Whoa

So, after a month of not posting anything on here and reading other DCP blogs and forums, I realize how freaking excited I am. I'm literally bouncing in my seat right now. I have 117 days to go! I just need to share my excitement, so hopefully someone will humor me by reading this.

I'm excited about finally being able to live on my own. Well, I guess I'm really just excited and NERVOUS. I've always had my own room my entire life, so obviously suddenly having to share a room is going to be a big transition. But the good thing about this is that I'll finally know what it's like to live on my own and how to support myself financially. Being only 19 years old, I've never had to. Now I'm going to have a job with a consistent paycheck and an apartment to live in, buying my own food and anything else I need. (It's also going to be terribly hard to NOT buy everything at Disney World...Cause I admit, I have a "buy everything in the Disney Store" problem. I'll get over it...hopefully.)

I'm also excited about finally being able to see the fireworks at EPCOT for the first time, and being able to see Fantasmic! for the first time. Whenever I got to visit Disney World, my parents would always get tired and would want to beat the fireworks crowd out of the park so we could get on the monorail without much trouble. So, I never got to see the shows. I finally got to see The Magic, the Memories, and You! on my 18th birthday because that's all I asked for (and I got to see it twice. :D)

Now, I understand that its not going to be all sunshine and rainbows, that people are in fact rude or mean. I like to say I'm prepared for that, but no one ever really is. I know that there are going to be serious reality checks and I'm going to be exhausted. I know I'll have good days and bad, but I believe that I'll be able to get through it. I'll just focus on the good to help me get past the bad, and talk to my family almost every night to keep off the homesickness.

One thing I am very nervous about is the language barrier. I know a lot of foreign guests come into the parks every day and I'll be working attractions, so how will I say "Your child is too small to ride." or something along those lines? Hopefully during training they'll tell me how to handle those types of situations. :)