First two weeks in Orlando

So I've been in Orlando for over 2 weeks now and have loved every second of it. The weather is beautiful, Disney World really is a dream ( I get to walk through EPCOT everyday), and I've got great room mates that have been so helpful in getting me settled and treating me like family.

I need to back up a little bit and mention something about the trip down to Orlando. It was long. twelve hour drives for four days straight but I made it and had a wonderful time with some good people in Cortez Colorado who were kind enough to house me and some amazing friends on Christmas eve and morning in Lubbock Texas as well as a family in Raymond Mississippi. When I pulled into Orlando it was around one in the morning all I wanted to do was sleep but first I had to find money to pay the toll road fees. Easy enough until I got to the toll roads where you had to have exact change. Since I did have quarters I was fine but because I made a mistake and got off at the wrong exit I payed once to get off the road and then had to pay again to get back on the toll road. Thankfully a kind person behind me waved a quarter in their hand to give to me. Miracle number one. Then as I was getting off the second exit I had to pay a 50 cent fee to use the toll road. I opened my car door and there were two quarters sitting on the ground as if someone had placed them there for me. I'd say this was probably the most welcome thing to meet my eyes at one in the morning than anything else could have been. I looked up to heaven and thanked God for that blessing. I know... 50 cents? He even takes care of the little stuff.

The next morning I began the process of exploring this place. The grid system here is different than any system I have used. I love the system in Salt Lake. Give me the coordinates and I can be there in 5 minutes. Here you must know the name of the road and the second name of the road  because they seem to enjoy double naming roads here Fouquette Rd becomes Fouquette Hancock Rd or is that visa versa? I can't remember. Isn't that confusing? So I made it to the Publix which is kind of like the Smiths back home and bought food for the week. I cleaned my room up and organized everything and got ready for the first day.

First day we met at Casting which is right across from Downtown Disney. We signed our lives away. It was great to finally meet my future comrades though. They are all so great! We've been able to hang out and spend time with each other already once during new years and then at the parks this last week. The first ride we rode together was Hollywood Tower of Terror and then Rockin Rollerscoaster. So fun!

Second day we met up at the Epcot and started our training for the next week and a half. It was intense and still is actually. I have yet to catch up with all the information I've been given but I guess the best way to learn is hands on, so throwing us into it without knowing everything ought to work really well right?

My partner in the greenhouse is Cayla. She's awesome! (She's standing to my left in the black) We got along right away. I think we're similar in that we are definitely extroverts and love to make random comments. She's already written all the odd random comments for our "Heard" book on the back of my binder. Maybe I'll take some pictures so you can see what I'm talking about. Well that's all for now. Send me questions if you want and I'll answer them in my next post.