Oh, And By The Way...

..... I want to hurry autumn along, so I changed my template to reflect that. That's all

Much love!!!!

And Once Again....

...... My head hurts!!!! Grrrr!!!!! This is getting ridiculous! I need either better corrective lenses or a head transplant!!! Ok, just joking on the last part..... seriously. That was a joke.

I got my dorm. Yayyyy me!!! Haha. At least my roomie is a) in the band, b) quiet, c) a freshman, and d) nice. Her name is Devan. Of course, my darling little sister Bri Bri (ok, my adopted sister.... not my real one) popped into my head since that's her first name! Which made me miss my little Bri Bri sooo much..... I wish I was back at Disney with her. And my twin Katie. And my Hannah!!!!! Grrr.....

.....Which in turn makes me miss my other Katie, and my Emmilie, and my sweetie Fernando far far away in Brazil..... and my numero uno beloved friend I miss, my dear Brandon. 'Course, I'll be likely seeing both Emmilie and Brandon in the spring but still..... Missing people I love hurts!!! I still cry every day when I think about.... ok, me, that's enough. No sense in digging that up again. Not now. Not yet.

I'm not really going to bother buying books this year for classes. I'm serious. A $130 Marriage and Family book that Mr. Perritt isn't using, that I'll get back $50 for at the end of the year?? Nope. No way on earth! I'll take meticulous notes, thank you!!

Now quit hurting, head..... and be still, my heart.

Much love.

My Head Hurts....

.....Like you really care to know, but still.... I'm saying it anyway. I need stronger glasses/contacts. No wonder my eyes have been throbbing so much lately!!!

I was successful in ditching Spanish II. Now I'm in Marriage and the Family. Hey, might as well take that.... I'll be needing it sooner or later!!! Since marriage will likely be happening within the next 2-3 years or so for me.... so I hope. I've realized lately how ready I am to go to the temple and get married and then start a family. I can't wait!!!!!!!!

So tomorrow I have to be at school at 9:30am for Music Appreciation, then Government, the Journalism, then Creative Writing. Here's to hoping I'm headache-free tomorrow!

On another note.... I can't wait to get a dorm. I found a ward in Laurel and can't wait to go to church again (hopefully Sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). That is all.

Much love.

Here I Am Again...

.....Back in wonderful Mississippi. Gag me please. Ugh! I hate this place. I now realize even more why I left it for seven months. VERY smart decision on my part. Of course, here's to hoping by the end of the year, I'll be out of here permanently. Because if everything goes as planned, I'll go to Orlando in January then head on out to Rexburg in April. Woo hoo!!! I cannot WAIT to see this place disappear in my rearview mirror forever.

I start classes tomorrow. Fuuuun. I'm rearranging my schedule though. I don't much prefer to take Spanish II and Government. I need more literature classes. Just for the heck of it.

It's been a hard past few days.... ok, so you'd think four months later I'd be over it but I'm not. I don't think I'll ever get over it.... and "it" is not something I plan on explaining in this post. If you know me, you know what I'm taking about. Enough said, ok?

So this means an early bedtime... lack of a dorm temporarily means a commute and since the soon-to-be-dumped Spanish class is at 8:30am.... yeah. You guessed it.

Much love.

So So So So So..... Yeah...

Oh dear.... it's been awhile but I'm here again. It's called ten hour shifts every day.... grr. And I'm an idiot and help out by filling in the open shifts on my off days.... I just do that for my supervisor/favorite manager Dave. He pulls a lot of strings for me so I do things in return to cut him some slack since so many cast members love to call in.

So whatever..... rant over. A more reasonable post shall follow.

Much love.

Okayyyy.....!!

Now that my venting is out of the way.... might as well post on a happier note.

First, I get to see my mom in nine days!! Yay! Awesomeness!!! She can meet all the wonderful people in my life and see Saratoga Springs... and eat around the World at Epcot!! Sweetness!!!

Second... is it Friday yet? My off day in Saint Augustine with... KATIE!!!!!!!!!!! My twin!! And Bri, my little sister!! And probably Fernando... my, uhhh.... well, not brother... I guess just very good friend will do. The beach... ahhhh. I can smell the salty air and hear the waves already!

Third.... I work tomorrow. Short shift!! 11:45am-7:15pm. So Illuminations afterwards! And Julie won't be there to annoy the crap out of me.... just me, Hannah (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), Winkie (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), and Michelle (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). I shall survive tomorrow! I shall!!

And hey Emmilie... I see you following my blog! Way to go girlfriend! :D

I'm going to shut up and go to bed.... till then....

Much love.

The World is Not Perfect...

And by the world, I mean specifically Disney World. Let's clarify that right now.

2am. As in 2am today. Monorail crash. The red and purple monorails. They didn't crash and flip off the tracks or anything. But the driver of the purple monorail is dead.

So here's what happened- of course, due to the 4th of July, the World runs fireworks at Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and Hollywood Studios late. Purple monorail was at the station (Epcot, judging from the photos) picking up passengers. Red monorail was done for the night, so red monorail's driver began backing up the train to move it into position to head to the place where monorails are stored (neat place, like a big garage- it's on our MK bus route). Somehow, red monorail did not get word that purple monorail was still operating on the tracks. So at 15mph, here it comes backing up.... straight into the cab of the purple monorail.

The driver of purple was barely older than me- 21 year old Austin Wuennenberg. He was a junior at Stetson University and was from here in Florida (Kissimmee). Nice looking young man, from the photo on Fox News's website. Apparently he had minimal training in monorail operations. Great.... Disney, hope you're happy. Your stupidity cost a colleague of mine his life.

No, I didn't personally know Austin. But I bet I've met him before. I frequented the monorails a lot when Shaun was still here- I used to always take them to Epcot, MK, the TTC, the resorts.... I knew most of the drivers because I usually sat up front. Now I'd be willing to bet monorail operations will be down for weeks, and riding in the front will be a thing of the past. My brother always wanted to get to ride up front.... but he likely never will get to. What a shame.

Disney is not perfect. Sorry to let the people who think it is know that. Disney is run by men. If God ran Disney, it would be perfect. But He doesn't; men do. Therefore, anything man runs is naturally fallible. Things break, things falter.... but nothing should cause anyone to die.

I only hope Austin's family gets the closure and peace they deserve. Disney had better step back and take a good hard look at how they treat their cast members. They need to take off their rose-colored glasses and see just how things really are.

For those of you interested in the story, here are the links-

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/orange_news/070509deadlymonorailaccident

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/local/070509MonorailCrashVictimRembered

And though I didn't exactly know you.... Rest in peace, Austin.

Much love.