So much TIME, so little to DO!!!

Wait... scratch that... reverse it... (name that movie reference!)

Made by Luis Abdiel L C from Puerto Rico

Oh my god.... okay, 2 days until I leave, 4 days until check in!!!!!  Like most people on my arrival date, I waited until the last minute to pack, but I am almost done!! All that's left is really for me to go around and grab the little things, like shoes and stuff.  It's interesting to be checking in so late compared to everyone else; most of the arrival's were in January.  My check in date, from what we can tell, has around 100 people are so, we're guessing.  Our facebook group has 76 members, and we're still finding the stragglers on the main FB group page.  This is compared to the January 26 arrival date which had...brace yourself.... 600 ARRIVALS!!! Yes, you read that correctly.  600.  I can only imagine how long that day was, lol.  There were people in line to check in at 4 am, no joke, just to make sure they got the rooms that they wanted.  Since our group is smaller, I'm probably going to get in line at 6:30am because the people I've matched up with on the FB group, we really want a three bedroom in Chatham or Patterson.  There's a crazy rumor going around that those two apartments are full, but I've noticed that there's a habit of things going from, "I think...." or "I'm pretty sure...." to people stating it like a fact.  It's getting kind of hard to weed out OPINIONS from actual facts, but since none of us work for the apartment people, I'm not going to panic until I get there.
Things that are fact:

• Walmart has run out of pillows
• Walmart has run out of irons
• Walmart has run out of hangers
• People who close down Magic Kingdom are complaining about the buses being full, and having to wait 2 hours to get home

Eeek! I have to laugh at the Walmart situation though.  My mom and I have talked about it, and I'm packing a few hangers, and just going to buy hangers from Amazon once I get my address.  I am also not taking a comforter (can't remember if I've mentioned that yet...) So I will solve that when I get out there as well.
I tried to keep my packing to a minimum (my goal was one checked bag, one carry on suitcase and my backpack). Sadly, I am now up to two checked bags, one carry on suitcase, and my backpack.  I didn't even pack that much! Here's what I have so far:

• 3 pairs of business pants (although it was 80 down there yesterday....)
• 1 dress
• 4 camisoles
• 3 button up shirts
• 2 skirts (one black, one cream)
• 3 pairs dress shoes (black heels, brown heels, black DANSKO's {comfiest shoes ever!!})
• 1 pair pajamas
• 3 pair shorts
• 1 pair jeans
• 7 t-shirts (yes, just 7)
• Pair of sheets for the bed
• 1 felt  fleece blanket
• travel toiletries
• 1 towel (maybe 2...)
• handful of hangers
• 1 corduroy jacket (see first bullet about heat....)
• Tattoo coverup (Note: If you are in, or applying for QSFB, you CANNOT have tattoo's on your hands or wrists.  They will not let you put makeup on these areas due to health codes, so don't even put down this role if you have tattoo's in these areas)

I've left off some obvious things that everyone packs, but I wanted to put up my list because I know some people whose list goes on for paaaages... In my carryon suitcase, I have my meds, 2 different business outfits (one for each type of weather) my Dooney and Bourke purse (yay!) my Vinylmation figures and my Pin's (all 15 of them....). I also packed my Mad Hatter Pookalooz and my Marry Poppins mug. :) I'm bringing only a handful of movies, because I really don't want to spend that much time in the apartment (ask me that again when it's a million degrees outside in three months...) I'm also bringing my Nintendo DS, but i really don't think I'll play it that much.

Oh!! I wanted to talk about travel.  Okay, so right now a major part of the country is being hit by Snowpocalypse, round 2! It's been a really bad winter for the midwest and east coast, and the one thing I have to say is to make your arrival plans early!! There are a handful of people in my group who have either moved their flight, or started driving earlier, and there are some who weren't able to and are now worried on whether or not they'll be able to even get out of their airport! Being from California, we don't actually HAVE weather so I don't have to worry(/sarcasm) but my advice would be to fly in a few days early! This gives you time in case flights get delayed, or the roads aren't driveable.  I am SO glad I decided not to drive right now, because I would be driving in this mess.  One girl who had an earlier check in date in January wasn't able to fly out and Disney moved her to the next arrival date, 1.5 weeks later.  So she wasn't able to room with the roommate she had and had to wait to check in (rather than just let her show up the next day).

I am soooo excited to start my job! To prepare myself for carrying around the camera equipment, I signed up for a Pilates Reformer class, and while expensive, it's amazing! I am so glad I did something because my old job (ahhh! My last day was two days ago!) I sat down all the time.  ALLLL DAY! I wish I had signed up a month earlier, but better late than never, right? My roommate, Hilary, is also photopass, so maybe between the two of us we could swap shifts and work in different parks! My update history has been random since I hadn't started yet, but it's so close! Huzzah!