Mamma Mia!

July 16th 2008:
Not a great deal to say about today if I am honest. I was just working and then I was absolutely bush whacked (tired) so I came in and collapsed on my bed and just slept.
The best part about today was chilling with Josh. He is one of the guys I work with and he is a little angel, he always looks after me and everything and I am gonna miss him more than I can explain when I leave. I am really not looking forward to leaving though to the point where I don’t wanna mention it because I know I will get upset. I feel like I have found a home here and that I can be myself and I love my friends and my job. How many people can say they wake up in the morning looking forward to work? Or that they could call their friends and know that they would be there no matter what?! I can when I am here and I love and appreciate that so much. That’s all for now.

July 17th 2008:
Today was really great,well tonight I suppose. After work I went home and chilled out and had some food and then met up with Jen and we chilled out together for a bit. Then we got dressed and headed to meet Josh,James,Luke and Matt to go to the cinema because they wanted to see Dark Knight and me and Josh had to see the opening of Mamma Mia! So we met with everyone and I got to meet Josh’s boyfriend, Cody who seemed a bit quiet at first but then once he was just with me and Josh he was a little sweetheart and I can totally see why Josh likes him so much. He was really sweet and polite and just fun to hang with. Everyone here is sooo nice. The film was frickin awesome! I love Julie Walters more than I could ever say and this film just made me laugh from start to finish. It made me miss home a bit though cos of the whole Dad and Mum thing and her friends act just like me and my sisters so that kind of got to me a bit but I still loved it and I know it will be adding onto my list of amazing quote films between me and Niki (my youngest sister).She messaged me saying she was going to see it and I just know that she will love it as much as I did cos I know her inside out and I miss her and Emily more than I could ever say!
When I got in, I headed straight for bed, I was so tired.Night x

July 18th 2008:
Today was my last day at work and it was pretty eventful. I had to play the pirate for the kids cruise but the boat I was driving stalled so I was stranded in the middle of the lake, dressed as a pirate looking pretty stupid and then to top that off, the boat behind me was in gear and pushed out and went flying off into the middle of the lake with nobody driving it!! It was hilarious though and we all killed ourselves laughing afterwards! I also got an ER which stands for early release because it was storming too bad and I had to rush anyway because we had a bit of drama in the flat that I needed to help out with, nothing bad just one of my room mates was upset and alone and I needed to get back to help her out cos I am caring like that :D Then I went for a quick meal with my friends then afterwards we chilled out at the apartment and watched movies and ate food that was bad for us and just talked which was really nice.

July 19th 2008:
Day off today! Finally, it has been busy and I was really excited to be off. So today me and Luke and Chris (My new gay best buddies) went shopping and they made me buy girly clothes and it was soooo funny. I was heading straight to the boy section and they dragged me to the girl section and got me some jeans that fit properly and then they let me go and buy one pair of comfy baggyish jeans! I got a dress as well which was a huge step! I love it though, its all pretty!! So we did shopping and I was a girly girl and we ate out and it was wicked! I love those boys way too much for words! So then we came back to the apartment and chilled out with Giulianna and Luke and Jen and watched movies and had a really great time. We also met Blake (Chris boyfriend) and we all went swimming in the pool and had a big kid fight with the water and had my blow up ball and ring there and just messed around and I was sooo relaxed, it was the perfect day off!! I also love the fact that the people I care most about here all care about each other too!! We talked and giggled and watched movies.

July 20th 2008:
Ok.So today I had the day off and since the boys decided to stay over last night, we had an early morning at the pool and relaxed and then headed over to Bennigans for food! Then at 4.30pm me and Giulianna headed over to the Commons ready for our night of Disney VoluntEARS. This is an opportunity for cast members to do volunteer work and help out with some of the projects Disney runs and is associated with for charity. So tonight was the “give kids the world” night which is an organisation that runs week long vacations for children who maybe sick and their families in order to give them memories that will last a lifetime. We all went on this minibus and got to the site where the families stay, which is just outside Disney property. Its called Claytonburg and they have little characters like Mayor Clayton who is this rabbit and everything. Each family had their own house and they can pick what name they want it to be called on the mailbox and everything. We went and watched a video about the charity and the work they do and their ethos and found out things we could and could not do. So then we had to set up a party in front of the “house of hearts” which was a huge card house type building which you could go eat in!! We did a party called “Candyland” and we had giant gingerbread men and lollipops and balloons to set up and we had baskets full of candy to give out. We also set up a game called Candyland which is where you pick cards and there are colours on the cards and you have to jump to the next block of that colour on the board! It was sooo much fun setting up everything because I was getting so excited for the kids to see it all and to meet them.
Then we were given a coupon for either ice cream or a meal and so me and Giulianna headed to the ice cream parlour because we were dying in the heat, because today was mega mega hot!! So then after we had eaten we went for a walk around and went in the cinema and I tried this thing called a Icee which is like shaving foam texture but it’s cheery flavour and its almost like a slush puppy but not! Its hard to describe!!So anyway after that we headed to go see the pool and met a lovely family with two young boys and we talked to them for a while about the party and their stay. It was so nice to meet people who are so lovely but also heartbreaking knowing the pain they must be feeling. Although I have to admit that during the actual time I spent with these children and the adults, I can’t say I honestly thought about their illness because I was having so much fun with them, and I think that you don’t see it when they are having so much fun :D But one of the two little boys I met at the pool made me smile, I was sitting on the floor while I was talking to the parents and he came and sat in between my legs and laid down on my tummy and cuddled me, so his mum said “oh he has found a girlfriend” so I asked him “are you going to marry me?” and he said “no” and ran away, it was sooo funny and so cute. Then we headed back to start the games and the party and I met the most beautiful little girl named Emily, she was so happy and talkative and she played Candyland with me and danced with me and told me all her favourite characters and I took her to go and hug some of them and I was talking to her mum about living in England my program and everything and she asked for my address so they are going to write to me and let me know how Emily is getting on and send me the pictures they took and everything so that will be something to look forward to when I get back :)
So we then headed to the stage and danced and played and got face paint and I had such an amazing time with all these beautiful children and amazing parents and siblings. We had gingerbread house building competitions and we played this game where we had to wrap the kids up to look like stripy candy canes and everything :D Then all too soon it was over and I had to help pack up before home time!!