out, and while they didn't look absolutely amazing, they looked pretty good.

'Til next time!

Day 110: Hollywood Studios and Starlit Splash

Today I had the day off! I had requested this day off back in March because that was when it was announced to be the date of Starlit Splash, the spring program party! Typhoon Lagoon would reopen at night only for CPs, with a DJ, character meets, free food, swimming, did I mention free food.

Since we had the day off, Becca, Kriss, Kerry and I went to Hollywood Studios for the last time together. We had lunch at 50s Primetime Cafe where Becca works. It was so much fun! Our waitress got into it and made Kriss sing "I'm a Little Teapot" because she had her elbows on the table. We all got dessert after our meal. I got the Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake, which according to the waitress, no one had ever finished by themselves. I took that as a challenge. I got maybe 3/4 of it down before I absolutely felt like bursting. She laughed before we headed out.

We had fastpasses for Tower of Terror, Star Tours, and Toy Story! Some of my favorites. On the way out, we decided to have our graduation ears embroidered. They all say our last name and underneath it, "DCP 2015". We took a picture in front of the Chinese Theater with our ears on, to remember that day.

We then headed to Starlit Splash. I mainly went for the free food. I don't really enjoy swimming, and the others wanted to be back at the apartment in time for Scandal, so we loaded up a plate with food, got a free tshirt, and turned around and headed back to the apartment.

'Til next time!

Day 109: Graduation Time!

Today we all graduated from the Disney College Program! Even though I will be here through the summer, my original program was scheduled to end in May, so I could attend the Service Celebration in May, and again in July for my extension.

The Celebration was held at Chatham Field, where the Housing events were held. We approached the field, and received our graduation ears! They are so cute, just plain black ears but with a  gold tassel on them! Then we went to get our Certificate of Completion. After that, we got in line to meet Minnie and Mickey in their graduation attire. We grabbed some food and sat down at one of the tables.

All of a sudden, I see a hat bobbing through the crowd with the Alabama 'A' on it. On instinct, I look at Becca, and we both know who it is. It's Kent Phillips! We met him at the beginning of our program, because he was instrumental in creating the College Program, and is a Bama alumnus! So we got a picture with him, and caught up for a minute.

I had to go to work at 3pm, so we headed back to the apartment so I could get ready for work. I was floorstocker today, but we had a huge staff. No one called in and we had so many people on the schedule. I asked if I could get an ER, considering most of my roommates would be leaving me soon, and I wanted to see them as much as possible. They asked me what time, and when I said 'any time is fine', my coordinator pushed for me to give her a time. I randomly said 7pm, so that's how I got an ER for 5 hours before my shift was supposed to end. My roommates wanted to go see a movie, so we decided on the new Avengers movie!

I went with Becca and Alayna to the AMC at Downtown Disney. The movie was really good, except I would randomly smell this super sweet smell drifting towards me. During the credits, I could see a puff of smoke coming from the row in front of me. Becca saw it too, and wanted to report the guy in front of us for smoking indoors.

She ran to get security while I followed the guy. Basically, she came back and told me that they said there's nothing they can do if someone is vapeing in the theater unless they see it happening themselves. They gave us free movie passes for our inconvenience, and since Alayna doesn't have an AMC near her, I received her ticket. Yay for free movie passes!

'Til next time!

Day 108: Last Day of Class

So, as the title suggests, today was my last day of Human Resource Management. All we did was our group presentations. We had to pick a company to discuss multiple aspects of their HR policies. We picked Nike.

When I got to class, I informed my professor that one kid in our group wasn't responding to our messages and we never received his portion of the project. We covered for his part, but we just wanted the professor to know that we had to do that bit very last minute.

We presented fourth out of six groups. It went very smoothly, and I felt that we did good enough on the presentation to receive a good grade. We got out of class early because all we were doing was group presentations.

I had the rest of today off, so I just watched some Netflix and began packing up some random stuff because I'll be moving apartments soon enough.

'Til next time!

Day 107: The Long Road Back

Today I had to head back to Florida after a few days with my family. It was definitely a sad day. I know some people say that they were glad to go home, but were ready to get back to Orlando. Unfortunately, I don't think I'm one of those people. Going back was really hard for me. I don't get homesick a lot, I just don't like the idea of having to work in the hot summer away from my family.

