We are finally getting so close to leaving that it is starting to feel REAL :) I got an email about my classes a few days ago:

So I'll be starting my C&I class my second day there!!!

Today I'm trying to put a big dent in my packing. I just put a bunch of bedding and towels in a big Space bag Gramma Sue gave us.  Mom & Gramma Jackie are helping me wash alll the clothes that are going down there so we can put them in the big drawers today ( the big drawers have to be packed in the trunks first)

 Gotta get back to packing!!!

And then there was one.....

Today is the first day of OU classes. All of my roomies have a tuesday 1:00 and they all just filed out the door and now its just me and a very unusually quiet apartment. Normally I would be going to a class right now too... I should be packing but i think im gonna watch wall-e and take a nap -- I best not be getting sick! :O

38 days seems so close yet so far away!

I have not posted in awhile since it has seemed to me that nothing has majorly progressed in my prep for Disney. I also thought my list of "To Do" things was pretty much under control but the more attention I pay to it... the longer it seems to grow! So here is what I have been working on and a list of things I need to get working on.

I got an email before Christmas from Disney that said my arrival date (2/7) has been selected as a trial run for pre-registering online for Disney classes, usually you do that on check in day! So this morning I pre-registered for Creativity & Innovation (C&I) and also an Exploration Series called Exploring Marketing.

A note if you are going to do a College Program (CP) and want to take a class for credit or no credit: It can be very complicated so the earlier you begin talking to advisors the better! I have worked out probably 10 different scenarios for finishing my last semester and I only have 3 classes to finish up! But there are definitely differences in the classes OU will allow for credit and those that I want to take.

A little background on my credit situation for C&I:
Next fall I will actually fufill all of my requirements for my degree but I will be 1 credit short of my graduation credit requirement. (I was actually 5 credits short but I took SOC 100 this fall for 4 credits) I had a REL 170 class scheduled online at OU for 4 credits to fulfill my 1 credit requirement. When I met with the OU Career Services DCP advisor she gave me 3 classes OU approves for School of Business Administration (SBA) credit. The only class I need to take I have just taken this semester. The other two were HR courses that would be OK but there were several other classes that sounded more interesting. So I emailed an SBA academic advisor who in turn talked to the head of Marketing & Management department who agreed to let me take C&I (which was reccommended as an excellent choice by the advisor at Career Services) to fufill my random 1 credit! YAY! I also can now drop REL 170. I still havent figured out if I have to register for the OU's ENT 305 (considered equivalent to C&I for my case) or if I just transfer the credit from Disney later? This email is on my "To Do" list.

Exploring Marketing

Click here to get the details on the Exploring Marketing series

I also have gotten an email "offering" the chance to change start dates to 2/21 which I 1. don't want to do because it will cut into my Disney time (end date is the same 8/12) 2. You don't have the option to take a class due to the date 3.We have travel all ready to go, Dad will be going to Kansas the second week of Feb and Mike already has a plane ticket.  Mom heard they can and have just changed peoples dates. But hopefully since I am pre-registered in a class they won't do that.

We had a send off meeting at school on December 1st and they told us that we will get our Maingate passes via mail. Since currently disney has my address as my school address I need to change that. When I move out of my apartment at OU they likely wont forward anything home and it would be terrible if they threw out my Maingate passes!!!! So i need to email recruiting. Idk how else to get it changed. Add that to the "to do".

Mom has a good start on packing for me upstairs.. cleaning supplies, towels, organizers etc...  But it is hard to start packing when I still haven't moved out of my apartment and I'm still using my stuff! My blankets I need to pack and bedspread are still at school. We are going to Target tomorrow to get some things like socks ( have to be covering the ankle) and sheets (need new regular twin ones) and I also need an ethernet cord (never needed one at OU bc we have wireless there).


Well I apparently had more to catch up on than I thought! Sorry for the long post.. until theres more to report - I'll be playing Epic Mickey with Dad, Have a Magical Day!

