For the first time since the program started, I had two days off in a row. Yesterday and today. Count ‘em: two. It was really great, and its amazing how much more relaxing you can get done in those extra 24 hours. But I didn’t waste my time vegging out in front of the TV or watching stupid videos on the internet (Okay. Maybe just one stupid video.) I actually did a lot of real stuff on my days off!
Melissa and I both had yesterday off, so we had planned to go to Blizzard Beach, one of Disney’s water parks. I had never been before, and even though I’m not usually a water park person, I was really looking forward to it. Of course, we’re in warm, sunny Florida, so we wake up, put on our swimsuits, go outside…and run back in the apartment shivering! It was actually cool here yesterday! It only got up around 80, which, while not cold was still too chilly for either of us to want to go to the water park. So instead we went to Disney’s Hollywood Studios for the day. We strolled around, shopped, rode a couple of the big rides, and then ran into a couple of Melissa’s friends. So the four of us hung out for the rest of the day. We watched the Block Party Bash parade for the first time (awesome!) and also saw the American Idol Experience (meh.) But the highlight of the day was getting our pictures taken with the cast of “Up”.
Today was my “Get Stuff Done” day. I woke up, worked on making resort reservations for when my family comes in November, talked to the scheduling people about getting October 20th off for Mickey’s Not-So-Scary-Halloween Party, and picked up a shift on the Hub handing out candy at the aforementioned Halloween Party. Then I spent the rest of the day running around Orlando. Went to Downtown Disney, shopped for a little while, went to Joann’s and bought some new needles for the yarn that I bought last week. I love my roommates, but sometimes I really, really miss the privacy I had at home. So it was really nice to just go around on my own, be by myself, and not really have any agenda. This is the biggest reason I recommend bringing a car for the program. Without a car, you have no escape. Even if you leave the apartment, you leave it on a bus filled with other CPs.
Yesterday, I mentioned to Melissa that I would like to see Cirque du Soleil. Coincidentally, her and Josh, one of the guys we ran into yesterday at DHS, were planning to go tonight. So Melissa told me I was more than welcome to come. Josh, unfortunately, didn’t know that I was planning to come, and so he went ahead and bought tickets this morning, but only for Melissa and himself. But Melissa convinced me to try to get a ticket anyway, and so I went to the box office about an hour and a half before show time. Luckily, they had a ticket right behind her and Josh’s seats, so I went ahead and bought it. When they showed up later, we went to talk to the box office one more time. Because it was so close to the show start, they were starting to open up other seats. I’m not sure if they were seats that people had cancelled on, or if they just hadn’t shown up to pick up their tickets. But they had three new seats available, together, a few rows up from where our original seats were.
Cirque du Soleil was everything I had hoped it would be. By the end, my hands hurt from clapping, and I know at least four times I let out an audible gasp of astonishment. The little Chinese girls with their Diablos were my favorite, but there wasn’t a single part of it I didn’t love. It was worth every penny to see it, and I wouldn’t be against going to see it again. And if you ever get a chance to see a Cirque Show, DO IT!
It’s back to work tomorrow, but I have next Wednesday and Thrusday off, too! I’m thrilled that my schedule is starting to look similar from week-to-week. Hopefully this Wednesdays/Thursdays off thing will stick, because it’s really been great so far!
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