I officially have 25 days until my college program is done and I'm home and straight back to school. I have no idea where November went and december just just rushed by. I have finals for my online classes, christmas stuff to begin and then soon, moving back home. I have really enjoyed my time here and love the people I have met. I do see Disney being apart of my future..sorry mom..she's not ready. But this will make us all grow and love and miss eachother that much more.
For the Holiday season, I have been busy will full work loads and fun activities. I have been visiting Santa in the park with Dario and some friends from work. I just attended the Family Holiday Party which is where only employees and their family members come to the park. FUNN! Today I visited the Walt Disney Studios to watch the Princess and the Frog. AMAZING I recommend it to anyone and everyone.. so matter what age. The best Disney movie in awhile. I'm glad that Disney has begun making 2D movies again. The composer of this movie also did Aladdin and Lion King, so you know its gonna be awesome. GO WATCH IT
Miss everyone.. I'll try my best to put up more pictures. :)
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
ATTENTION!
I'm coming home today... will be in the Bay from thursday night til monday morning.
See you soon :)
See you soon :)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Time Flies
CRAZY!!! Its been over a month since I last posted. Please don't think I'm just partying it up over here because as much as I'd like to say I am, my life is working. Since I last posted, I have visited home and been trying to get out of my corner in Anaheim.
Going home was great. I really missed everyone and just the fact that I haven't been home to help with the decisions of some new changes; Joseph starting college and playing college ball, Mom getting a new car and selling her trusty rusty, decorating the family room with new sofas, and seeing baby Felix grow (he's matured.. he pees like a boy now.. lifts his leg and all). It was an extremely busy four days being home.
I didn;t sleep like I planned on. Started out by going straight to starbucks to see if I could catch any friends, then home to quickly get ready for Joseph's game. Later that night, football fans came over to enjoy the rest of the night with booz and good food. Two o clock in the morning came real fast. Day 1 done. Saturday was an early day over to the salon to get my hair cut and then straight home to shower and head to Manteca. Spent the whole day with grandma and my aunt, uncle and cousins. Day 2 flew by even faster. Sunday was the usual ritual of getting up and having a full breakfast with the family and Bingo by 1. Then it was over to hayward for a family member's surprise birthday party. Before you know it, it was getting past dinner time and heading home. What was so awesome and something that just keeps me missing home, was dad's craving for taco's at 9 o clock at night and him and Joseph running to Jack for I believe 12 tacos?? UGH! My roommates aren't cool like that and do that over here. HA Enjoyed every second I was home.
Since the end of September, the Park has been celebrating Halloween. Its the coolest thing. Disneyland has updated some attractions to make it Halloween friendly including its usual Haunted Mansion make over into the Nightmare before Christmas and its newest attraction: Space Mountain, Ghost Galaxy. A ghost (more like a crazy demon looking thing) has trapped itself inside space mountain and has made the ride super scary by Howling and chasing you throughout the ride. Not a favorite for me, but many are enjoying it. California Adventure has continued their Halloween festivities with Candy Corn Acres taking over sun plaza with all the characters out in Harvesting costumes and Heimlich (the caterpiller from A Bug's Life) eating away at the world's largest candy corn. They have also continued Mickey's Trick or Treat Party on Thursday and Friday nights where guests can buy additional tickets to trick or treat throughout the park. Big attractions are open and the villains roam the Park. I fortunately get to work this event on Friday and am anxious to see what everyone has been raving about. It's no neat and I'm glad to say I've experienced Disney during Halloween.
The downside to all this fun Halloween treats is that guests have overwhelmed the parks to capacity three times already this month. Its been record numbers at the park ever for Halloween time. This has unfortunately blocked out cast members and their families from enjoying the parks on Friday's and select Saturday's for the rest of the month. Thank goodness for my annual pass that I bought, at least I can roam around the resort like a loaner on Halloween and not be kicked out. SCORE!!
I miss everyone and will be visiting the Bay again the second week of November. I hope everyone is doing well and keeping just as busy as me. I'll try to sneak away when I can to update this some more. Love you all.
Cindy
Going home was great. I really missed everyone and just the fact that I haven't been home to help with the decisions of some new changes; Joseph starting college and playing college ball, Mom getting a new car and selling her trusty rusty, decorating the family room with new sofas, and seeing baby Felix grow (he's matured.. he pees like a boy now.. lifts his leg and all). It was an extremely busy four days being home.
