Looking back at my last post from December 1st (more than two months ago yikes!), I've realized that I should probably update everyone on where I am. Since it's not where I thought I'd be on the day I made that post. For those of you that don't know, I did not stay in Anaheim or with Disney.
As time kept passing, the stress of budgeting and affording an apartment really took its toll on me. It came to my attention that if I stayed it would just be a year of me working a bunch of part time jobs struggling to get by. It would a lot of months of barely surviving and being broke and the first couple months were going to completely wipe me of my savings. So I had to make the decision to move back home.
I knew this was the right decision for me when I told my mom that a huge weight would be lifted off my shoulders if I just moved home, saved money, and went back to school instead of panicking about finances. I really wanted to get my career started and staying at Disney would just be pushing that off. And the only way to get my career and future started was to go back and get my teaching credential.
The most difficult part was having to realize that I'd be preparing for a long distance relationship (if he even wanted to actually do it). It wasn't an easy conversation to have, but now we're a month in to the long distance and it's manageable. Just not the ideal.
My plan for now is to work on my credential up here and move back down there to teach. But as well can see from the last post to now, things change really quickly for me.
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As for the last few day of the College Program....
I definitely think I was ready to leave. I was starting to get burnt out over going to work in retail. However, I miss my coworkers tremendously. They made each and every day manageable and exciting and it always felt like coming home. By the end of my program the parks were getting so crowded that going as a guest wasn't really an option, but more than anything I miss being able to pop in to play in the parks whenever I wanted to. Obviously Disneyland holds a huge place in my heart and now I feel like I am connected to it even more. I've lived, learned, loved, played, ate and worked in the Happiest Place on Earth. And to say I am incredibly grateful for that experience would be an understatement. It will be strange next week when I go in as a guest for the first time and not as a cast member.