At O'Hare, I stopped to get some Garrett Mix popcorn before heading over to my terminal. This is the best popcorn ever, no questions. It's a mix of caramel and cheese popcorn, but Garrett does it best, for sure. Rebecca had to work but was able to pick me up after her shift ended. I had some time after my flight landed, so I just read a little bit and munched on the delicious popcorn.

When I got back, I had to meet with my group members for a group project in my HR class. We met in the Patterson computer lab to go over all the work we had done and to combine it all. The project is due tomorrow, but one of our group members never showed up. We tried calling him and he ignored the call. I don't think he's in our group anymore. Fantastic, that means more work for us to do! We now have to cover for his work that we lost, to make sure our presentation is complete.

After our group had planned everything for tomorrow, I went to Buffalo Wild Wings with about 10 of my coworkers. A few of them are finishing their program soon, so this will be one of the last times I get to see them. It's so sad :(

Tomorrow I head back to work for about one week, then I'm switching into attractions!

'Til next time!

Day 106: A Little Rain Can't Keep Me Away

Today was kind of a busy day! This morning, I went to an old car museum with my mom, dad, and grandpa. It was super cool! They're running a promotion right now where your entry ticket will be entered into a raffle. If the Cubs win the World Series, they're auctioning off their DeLorean (in Back to the Future Part II, the Cubs win the World Series). If the Cubs don't win the World Series, they're auctioning off their prop hoverboard from the movie. They had some cool old cars, as well as cars from the movies. They had a 'real' Lightning McQueen, a Mystery Machine, Grease Lightning, and so much more.

After that, I went to see some more baseball! The team I interned for last summer, the Beloit Snappers, was playing a team that is pretty close to home for me. One of the full-timers wanted to see an away game, and knew I was in town, so we met up for the game! It was really awesome to get to catch up on things and watch some baseball.

It started raining before we got there, so the seats were all super wet. Eventually we just decided to own it and sit in the wet seats like most people. Unlike most people, we both forgot our umbrellas. Whoops. The game went into extras, so by the time I got home, I just watched a movie with my family and went to bed.

'Til next time!

Day 105: The Happiest Place on Earth

You literally cannot keep me away from the sport that I love most. That would be baseball. All last summer, I interned with a minor league team and I will be home with my family for about 4 days, with one of them being spent at Wrigley Field, the happiest place on earth.

My sister was supposed to drive home from school to meet us at the game, but something came up last minute and she couldn't make it down. One less person, we were still ready to head out around 10. My mom, who works night shifts, hadn't been getting a lot of sleep so she decided against going as well. Once a group of four, now down to 2, my dad and I headed towards the North Side to cheer on the Cubbies. We headed to a bar near Wrigley that's called the Houndstooth, and it's themed to my school, the University of Alabama. We watched some college baseball there, before heading to our seats.

Unfortunately, we lost but the team is still doing better than they have in the last 5 years so I can't complain. We got home kind of late, but in time to watch the Bulls in their playoff game. It was a fun day full of sports, and tomorrow will be more of the same!

'Til next time!

Day 104: Home For a Few Days!

Today I finally got to go home for a few days! Once I found out that I got my extension, pretty much the first time my family did was book a flight home for me for a few days so that I could see them! Considering I would be working in Florida through the summer, I definitely needed to see them for a few days before things got really crazy.

Rebecca drove me to the airport pretty early, around 7 our time. My flight was due to take off at 9am, so I would have time to get through security and get to my terminal without cutting it close. My flight was close to 3 hours long, and my dad was supposed to come pick me up. I called him when we were taxi-ing to the terminal so he would be able to get me. As I was walking through the airport, I called him again to let him know where I was, and he said he would see me in a few minutes when I was outside. I turned the corner, and he was waiting for me inside the airport! It was awesome to see my daddy again after months of being away.

We went home and stopped at Culver's on the way. Yum yum, it really does taste like home. I saw my doggies and their wagging tails before I even stepped foot in my house. I hung out with them for the night, and watched Interstellar with my parents before falling right asleep in my bed. My amazingly comfortable bed.

'Til next time!

Day 100: I Got 2 Super Cool Things Today!

So, today is the 100th day of my College Program. Where has time gone?

Today I was on registers in Fantasia. We had a lot of people in there, maybe 4 total when we normally have 2-3. I was straightening the plush wall because there was nothing really to do with that many people. One of the stockers had just started her shift and was looking around to see what needed to be done. There was a lot, because the other stocker had not been stocking, rather she was ringing up guests on the register. The stores did not look good enough for her to be doing this though.