I didn;t sleep like I planned on. Started out by going straight to starbucks to see if I could catch any friends, then home to quickly get ready for Joseph's game. Later that night, football fans came over to enjoy the rest of the night with booz and good food. Two o clock in the morning came real fast. Day 1 done. Saturday was an early day over to the salon to get my hair cut and then straight home to shower and head to Manteca. Spent the whole day with grandma and my aunt, uncle and cousins. Day 2 flew by even faster. Sunday was the usual ritual of getting up and having a full breakfast with the family and Bingo by 1. Then it was over to hayward for a family member's surprise birthday party. Before you know it, it was getting past dinner time and heading home. What was so awesome and something that just keeps me missing home, was dad's craving for taco's at 9 o clock at night and him and Joseph running to Jack for I believe 12 tacos?? UGH! My roommates aren't cool like that and do that over here. HA Enjoyed every second I was home.
Since the end of September, the Park has been celebrating Halloween. Its the coolest thing. Disneyland has updated some attractions to make it Halloween friendly including its usual Haunted Mansion make over into the Nightmare before Christmas and its newest attraction: Space Mountain, Ghost Galaxy. A ghost (more like a crazy demon looking thing) has trapped itself inside space mountain and has made the ride super scary by Howling and chasing you throughout the ride. Not a favorite for me, but many are enjoying it. California Adventure has continued their Halloween festivities with Candy Corn Acres taking over sun plaza with all the characters out in Harvesting costumes and Heimlich (the caterpiller from A Bug's Life) eating away at the world's largest candy corn. They have also continued Mickey's Trick or Treat Party on Thursday and Friday nights where guests can buy additional tickets to trick or treat throughout the park. Big attractions are open and the villains roam the Park. I fortunately get to work this event on Friday and am anxious to see what everyone has been raving about. It's no neat and I'm glad to say I've experienced Disney during Halloween.
The downside to all this fun Halloween treats is that guests have overwhelmed the parks to capacity three times already this month. Its been record numbers at the park ever for Halloween time. This has unfortunately blocked out cast members and their families from enjoying the parks on Friday's and select Saturday's for the rest of the month. Thank goodness for my annual pass that I bought, at least I can roam around the resort like a loaner on Halloween and not be kicked out. SCORE!!
I miss everyone and will be visiting the Bay again the second week of November. I hope everyone is doing well and keeping just as busy as me. I'll try to sneak away when I can to update this some more. Love you all.
Cindy
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Exciting times!
It has been a very busy but exciting past couple of weeks. I have decided to involve myself in doing more activities outside of Disney and to get out of my apartment! As fun as room mates can be, I'm branching out and looking for a funner crowd.
My fun began two weeks ago on the 31st, after working a number of night shifts in a row, I began one morning with getting up at 5 am to wait in line at 6 to meet the beautiful and elegant Julie Andrews. She was holing a meet and greet signing celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Mary Poppins. She actually spent the time to talk and meet each participant. I was number 87 of 250 that got to meet her and get a painting autographed. She was wonderful. I was a bit star struck when I approached her. Was silent for a minute before finding some words to say. The experience was amazing.
That same night...still surviving on 4 hours of sleep, I decided to go to Angel's stadium with my room mate to watch the Angels take on my Oakland A's. Amazingly in the 7th inning, the A's were winning by 1 point and were able to hold the Angels to anymore runs. I sure did my share of screaming from way up above and made my mark in Angel's stadium. Since we won, I don't see any reason I need to go back. :) The fans were nice, there were plenty more A's fans like myself...it was an overall fun time.
The following week, I got the chance to be part of a live studio audience for the TV show Rules of Engagement. It is taping it's fourth season, and sad to say, I had never watched nor heard of the show prior to this. It was awesome. I knew most of the lead actors, including David Spade, Patrick Warburton, Megyn Price, and guest star Alan Ruck (Cameron from Ferris Beuller!!!!). They were so awesome and some signed autographs after the show. Really cool to see the amount of time and dedication it takes just to film one show; over 6 hours! The butt was gone asleep after the first couple hours.
