Jan 11, 2007 22:27
So, I've become OBSESSED with the Walt Disney World College Program that I mentioned at the end of my last entry. I really think that it's something I would both enjoy and that would look quite nice on my resume. But, as is my way I have gone back and forth constantly since I began researching it (on Christmas after watching the parade... yes I know how typical). Since I left DePaul I've realized that my gripes against it were basically stupid, but that leaving was something I HAD to do to realize some things. Also I've realized that although last year I wasn't ready to be away from home, I really and truly believe that I am now. Nothing in particular has made me think this, but I feel more prepared now than I did before I left for DePaul. Living at home is fine, but I do have to leave at some point, and I think the Disney Program would be just the thing that would help me do this. And spending 5 months in Disney World, playing in the parks and helping make the magical moments people talk about when they return from there would be amazing. School becomes an issue in this, however. I am pretty sure that Elmhurst gives credit for doing the program, but I'm not positive I want to stay at Elmhurst (shocker, I know) and have recently considered returning to DePaul. Also, if I do stay at Elmhurst I really want to do a J-Term study abroad program to England to study communication there, and trying to graduate close to on time doing both the Disney College Program and a J-Term would be pretty hard, especially since I want to do either Accounting (which requires a ridiculous amount of U-Grad hours) or a double major (because I'm an overachiever like that).
In regards to school and majors, however, I've started to realize that I really do have to focus on just getting a degree and enjoying myself along the way. I've always worried so much about the end result, and in order to stay sane I really can't do that. What I'll do after graduation shouldn't matter right now, because I am a smart girl and I'll find something. If that sounded conceited, I apologize, but it's true, haha. My problem now stems from the fact that I want to take too many classes. I'm interested in so many things and if I could I'd stay in school forever and obtain 10 different majors, but in the real world that's really not possible without going into massive amounts of debt (which cheap-ass me just can not do). For next semester I'm just excited to be taking some classes that aren't gen-eds and are (hopefully) something I'm genuinely interested in.
On a completely different note, I love my job. I'm still at Marcus, but my responsibilities there have expanded quite a lot. I'm not sure if I ever wrote in here about what exactly I do there, so I will now. I started out in Box Office (tickets). After a few months I trained to Vending (concessions) and spent about a year going back and forth between those two things. Last summer I became a Vending Supervisor which basically means I get to boss the vendors around (but most of them still like me for some reason, go figure) and count inventory and things like that. At first I was really unsure of Supervising, as I often am with new things, but now I really like it. Most recently I became a projectionist after the contract with the union changed. Projection basically means actually running the movies and I LOVE it. I have 10 or 11 theatres to myself to run and it's just a strange kind of fun. I've done it the past 4 days in a row and although it's somewhat monotonous, every time a projector starts without a problem there's a little rush of pride that you get, it's cool. There is a lot of downtime, however, so homework might actually get done this semester! Haha. Also, I get a pay raise... woo hoo!
This became longer than I intended it, so I'll cut it.