Here we are, once again.
First off, I'm back! My computer is fixed and is running better than it has in YEARS. I'm not kidding. It really needed to just be wiped clean and started afresh. I did lose a few of my files but my dad managed to restore most of it and the files that were lost were easily replaceable. Phew!
Second off, a few updates. Okay, maybe there isn't much to update. I'm still working at Disney, no new auditions or anything, I'm still with Thomas and he and I will be celebrating our one month anniversary on Monday. Janel and I have two new roommates as Damaris left a while ago to live in LA and Laci's getting married next month so she moved out to start setting up the new apartment for her and her fiance. Summer is 24, just got a job at Disneyland working in the stores, she's rooming with Janel, and Terra is 21, intern with Disneyland in cooking (oooo!) and is rooming with me.
Also, I've been thinking about things. I talked the other day with a friend at work, Melinda, who used to be a jet mechanic. I hired in with her and I remember talking with her at our auditions. Lovely woman! The other day she started by asking me what I wanted to do with my life. Most people come to Disney looking to go somewhere else (movies, theatre, Disney management, or just there for a summer job). I told her I wanted to act but that I wasn't sure. She's an actress herself and has been an extra in several movies and TV shows. She gave me a shortened lecture on how difficult it is to be successful in that industry but of course I've already heard it from many other people.
Then she went on about how she knows many people who are getting into the airlines industry and how it pays EXTREMELY well (we're talking doctor's income here), you get to travel, and you can live just about anywhere you want in the world. I then revealed to her that it's been a life-long dream of mine to be a commercial pilot. My dad worked for McDonald-Douglas/BOEING Airlines for 30 years and I've been flying the flight training simulators at their Long Beach complex since I was five. I'm the only person in my immediate family who doesn't wear glasses, except for my grandpa who was a fighter pilot during WWII. In fact, the doctor tested my eyesight at 20/10! That means what someone with perfect eyesight sees at 10 feet, I can see at 20 feet.
When I was a kid I was always drawing diagrams and blueprints for flying machines and making origami birds and airplanes. My favorite toys were ones with some sort of flying or gliding capability. I've only put together two models in my lifetime. One of them was a model of The Spirit of St. Louis. I get chills and goosebumps every time I'm in Condor Flats in California Adventure, and especially when I go on Soarin' Over California. Amelia Earhart is my hero.
Melinda immediately began telling me about all these flight schools and how easy it'd be for me to get financial aid and graduate from one of them and go on to be a commercial pilot. This got me excited. I found a great school in Long Beach which is a 20 minute drive from me.
However, there are some things I'd have to take into consideration. During training I may have to travel. A lot. And I may have to train in other places halfway across the country for as long as 12 months. This would probably mean selling my horse and temporarily splitting up with Thomas, two things that I really don't want to do. Well, Thomas and I could definitely discuss and comprimise. But I do NOT want to sell my horse. He's the perfect horse for me and I'm the perfect owner for him. If I could find someone to just keep him for me for however long I needed, like a free lease, that'd be awesome. Ugh. Owning a horse is like being in a relationship. They're both amazingly enlightening and horribly restricting. However, a big difference is that if you ever need a break from your duties, in a relationship you'd just tell your significant other, "Hey, I need a break from you for a while, kay?" But with owning a horse... sorry, you don't get a break. A horse doesn't take a break from needing food or a clean place to live or exercise. And it's not like a cat where you can just leave it with your parents and costs less than $20 a month to care for. A horse needs an experienced, knowledgeable, and physically capable caretaker with either acreage and zoning for horses or the kind of money it takes to board a horse which can be anywhere from $200-$700 a month. What a challenge.
And then there's my own financial concerns. I think financial aid would pay for living expenses if I were to attend a school too far away from Disneyland to continue to work there. I'm just hoping I'd be able to train locally. If I could do that, all my worries would be over. Well, not literally but you get what I mean. I requested some information from various flight schools today so that should be arriving soon.
I think my life just took a 90 degree turn.
Second off, a few updates. Okay, maybe there isn't much to update. I'm still working at Disney, no new auditions or anything, I'm still with Thomas and he and I will be celebrating our one month anniversary on Monday. Janel and I have two new roommates as Damaris left a while ago to live in LA and Laci's getting married next month so she moved out to start setting up the new apartment for her and her fiance. Summer is 24, just got a job at Disneyland working in the stores, she's rooming with Janel, and Terra is 21, intern with Disneyland in cooking (oooo!) and is rooming with me.
Also, I've been thinking about things. I talked the other day with a friend at work, Melinda, who used to be a jet mechanic. I hired in with her and I remember talking with her at our auditions. Lovely woman! The other day she started by asking me what I wanted to do with my life. Most people come to Disney looking to go somewhere else (movies, theatre, Disney management, or just there for a summer job). I told her I wanted to act but that I wasn't sure. She's an actress herself and has been an extra in several movies and TV shows. She gave me a shortened lecture on how difficult it is to be successful in that industry but of course I've already heard it from many other people.
Then she went on about how she knows many people who are getting into the airlines industry and how it pays EXTREMELY well (we're talking doctor's income here), you get to travel, and you can live just about anywhere you want in the world. I then revealed to her that it's been a life-long dream of mine to be a commercial pilot. My dad worked for McDonald-Douglas/BOEING Airlines for 30 years and I've been flying the flight training simulators at their Long Beach complex since I was five. I'm the only person in my immediate family who doesn't wear glasses, except for my grandpa who was a fighter pilot during WWII. In fact, the doctor tested my eyesight at 20/10! That means what someone with perfect eyesight sees at 10 feet, I can see at 20 feet.
When I was a kid I was always drawing diagrams and blueprints for flying machines and making origami birds and airplanes. My favorite toys were ones with some sort of flying or gliding capability. I've only put together two models in my lifetime. One of them was a model of The Spirit of St. Louis. I get chills and goosebumps every time I'm in Condor Flats in California Adventure, and especially when I go on Soarin' Over California. Amelia Earhart is my hero.
Melinda immediately began telling me about all these flight schools and how easy it'd be for me to get financial aid and graduate from one of them and go on to be a commercial pilot. This got me excited. I found a great school in Long Beach which is a 20 minute drive from me.
However, there are some things I'd have to take into consideration. During training I may have to travel. A lot. And I may have to train in other places halfway across the country for as long as 12 months. This would probably mean selling my horse and temporarily splitting up with Thomas, two things that I really don't want to do. Well, Thomas and I could definitely discuss and comprimise. But I do NOT want to sell my horse. He's the perfect horse for me and I'm the perfect owner for him. If I could find someone to just keep him for me for however long I needed, like a free lease, that'd be awesome. Ugh. Owning a horse is like being in a relationship. They're both amazingly enlightening and horribly restricting. However, a big difference is that if you ever need a break from your duties, in a relationship you'd just tell your significant other, "Hey, I need a break from you for a while, kay?" But with owning a horse... sorry, you don't get a break. A horse doesn't take a break from needing food or a clean place to live or exercise. And it's not like a cat where you can just leave it with your parents and costs less than $20 a month to care for. A horse needs an experienced, knowledgeable, and physically capable caretaker with either acreage and zoning for horses or the kind of money it takes to board a horse which can be anywhere from $200-$700 a month. What a challenge.
And then there's my own financial concerns. I think financial aid would pay for living expenses if I were to attend a school too far away from Disneyland to continue to work there. I'm just hoping I'd be able to train locally. If I could do that, all my worries would be over. Well, not literally but you get what I mean. I requested some information from various flight schools today so that should be arriving soon.
I think my life just took a 90 degree turn.