The following day, some co workers of mine and myself decided to go on a hunt for celebrities by visiting Melrose Place in West Hollywood. That was a big fat NO. Saw no one. Just walked into stores that quickly made you feel depressed when you realized nothing there would fit and if it did, you couldn't even afford a fraction of it. It was an interesting start to the day, but we soon decided to venture to Beverly Place which is very similar to the Nemin Marcus mall in San Francisco. I soon found plenty of stores to spend my pay check in and ended the day with fun outfits to wear when I come home. Overall, a very joyful day.
The rest of the week leading til now has been plenty of work and school work with school starting. I am taking a couple online classes and a collegiate class through the Program to stay a full time student. The park has been extremely slow with everyone back in school, so I anticipate many visits from family and friends soon. I will be seeing the Puccini Family next weekend and at the beginning of October, the Kanaze's will be visiting too. Can't wait to visit with everyone. Miss you all. Thanks again to those who have been commenting. You don't know how much i appreciate it. See you in two weeks.
My fun began two weeks ago on the 31st, after working a number of night shifts in a row, I began one morning with getting up at 5 am to wait in line at 6 to meet the beautiful and elegant Julie Andrews. She was holing a meet and greet signing celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Mary Poppins. She actually spent the time to talk and meet each participant. I was number 87 of 250 that got to meet her and get a painting autographed. She was wonderful. I was a bit star struck when I approached her. Was silent for a minute before finding some words to say. The experience was amazing.
That same night...still surviving on 4 hours of sleep, I decided to go to Angel's stadium with my room mate to watch the Angels take on my Oakland A's. Amazingly in the 7th inning, the A's were winning by 1 point and were able to hold the Angels to anymore runs. I sure did my share of screaming from way up above and made my mark in Angel's stadium. Since we won, I don't see any reason I need to go back. :) The fans were nice, there were plenty more A's fans like myself...it was an overall fun time.
The following week, I got the chance to be part of a live studio audience for the TV show Rules of Engagement. It is taping it's fourth season, and sad to say, I had never watched nor heard of the show prior to this. It was awesome. I knew most of the lead actors, including David Spade, Patrick Warburton, Megyn Price, and guest star Alan Ruck (Cameron from Ferris Beuller!!!!). They were so awesome and some signed autographs after the show. Really cool to see the amount of time and dedication it takes just to film one show; over 6 hours! The butt was gone asleep after the first couple hours.
The following day, some co workers of mine and myself decided to go on a hunt for celebrities by visiting Melrose Place in West Hollywood. That was a big fat NO. Saw no one. Just walked into stores that quickly made you feel depressed when you realized nothing there would fit and if it did, you couldn't even afford a fraction of it. It was an interesting start to the day, but we soon decided to venture to Beverly Place which is very similar to the Nemin Marcus mall in San Francisco. I soon found plenty of stores to spend my pay check in and ended the day with fun outfits to wear when I come home. Overall, a very joyful day.
The rest of the week leading til now has been plenty of work and school work with school starting. I am taking a couple online classes and a collegiate class through the Program to stay a full time student. The park has been extremely slow with everyone back in school, so I anticipate many visits from family and friends soon. I will be seeing the Puccini Family next weekend and at the beginning of October, the Kanaze's will be visiting too. Can't wait to visit with everyone. Miss you all. Thanks again to those who have been commenting. You don't know how much i appreciate it. See you in two weeks.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Its Peak Season
The past couple weeks have been quite intense. I got a cold almost two weeks aged and am still fighting it. With working 6 day weeks and racking in 50 hours a week, its hard to rest and relax. With the park ending sometime events and preparing for big events and upcoming holidays, we've been super super busy. September 9 is the Haunted Mansion's 40th anniversary. Halloween will be celebrated starting September 25. The park is suppose to slow down after labor day and hours will be cut back.
The first round of college program students just graduated last week and headed home. With all the open rooms and parking spots now available, i got a new space right under my apartment building. No more walking a block to and from work everyday just to go park my car. Its quite amazing. We've also acquired a new room mate Moria. She is wonderful. My roommate and I met her early in our program and had put in a request for her to be the new add in. Since the program is growing so much, 5th roommates were a possibility is most rooms and so we're glad we got to choose who we wanted. My room now has a bunk bed and a single twin bed. So far, the past few nights have been good, so hopefully it stays that way.
