the dream that you wish will come true

it's now day two now of my disney experience, and while i felt a bit of hesitation moving in yesterday, everything seems to be falling into place. my parents and i spent a mostly relaxing weekend in orlando - although we did dare to brave the saturday crowds at sea world. we made a full day of it - and even walked away with a season pass for the year. i can go back anytime - and so can they! mine includes a season pass to bush gardens africa in tampa. i can't wait to try it out. we spent sunday in downtown disney, wrapping up our trip with dinner at house of blues.

yesterday morning we were among the first in line to register and had moved into my new apartment by 10am. i opted to live in the 'chatham' apartment complex. these apartments are newer, but are a little bit more secluded from the disney chaos. i chose a two bedroom apartment, meaning there are three other girls living here. melinda from illinois (chicago), lori from mississippi, and hannah from illinois. everybody seems to be pretty happy and the apartment is great. plenty of room.

and now for the drumroll. we just found out this morning exactly what our job would be and - i'll be working at the kilimanjaro safari ride at the animal kingdom! i am SO excited as this means i will be DRIVING the safari 'jeeps' (more like a BUS!) that DO NOT have tracks - all thew while giving the (long) narration about all the (live) surrounding animals. i honestly couldn't think of an attraction i would rather have. i feel so lucky and blessed to have landed such a fun ride. tomorrow i have a disney orientation (wherein i'll receive my disney id meaning i can officially enter the parks when i please) and the day off on thursday! i will definitely be riding the safari ride several times to see what exactly my job will entail! on friday i have an orientation of the entire animal kingdom, and then another day off on saturday. and sunday begins my week of safari ride training!

i'm really excited to learn my job and learn the faces i'll be working with. meeting a ton of people has proved difficult so far - but i'm sure once we're put into orientation groups and such, those pieces will also fall into place.

here's my address!
Ashley Lewis
8274 Chatham Manor Blvd. Apt # 20202
Orlando, FL 32821

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