Caught Up

I decided to go on a detox this week as I’ve been eating and drinking out far too much, wasting too much money too! It’s been going quite well. I haven’t eaten out since last Friday which is a big achievement here. As an example of the extravagant dining, we shared a $44 bottle of sparkling rose and a large pizza between three of us on a regular week day afternoon! I went out three times over the weekend but haven’t got drunk, so those messages about bourbons I sent at 4 o’clock in the morning were from a sober mind! I just wanted bourbons, which I will hopefully be getting in three days time!

Last Thursday I went into work at 10:45am as usual, having no plans for the afternoon. A few of the girls were really excited as they were going to see Usher that night. I wondered if there were any tickets left. Two other girls left work early and investigated if we could go. At about 3pm one of the girls who was going already came downstairs and got really excited as we’d managed to get tickets!! I was so excited. Then literally 30 seconds later I’d been told I had to stay all night as 2 people had gone home ill. For about an hour I was going back and forth between the managers to try and get out! At about 5pm I managed to get on the bus home after begging and getting someone to pick up my tables. I had about half an hour to get ready then we got in the taxi! Our other friends won a competition to get upgraded to a suite, so we managed to get their seats, 4 rows from the front! Akon was the support act who was really good, loved all of his songs. When Usher came on everyone went mental. I haven’t listened to much of his new album but they all sounded really good and he sung lots of his older songs too. It was a great show, with amazing dancing!

I managed to get up at 5am to watch the royal wedding, although I didn’t manage to get out of my pyjamas! I went to Arran and Callum’s apartment where we had champagne and strawberries, with beans on toast. I’m glad we got up to watch it as it is a massive event which will be talked about for years. We liked to mock the people with funny hats! We watched it on CNN with Cat Deeley and Pierce Morgan commentating. The UK pavilion was decorated with Union Jack flags and special toasts were made throughout the day. At 8.30am we had a cast photo where most of the pavilion came to celebrate the event! The photo will be printed and given to us to keep, and we also made it into one of the official Disney blogs. As we were there so early we managed to get on some rides pretty quickly then went for a wonder round World Showcase.

This week was the first time I nearly cried at work. I had an 11 on my tables who were related to one of the bar tenders. Everything was going well until their meals came out and they sent 5 of them back cold. The roasts came out straight away but the kitchen made 2 new roast chicken and a Shepherd’s pie from scratch. It took sooooo long, I kept going back and apologising but there was nothing else I could do. My other table was fine so I just stood in the kitchen, waiting and getting stressed! The fireworks had already started and they still hadn’t got their meals. They were finally ready...then I throw the Shepherd’s pie all done my front in the kitchen! This was actually when I calmed down and stopped worrying about the whole situation, I think they appreciated that is wasn’t my fault and they seemed to enjoy their food eventually. Since then work has been going quite well, it’s still quite quiet but it has periods where everything needs to happen at once. I’ll hopefully be ready for the summer rush!

The next few weeks are full of exciting plans which I will try and fill you in on promtly!

From Florida with Love,

Emily

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