Joke. Dork. Failure.

Sunday (last)/Monday: Called-in sick to go to Naples. :) Saw NY Matt and Jen and met some of Jen's family. We had a blast. Her family is a hoot. I can't wait for the wedding to meet the rest of the family. It was super-cold last weekend, so we stayed in most of the time. But I insisted that if we were that close to the ocean, we needed to go to the beach, so we did Monday before we had to come home. OMGSOCOLD. But it was low tide an I found some fantastic shells (and a sand dollar!).

They showed me a new dice game called Left-Right-Center. How come no one told me this game was so fun? It may be due to the fact that I TOOK EVERYONE'S MONEY, but it would have been fun even if I'd lost.

Tuesday: Worked at Studios. I don't recall anything bad happening. I was kind of cranky when I got home, but Matt worked some Valentine's Day magic and left some flowers and chocolates in my room. Felt loved.

Wednesday: Had to get up early for a YES program. Suck. It was fine, except the other facilitators forgot to tell me they made a change in the schedule. Left me looking foolish, but whatever. I got an email to call Animal Kingdom after my program, and since I was heading that way, I just stopped by. Got confirmation that I would be filling a position for 6 months that gets me 8am-4:30pm Monday-Friday. AWESOME. Went to ASL and watched Illuminations with Jen. :D Even though "we don't celebrate Valentine's Day," Jen got me some chocolate and magnets for my wall. Felt loved, but also like an ass.

Thursday: Was expecting a long day, but this was ridiculous. I went into AK at 10:30 to do some refresh on the position I'll be taking over and a team building exercise. Got to Studios and Uncle Fester asked if I was ready for a 12-hour shift. not. good. No one bothered to call me and mention that we would be staying until 3:30AM. so. not. good. So my original 10:30-10:30 shift turned into an 18-hour laugh-a-thon. Fine. Whatever. I'll take the money and run.

The only comfort was the fact that, the teambuilding? Was a backstage lion experience at AK. SUPERSWEET!!! We got to tour the cages and get up close (well, as close as two fences can get you) to the set of lions that weren't on stage. So beautiful. The male looked like Aslan and I wanted to give him a hug, but also wanted to keep my hands, so...yay!

Friday: Was exhausted from 18-hour Thursday. And some days, I just hate being crew chief. Friday was one such 10-hour day. Everybody needed everything RFNOMG. We had about 4 events and whiny event managers. I wasn't happy. Also, found out that the regular schedule I was so excited about won't be my schedule because of labor cutbacks. NOT HAPPY. But, SciFi Friday sort of made up for it...but that's a post for later.

Saturday: Nice, mellow day. Eight hours felt like a vacation. We were busy, but not bad. Got to see Bode Miller not only choke, but decimate that gate. Wow.

Sunday (today): Lazy day at AK. Ahhhh.... Jimmie Johnson just won the Daytona 500. Whatever. Going to meet Matt and his visiting family for dinner. YAY!