Comment!!

It works!! Not only do I have a new template, which will hopefully be easier to read, I also fixed the "not being able to comment" issue!! When I say I fixed it, I mean my wonderful roommate Alyssa pushed a few buttons and it works!! I feel handicrapped, but she's awesome! Now that I'm open for feedback, please let me know if I can make any improvements. I hope this new color palette will be easier to read. Let me know what you think. I'd love to hear from people. TTFN

P.S. I still love my job. It's been raining and I'm so mad that I work so I can't just run out and play in it! I guess that euphoria will forever belong to Mesa in monsoon season. I loved my childhood. I really did have the most amazing years anyone could ask for. My only wish, well I have two: that the rest of my life can be just as amazing and that my children will make as many or even more wonderful memories than I have. I owe a lot to all the people who have had any contact with me in the last almost 19 years. There are a lot of you :) TTFN for reals this time.

23-19! We have a 23-19!

I love having Disney moments at Disney World :) So I've been on register for a few days and I had an awesome moment! I totaled someone's order, read the list back to them, and tried really hard not to laugh. Here's how it went down :

Me: Is that all for you today?

Guest: Yeah, that's it.

Me: Okay, that comes to $23.19

Guest: [hands Me his Visa card]

Me: Don't you dare laugh, Katie Louisa. He won't think it's funny. He won't even get it. Don't you dare!

[Complete transaction]

The terrible part was that it happened several times (I wish I could remember what the order consisted of). And each time it got funnier and funnier! Needless to say, I was having a hard time keeping it together on stage. But, I thoroughly enjoyed taking the order and thinking about Monsters, Inc :)

On a completely different note, I hope you have all enjoyed my Disney Princess background. I know I have. But there is one problem. The comment link is broken. Whoever wrote the template missed a few commands. So if you've been trying to comment and couldn't, don't worry - it's not you. It's just the faulty template. Anyway, moral of the story is, I will be changing my background. I don't know what it will be, but I'm sure I'll find something amazing :) TTFN

Downtown Disney

It's a wonderfully magical place. It's like Disney-meets-Real-Life in an awesome way. Everything is themed and Disney Standard, but it's also a great shopping and dining and partying center. So far, I've seen two movies and gotten a Ghiradelli hot cocoa. There is way more to explore and I'm looking forward to it.

As far as that Ghiradelli hot cocoa was concerned...heaven in a cup, delicious, delectable, perfect, chocolate bliss, you get the picture. On top of that, the weather was serene. My roommate and I ordered our chocolate and sat at a quaint little garden table. The breeze coming off the water and the mood music and the laughter and conversation of the other people around us...wonderful. I love this atmosphere. I feel like I'm living in a novel. My life is awesome! TTFN

I love my job...

For the past few days, I've been on register. It's way fun, I get to interact with guests, and I don't have to work in the kitchen. So when we're busy, all the registers are open. But when we slow down, the coordinators find things for half of us to do. One of these things is called Hula-Hoops. And I love it! Basically, I get to let little kids play with Hula-Hoops while their parents order food. I makes the kids' day and keeps them out of the parents' hair while they're trying to order food for 4 or 5 kids. (I speak from experience.) It's so awesome to watch their faces as they try, and succeed or don't. But it's these moments when I really feel like a Disney Cast Member making magic, and not just a girl working in a burger joint (however magical those burgers may be). Some of the kids don't even speak any English. So I find ways of encouraging them with universal signals like "WOW" and "thumbs up" and smiling. It's so cool :) All in all, I love my job. If you haven't figured that out at this point, wow are you lost. This is one of the greatest experiences of my life thus far, and it's only the beginning (of my life and the experience). I can't wait until the end when I can't look back at all that I have learned and grown. TTFN

I Love You Mommy :)

Don't you even say this is too cheesy. I'd like to think of it as magical. To all of you who do not want to read about how much I love my mother, you are excused from this post. Have a wonderful day and check back for the next one :) But if you've got nothing else to do, and you too Momma, keep reading. My mother is the most amazing woman on the planet. I know most everyone says that, but this time it's true. Not only is she a diligent care-giver, as a mother of five she had her work cut out for her (even with an all-too-eager helper), but she is also a tender nurturer. She and Daddy have taught me to be leader, not a follower; to pursue my dreams; to make the most of my experiences, learn a lot, and have fun doing it. I developed a love of reading and an appreciation for the written word. I stuck with my piano lessons and am now able to share my talents and serve others. I was blessed to grow up in a house that had the priesthood because my mother knew that was important in a husband. I was raised in the gospel on account of the same thing. I love both of my parents and the things they teach me by their example and their sweet reminders. I was blessed to grow up in house of love. And I am grateful for that. Spending the year away from my mother has changed our relationship, but I will always be her little girl. I wish her the best this Mothers' Day and want her to remember that I will always love her like a long street. TTFN

The Discovery of the Wireless Lounge

Hoorah! Today I discovered the wireless lounge in the clubhouse of my apartment complex. This is currently where I have to do all my blogging, Facebooking, TV show watching, and anything else that requires connection to the world wide web. For some reason, the internet in my apartment is totally ditching out on us! It's super retarded, but we always get home too late to talk to someone at the front desk. Bummer. So anyway, I just wanted to let you all know I have not died. Nor have I fallen down a storm drain into a completely animated world of true love's kisses and cute little animals who sing with me (although, how cool would that be?!) Mostly this is for my wonderful mother who almost thought I did die since I was not posting ;) But as I only have a few minutes and I forgot to bring my camera cord to the lounge, I will not be posting pictures of my wonderful adventures in Epcot and the Animal Kingdom from the past two days. But look forward to those soon! TTFN

Backlot Express

Today was the first day I got to work in my area. I learned where everything was, and I mean EVERYTHING! I got to work at two of the stations, and I'll learn the others day by day. The Backlot Express is themed like a warehouse where they store and create movie props. It's way fun. And, like everything Disney, there is SO MUCH to look at. Every little piece and knick knack and gizmo is part of the theme, and there are LOTS of them! So people come in, place an order, we fill it, they pick it up, then they get their drinks and condiments over at the station. It's your basic fast-food joint :) But hey, I'm in the Happiest Place on Earth and I get to play whenever I am not working. Boo. Ya. So I got trained today on the counter (where we fill the orders and guests pick them up) and the dish machine (very high tech stuff!). I had a great time interacting with guests and meeting some of my co-workers. I'm just sad I had to miss church today. They had me scheduled for a weird time so I couldn't make the morning or evening sacrament meetings. But next Sunday I have the day off, and I am going to talk to my manager and request either to not work Sundays or to work early or late so I can make it to sacrament at least. Today was satisfying because I learned so much and I am really working at Disney World! But there was something missing...oh yeah, church :) Anyway, I've been on my feet all day and I am so ready for my crappy little mattress and cheapo pillow ;) TTFN

Starting to get Sticky

Today was a warmer day. It's finally starting to get sticky. But I finished my second day of paid training! And I got to go to Epcot for the first time! I am so dead tired and I get to work my first day in costume in my area tomorrow, so tonight's post will be short. I just wanted to get some pictures up of first day in Epcot. We didn't do everything because it was late afternoon when we got there, and the park was busy tonight because the Magic Kingdom closed early. But I did get to go on a few rides and walk through part of the World Showcase (way awesome pavilions from tons of different countries). TTFN

The iconic picture everyone MUST take. Actually a way cool attraction too.

Right now is the Flower and Garden Festival, so I got a shot of Aurora and Phillip.

Me with Lumière, Chip, Mrs. Potts, and Cogsworth

In Moroco

In China