My job has been getting more interesting and exciting as the weeks go by. I get new and better positions to photograph in each park. Yesterday I was a breaker for Mickey's House. It was awesome. My 8 hour shift consisted of me giving breaks to photographers who were shooting in each of the 4 film rooms that you can meet my boss, Mickey Mouse in. I'm getting more and more use to being here and living on my own. I do enjoy cooking for myself and not spending money everyday. Its nice. I have broken into my Rachel Rae cook book the other day to make some delicious garlic shrimp. YUM! I'm going to utilize that book at least once a week from now on.
I've been missing everyone from home a lot. I hear of all the family gatherings and events that I've been missing and I get jealous. I get home after an 8 hour day of work on a Sunday and I get a call from Joseph that he's been lounging around the house all day with baby Felix and he's waiting for mom and dad to get ho0me from Bingo so they can go out and eat burgers and watch a movie. Not fair! I miss and love everyone;. I plan on coming home in September to watch Joseph kick butt at one of his games and then head over to Manteca to wish Jenna a happy 6th birthday. Hope everyone is well. Love and miss you all.
~Cindy
The first round of college program students just graduated last week and headed home. With all the open rooms and parking spots now available, i got a new space right under my apartment building. No more walking a block to and from work everyday just to go park my car. Its quite amazing. We've also acquired a new room mate Moria. She is wonderful. My roommate and I met her early in our program and had put in a request for her to be the new add in. Since the program is growing so much, 5th roommates were a possibility is most rooms and so we're glad we got to choose who we wanted. My room now has a bunk bed and a single twin bed. So far, the past few nights have been good, so hopefully it stays that way.
My job has been getting more interesting and exciting as the weeks go by. I get new and better positions to photograph in each park. Yesterday I was a breaker for Mickey's House. It was awesome. My 8 hour shift consisted of me giving breaks to photographers who were shooting in each of the 4 film rooms that you can meet my boss, Mickey Mouse in. I'm getting more and more use to being here and living on my own. I do enjoy cooking for myself and not spending money everyday. Its nice. I have broken into my Rachel Rae cook book the other day to make some delicious garlic shrimp. YUM! I'm going to utilize that book at least once a week from now on.
I've been missing everyone from home a lot. I hear of all the family gatherings and events that I've been missing and I get jealous. I get home after an 8 hour day of work on a Sunday and I get a call from Joseph that he's been lounging around the house all day with baby Felix and he's waiting for mom and dad to get ho0me from Bingo so they can go out and eat burgers and watch a movie. Not fair! I miss and love everyone;. I plan on coming home in September to watch Joseph kick butt at one of his games and then head over to Manteca to wish Jenna a happy 6th birthday. Hope everyone is well. Love and miss you all.
~Cindy
Sunday, July 26, 2009
BIRTHDAYS!
Sorry guys... I know its been way past my once a week posting but its been an exciting past two weeks. It all started with my birthday. I worked that morning having fun with guests who shared the same birthday. Then I rushed home to change and did the park the rest of the night with the girls. It was so much fun and we had such a blast. Then I was counting down until the family comes to visit. Plan was for mom and dad to drive on the 22 and Joseph to fly in that night. Well, that happened with a minor set back... poor mom and dad had the car break down on them that delayed their trip 3 hours. They ended up arriving the same time as Joseph. We did Disneyland for Mom's birthday on Thursday and then California Adventure Friday which Dad has never visited before. We had the best time. I have missed them so much within this past month and I just enjoyed every minute of being with them. We had plenty of laughs with Dad's reactions on the attractions and Mom's birthday party with all the little kids. I wouldn't have changed a thing...,maybe but mom and dad getting here without issues.. but hey, it wouldn't be a Mestre trip without something adventurous happening :) Anyways... enjoy the pictures. They are a mix of my birthday and the family trip. Love and miss you all!
~Cindy
Friday, July 10, 2009
Fourth of July
I know I know.. I am totally out of order with updating you all but so many things happened that I need to share. I fortunately had the fourth off and my cousin Kristen and soon to be cousin in law Brian who i already love so much invited me to spend the day with them. We spent the day at Laguna beach with Brian's aunt who is also such a wonderful person. We later went to her house and Brian barbecued carne asada. YUM! It was sooo good. Thank you again to them for inviting me. I had no other plans for that day and it made it special to be with family since I've been away from home. Love you guys
~Cindy
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