Summer 2015 - July
- Anna Farmer
- Aug 2, 2015
- 3 min read
I literally think I’ve thought of disney and my program everyday this summer. Wishing on the stars every night that I could be back, counting down the days until I return, and reading my blog from the past few months to remember all the magical times. It’s actually, probably really unhealthy how much I miss it. I also get really excited when I see or hear disney related things in the post college program/cast member life. For example; someone came into Red Raider Outfitters ((my new job)) with a mickey mouse shirt on and usually I wouldn’t freak out, but I totally freaked out. I had a million questions I wanted to ask them! I wanted to know every detail about their disney vacation, where they were from, when they went, where they stayed, their favorite parts, what they ate; EVERYTHING. Even though the urge was strong I remained cool, calm, and collected and refrained myself from geeking out on them. I never thought I would turn into a disney obsessed person like this. My favorite disney related incident that happened to me this month though was this one question a co-worker of mine asked. She was asking about my program: where I worked, what I did, where I stayed, all the basic questions, and then she asked me “Does disney really change your life like that?”. Now I’m not one to get all mushy gushy and tell my feelings to just anyone but that question really got to me and I kinda started to choke up. As soon as she asked it I immediately thought of my first day on the program when I didn’t know that the next five months were going to change my life. People who aren’t cast members and don’t do the program don’t realize how much disney changes you. I haven’t exactly come up with how to put it into words but I know it makes people happier and adds a little ~magic~ into everyones lives. I simply replied to her with a “yes, it truly does. You just have to experience the magic”.
This month. July. Let me tell you, it has flown by and been the most hectic month of my life. REALLY?! How is it already August 2015?! HOW??? It was just January yesterday and I was just starting the best five months of my life! I think I took on a little too much this month. Between a new job, my internship, school, and vacations; all while trying to kinda unpack from disney and repack to move into a new apartment. I honestly don’t think I’ve had one full day off this whole month.
Besides my crazy schedule, I also got to have a little vacation this month. We had a Brown Family reunion. The first in about nine year, and while everyone was not able to make it, it was still fun to catch up and see most of the family. I love my moms side of the family because we can all sit there for hours upon hours laughing and laughing about everything and nothing. Everyone on that side is hilarious and its fun to laugh at memories and stories from long ago. The reunion was in San Antonio which meant that I had to either 1) drive 2) fly or 3) take a bus. I decided this trip I would try the Greyhound bus because I’ve never experienced a bus before. I regretted all 10 hours on the smelly, weird bus. Everyone was dirty, the bus smelt like weed, and I was sick from a little too much fun the night before but I made it to SA in one piece and was greeted at the sketchy bus station by the two best parents in the world ((no one elses parents picked them up from the bus, just mine)). The week made up for the bad bus ride too. We floated the river, visited Gruene, TX, and laughed all night. Family is great and the Brown Family is ever better. The rest of July has been spent going out with friends, hot tubing, eating ice cream and snow cones, working a fun new job with hilarious people, binge watching grey’s anatomy, studying a little bit, and counting down the days until I’m in the most magical place on earth again ((25 DAYS!!!!!!))
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