> There and back again.

Right, so where are we up to at this stage...

The funeral sucked, but it was nice to see everyone again - even if for not very long. The other plus point of the day was that I was able to sneak away for a few minutes to call Disney and do my language pin test, so I should be getting a new nametag soon with German and "Gaelic" proficiencies on it! Anyhoo, the day after, I flew back to Orlando. As I said on twitter, there were millions of culchie J1ers at the gate, so that was bloody painful. Had seat back TV on the Aer Lingus flight which I remember being not awful, but not wonderful, but I had 2 seats to myself, so that was nice. I remember the Aer Lingus ground staff in Shannon being quite obnoxious, though, so that was somewhat unpleasant. The cabin crew were even worse. If I cared more, I'd have written to the company about them. They were just horrendously rude and unprofessional, and I once again remembered why I hate Aer Lingus. Suck factor = high.

So, got to Boston and walked to Terminal C, checked in frantically on a call to Mum while my battery was dieing (non-stressful at all, right there), and headed to the gate. The JetBlue employees were SO loud! Pretty sure Terminal E were hearing the announcements, they were so loud... Bought internet access too. For 4 hours of a turnaround, it was worth it, really. Meant I didn't have to go insane from boredom.

On the flight down to Orlando, I did some study of my GMR spiel, and slept. Meredith got me at the airport, and even though it was raining, I didn't really mind, because it was just so good to be back, really.

The day after, I headed to Chili's for lunch with Kim and Richard, and then on to the studios. Later that day, Rich and I went to see UP in 3D and hung around DTD for a while before heading home. Loved UP, though I could do without the inevitable "Kevin's a girl" jokes that have followed.

The next day was my day 5 of training at GMR, and I had a new trainer, Sarah, who is officially awesome. Had much fun with her learning all the final bits of knowledge I needed to know.

The day after that was assessment day with Kristen (who I love). Track walk and written assessment went well, single B show did not (overran the sensor at Oz, cos the vehicle stopped at the B position instead of the A one and I never stopped it properly, which was awkward. And embarassing. But now I know what to do so it works better, I suppose.

Then, we went 101, and when we went to go 102, we had an issue which I dont think I can talk about online (ask me if'n you want to know) which caused us to be 101 for a further very long time. 2.5 hours all in all. But, I got to help with an in-show evac, and it was all very exciting, really. The rest of the day went ok, though. I even got a great service fanatic card from a manager because a guest had asked to talk to her about how much they enjoyed my show! So, that was cool! And eventually, I passed all my assessments and got to put my handprint on the wall backstage - there's a handprint for everyone who's ever worked there, which is exciting, so it's cool that mine is now there for good! Part of "The Great Movie Ride Family of Stars"! That night, I went to MK, but have no recollection of what I got up to.

The day after, I went to DAK, and the day after, to MK, where I watched Spectro and finally felt like I was home and happy. So, that was, in and of itself, much fun. Was a really loverly evening, and I think we rode Rich's boat too, so that was equally fab.

The day after was day 1 of being in rotation, which went well. My first assignment ever was, in fact, a task. But it turned out that that was because my proficiencies weren't put in for tour guide, so that's all CDS could assign to me. In the end, though, day 1 turned out to be not at all bad, and I had already started to get settled into the swing of things, which, it turns out, is actually quite fun. That night, I headed to McDonald's with Lou and Robyn, so it was nice to have some junk food for a change...

The next day also went nicely, with nothing major to report, and that evening, I went to DTD for ice cream and food with Dan, Robyn, Kayla (from GMR) and her roommate. Food at Wolfgang Puck, Ice Cream at Ghirardelli. Much nom had by all. On the 24th, I had drinks at Epcot with Richard. Serious brain freeze was experienced from the icy tangerene flavoured slush alcohol drink thing at Morocco, then followed by a lemon... something... in France, and Strongbow in the UK. Classy, I know.

The day after was spent asleep and at the premium outlets with Robyn and Heather. Then, we headed over to Epcot where we saved the world a few times, I think, and then after the girls headed off, I went to watch Impressions de France (which I love) and Illuminations before I met up with Lou after she finished work and brought her home where, I think, her, Dan and I got pizza.

On the 25th, I had a 12 hour day, but actually really enjoyed it. 2 show requests, great variety of positions, bumps coming through before I could get bored with any particular job, etc. Came home and did laundry.

Next day was long and uneventful, and was spent in vacant or in pensive mood. Thinking primarily about the daffodils, etc.

The day after, I missed the bus I wanted to get, and so, had zero time to get costumes before work, but thanks to Louise who was on the bus with me, I managed to get sorted. Yay! That night, I went to Earl of Sandwich with Lou and had a club sandwich without the bacon - so basically, a turkey sandwich. And it was, in fact, amazing. New-found love for that place.

The day after, yesterday, was spent on a 13 hour shift at GMR. It wasn't awful, but wasn't wonderful either. Think everyone was just feeling kinda blah, overall, so it didn't make the time fly. But the people working are fun people, so it wasn't a total write off.

Today was day 1 of 2 off. Only notable event was giving GSF cards to two girls at Pinocchio's who were doing an amazing job with their magical moment of holding up signs at the windows to it's a small world! saying things like "Make a wish" and "Do the chicken dance". They were very excited to get the recognition, and said that they were just about to finish work and it had totally made their day. So that was pretty awesome, really! Afterwards, Robyn, Lou, Sam and I headed to Epcot where we met up with Chris. We rode Mission Space, Maelstrom and went to try and see China, but the acrobats were performing in the temple, so the show was delayed, and they were too disturbing and creepy, so we left. At that stage, Chris and I headed to the Studios where we rode Tower a few times, went and got food at the ABC Commissary (which made me very burpy) and then met up with Louise, Sam and Ceri to watch Fantasmic. It was Ceri's first time watching it, so that was tres exciting.

Aaaaaaaaanyhoo, then I got the bus home, wrote some bloggage, met up with Vanessa for a chat cos I haven't seen her in ages, and then came back to finish this. Now I'm thinking I'll probably head to bed, because tomorrow, it's hopefully going to be DAK with Naomi (from GMR) and maybe Rich too. Fun times in Florida all 'round!