I Can Show You the World

So, we had our apartment thanksgiving dinner last night and it was a success! Everyone made delicious things..
We also watched Aladdin & the Lion King together, and even the boys were walking around singing the songs after! lol which I just thought was awesome. I also got my 2nd Christmas present today :) well.... picked it out i suppose. A new camera! YAY so I will be able to take fabulous photos and post them on my blog for you to see!

When I was a kid we had VHS

I got my first Christmas present today!! haha I know it isn't even Thanksgiving! Grandma Jackie and Grandpa Don brought it up to me yesterday, a brand new dvd/ VHS player all in one. Yippee =)
I've been having this problem where I can only watch old disney movies at home because they are all on vhs and I'm not allowed to bring the new ones to school. I'm actually only allowed to bring the old ones if I sign them out on a piece of paper with mom first!

But anyways now I can watch all the oldies when I'm at school. YAY 
So what to start with?! Fox & the Hound, Cinderella, Beauty & the Beast!?
Well I have to go to the store and get some ingredients because tomorrow is our 2nd annual 3105 Apartment Family Thanksgiving. And I am making macaroni & cheese and pumpkin cheesecake with gingersnap crust. So i'm gonna watch while a bake, What a fabulous evening!

The bare necessities of life will come to you!

Just finished a week of 3 exams, 2 papers & 1 project. And just when it was bummin me out this was posted to my facebook wall:

and then today i got this in my email:

Ah more things to read instead of textbooks yayayayay

and just for fun:

Look for the bare necessities The simple bare necessities Forget about your worries and your strife I mean the bare necessities That's why a bear can rest at ease With just the bare necessities of life Now when you pick a pawpaw Or a prickly pear And you prick a raw paw Next time beware Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw When you pick a pear Try to use the claw But you don't need to use the claw When you pick a pear of the big pawpaw Have I given you a clue ? The bare necessities of life will come to you They'll come to you!


Happy Birthday Meg!

The CP Presentation was here!

There really was no need to go other than to see all the other OU people that might be joining me in the Happiest Place on Earth =) But I did get a flyer and some cool stickers for my scrapbook (score!)  The Disney recruiter was the same girl that came last year and the presentation was mostly the same. It just seems so much different when you ALREADY know that you get to do everything that they show in the videos! They are just exciting magical videos, in typical Disney fair... inspiring music, heartwarming lines... ah love it all..

This has nothing to do with the CP but it is an example of a magical, give you goose bumps Disney video and I love it! Let the Memories Begin

So the recruiter told us about Living Learning & Earning and was basically a more personal version of the E-Presentation that I watched before I interviewed. My favorite part is the video about current cast members and what they got out of their CP and what silly attraction they worked (Like Jungle Cruise) at the end they say "I'm (So and so) and I'm the VP of [Marketing for Disney Parks] [Food and Beverage Disneyland Resort] etc etc! At the end everyone who was thinking of applying got their password for the application. I found out that I won't know anything about my housing situation or plans until at LEAST December 1! Which is good I suppose since I know theres nothing I can do I can worry about school work :/  but I just want everything to be planned out!

Oh well.. Theres an "offer party" on the first and all OU students accepted can come with their parents and our Career Services rep tells us everything that happens with school, classes, housing etc..

So until then I guess we play waiting games... Here is my favorite ( I made this up lol)

Make a category for each park on a clean sheet of paper ( no cheating )
under each park make a section for merchandise, food, and attractions for MK and EPCOT I make the appropriate lands/pavillions. Name everything you can remember and make sure you put them in their correct area. You get points for correct names, and locations. Play against whoever will agree to it :) and see who can get the most points... I just play by myself when I'm bored hehehe    but its  fun I promise!

Heres an example:

Magic Kingdom

Fantasyland:

Merch
Poohs Thotful Spot

Food
Pinochio's

Attractions
Dumbo
Peter Pan's Flight
Its a Small World

Tomorrowland:

Food
Auntie Gravity's Galactic Goodies
The Lunching Pad

Attractions
Monster's Inc Laugh Floor
Stitch's Great Escape
Tomorrowland transit authority

And continue on until you can't possibly think of anymore... but I can't give you all the answers!!
Check yourself with your family disney dork or Click on your park and then your section on the left or your current Birnbaum book.