feels like home to me

so it has been such an incredibly long time since i have written that it was quite an ordeal to remember how to sign in to write again. even now, i feel that the only reason i'm writing is to avoid the homework that is due early tomorrow morning for my one and only class here. =) but in all actuality - i am absolutely never online or doing anything of the sort - no television (at all), no reading, etc. my new theory is that if i'm in bed long enough to be doing any of those leisure activities - i'm going to be sleeping.

my time here is absolutely flying by and i am still incredibly in love with everything disney. about a week ago i had a special college program meeting for animal kingdom at night - and after the meeting we were able to ride mount everest in the pitch black for about an hour straight. as the roller coaster was slowly edging us upward and we could see all the disney property below us - i was still in awe that i live here. it honestly feels like a REALLY long vacation. it is, at the very least, certainly a hiatus from reality.

i've been blessed with a few visitors in the last week and a half - maggie and whitney (from meredith) flew down for their spring break and we had a blast all staying in the hotel and park hopping. just a few days later, my mom and two of her girlfriends came down for a long weekend and i was able to play tour guide again. my dad will be down soon - for easter!

i'm trying to think of any happenings that stick out. i've made a family of friends at kilimanjaro - all the amazing people that i work with are what make my job so much fun. i can't even think about leaving these life-long friends in august. all i do is hang out with kilimanjaro staff when i'm not at work. we headed to universal a few weeks ago and had fun hopping from there to islands of adventure. i'm pretty sure a few of us are heading back there tomorrow after i'm out of my four hour (yuck) class. spring break crowds have moved in - and i'm sure they'll be steady until after mid-april. i still love driving the truck and seeing all the beautiful animals everyday - but it has already gotten a little warm for my taste - and i'm sure more is to come!

hopefully i will soon have enough free time to sit down and concentrate on writing more about specific or quirky happenings at work.
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i miss you all - but florida is feeling right!