Day 1

"Sleep with that mouse and get that princess castle" --Dan

That was the first note I pulled out of my box today from my favorite brother! All of my new roommates got a kick out of it and therefore made it one of our "house rules" lol

Mom & I picked up Maura from her hotel (double tree) on hotel plaza blvd. around 715 this morning. I had already walked mike out and got some breakfast (bagels & muffins) with mom at Port Orleans. We got to vista and the line for check in was much shorter than we had anticipated! 

Danielle was running a little late as we stayed much closer to Vista than she did. Check in was supposed to start at nine but they let us in about 830. We got name tags (unofficial paper ones) and then we got in a line to fill out paperwork. We waited for danielle several times to see if she could  catch up to us. We heard that if you have a group that wants to live together you have to be in line together. Well, Maura and danielle were already roommate matched in Disney's system. So in that case they did not need to be next to each other. Go figure. but no one told us. So at the next part of the line Maura went to the left and took care of picking out our room and i waited in a separate area. In the meantime Danielle (Maura Danielle and I had picked each other out of fbook) had found a 4th roomie for our (what we were hoping) for 4 person/2 bedroom apt, Katie. 

Turns out we wanted at 2 bedroom in Chatham and all that was left were 3 bedrooms in Vista Way or Patterson Court. AH we didnt have a plan B!!! ( Go figure bc we've been planning all kinds of little details for months) anyways we have a 3 bedroom in vista. Maura, Danielle, Katie & I. Plus Kelsie and Jules (who were previously matched) were also put with us. 

We were then assigned a time to take a bus to Casting and a time for Housing meeting. We took the 930 bus to casting, where we were told our role placements. I am Merchandise(which I already knew) in Magic Kingdom on Main Street East. Which I didn't know ahhhhh so exciting! We went thru several stations where we were finger printed, did background checks and turned in forms. We also got a few booklets on transportation, disney look, and we did our payroll. Since I don't have checks to void for direct deposit it was easiest to just get the payroll card. Which is like a Visa debit card we get paid on.

  Then we borded the bus back to Vista and had about an hour to carry things in to the apartment. We are on the first floor which is nice for moving in, but wierd bc i never want to leave my blinds open bc ppl are walking by! At 215 we had to catch a bus to The Commons (International program housing complex) for the housing meeting. 2ish hours later we took a bus back to vista and our first plan of action was to make a shopping list and second was to get FOOD. We went to the chick-fil-a just down the road bc we got coupons in our free tote bags we got today! WOOHOOO it was delish! Then we( maura, danielle, katie & I) went to Walmart and spent lots of money on odds and ends we didnt have room to pack as well as a huge dry erase board and bullitin boards bc thats all we are allowed to put on our walls! it was an adventure getting all of it back home since we all had driven in my car!

So we have been hangin out havin fun all night but i am exhausted now, just wanted to give a q uick update! goodnite!!!