Christmas?

So sorry guys, I kinda forgot I was writing a blog, I've been super duper busy the last few weeks, work, class, registering for my last semester of College as well as trying to have a little bit of a social life just really put the blog on a back burner that I totally forgot about. First of all I got a "promotion" I guess, it's not really like I'm moving up the ladder but I got trained at a new job where I have kind of a bigger responsibility and I get paid more so that's pretty exciting. I still work as a dispatcher but I also have some shifts where I'm working as the Disney's Magical Express representative at the resort. When people's bags come in from the airport I process them and send them out to be delivered to the room. The job has little to no guest contact and I'm basically by myself in a hole all day. It's a lot of paper work kind of stuff. It's weird I don't like the loneliness and not being able to interact with guests but at the same time it's nice to have a tangible progress of the work that I'm doing. I know how much paper work I need to complete for the day and it feels like I'm actually accomplishing something when it's all done. It's a different kind of job satisfaction that I actually don't mind oddly enough. Regardless though I keep learning more and more about the hotel industry and all aspects of it, the experience continues to be invaluable. It's amazing the different situations that come up that you never would even think about as a guest at a hotel. Besides my working experience the classes I'm taking here are teaching me so much. I know it seems like a drag taking classes while I'm here but for one thing they're free and for another they're both really informative, especially my Hospitality class. In that class our whole semester has been dedicated to a group project in which we're given a business of the hospitality industry and we have had to develop basically a business proposal for it. My group got an indoor ski center in Shreveport Louisiana...yup that's right, a ski center in Louisiana! At first I was really mad about it and thought it was gonna be so hard but we've come up with some good days and I think it's given me a great perspective on future problem solving, coming up with innovative ideas, starting a new business and creating a market where there isn't one. I kinda like the project but it's due next Monday and we still have a lot left to do, I have a feeling it's really going to come down to the wire. Oh well what else is new in my educational career? Well now on to the title of this post, yes it is in fact currently the Holiday season in Disney World. November kind of doesn't happen. November 1st was our last Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween party and our first Mickey's Very Merry Christmas party is tomorrow. The lights are up on Cinderella's castle (I'm including a picture because it's beautiful) and the Christmas decorations are starting to go up all over the place. Friday night I went to the exclusive cast preview of The Christmas party and it was really cool. I love Christmas more than anything so it really made me happy but I might have a hard time staying in the spirit for two whole months. Maybe not we'll see.  I don't want to spoil the magic if any of you ever decide to attend the Very Merry Christmas party but based off the preview it will definitely be worth the extra ticket price. The months just keep flying by, I can't believe that two months from yesterday my program will be over. As much as I'm loving this experience I'm super excited to come home and see all my friends and family again. But don't worry I'm going to enjoy every minute of the magic and the beautiful weather. It's currently 80 degrees and sunny out so I'm gonna go enjoy that, maybe lay by the pool. So until next time (whenever that might be)

Cinderella's Castle all decked out for Christmas