Wednesday, June 24, 2009

5 down...OnLy 1 & 1/2 to go........

Sunday marked my 5 month anniversary of being here in FlorIda. The time has flown by. Now I'm on the downhill slope just waiting for the summer to be over. If you have never experienced summer in Orlando, consider yourself lucky. If the lightening storms don't kill you, the humidity and the mosquitos most likely will. When I leave my apartment my glasses will start to fog up. So depressing.....

Anyway I can't believe how long it has taken me to actually post something. I'm very sorry about that. My life feels like it's been a comeplete whirlwind lately, and now I'm finally able to catch my breath. Here's a little bit of what's been going on in the past few months:In may I was asked to help guard at the ironman competition held at Disney World. The participants swam in the lake by the Wilderness Lodge which is really pretty but also really gross. I was stationed on a lake patrol boat and had to jump in about 30 times to give people a break when they needed one. It was a lot of work but oh so much fun.
Currently I've been statused at the Fort Wilderness campground where I have been doing everything from lifeguarding, to hosting kids pool parties, and being a bingo announcer on the weekends. If I was two inches shorter they would probably make me dress up as chip or dale so thanks mom and dad for my height! haha I didn't think I would like working at a campground but it has really grown on me. On some of my breaks I even go fishing. Grandpa would be so proud!

The first week in June I went on a roadtrip to Wisconsin to visit this guy's family. For those of you who haven't met him let me fill you in. This is Peter. He goes to NYU and was also lifeguarding at Disneyworld. He is very sweet and enjoys a good musical every once and a while. When we got to Wisconsin I was informed that we would be participating in a neighborhood biathalon (13.1 miles of biking and running) the next day. What a great way to meet the family. I did finish but I came in dead last, Peter felt bad and walked the last lap with me.

Well that's about everything interesting that's happened to me lately. Now I'm just working my tail off and trying to save up some money. If anybody wants to come visit I still have some park tickets left so just let me know.













6 comments:

Unknown said...

Welcome back Em--missed you in the blog world! Cute update-design & info (thanks for mentioning getting to see your family for 12 hours;) ) love you, mom

Julie Anderson said...

Nice to see you again. Cute boyfriend! You are very tan...Me likey. We would love to come see you, but I can't get away from work. I have over 1200 disney bucks just waiting to be spent. Keep us posted on what's happening in your life next.

Jamie Claire said...

Dear Florida
Please send Emily home safe and sound,I know her family misses her. I miss her too so if you accidently send her to Las Vegas that's ok with me
Thanks
jammy

Cari said...

Well its about time Em. So glad to know you are doing great and I agree with Jammy come back to LV. Can't wait to see you in a less than a month!!

Emily said...

Las Vegas is sounding better and better. Humidity is sooo overrated. I miss you all! Come to Florida (or Mount Vernon) and we can have a dance party.

p.s. Cari are you coming to visit???

Sam said...

Your pictures are so cute em! It looks like you are having a blast.:)