The stocker who had just arrived was getting annoyed, and our manager happened to be walking by. The stocker expressed her frustration to the manager, and walked away angry. I offered to help her out at least getting started, so I jumped on it. I ran downstairs and powered through so much stock. She loaded up the carts and I put them on the floor. Meanwhile the other stocker is nowhere to be found. I pushed maybe 8 carts worth of stock back on to the floor by the time the other stocker wised up and started stocking.

I kept at it until the floor was looking good again and felt like I could leave them. I still helped throughout the rest of the night because I knew tensions were a bit high, but while I was stocking our main shop, one of the girls from Fantasia came over and handed me a Four Keys Card for working hard to keep the store stocked. That was so awesome! Later that night, I was finishing up the last cart, and the stocker who I worked with gave me a second Four Keys Card for helping her out. That was so cool, getting two recognition cards in a row. It really, truly feels awesome getting recognized for working hard.

'Til next time!

Day 99: Second Half of Concert Weekend- Great Success!

Today was probably even better than yesterday. I drove out to St. Petersberg to see The Griswolds open for one of my all-time favorite bands, Walk the Moon. At Walk the Moon concerts, it's not uncommon to see funky face paint, or 'flower child' dresses. Basically you can go all out, and it's a lot of fun. I wore the most ridiculous shirt I own which has a bunch of funky colors and patterns, and did some really cool facepaint. They played all of my favorite songs, except my all-time favorite, Quesadilla. Hopefully when I see them next, whenever that is, they'll play it then. I met one of my coworkers and her roommate at the concert, so it was super fun getting to go with people I know!

EDIT: I bought tickets to see them again in October in Birmingham! They sold out within a day, and the concert is the day after my college roommate's wedding, so I'll be going with Becca since she'll be in the area that day!

'Til next time!

Day 98: First Half of Concert Weekend!

Today was an awesome day! I traded for a morning shift, so I worked 8:00am-3:30pm at the jewelry counter. It was a pretty regular shift, but slower than working nights. It was consistently full of people, but no one was really buying anything. I went to Cato after work to shop for clothes, and I found an awesome shirt for my next concert tomorrow.

The first half of concert weekend was awesome! I got to see one of my favorite bands, the Mowglis play live in downtown Orlando! It was in a super small venue, basically just a bar with a tiny stage. It was awesome. I really like the small places, makes you feel close to the band- especially when there are so many people in the band. I also really liked their first opener, Hippo Campu, and not just because their name is awesome.

I love going to concerts and just realizing how much you like a band's music because you hear it live. That's what happened with Hippo Campus. I already knew the Mowglis, so I was really happy to get to see them again, since they just released an album two weeks ago! Tomorrow I have the day off, and I'm going to see Walk the Moon!

'Til next time!

Day 93: Why Am I Here This Early

Today I worked a new shift: Packages. I started at 7:30 and worked until 4:00. I don't want to gripe that much, but I think it's time. This shift absolutely sucked! Basically, I had not been trained for this shift, but was still assigned it. One of the cast members works this shift every week, 5 days a week. This week, I was assigned to take one of the shifts she doesn't work.

The shift is pretty simple- cleaning the candy counter, cutting more fudge if it's needed, getting the packages that guests had shipped and logging them into the system, getting food deliveries for the market and candy counters. When I started my shift, I told my coordinator that I had never done this shift and did not know what to do. He gave me a checklist to go off of.

Everything was going great until one of the other cast members told me I needed to get the packages, because it was 11 and they had probably already been on the dock for about an hour. When I went to get them, I had no idea how many packages would be there, so I grabbed a cart from the stockroom, instead of one meant for bigger deliveries. A cast member came downstairs and, very angrily, told me that people upstairs were yelling and upset that they had not yet received their packages and that I should have just asked for help if I didn't know what I was doing. So anyways.

For such a time-sensitive position, I feel like I wasn't given enough heads-up. It ended up being ok, no one was angry or upset at all. It was just frustrating that I felt unprepared for this shift. When I went to go cut fudge, the fudge cutter was dirty! Someone had left a dirty utensil in the bin, so I had to go get it cleaned and then use it, and then clean it again. That was also a tad frustrating.

But my day got a little better after I got out of work because when I got back into my car, I checked my record card and found out where I'm working for my extension! I will be doing attractions in my favorite park, Magic Kingdom! I'll be working in Frontierland so I'm super happy! That means I could get Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, or Country Bear Jamboree/Tom Sawyer Island. Let's just say that I would much prefer either of the first two.

'Til next time!