I was being trained all the way up until the 13th of February, which was my assessment day. For training, they sent us out to a kiosk with a trainer and we just learned about that kiosk and worked there that day. It was weird being at the bottom of the food chain, since I haven't been at my previous job for a long time. The training days were really long and horribly boring, but whatever, I had to do it. All my trainers gave me compliments about how good I was with guests, catching onto procedures and stuff like that. February 13th was my assessment day, so it was just a quick verbal test about everything. The leader that did the assessment had a meeting to get to, so my assessment was a lot easier and faster than it was supposed to be. After that, I got to take off my 'Earning My Ears' ribbon, which I actually tried to keep on longer, but they wouldn't let me. It's nice to have that ribbon as an excuse for not knowing directions and stuff like that.
During the time, I was training I spent a lot of time wishing I was home and even tried to leave but no one would really let me. I was hating my job. I was homesick and didn't feel a sense of "home" here. I was starving because I couldn't get to the grocery store and a bunch of other stuff that added up and made me think that this program really wasn't what I thought it would be.
Another big thing that was really bugging me was the College Programer buses. They are horrible. When getting ready to come down for the program, everyone said to bring your car and I wanted to, but paying for all my bills with the little money we make from Disney would have been hard. I instantly started wishing I had my car, less than a week into the program. Some buses are fine, like the A or B bus that runs to the Magic Kingdom, but other buses to places that are not so 'popular' aren't very reliable. An example, the J bus to Animal Kingdom, which I had to use everyday to get to work. To each route, there is supposed to be 2 buses. You're supposed to get a bus schedule at check in. They didn't give me one, but I found one and stole it on the bus, oops. The bus schedule is like any other schedule and you are told to arrive 15 minutes early. Say a bus was supposed to arrive at 10:30 PM and it gets there at 10:11 PM, it's not waiting. It's leaving without you even though it's way ahead of it's schedule. I called the bus company one morning and asked if both the buses were working. The lady told me, no, they weren't because the weather was bad and when it's sunny both buses are working. What does that have to do with anything, I'm not sure because even if it's storming outside, I'm still expected to get to work on time. So I was spending a lovely 4 hours plus a day, standing around waiting for the bus which at times never came when it was said it would. The worst was getting off work around 5:30 and not getting home till close to 9, which gave me very little time to go out and do anything.
On Valentine's day though, I got a delivery... MY CAR. Honestly, as soon as I got it, I felt like I could breathe. I can go to work and get home from work easily, I can buy food whenever I need it, I can go to the parks. It's just really, really nice to have here.
I'm also taking a Disney University class while I am here called Disney Heritage. That started on the 11th. It's 2 hours every Tuesday and it's only for 8 weeks. It's pretty interesting, we talk about Walt and Roy Disney and how the company came to be. We also get to learn about things that the company planned on doing that never happened or that failed, so that's pretty cool.
Other than working, I've just been going to parks. I can't believe I've almost been here for a month. Honestly the days all blend together here. I try not to look at how many days until I come home, but my roommates and I realized it's 98 days away and that's really sad.
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