This week I have started to feel settled here. It’s a very different lifestyle, even to university. The social life is similar but I don’t have any classes or coursework to worry about! I do have a service class next week though and I have started to learn my menu and wines but I’m quite enjoying it. Although I said I never wanted to learn anything ever again it’s good to use my brain for something slightly challenging! I really should try and learn Spanish while I’m here too as lots of employees and guests speak it, and it will be really useful when I hopefully travel South America.
Last Tuesday I went back to Universal as a few of my friends still hadn’t been, and I love it! We got the bus at about half 10am so we could spend the whole day there. We met Spiderman in guest relations, as you do! We headed straight to Hogsmeade which is at the back of the park. The girls took lots of photos when we arrived, and got some butterbeer. The frozen one was really good, it will be nice in the summer! The whole park was really quiet all day so we didn’t have to worry about queuing or missing anything. We ate lunch in The Three Broomsticks, overlooking Hogwarts! It was only a quick service restaurant but the food was good, the potatoes were amazing. By 4 o’clock the weather had started to turn bad so we headed back to the bus. As soon as we got on the bus the rain went crazy! There had been tornado warnings all day and it looked like it was going to happen. There was sheet lightning across the whole sky which had turned pitch black in about 20 minutes! It was quite scary, especially as we had to walk home from the bus stop. It carried on for about 3 hours but we lucky didn’t have any tornadoes. I guess it was good preparation for the summer!
I decided to have a quiet day on Wednesday and I sorted out things around the house. I also went to the gym, which I am actually quite enjoying at the moment! I’ve found a dance studio about 10 minutes walk away so I will hopefully go to some classes next week. They do lots of different styles, such as ballroom, hip hop and belly dancing! On Wednesday evening I went out for dinner then watched Friends at someone’s apartment. I do miss having a TV just to have on in the background. I can’t even play DVD’s on my laptop so I might treat myself in a few weeks if I can find a cheap set. When people leave they sometimes hand down the things they can’t take home so I could try and get one then.
The next few days I was at work till late so I just have a few quiet drinks or watched a film. We tried to watch Titanic on the TV but there were so many adverts. It got to 2:30am and the boat had only just sunk! There were honestly adverts every 5-10 minutes, it was so frustrating! I can’t say it is one of my favourite films, it’s (obviously) so depressing. We turned it off before we found out what happened to Jack so we can pretend they both lived happily ever after! I got up early on Saturday and did my weekly shop as the fridge looked upsettingly empty. I’ve been cooking quite a lot lately and also taking dinner into work, I’m not used to being so prepared.
On Saturday we found out we are getting two new housemates arriving today, which means there will now be 8 of us. There will be another Italian and French girl moving into the other bedroom. We cleaned the fridges and cupboards to make room for them and found loads of stuff that didn’t belong to anyone! It was a good house bonding experience! We all get on quite well at the moment so hopefully they will be ok. The cleaners came in this morning, while I was still in bed. I hope they didn’t mind me sleeping while they hoovered!
I’m off to EPCOT today to play, not work! Sending lots of sunshine back home!
From Florida with Love
Emily
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